504; INDEX. 



K. 



Page. 



Keary, W. V., quoted 136 



Kerosine 880,221,335,236 



King-bird rs. cotton-worms 141 



King, F. H., acknowledgment of assistance of S, 143 



Kiug, Peyton, quoted 313 



Knowledge of the cotton- worm, want of , among southern planters 7 



Knox, Minge, & Evans, quoted 184,288 



Krancher, J. H., quoted 122,98,167,166,184,178,258 



L. 



Lace-wing flies lf>4 



Lace-wing fly larvae vs. boll-worms 311 



Lachnosterna f usca 172 



Lady-birds vs. cotton-worms , 176 



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



Lady-bugs vs. cotton-worms 176 



Lager beer as bait for Aletia 260 



Lauipyridae 175 



Laphy gma f rugiperda, predaceous habits 179 



Larva of Aletia 76 



color of newly-hatched 76 



disappearance of last brood 92 



of third crop 91 



duration of larva state 78 



effect of hot weather upon 91 



first appearance in the spring 97 



habits of full grown 80,81 



habits of young 77 



jumping habits 78 



manner of hatching 76 



marching habits 79 



migrations of 91 



number of broods in a season 83 



odor of cotton affected by 79 



other food-plants than cotton 82 



probability of a northern food-plant - 89 



structure of feet 71 



technical description 82 



the three "crops" 90 



variation of color in 78 



Lasius flavus 186 



Law, B. W., cotton insects collected by, in Cuba 120 



Laudon, M. D., article 011 cotton-worm 278 



Leaf-miners 12 



rollers 12 



Lee, D., quoted 283,67 



Lepidoptera, characterization of 11 



members of , preying on Aletia - 178 



Letter to the commissioner 3 



Leucauia unipuncta 101 



attracted to Aletia bait 259 



mistaken for Aletia 106 



Levy, C. A., poisoning machine 250 



Lewis, C., experience with lanterns 2U3 



Colonel, finds cotton- worm May 17 97 



Libellula trimaculata 164 



Libellullidae 164 



Lima- beans, boll- worm vs 297 



Limeuitus dissippus .. 193 



Literature of the cotton- worm up to 1846 25 



Little, G., quoted 102 



Localities of hibernation of Aletia 108 



Lockwood, Dr., quoted 179 



Loggerhead rs. cotton- worms 142 



London purple 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 226, 227, 232 



analysis of 2:>4 



Losses since the war from cotton-worms 70 



