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1891. TozzETi, Ad. Targioni. — Animali ed insetti del tabacco in Erba e del tabacco 

 secco. Firenze-Roma, pp. 275-278, Tav. Ill, fig. 1, text fig. 96. 

 Good account with synonomy, names, and description of the adult. Figures 

 larval injury to tobacco, and gives habits, food plants, etc. Remedies briefly 

 noted. 



1891. Webster, F. M. — Early Published References to Some of Our Injurious Insects, 



II. Insect Life, IV, p. 326. 

 Records occurrence of what is probably Heliothis obsoleta in 1820 on cotton; and 

 in 1842 on corn in Illinois. 



1892. Arkle, J. — A Tomato Caterpillar {Heliothis armigera). Entomologist, London, 



XV, pp. 237-238. 

 Life-history notes on larvae in tomatoes imported from Valencia; range and 

 food plants. 

 1892. Bruner, L. — Report of the Entomologist. Ann. Rept. Nebraska State Bd. 

 Agric. f. 1891, pp. 252-255. 

 General considerations. Common injurious insect to corn in Nebraska. 

 1892. Garman, H.— Rept. Kentucky Agric. Exp. Sta. f. 1889, p. 9. 



Brief account of injury in Kentucky. 

 1892. Harvey, F. L. — Report of the Entomologist. Ann. Rept. Maine Agric. Exp. 

 Sta. f. 1892, pp. 119-123, fig. 4. 

 The boll worm or corn worm is figured and described with remedial measures. 

 Apparently the first record of injury in Maine; one brood reported. 

 1892. Mullen, S. B. — Corn as a trap crop for the Bollworm. Insect Life, V, p. 48. 



Tomatoes reported protected by use of corn as a trap crop. 

 1892. Neal, J. C— Insects. Bui. No. 3, Oklahoma Agric. Exp. Sta., pp. 9-11, fig. 5. 



General account with old figure. 

 1892. Smith, J. B. — Report of the Entomologist. Rept. N. Jersey Agric. Exp. Sta. f. 

 1892, pp. 441-446. 

 General considerations in New Jersey; number of broods. 

 1892. Smith, J. B. — Notes of the Year in New Jersey. Insect Life, V, p. 93. 



Includes reference to serious injury to tomato in New Jersey by the bollworm; 

 locally known as the "heart- worm." 

 1892. TowNSEND, C. H. T. — The Possible and Actual Influence of Irrigation on 

 Insect Injury in New Mexico. Insect Life, V, p. 78. 

 Expresses the opinion that irrigation will destroy pupae of bollworm in the 

 ground. 



1892. TuTT, J. W.— The British Nocture and Their Varieties, III, pp. 121, 128. 



Its remarkable distribution mentioned; varies excessively. Varieties fusca 

 Ckll., ochracea Ckll., and umbrosus Grote listed; subvariety eumaculata. 



1893. Alwood, W. B.— Insects and Insecticides. Bui. No. 24, Virginia Agric. Exp. 



Sta., p. 13. 

 Brief account, with remedial suggestions. Protecting corn by application of 



strong tobacco decoction, etc., to the silks. 

 1893. Bairstow, S. D. — The Bollworm or Corn Worm of the southern United States — 



The Peach Underwing of the Cape. Agric. Jour., Dept. Agric. Cape Colony, 



S. Africa, 1893, VI, p. 81. 

 Reported serious enemy to peaches in 1892, in Cape Colony. 

 1893. Cotes, E. C. — Conspectus of the insects which affect crops in India. Heliothis 



armiger. Indian Mus. Notes, II, No. 6, p. 160. 

 List of Indian food plants. i 



