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ANDREW URE, M. D., F. E. S. History of the Manufacture of Cotton. 

 London, 1836. 



On pages 156 and 174 of vol. i. are given accounts of the chenille in British 

 Guiana, and on the Sea Islands of Georgia (short and of little value). 



WHITEMARSH B. SEABROOK. A Memoir on the Origin, Cultivation, 

 and Uses of Cotton, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time, with 

 Especial Eeference to the Sea Island Cotton Plant, including the Im- 

 provements in its Cultivation, and the Preparation of the Wool, &c., 

 in Georgia and South Carolina. Eead before the Agricultural Society 

 of Saint Johns, Colleton, November 13, 1843, and the State Agricul- 

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On pages 42-45 is a short historical sketch of the " caterpillar (Noctua xylina)," 

 with an account of the methods used in Colleton County to exterminate them; 

 also some remarks upon the natural history of the insect. 



THOMAS AFFLECK. Destruction of the Cotton Crop by Insects. Amer- 

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A short historical account of the cotton- worm, with a description of the state 

 of affairs in Mississippi in August, 1846, and remarks upon the natural history 

 of the insect. In this article Mr. Affleck first formulates the migration theory. 



WHEELOCK S. UPTON. The Cotton Caterpillar. DeBow's Eeview, ii, 

 1846, p. 354. 



Advises soaking seeds of cotton in a solution of bluestone as a preventive. 



ANON. Cotton Caterpillar. Southern Cultivator, 1846, p. 157. 



ANON. The Cotton Moth. American Agriculturist, 1847, p. 22. 

 Remarks upon Mr. Affleck's paper of September, 1846. 



D. B. GORHAM, M. D. The Cotton Worm, its History, Character, Vis- 

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EEIMPR. Southern Cultivator, 1847, p. 114. 



Contains an account of previous visitations of the cotton-worm, and extended 

 remarks upon its natural history. Proclaims the migration theory in full and 

 gives arguments for it. Draws up a description of Pimpla conquisitor (the first 

 mention of a parasite on the cotton- worm). 



ANON. The Cotton Worm, its History, Character, Visitations, &c. 

 Southern Cultivator, 1847, p. 137. 



Editorial answer to Dr. Gorham's theory. 



P. WINFREE. The Cotton Caterpillar. De Bow's Eeview, 1847, vol. iv, 

 p. 253. 



Brings up arguments against Dr. Gorham's theory. Gives personal experience 

 with the cotton-worm in the Bahamas a few years previous. 



M. W. PHILIPS. The Cotton Worm. Southern Cultivator, 1848, p. 28. 

 Quite an extended article, giving a description of the larva and chrysalis. 



EDWARD DOUBLED AY. Transactions of the London Entomological So- 

 ciety, 1848. Proceedings, p. 33. 



Mentions having received the American cotton-moth from T. W. Harris, and 

 states that it belongs to no European genus, coming nearest to Ophiusa. 



