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tain a quite fall account of it, especially of its different food-plants 

 other than cotton ; of its habits, characters, natural history, and natural 

 enemies. A summary of its" distinguishing points as compared with 

 Aletia j a full consideration of the different methods that are available 

 to counteract its injuries, and a bibliography are also given. It is for- 

 tunate that the best methods of underspraying the leaves of cotton 

 with poisons to destroy the Aletia also prove, all things considered, the 

 best means of preventing the injury to cotton of this Heliothis. 



Finally, in the Appendices will be found such reports from agents 

 and observers as have been deemed worth publishing as supplementary 

 to the report proper. The tabulated replies to the first circular issued 

 from the department are not included, as they were published in the 

 Department Cotton Insect Eeport, while the more valuable of those in 

 reply to Circular No. 7 are given in Appendix VII. As already stated, 

 these Appendices include also Mr. Branner's report on observations 

 made in Brazil, as well as the reports from consular agents upon the 

 insect in other countries. 



The Notes, as already stated in the Preface, either contain matter of 

 a technical nature that it was deemed advisable to exclude from the 

 main text, or matter needed to still further elucidate or supplement it. 



