APPENDIX II ANSWERS TO CIRCULAE. 455 



midsummer, "because it has never been known to do any harm in the spring. [D. Lee, 

 Lowndes. 



I think it safe to say each and every month. [P. D. Bowles, Conecuh. 



They are here always, in this warm climate ; they can survive winter; this is their 

 native home. [J. C. Matthews, Dale. 



As late an April, if I remember correctly. [H. Hawkins, Barbour. 



I suppose about May ia as soon as they are commonly seen ; the fly must have de- 

 posited the egg for that worm in April. [Andrew Jay, Conecuh. 



Auy time after first noticed, and the later the greater probability of finding it. [C. 

 C. Howard, Autauga. 



On the 8th of April, 1868. I had an old barn taken down and found hundreds of the 

 moths under the roof, active and capable of flying vigorously. That year, iu my judg- 

 ment, the moths that hibernated here propagated successfully. [P. T. Graves, Lowndes. 



I have seen the moth in winter and early spring. I do not think I have ever seen 

 one later than April, from what I thought to be the previous year's crop. [R. T. Will- 

 iams, Montgomery. 



Have noticed them as late as the first of May, flying around lights on a damp, warm 

 evening, and some springs in great numbers. [John D, Johnston, Sumter. 



Have never seen them. [I. F. Culver, Bullock. 



I have never seen one in spring. [R. W. Russell, Lowudes. 



GEORGIA. 



I never saw the moth in the spring; the moth is anight insect, and the first appear- 

 ance of the worm is the eggs under the leaves. [William Jones, Clarke. 

 May 15. [M. Kemp, Marion. 



Never saw the moth in spring. [Timothy Fussell, Coffee. 

 I have never seen nor heard of them in spring. [S. P. Odom, Dooly. 

 Have found them in July not hatched. [William A. Harris, Worth. 

 During the whole spring. [E. M. Thompson, Jackson. 



LOUISIANA. 



Never saw a moth in spring. [H. B. Shaw, Concordia. 



The chrysalis can be found all through the spring. [John A. Maryman, East Feliciana. 



MISSISSIPPI. 



I have already stated that I have seen the moth in every month of the year, but this 

 is exceptional, and when it occurs it does rot follow that the worms will be abundant. 

 That seems to depend on the hygrometric condition of the season from June '20 till 

 September. [ J. Culbertson, Rankin. 



I think you could see them any month by close observation. [T. W. Burch, Jefferson. 



I hare never seen them in the spring. [Dr. E. H. Anderson, Madison. 



I do not know that it is ever found alive at all in early spring. [C. Welch, Coving- 

 ton. 



I am not sure that I ever saw it alive in any of its stages at any time from last of 

 December till latter part of May. [D. L. Phares, Wilkinson. 



I think they pass the winter in the chrysalis state, but very few escape destruction 

 by the birds, the ichneumon, and other insects in summer. The flies come out in about 

 eight days after the chrysalis is formed ; later in the season it is sometimes two or 

 three weeks before the fly comes out. [I. G. G. Garrett, Claiborne. 



The last crop of one year ; at least some of them live until time to lay eggs the next 

 year. [W. Spillmau, Clarke. 



I have never seen them in the spring, and never until July 8 and. on to September. 

 I George V. Webb, Amite. 



NORTH CAROLINA. 

 I never saw one in spring. [F. I. Smith, Halifax. 



SOUTH CAROLINA. 



From June to November ; have never seen it earlier than June nor later than Novem- 

 ber, though Dr. Reese declares he has seen the moth out in mild weather in winter 

 and believes it hibernates in that condition, becoming torpid on the advent of cold 

 weather ; this, however, is contrary to our observation and we believe is a mistake. 

 [James W. Grace, Colleton. 



This cannot be answered. If alive at any time in the spring, it has been in that 

 vicinity all winter. This is certain, for the moth would deposit its eggs on the first 

 and nearest cotton-plant it found and then die. It only lives as a seed-bearer. [James 

 C. Brown, Barnwell. 



TENNESSEE. 



The moth has doubtless been found alive and doing well as late as May, though I do 

 not speak from my own experience. [A. W. Hunt, M. D., Perry. 



