460 REPORT UPON COTTON INSECTS. 



in the worm before he webs up in the chrysalis state : the larva hatches and feeds upon 

 it. [ J. W. Bnrch, Jefferson. 



None known. [John C. Russel, Madison. 



I have seen a green chinch sucking the juices of the cotton- worm ; cannot say that 

 the worm was injured by the act. [J. Culbertson, Rankin. 



I know of none. [C. Welch, Covington. 



In 1870 I gathered 180 chrysalides ou the 16th of November. I put them np, some in 

 earth and some in cotton-seed ; the following February the ichneumon flies commenced 

 coming out of them instead of the caterpillar flies. 1 failed to get a caterpillar fly out 

 of the lot. This year I gathered 100 on the 1st of November and put them up as they 

 were webbed up in the leaves ; ten days after I found all except four destroyed by 

 very small insects. [I. G. G. Garrett, Claiborne. 



There is an insect, the name of which I cannot give, that pierces with its back into 

 the worm and the worm expires ; but this is of no consequence, the number of worms 

 being billions and the bugs few comparatively. [George V. Webb, Amite. 



Many are said to do so, of which I cannot testify, but for tne following I can : 1. 

 Soldier-bugs pierce the caterpillars, suck their juices, and then destroy them. (See 

 illustration plate Rural Carolinian, August, 1870, p. 6S3). The soldier-bug presents 

 his lance, moves deliberately and steadily along till the caterpillar is impaled. Then 

 come smaller soldier-bugs, sometimes quite a number, and join in the feast. 2. Cer- 

 tain ichneumon-flies deposit their eggs in them, when the chrysalis turns out the ich- 

 neumon-fly instead of the Aletia. 



3. Another soft, small parasite fosters on the chrysalis. There is another fly which 

 is probably an enemy of the Aletia, but too sly to be caught. The boll-worm and 

 moth I do not give, nor a species of social caterpillar which I have not seen on the 

 cotton-plant for many years, nor several spiders which infest it, nor the cut-worms, 

 &c. [D. L. Phares, Madison. 



I have never seen the worm attacked by any other insect than the grass- worm, and 

 then only when brought in contact. I find the lady-bird and ichneumon fly and other 

 insects frequenting the plant among the worms. [Dr. E. H. Anderson, Madison. 



In my report ou the cotton-infesting insects made last autumn, in the portion in 

 which mention is made of insect enemies of the Aletia, one is referred to and obscurely 

 figured on paper. I find that my son had drawn it separately and distinctly, and it 

 proved to be a Coccinella or Hippodama. We are both of the opinion it is the larva of 

 Coccinella novemnotata, so abundant on the cottou-plaut. [D. L. Phares, Wilkinson. 



NORTH CAROLINA. 



None. [J. Evans, Cumberland. 

 No. [F. I. Smith, Halifax. 



SOUTH CAROLINA. 



None. [James W. Grace, Colleton. 



The common aut maintains an equilibrium when it is not too wet. The ant will 

 destroy the eggs unless the rainy weather keeps it in its retreat. This is the reason 

 that a dry season is never a caterpillar one. [James C. Brown, Barnwell. 



TENNESSEE. 



The family, in its different phases, are preyed upon by ants, the ichneumon, the Mc- 

 gacephala Carolina, and perhaps several other insects. Their destruction by enemies 

 must be greater than is at present supposed. This is one field in which the labor of 

 entomologists might be profitably employed. [A. W. Hunt, Perry. 



TEXAS. 



The little black ant will devour the eggs, as they do the lice that sometimes get on 

 the plant while young. [P. S. Watts, Hardiu. 



Some species of the ant will prey upon the egg. [O. H. P. Garrett, Washington. 



There are several species of beetle that prey on th.m, but as they live on the 

 ground and the cotton-worm on the plant, they get but few. The devil's coach-horse, 

 llcduvim novenarius, the ichneumon-fly, and a few other insects prey on the worm, but 

 not to any perceptible diminution of them. [W. Barnes, Cherokee. 



None are known. [H. J. H. Brensing, Bowie. 



Ants. [?. S. Clarke, Waller. 



I believe there is a parasite that sometimes attacks the larva ; this I infer from find- 

 ing the larva nearly dead, dead, and decaying. I gave it but little attention at the 

 time, for 1 was thoroughly disheartened by their ravages. [ J. M. Glasco, Upshur. 



Ants ; no parasites observed. [Samuel Davis, Hunt. 



Ants prey upon the egg, larva, and chrysalis. [S. B. Tackaberry, Polk. 



Nothing but the small ant. [S. Harbert, Colorado. 



In dry weather the little ants that are to be found everywhere prey upon them ; 



