468 REPORT UPON COTTON INSECTS. 



Don't know any. [Norborne Young, Columbia 

 I do not know of any. [E. T. Dale, Miller. 



FLORIDA. 



I have frequently seen them feed on the cotton flower. [John Bradford, Leon. 

 It is not known that the moth is attracted by any flower other than cotton. [R. 

 Gamble, Leoii. 



GEORGIA. 



Do not think flowers attract the moths. [Timothy Fussell, Coffee. 



None. [S. P. Odom, Dooly. 



No flowers attract them. [E. M. Thompson, Jackson. 



None that I know of. [M. Kemp, Marion. 



Do not know of any. [William A. Harris, Worth. 



I have been satisfied, from testing, the secretion from the glands on midrib of leaf is 

 sweet. I find that the honey-bee has discovered the same. They seem to habitually 

 neglect the cotton-bloom and go to the glands at base of open bloom and of young 

 bolls from which the blooms have just fallen, and occasionally the glands of unopened 

 blooms. The older bolls they neglect. Two or three species of wasps do the same. 

 This seems to indicate that the glands of the blooms and of younger bolls are most 

 active in secreting, and it may be that so soon as the cotton-plant blossoms in spring 

 it is capable of furnishing sustenance to the Aletia moth. [ J. E. Willett, Macon. 



LOUISIANA. 



I am not aware of the moth being attracted by any kind of blossom or flower. [D. 

 M. Hamilton, West Feliciana. 



I know of none. [Dr. I. U. Ball, West Feliciana. 



There is no flower known to be attractive to the moth ; not even the cotton-flower. 

 [John A. Maryman, East Feliciana. 



MISSISSIPPI. 



I have never seen one on a flower ; have seen large quantities on pea vines ; they did 

 not seem to feed, only resorted there for cover during the day. [C. F. Sherriod, Lowudes. 

 No. [C. Welch, Covington. 

 None. [Dr. E. H. Anderson, Madison. 



No flowers are known to attract the moth. [John C. Russell, Madison 

 None. [J. W. Burch, Jefferson, 

 tfojue. [George V. Webb, Amite. 



SOUTH CAROLINA. 



None. .[ James W. Grace, Colleton. 



TENNESSEE. 



I have no knowledge of the attractiveness of any flower to the moth, though doubt- 

 less if due diligence was used some flower might be found which possesses attractive 

 qualities to the moth. [A. W. Hunt, M. D., Perry. 



TEXAS. 



I do not think any flower attracts the moth ; it is bent on the cotton-leaf for a suit- 

 able place to deposit its eggs, while the bloom has no attraction. [O. H. P. Garrett, 

 Washington. 



None known. [W. Barnes, Cherokee. 



No. [R. Wipprecht. 



None. [P. S. Watts, Hardin. 



If they feed on any flower it must be that of cotton. I think they never quit the 

 field unless carried by winds. [J. M. Glasco, Upshur. 



Have never known them to feed from any flowers. They are fond of fruit, and will 

 collect at night in great numbers on dried peaches. They attack very ripe apples and 

 peaches on the trees, and entirely ruin some of the fruit. [W. T. Hill, Walker. 



None. [A. Underwood. Brazoria. 



So far I have not noticed them on any other but cotton-blooms. Some years ago, 

 when Paris green was first employed for the destruction of the worm, large numbers 

 of moths were noticed after the first brood ; but few worms appeared at the second 

 brood, however, the inference being that large numbers of the moths had been killed 

 by poisoned cotton -flowers, having been found dead. [J. H. Krancher, Austin. 



None that I ever heard of. [C. B. Richardson, Rusk. 



None that I have ever Jieard of. [Natt Holman, Fayette. 



In addition to the cotton-plant and cow-pea there is the sweet-potato vine (green 



