APPENDIX II ANSWERS TO CIRCULAR. 459 



QUESTION 6 a. Are any predaceous insects or parasites known to prey upon it, either in 

 the egg, larva, or chrysalis state f 



ALABAMA. 



There is a parasite that deposits a grub that destroys it in the chrysalis state. This 

 fact, was found out by bottling a chrysalis, which hatched a parasite resembling a fly 

 somewhat smaller than a house-fly. [James M. Harrington, Monroe. 



Wo know of none. [H. A. Stoleuwerck, Perry. 



I think not. [I. D. Driesbach, Baldwin. 



The common little red ant is the only insect known to attack it. [H. C. Brown, 

 Wilcox. 



Ants. [Knox, Minge, and Evans, Hale. 



It is believed that the common black ants prey upon the egg. I know of none inter- 

 fering with the worm or chrysalis. [C. M. Howard, Autauga. 



I know of none. [D. Lee, Lowndes. 



I know of no insect that preys upon it. [A. D. Edwards, Macon. 



Ants are numerous at times, and seem to feed ou them. [Andrew Jay, Conecuh. 



I haye seen the ants at work ou the egg and larva. [I. F. Culver, Bullock. 



I do not think that the eggs are fed upon. [P. T. Graves, Lowndes. 



Yes ; the ichneumon fly in the chrysalis state and ants in the eggs and larva. [ J. 

 A. Callaway, Montgomery. 



But the eggs are so much more numerous than the ants that the eggs are not 

 missed. [Dr. John Peurifoy, Montgomery. 



ARKANSAS. 



Carabid beetles, more especially the Cicindelidae, destroy both eggs and larva. [E. 

 T. Dale, Miller. 



There are none. [T. S. Edwards, Pope. 



The small red ant. [Nor borne Young, Columbia. 



FLORIDA. 



A large, black wasp will eat the larva and worm. And there is an insect com- 

 monly called the musquito-hawk (I do not know its technical name) ; it is long-bod- 

 ied, has two sets of membranous wings, a large head, and a long continuation of the 

 abdominal portion of the body ; there are many sizes and colors ; they live on insects 

 and on each other. I have frequently seen them catch the moth of the cotton cater- 

 pillar. These musquito-hawks are very numerous here, of many varieties, varying in 

 size from tin inch to 2-J or 3 inches in length of body, and I think it does more to pro- 

 vent the development of the cotton caterpillar than all the rest of its enemies. [F. 

 M. Meekin, Alachna. 



We only know through the entomologist that there is an ichneumon-fly that lays its 

 eggs in the caterpillar. [R. Gamble, Leon. 



GEORGIA. 



The ant preys upon the egg and worm to a certain extent. [William A. Harris, 

 Worth. 



None, that I ever heard of. [M. Kemp, Marion. 



None, to effect its progress. [Timothy Fussel, Coffee. 



One species of the ichneumon. [William Jones, Clarke. 



Enemies, the most numerous of which were pupae of Pimpla conquisitor. There were 

 also a number of Tachina larva noticed. [A. R. Grote. 



LOUISIANA. 



Never saw any. [H. B. Shaw, Concordia. 



Many kinds of insects prey upon the army worm while in the shape of eggs, and 

 afterward while in the form of worms. Ants of many kinds are found preying on them 

 in good weather, but not in bad, and this is one reason given why the worm increases 

 so much faster in rainy, wet weather than in dry and fair weather. The cotton-fields 

 have many enemies of the worm out in fair weather devouring eggs and worms, but 

 rain and wet drive these enemies back to their retreats, and then the worm breeds 

 without let or hinderance. [D. M. Hamilton, West Feliciana. 



I know of nothing that preys upon it in any form. [John A. Maryman, East Feli- 

 ciana. 



The chinch-bug is known to be one of its enemies, but of late years the ant has 

 proved to be the greatest enemy, both to the egg and larva. I entertain the belief 

 that they will ultimately destroy the worm if it should prove to be indigenous rather 

 than of foreign origin. [Dr. I. U. Ball, West Feliciana. 



MISSISSIPPI. 



Yes ; have often found the worm with its juices sucked out ; have seen a small louse 

 at work on adead worm ; also am satisfied there tear v-or.ttbat<lpoeitsit* vyy e'-^~r 



