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Boll weevil, percentage emerging from infested squares 28 



places of first appearance after emergence from hibernation 24-25 



preyed upon by Apiomerus spissipes 49-54 



progress of infestation compared with production of cotton fruit. . . 33-38 



summer broods 25-31 



mortality 28-31 



Bollworm, preyed upon by Solenopsis geminata xyloni 46 



Box elder. (See Acer negundo.) 



Bracon mellitor, parasite of Anthonomus aeneotinctus 56 



fulvus '. 40, 41 



grandis 40, 47 



squamosus 40, 43 



Bug, predatory, reported enemy of boll wee^dl '. 49-54 



Burning of stalks in control of boll weevil 7 



Callirrhoe involucrata, food plant of Anthonomus fulvus 40, 41^2 



Cannibalism in Apiomerus spissipes 53 



Catolaccus incertus, parasite of Anthonomus seneolus 40 



seneotinctus 56 



sp., parasite of Anthonomus squamosus 43 



Cecidomyiid gall-maker, eaten by Apiomerus spissipes 53 



Cerambycohius cyaneiceps, parasite of Lixus musculus 43 



Cotton aphis. (See Aphis gossypH.) 



boll weevil. {See Boll wee\Tll and Anthonomus grandis.) 



early varieties to avoid damage from boll weevil, explanation 38 



planting to avoid damage from boll-weevil, advantage explained. . 38 



fall destruction of stalks in boll-weevil control 7, 22-24 



food plant of Anthonomus grandis 39 



Ataxia crypta 63, 64 



leaf- worm. (See Leaf- worm, cotton.) 



squares, injury from boll weevil in relation to natural increase of squares . 33-38 



stalk-borer. (See Ataxia crypta.) 



varieties, production of fruit 34-37 



yield 34-37 



yield at College Station, Tex., in 1904 37 



Crop rotation in control of boll wee^dl 24 



Cucumber beetle, twelve-spotted. (See Diabrotica 12-punctata.) 



Cultural experiments in control of pepper weevil 58 



Desmoris scapalis on Sideranthus rubiginosus ; 40 



Development of boll weevil during normal period of hibernation 8-11 



Dewberry, food plant of Anthonomus signatus 39, 60 



Diabrotica 12-punctata, eaten by Apiomerus spissipes 52, 54 



Etroxys sp., parasite of Ataxia crypta 65 



Eurytoma tylodermatis, parasite of Anthonomus grandis 40 



squamosus 40, 43 



Lixus musculus 40, 43 



Fall destruction of stalks in control of boll weevil 7 



Fig, food plant of Ataxia a-ypta 63 



' ' Fire-ant, ' ' name for Solenopsis geminata 45 



Flies, house, eaten by Apiomerus spissipes 52, 54 



Food supply as controlling numbers of boll weevil in the fall 5-6 



Glyptomorpha rugator, parasite of Lixus musculus 43 



Grazing, factor in control of boll weevil 6 



Grindelia squarrosa nuda, food plant of Anthonomus squamosus 40, 42-43 



