280 REPORT UPON COTTON INSECTS. 



D. L. PHARES, M. D. The Cotton Army Worm (Anomis xylina, Say.) 

 American Entomologist, i, 1868, p. 242. 



States that the insect hibernates as a moth, and describes the egg. Advo- 

 cates hand-picking if it can be done by concerted action on the part of the 

 planters. Advises also sugaring and fires in May or June. 



JOSEPH B. LYMAN. Cotton Culture. Orange, Judd & Co. New York, 



1868. "The Cotton Moth," pp. 86-89. 



A short account of the metamorphoses with figures of the different stages. 



T. W. HARRIS, M. D. Entomological Correspondence. Boston, 1869, 

 p. 169. 



In a letter to Doubleday mentions having received specimens of the moth and 

 asks for a generic determination. Date of letter October 24, 1846. 



EDWARD DOUBLEDAY. Entomological Correspondence of T. W. Harris. 

 Boston, 1869, p. 173. 



In a letter to Harris dated April 2, 1847, states that the cotton-moth is near 

 to Ophiusa but is a new genus. 



COL. J. E. GALTNEY. The Cotton Army Worm. Southern Herald, 

 Liberty, Mississippi, May and June, 1869. 



Nos. 1 and 2 are devoted to proving the hibernation of the insect in the chrys- 

 alis state. No. 3 advises as remedies hand-picking, fires at night, sowing cas- 

 tor-bean and cow-pea in the cotton-field, and late fall and winter plowing. 



ANON. The Caterpillar. Southern Cultivator, 1869, p. 13. 



Advocates hand-picking as the only sure, remedy. 

 ANON. The Cotton Worm. Southern Cultivator, 1869, p. 18. 



Advises the use of Dr. Heard's moth-trap. 



WILLIAM JONES. Cut- worms and Caterpillars. Southern Cultivator, 



1869, pp. 106, 107. 



Editorial answer to questions about cotton worm. Arguments for the hiber- 

 nation of the chrysalis, and notes on extensive parasitism of the last brood of 

 worms. 



A. S. PACKARD, JR., M. D. Guide to the Study of Insects. Salem, 

 1869, pp. 313-315. A. xylina. 



Short account of natural history and habits. 



ANON. The Cotton Caterpillar. Carolina Farmer, vol. i, 1868, p. 142. 



D. L. PHARES, M. D., A. M. The Cotton Caterpillar (Anomis acylina). 



Lecture delivered before the Farmers' Club of Woodville, Miss., May 



4, 1869 ; abstract published in Rural Carolinian, August, 1870, vol. i, 



pp. 683-695. 



This article is accompanied by a full page lithograph of cotton-stalk infested 

 by larva, chrysalis, and adult, and engravings of the cotton-worm (Anomis 

 xylina), the boll-worm (Heliothis armigera), and the grass- worm (Laphrygma fru- 

 gtpcrda) in all stages. The article has the following heads : History; Will the Cat- 

 erpillar Cause Cotton Culture to cease? Why is the Caterpillar worse some years?' 

 Errors; Proposed Modes of Destroying ; Propagation. 



WILLIAM JONES. The Cotton Caterpillar. Southern Cultivator, 1870, 

 p. 67. 



Editorial answer to letter from A. S. M., asking for information concerning 

 cotton-worms. States that little is known, and dwells upon disputed point of 

 hibernation. 



