496 INDEX. 



Arsenic, accumulations of, in the soil ......................................... 235 



its compouiHls ...................................................... 232 



its compounds, objections to the use of ............................... 234 



metallic ............................................................ 261 



Arsenious acid vs. Aletia ..................................................... 259 



Asiliidae .................................................................... 170 



Asilus-nies .................................................................. 170 



vs. boll- worms .................................................... 311 



Asilns sericeous ............................................................. 172 



Attacua promethia ............ ............................................. 201 



sp. mistaken for Aletia .............................................. 103 



Attides, vs. cotton-worms ..................................................... 163 



Attus fasciatus .............................................................. 163 



nnbilus vs. the cotton- worm ........................................... 163 



Aughey, S., quoted ........................ ............................. 212, 157, 140 



Australia, boll- worm Jn ...................................................... 293 



enemies to cotton crop in. ___ ........ . ........... .. ......... . ..... 71 



Average losses, table of ...................................................... 70 



B. 



Bahamas, cotton-worms in, since 1800 ........................................ 71 



investigation by the assembly of the ............................... 19 



Bail, Dr., quoted ............................................................ 217 



Bailey, J. F., quoted ........ .............................................. 261, 101 



Ball, I. U., quoted ......................................................... 184,166 



Barnes, W., quoted ........................................................ 28es, 122 



Barn swallow vs. cotton-worms .............................................. 142 



Bartramian plovers vs. insects ............................................... 212 



Batclielder, C. F., quoted .................................................... 146 



Baton Rouge Advertiser, quoted ............................................. 22 



Bats vs. cotton- worms ................. .............. . ..... -. ..... .. ......... 13d 



Beach, A. E., article on cotton- worm ........... , ............................ 282 



Beans, boll-worm r* ....................................................... 29(5,297 



Bechstein, F. M., quoted .................................................... 150 



Bee-martin vs. cotton-worms ................................................. 141 



Beer torulae vs. insects ....................................................... 217 



Bembecidae ................................................................. 181 



Bessey, C. E., quoted ........................................................ 233 



Bibliography, chapter on .................................................... 276 



of nectar ...................................................... 333 



scope of ....................................................... 276 



Bienville, dispatch of ........................................................ 18 



Birds nesting in south ....................................................... 159 



protection of ........................ , ................................. 230 



vs. cottou-worms ...................................................... 141 



Blackbird, cow, rs. cotton-worms ............................................. 142 



red-wing, vs. cotton-worms ....................................... 142 



Blasted squares, reasons for .................................................. 290 



Bluebird, vs. cotton- worms ................................................... 141 



Blue jays, warning against .................................................. 158 



Blnestoue, rs. Aletia .............................. ........................... 261 



Boarmia, sp ................................................................. 104 



Bobolinks, rs. cotton-worms .................................................. 141 



Bock, T. F., quoted .......................................................... 150 



Boll- worm, amount of damage done by ..................................... 287-291 



ants rs .......................................................... 310 



cannibalistic habits .............................................. 303 



chrysalis, description of .......................................... 305 



chrysalis, place of pupation ....................................... 304 



diversity of color ................................................. 301 



enemies of ....................................................... 311 



fifth brood ......................... .............................. 308 



first brood ..................................................... 307,300 



first food ....................................................... 300 



food plants ...................................................... 293 



fourth brood ..................... ................................ 308 



geographical distribution ......................................... 293 



hibernation... .............................. 309 



