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 Answers to Circular No. 7 — Continued. 



Fla., [87]— from H. P. Bee, San Antonio, Tex., [88], [89]— from E. H. 



Anderson, Kirk wood, Miss., [90] — condensed siuumary of the habits of 



the worm, from Dr. D. L. Phares, Woodville, Miss., [92]. 



NOTES.: [93] 



Note 1 [95] 



Hiibner's description of Aletia argillacea, with translation, [95]. 



Note 2 [95] 



Eeasons for rejecting HUbner's description of Aletia argillacea, [95] — 

 wherein this description and the figures differ from A. xylina, [95] — doubts 

 of authors concerning A. argillacea, [95] — search for the type of ^. argil- 

 lacea, [96] — condition of Sonimer collection, [96] — how specimens of A. 

 xylina are labeled therein, [96]. 



Note 3 [96] 



No published, full, and accurate description of the earlier states of A. 

 xylina extant, [96] — Eeprint of descriptive portion of Dr. C. W. Capers' 

 article "On the Cotton Caterpillar," [97] — history of ravages of A. 

 xylina prior to 1828, [97] — sudden abandonment of cotton plants, [97] — 

 his description of moth, [98] — egg, [98] — larva, [98] — smell of larva, 

 [98] — habits, [98] — food-plant, [98] — pupation, [98] — description of pupa, 

 [98] — remedies, [99] — detailed description of egg, [99] — six stages of 

 larva, [99]— pupa, [100]. 



Note 4. [100] 



Difference in structure of prolegs, distinguishing Aletia xylina from Anomia 

 texana, [100]. 



Note 5 [100] 



Resemblance of larva of Plusia dyaus to that of Aletia xylina, [100] — pro- 

 portion of light and dark specimens early and late in the season, [100]. 



Note 6 - -. [100] 



Cotton leaves blotched by young larva of Spilosoma acrea, [lOO]. 



Note 7 [100] 



Larva of Aletia xylina fed on Ipomoea commutata, [100] — Abutilon and Phy- 

 tolacca defoliated by different larvae, [100] — said to feed on *' salve 

 bush," [100]. 



Notes [100] 



Structure of male genitalia of Aletia xylina, [100]. 



Note 9 [101] 



Notice of Wm. Trelease's '^ Nectar : what it is and some of its uses," [101] — 

 teleology and dysteleology of nectar glands of cotton plant, [101]. 



Note 10 [101] 



Eapidity with which the broods of A. xylina follow one another in mid- 

 summer, [101] — time of first appearance of worms, [101] — number of 

 broods, [101] — prolificacy of moth, [101] — importance of natural checks 

 upon its increase, [101]. 



Note 11 ." [101] 



Influence of winter temperature on time of first appearance of worms, [101]. 



Note 12 [101] 



Theories of hibernation of A. xylina, [101] — proof of hibernation of moth, 

 [102] — importance of this j)roof, [102]. 



Note 13 [102] 



Influence of latitude upon time of hatching of insects, [102]. 



Note 14 [102] 



Number of broods of A. xylina previously recognized, [102]. 



