454 REPORT UPON COTTON INSECTS. 



It goes undr the thick bark of dead trees, and where large pieces of the sap wood of 

 dead pine-trees are partially separated from the heart but still fast to the tree, make 

 good winter quarters for them. [James C. Brown, Barnwell. 



TENNESSEE. 



I found the moth both flying and hibernating last winter, which, however, was the 

 mildest winter in my memory. [A. W. Hunt, M. D., Perry. 



TEXAS. 



I have never found the moth after very cold weather, and have never seen the moth 

 outside the cotton-field. I do not believe they hibernate in this portion of the country, 

 though I have found one farmer who said he found them plenty in March at an old 

 cotton-gin. If they remained in the moth state all winter they would commence earlier 

 on the cotton ; if in the chrysalis state, so soon as they become moths in the spring 

 their work would begin, and we would have them every year, instead of only occasion- 

 ally, as we do now. [J. M. Glasco, Gilmer. 



No. [A. Schroeter, Double Horn. 



The uncontradicted history of the advent of the moth establishes the fact that they 

 first show themselves in the lower latitudes, on or bordering the coast-line, and then 

 spread rapidly in the interior, reaching very nearly to the parallel 31 ; that they may 

 be said to be coetaneous in their movements. This wide belt of territory, perhaps fully 

 one hundred miles, which the moth compasses in so short a time, which, considering 

 its delicate structure and clumsiness of flight, would make it next to impossible for it 

 to traverse in so brief a time, must, therefore, refute the theory of its migration from 

 any distant locality. This leaves but little doubt that the moth springs each season 

 from the field of their last year's operations, and the point left most in doubt is their 

 prolonged preservation. [William J. Jones, Galveston. 



Yes. [S. B. Tackaberry, Polk. 



No. [W. Barnes, Cherokee. 



I tell you the moth cannot winter ; its life is too short and too tender : the slightest 

 cold will kill it. [P. S. Clarke, Waller. 



No. [R. Wipprecht, Comal. 



Have never seen the cotton-moth hibernating or flying during mild winter weather, 

 but have seen other moths doing so. [O. H. P. Garrett, Washington. 



The moth has been noticed to fly in very mild winter weather. I have seen one oc- 

 casionally in January, during unusual mild weather, and so have others. [J. H. 

 Krancher, Austin. 



Never. [C. B. Richardson, Rusk. 



Have not. [A. Underwood, Brazoria. 



Yes. [S. Harbert, Colorado. 



I have seen them flying after frost, and have often found them under bark of trees 

 (dead), logs, and trash when winter set in. Some were living and some had perished. 

 [J. W. Jackson, Titus. 



Seen them in the middle of winter, on calm, warm days, flying around drifts and 

 logs, trash, &c. [Natt. Holmau, Fayette. 



QUESTION f> g. How late in the spring Tins the moth been found alive f 



ALABAMA. 



I never have seen a moth in the spring. [J. N. Gilmore, Sumter. 



January. [J. A. Callaway, Montgomery. 



All the spring. [H. Tutwiler, Hale. 



Our opinion, formed from our observation, is that the cotton-moth has become ac- 

 climated and naturalized to the climate of this section, and may be seen at all seasons 

 of the year. Few it may be comparatively, but still they are here. [Dr. John Peuri- 

 foy, Montgomery. 



Cannot answer. Have dug up the chrysalis in July on a muddy ditch bank. [H. 

 A. Stolenwerck, Perry. 



Have seen them as early as March. [James M. Harrington, Monroe. 



May. [I. D.Dreisbach, Baldwin. 



Last of February and first of March. One strong proof that they hibernate here is 

 that the chrysalis has been plowed up, put in a bottle, and when hatched out proved 

 to be the genuine cotton-fly. [Knox, Minge, and Evans, Hale. 



The last of May. [H. C. Brown, Wilcox. 



During entire winter and until warm weather. [C. M. Howard, Autauga. 



At any time, late or early. But very few cotton planters look for them until about 



