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  THE 
  BOLL-WOEM. 
  779 
  

  

  stead 
  of 
  green. 
  It 
  is 
  usually 
  deposited 
  singly 
  on 
  tlie 
  outside 
  of 
  the 
  

   involucel 
  or 
  outer 
  calyx 
  of 
  the 
  flower 
  or 
  young 
  boll, 
  and 
  each 
  female 
  moth 
  

   is 
  capable 
  of 
  thus 
  consigning 
  to 
  their 
  proper 
  places 
  upward 
  of 
  five 
  hun- 
  

   dred 
  eggs." 
  — 
  (Liiley.) 
  

  

  " 
  Some 
  eggs 
  of 
  the 
  boll-worm 
  hatched 
  in 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  days 
  after 
  being 
  

   brought 
  in 
  from 
  the 
  field, 
  the 
  inclosed 
  worms 
  gnawing 
  a 
  hole 
  through 
  

   the 
  shell 
  of 
  the 
  egg, 
  and 
  then 
  escaping. 
  They 
  soon 
  commenced 
  feeding 
  

   upon 
  the 
  tender, 
  fleshy 
  substance 
  of 
  the 
  calyx 
  near 
  the 
  place 
  where 
  the 
  

   egg 
  had 
  been 
  deposited. 
  When 
  they 
  had 
  gained 
  strength, 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  

   worms 
  pierced 
  through 
  the 
  calyx 
  and 
  others 
  through 
  the 
  petals 
  

   of 
  the 
  closed 
  flower-bud, 
  or 
  even 
  penetrated 
  into 
  the 
  young 
  and 
  

   tender 
  boll 
  itself. 
  The 
  pistils 
  and 
  stamens 
  of 
  the 
  open 
  flower 
  are 
  

   frequently 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  disturbed 
  and 
  injured 
  without 
  any 
  apparent 
  

   cause. 
  This 
  has 
  been 
  doiie 
  by 
  the 
  young 
  boll- 
  worm 
  ; 
  when 
  hidden 
  

   in 
  the 
  unopened 
  bud, 
  it 
  has 
  eaten 
  one 
  side 
  only 
  of 
  the 
  pistils 
  and 
  

   stamens, 
  so 
  that 
  when 
  the 
  flower 
  is 
  open 
  the 
  parts 
  injured 
  are 
  dis- 
  

   torted 
  and 
  maimed, 
  and 
  very 
  frequently 
  the 
  flower 
  falls 
  without 
  form- 
  

   ing 
  any 
  boll 
  whatever. 
  In 
  many 
  cases, 
  however, 
  the 
  young 
  worm 
  

   bores 
  through 
  the 
  bottom 
  of 
  the 
  flower 
  into 
  the 
  immature 
  boll 
  before 
  

   the 
  old 
  flower 
  falls, 
  thus 
  leaving 
  the 
  boll 
  and 
  involucel, 
  or 
  envelope, 
  still 
  

   adhering 
  to 
  the 
  foot-stalk 
  with 
  the 
  worm 
  safely 
  lodged 
  in 
  the 
  growing 
  

   boll. 
  The 
  number 
  of 
  buds 
  destroyed 
  by 
  this 
  worm 
  is 
  very 
  great, 
  as 
  they 
  

   fall 
  off 
  when 
  quite 
  small, 
  and 
  are 
  scarcely 
  observed 
  as 
  they 
  lie 
  brown 
  

   and 
  withering 
  on 
  the 
  ground 
  beneath 
  the 
  plant. 
  The 
  instinct 
  of 
  the 
  

   boll- 
  worm, 
  however, 
  teaches 
  it 
  to 
  forsake 
  a 
  bud 
  or 
  boll 
  about 
  to 
  fall, 
  and 
  

   either 
  to 
  seek 
  another 
  healthy 
  boll 
  or 
  to 
  fasten 
  itself 
  to 
  a 
  leaf, 
  on 
  which 
  

   it 
  remains 
  until 
  at 
  length 
  it 
  acquires 
  size 
  and 
  strength 
  suflicient 
  to 
  enable 
  

   it 
  to 
  bore 
  into 
  the 
  nearly- 
  matured 
  bolls, 
  the 
  interior 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  nearly 
  

   destroyed 
  by 
  its 
  attacks, 
  as, 
  should 
  it 
  not 
  be 
  completely 
  devoured, 
  rain 
  

   penetrates 
  through 
  the 
  hole 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  worm, 
  and 
  the 
  cotton 
  soon 
  

   becomes 
  rotten 
  and 
  will 
  not 
  ripen. 
  * 
  * 
  * 
  One 
  thing 
  is 
  worthy 
  

   of 
  observation, 
  and 
  that 
  is 
  whenever 
  a 
  young 
  boll 
  or 
  bud 
  is 
  seen 
  with 
  

   the 
  involucre 
  spread 
  open 
  and 
  of 
  a 
  sickly 
  yellow 
  color, 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  safely 
  

   concluded 
  that 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  attacked 
  by 
  the 
  boll-worm, 
  and 
  will 
  soon 
  

  

  perish 
  and 
  fall 
  to 
  the 
  ground. 
  

  

  ******* 
  

  

  "The 
  buds 
  injured 
  by 
  the 
  worm 
  may 
  be 
  readily 
  distinguished 
  by 
  a 
  

   minute 
  hole 
  where 
  it 
  has 
  entered, 
  and 
  which, 
  when 
  cut 
  open, 
  will 
  be 
  

   found 
  partially 
  filled 
  with 
  small 
  black 
  grains, 
  something 
  like 
  coarse 
  

   gunpowder, 
  which 
  is 
  nothing 
  but 
  the 
  digested 
  food 
  after 
  having 
  passed 
  

   through 
  the 
  body 
  of 
  the 
  worm." 
  — 
  (Glover, 
  Monthly 
  Agricultural 
  Eeport, 
  

   July, 
  1866.) 
  

  

  When 
  fully 
  grown, 
  the 
  worm 
  descends 
  into 
  the 
  ground, 
  there 
  forming 
  

   an 
  oval 
  cocoon 
  of 
  earth 
  interwoven 
  with 
  silk 
  wherein 
  it 
  changes 
  to 
  a 
  

   bright 
  chestnut-brown 
  chrysalis 
  with 
  four 
  spines 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  body, 
  

   the 
  two 
  middle 
  ones 
  being 
  stouter 
  than 
  the 
  others. 
  In 
  this 
  state 
  it 
  re- 
  

   mains 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  weeks 
  when 
  the 
  moth 
  escapes. 
  Mr. 
  Glover 
  says 
  

   that 
  " 
  there 
  are 
  at 
  least 
  three 
  broods 
  each 
  year 
  in 
  Georgia, 
  the 
  last 
  

   brood 
  issuing 
  as 
  moths 
  late 
  in 
  November. 
  With 
  us 
  (Missouri) 
  there 
  are 
  

   usually 
  but 
  two, 
  though 
  as 
  already 
  hinted 
  there 
  may 
  be 
  exceptionally 
  

   three. 
  Most 
  of 
  the 
  moths 
  issue 
  in 
  the 
  fall 
  and 
  hibernate 
  as 
  such, 
  but 
  

   some 
  of 
  them 
  pass 
  the 
  winter 
  in 
  the 
  chrysalis 
  state 
  and 
  do 
  not 
  issue 
  till 
  

   the 
  following 
  spring. 
  1 
  have 
  known 
  them 
  to 
  issue 
  in 
  this 
  latitude 
  after 
  

   the 
  first 
  of 
  November, 
  when 
  no 
  frost 
  had 
  previously 
  occurred." 
  — 
  (Kiley.) 
  

  

  Description 
  of 
  the 
  moth.—l 
  regret 
  that 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  good 
  description 
  of 
  the 
  caterpillar 
  

   in 
  existence 
  and 
  that 
  I 
  have 
  no 
  opportunity 
  to 
  study 
  these 
  caterpillars 
  either 
  in 
  a 
  

  

  