BIBLIOGRAPHY. 279 



AUG. R. GROTE. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Phila- 

 delphia. Vol. iii, 1864, p. 541. 



Announces the identity of Noctua xylina, Say, and Anomis bipunctina, Guene"e,, 

 proposes the name Anomis xylina, Say. 



JOSEPH B. LYMAN. Cotton Planting. Keport of the Commissioner of 

 Agriculture, 1866, p. 193. 



Under the head of "Enemies of the cotton-plant, and how to destroy them," 

 the cotton-moth is described. Advises sugaring for the moths, fires at night, 

 catching the moths in hand-nets, and picking the leaves on which the eggs are 

 deposited. 



B. D. WALSH. The Three So-called Army-worms. Practical Entomol- 

 ogist, vol. ii, 1866, p. 112. 



TOWNEND GLOVER. Insects Injurious to Cotton Plants. No. 3. Cotton 

 Caterpillar, or Cotton Army-worm (Noctua Anomis) an/Una (Say). 

 Monthly Report of the Department of Agriculture, 1866, p. 331. 



Substantially the same article as that in the annual report for 1855 ; very few- 

 changes. The larva is figured in two positions, as also are the chrysalis ami 

 moth. 



GEORGE W. MORSE. The Cotton Caterpillar. Monthly Reports of the 

 Department of Agriculture, 1867, p. 249. 



Advises that summary measures be taken to destroy the first brood of worms 

 by offering a reward for the first worm, and as soon as that is found turning a 

 force into the fields to search for them. 



JAMES M. FERGUSON. The Cotton Worm. Monthly Reports of the 

 Department of Agriculture, 1867, pp. 288, 289. 



Gives observations on the natural history of the cotton-worm, and offers the- 

 same advice as the preceding. 



TOWNEND GLOVER. Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture, 1867,. 

 pp. 58-61. 



Describes the cotton-worm in all stages, with accurate figures. Speaks of tho 

 northward migration of the moths and of the great good done by the ants in 

 destroying both the eggs and the larvae. Gives a popular description also of 

 Pimpla conquisitor. 



ANON ("Zenos.") The Cotton Caterpillar. Southern Cultivator, 1868, 

 p. 298. 



An account of the natural history of the insect. States that the last brood 

 winters, in the chrysalis state, underground, and advises winter plowing. 



B. D. WALSH and C. V. RILEY. Entomological Ignorance in the 

 South. American Entomologist, vol. i, 1868, pp. 14-16. 



A severe criticism of an article which was going the rounds of the Southern 

 press headed, "How to destroy the Cotton Worm a Suggestion." 



B. D. WALSH AND C. V. RILEY. Cotton insects. The Cotton Army 

 Worm Noctua \Anomis] xylina, Say. American Entomologist, i, 1868, 

 pp. 209-212. 



An account of tho transformations of the cotton-worm, with figures and de- 

 scription of each stage. Hand-picking, destroying the moths by lire, and 

 sprinkling the plants with cresylic soap solution, are advised as remedies. 



