438 REPORT UPON COTTON INSECTS. 



August 1. Montgomery County, Warrin : 1877, July 25 ; 1878, July 8. [ J. W. DuBose, 

 Montgomery. 



In the last of July and 1st of August. [John D. Johnston, Sumter. 



In 1840, September ; 1870, August ; 1872 and 1873, July ; 1878, August. [I. F. Culver, 

 Union Springs, Bullock County. 



Early in May, 1868, 1 found several worms in different localities, that were growing. 

 Except that year, the earliest seen wa,s the last day of June. [P. T. Graves, Lowndes. 



Wo cannot 'give correct dates as to the various years. They usually appear in the 

 mouth of August of the years in which they do most damage. [ J. S. Hausberger, Bibb. 



A few in June. [H. A. Stolenwerck, Perry. 



From the 10th to the 13th of June. [Knox, Minge, and Evans, Hale. 



About the 1st of July. [James M. Harrington, Monroe. 



The latter part of June the worms ha,ve been noticed. [A. 1). Edwards, Macon. 



Worms were seen in 1873 in May ; this year in August. [H. Hawkins, Barbour. 



I have seen a well-developed caterpillar eating the cotton when I was putting it to 

 a stand in May, but the appearance then was no indication that they destroyed the 

 crop any earlier than usual ; di-1 not propagate to do any harm until the season of the 

 year usual, from June on. [A. Jay, Jay villa, Conecuh. 



Have seen worms in July. [B. B. Dunlap, Green. 



July 13. [J. R. Rogers, Bullock. 



Late in May or early in June. [C. C. Howard, Autauga. 



I cannot give the particular dates, but know that when they put in their appearance 

 early that the crop will become destructive. In 1873 I saw them as early as the 20ih 

 of May. [R S. Williams, Montgomery. 



In October, 1824 ; in September, 1825 ; the 20th of August, 1846. There have been 

 so many worm years since 18(55 I do not remember the dates of but a few. Of late 

 years the worms appear in small numbers about the 15th of July. [D. Leu, Lowndes. 



Generally between the 1st and 10th of July. [M. W. Hand, Forkland, Green. 



About the 20th of July. [George W. Thagard, Crenshaw. 



Sometimes as early as May, but generally not before the 15th of July. [I. D. Dries- 

 bach, Baldwin. 



The 17th of May, 1874. [P. D. Bowles, Conecuh. 



The 20th of July, when most fatal : some years not till the 2d or 31 of August. [J. 

 C. Matthews, Dale. 



About the 15th of June. [C. M. Howard, Autauga. 



Appeared in the picnic lands this year (1878) about the 28th of July. an't say as 

 to previous years. [R. H. Powell, Bullock. 



From the 10th of August to laat day of the month ; occasionally as early as the 1st 

 of July. [H. C. Brown, Wilcox. 



In 18G9, August 15; in 1872, June 16; in 1878, July 8. [J. W. DuBose, Montgomery. 



The first appearance of the worms is difficult to ascertain, from the fact that they 

 are so few at first, and scattered over so large an area of cotton-fields. The negroes, 

 who mostly cultivate these fields, say that the first worms appear sooner than we im- 

 agine (say some time in May). Our own observation is, that the eggs of the moth are 

 deposited when the cotton begins to bloom ; and this is later in some years than others. 

 The average time is the first week in June, on the earliest cotton-stalks. And it may 

 bo that the moth is attracted to the cotton-fields by a double purpose : The first and 

 most important, perhaps, is the propagation of her species ; the second, to suck the 

 cotton-blooms for we often see them in the bloom, "as busy as a bee." [Dr. John 

 Peurifoy, Montgomery. 



ARKANSAS. 



The first worm appears about two weeks after the first moth. [Norborne Young, 

 Columbia. 



The 10th of July. [T. S. Edwards, Pope. 

 June 21. [E. T. Dale, Miller. 



FLORIDA. 



For the last twelve years we never pass June without some one finding the worms. 

 Some years, as you know, they will eat out the crop, and others, like the present, little 

 or no damage will be done. [John Bradford, Leon. 



About the 1st of July is the earliest they have ever been seen in this county. [John 

 B. Carrin, Taylor. 



Previous to the introduction of new improved seeds, they were observed about the 

 middle of August. Referring to an old journal which I kept, I discovered a few August 

 11, 1841. The winter of 1841 was cold and in 1842, there was no damage to the crop by 

 caterpillar. The winter of 1842 was milder and drier, tbe first frost, November 10, 

 killing the cotton, which was then green. July 15, 1843, I found a caterpillar; the 

 crops of this year were destroyed. [R. Gamble, Leon. 



First caterpillars reported in Leon County in 18(59. May 12 ; 1872, June 29 ; 1873, 

 May 24 ; 1874, July 2 ; 1875, June 24 ; 1877, June 19; 1878, June 15. [Robert Gamble, 

 Leon. 



