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Page. 

 Reports of Dr. E. H. Anderson— Continued. 



laying, and hibernation of motlis, and on weather, from October 3 to 

 December 31, [^0]-[44] — observations of Reliotliis armigera, [41]-[43] — 

 Report for 1882, [44]— observations on ants and aphides, [45] — abun- 

 dance and sudden disappearance of Laphygma frugiperda, [45] — scarcity 

 of cotton worms, [45] — experiuients with pyrethrum, [45]-[48] — weather 

 in September, [46], [47]— scarcity of HeUothis armigera in cotton, [46], 

 [47] — its preferred food-plants, [47]. 



APPENDIX V. 



Cotton caterpillars in Brazil. By John C. Branner [49] 



Historical accounts of the occurrence of cotton caterpillars in Brazil, 

 [49]-[51] — influence of weather on the appearance and abundance of 

 cotton worms, [51] — localities in which worms first appear, [51] — young 

 cotton plants most injured, [51] — two species of cotton caterpillars have 

 been confounded, [52] — seasons and relative abundance of the two, [52] — 

 duration of their pupa state, [.52] — time of issue of moths, [53] — number 

 of broods, [53] — enemies of the caterpillars, [53] — preventive measures, 

 [53] — losses caused by caterpillars, [53]-[54] — HeUothis armigera scarcely 

 known to attack cotton in Brazil, [54]. 



APPENDIX VI. 



Report of Judge William J. Jones [55] 



Obstacles to investigation in 1880, [55] — exemption of scattered patches of 

 cotton plants from depredation, [55] — answers to questions in Circular 

 No. 7, [55]-^[56] — cotton killed by a fungus, [56] — application of poisons 

 to cotton, [.56] — effect of poisons upon eggs and larvae, [56] — no other 

 insects observed to be injurious, [56] — use of lights recommended to de- 

 stroy moths, [56]-[57]. 



APPENDIX VII. 



Reports of. consuls and consular agents on the cotton crop and its 

 ENEMIES IN Mexico, Central and South America, and the West 

 Indies [59] 



Introduction, [.b9] — circular letter of inquiry, [59] — replies: from Merida, 

 Mexico, [60] — from Tampico, Mexico, [60] — from Martinique, W. I., [60]-— 

 from Trinidad, W. I., [61] — from Manzanillo, Mexico, [61] — from Mazat- 

 lan, Mexico, [62] — from Bahia, Brazil, [63] — from Maricaibo, U. S. of Co- 

 lombia, [64] — from Vera CrUz, Mexico, [65]— from Pernambuco, Brazil, 

 [67] — from Bogota U. S. of Colombia, [68]— Notes on insects injurious to 

 the cotton plant in the Republic of Mexico, by D. H. Strother, U. S. con- 

 sul-general, [70]. 



APPENDIX VIII. 



Answers to Circular No. 7 [71] 



From D. M. Hamilton, St. Francisville, West Feliciana Parish, La., [71] 

 — from R. A. Lee, Evergreen, Ala., [73] — from J. M. Wolkom, Hender- 

 son, Tex., [74]— from P. S. Clarke, Hempstead, Waller Co., Tex., [75] — 

 from L. D. Hoyt, Livingston, Sumter Co., Ala., [77] — from F. S. 

 Shields, Lake Concordia, Concordia Parish, La., [79] — from G. E. Gilles- 

 pie, M. D., Natchitoches, La., [81] — from H. O. Dixon, Jackson, Miss., 

 [84] — from F. L. Yoakum, Larissa, Cherokee Co., Tex., [85] — from O. H. 

 Perry, Perry Co., Ala., [86] — from J. W. Grace, Walterborough, Colle- 

 ton Co., S. C, [86] — from F. M. McMeekin, Jamestown, Alachua Co., 



