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BIBLIOGRAPHY. 



This bibliograph}^ includes only the more important writings which 

 have been published in permanent form. It does not include the many 

 hundreds of titles of articles published in newspapers and in popular 

 magazines. In the preliminary numbers of this bibliograph}^ a special 

 S3mopsis is given of the contents of publications, more particularly to 

 outline the history of the cultural method now recognized as of 

 supreme importance in the control of the boll weevil. No attempt is 

 made to give a synopsis of the later titles. 



1843. BoHEMAN, C. H. — Genera et Species Curculionidum cum 

 Synonymia hujus Familise ed. C. J. Schonherr. Vol. Y, pt. 2y 

 pp. 232-233. 

 The original description of Anthonomus grandis. 

 1871. SuFFRiAN, E. — Verzeichniss der von Dr. Gundlach auf der 

 Insel Cuba gesammelten Riisselkafer. Archiv f. Naturg.j 

 XXXVII, Jahrg. 13, pt. J, pp. 130-131. 

 Contains the record of a specimen from Cardenas and one from San Cristo- 

 bal, in Cuba. 



1885. Riley, C. Y. — Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture f. 



1886, p. 279. 



Contains the sentence ''Another very large species, A. grandis Boh., we have 

 reared at this Department from dwarfed cotton bolls sent from northern Mexico 

 by Dr. Edward Palmer." This is the first published record of the food plant 

 and method of injury of the species. 



1891. DiETZ, W. G. — Revision of the Genera and Species of Antho- 

 nomini inhabiting North America. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, 

 Yol. XYIII, p. 205. 

 The species is here reported from Texas. It has been shown, however, 

 that this was an error. See Insect Life, Vol. VII, p. 273. 



1894. Howard, L. O. — A new Cotton Insect in Texas. Insect Life, 



Yol. YII, p. 273. 



The first authentic account of the occurrence of the species in the United 

 States, and some statements regarding its life history. 



1895. Howard, L. O. — The New Cotton-boll Weevil. Insect Life, 



Yol. YII, p. 281. 



Eegarding the importance of the pest and the investigation started by the 

 sending of Mr. C. H. T. Townsend to Texas in December, 1894. 



1895. Townsend, C. H. T. — Report on the Mexican Cotton-boll Weevil 



in Texas {Anthonomus grandis Boh.). Insect Life, Yol. YII, 



No. 4, pp. 295-309, figs. 30, 31. March. 



An important preliminary paper giving valuable data on life history and 



habits, an account of its spread from Mexico to Texas, and its extent in Texas 



at that time. In the consideration of remedies are suggested the cutting and 



burning over of the cotton fields in winter, the abandonment of cotton growing 



