282 REPORT UPON COTTON INSECTS. 



J. PARISH STELLE. The Cotton Caterpillar. The Rural Alabamian, 

 i, 1872, pp. 78-80. 



Arguments to prove that the ravages of the cotton worm are worse after a 

 severe winter than a mild one. A description of the moth and notes upon the 

 habits of the worm. Hand-picking and fires are advised as remedies. 



TOWNEND GLOVER. Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture, 1872 r 

 pp. 118-120. 



An account of the ravages of the cotton worm in 1872. 



C. V. RILEY. Remedy for the Cotton Army-Worm. Proceedings of 

 the American Agricultural Congress ; Indianapolis meeting, 1873. 



Urgently advises the use of Paris green. 



J. PARISH STELLE. The Cotton Caterpillar. All about how to save the 

 Cotton Crop. Mobile Register, July 5, 1873. 



Gives figures of the insect and describes all stages, with a short account of 

 habits. Strongly advises the use of Paris green. Quotes from Riley's paper 

 and mentions the fact that he himself tried experiments the previous year with 

 the poison. 



TOWNEND GLOVER. Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture, 1873; 

 pp. 163-169. 



Gives a detailed account of the injuries of the cotton worm in 1873, and also 

 summarizes the answers to a circular sent to Southern planters in the fall of 

 that year inquiring into the efficacy of Paris green as a remedy for the worm, 

 and also making inquiry as to what other remedies had been used. The conclu- 

 sion is in favor of the green. 



W. R. HOWARD. Anomis (N) xylina. Philip's Southern Farmer, vol. 

 vii, 1873, pp. 361, 362. 



Gives a short account of the natural history of the cotton worm, states at 

 length the conflict of opinion on the subject of the hibernation of the insect, 

 quoting the opinions of all the prominent writers, and asking all planters to 

 try and solve the problem. 



TOWNEND GLOVER. Monthly Reports of the Department of Agricul- 

 ture, 1874, p. 125. 



States his belief that the insect hibernates in the more southern portions of 

 the cotton belt, and as the season advances migrates northward. 



ANOW. Cotton Worm. American Cyclopedia, 1874, vol. v, p. 419. 



A short article on the past history, natural history, habits, and remedies for 

 the cotton worm. 



A. E. BEACH. Remedy for the Cotton Worm. Science Record, 1874, 

 pp. 370, 371. 



Paris green. 



A. R. GROTE. The Cotton Worm. American Naturalist, 1874, p. 562. 



A. R. GROTE. On the Cotton Worm of the Southern States (Aletia argil- 

 lacea HUbner). Proceedings of the American Association for the Ad- 

 vancement of Science, vol. xxiii, 1874, part ii, pp. 13-18. 



REIMPR. Hartford Courant, xxxviii, No. 195. 



REIMPR. (?). New York Tribune, extra No. 21, pp. 61, 62. 



REFMPR. American Naturalist, vol. viii, pp. 722-727. 



Habits and synonymy of the cotton worm. Proposes the migration theory. 



