330 



Affleck, Thos. — ^'Destruction of tlie Cotton Crop by Insects." American Agricult- 

 urist, V, -p. 341, September, 1846. 



[A short historical account of the Cotton "Worm, \vith a description of the state of affairs 

 in Mississippi in Auo;ust, 1846, and remarks upon the natural history of the insect. In this 

 article Mr. Affleck first formulates the migration theory.] 



Affleck, Thos.— '' The Cotton Moth—Ophiasa? (Noctua) xyllna.'" Affleck's South- 

 ern Rural Almanac and Plantation and Garden Calendar for 1851 (published 

 at the office of the Picayune, Xew Orleans), pp. 49, 50. 



[Quotes from a letter from Harris ; gives arguments for the hibernation of the moth. ; 

 describes the egg accurately ; figures larva, chrysalis, and moth, and also figures an icbneu- 

 monid parasite, in all probability Pimpla conquisitor.] 



Affleck, Thos.—" Cresylic acid." Southern Ruralist, July, 1868. 

 [Advises its use to drive the Cotton Moth away from the plant.] 



Affleck, Thos. — •' On the Cotton Worm." American Agriculturist, December (1867). 

 [Advises tne use of Cresylic soap solution.] 



Alabama Planter (C. F. Front?). — Essay on the best mode of using Paris Green 

 for the Destruction of the Cotton Caterpillar. Denwpolis, Ala., November, 1873. 



Allen, H. R. — American Farm and Home Cyclopedia. Indianapolis, 1881. 

 [Speaks of " Cotton Army Worm " and advises Paris green and hand-picking.] 



American Agriculturist. — " Report on lusects Injurious to the Cotton Plant." Sep- 

 tember, 1678. 



[Editorial mention of the beginning of the Cotton Worm Investigation.] 



American Farmer. — A Handbook of Agriculture, &c., 13tli ed., Carleton & Co., N.Y., 

 1880. 



[Most of the facts from Turner: makes the astonishing statement that the Cotton Moth is 

 nine inches long and that the breadth of wing is the same.] 



American Naturalist. — "The Cotton or Army Worm of the South." Vol.iv, p. 52, 

 March, 1870. 



[A short account from Proc. Ent. Soc. London, of the injury done to the cotton crop in 

 Louisiana by tbe "Army Worm '' — '' Heliothis armigera "—undoubtedly Aletia xylina.] 



Anderson, E; H. — "Cotton Caterpillars and their habits." Eural Carolinian, ii, p. 

 695, 1871. 



[A short review of the natural history of the- Cotton Worm, witbnotice of a longer paper 

 soon to be brought out.] 



Anderson, E. H. — "JNIore about Cotton Caterpillars." Rural Carolinian, iii, pp. 

 204-207, 1871. 



[A controversial reply to Mr. Grote's criticism.] 



Anderson, E. H. — "Report of E. H. Anderson, M. D., of Kirkwood, Miss." Report 



upon Cotton Insects, Dex)artment of /. rri culture, 1879, pp. 352-356. 

 [Dr. Anderson's report of observation -> I'l.d experiments for the year 187S-] 



Another Cotton Planter. — "On the Cotton Caterpillar." Southern Agriculturist, 

 p. 489, 1829. 



American Cyclopedia. — "Cotton Worm." Vol. v, p. 419, 1874. 



[A short article on the past history, natural history, habits of, and remedies for, the Cotton 

 Worm.] 



Atlanta Constitution.—" The Cotton Worm." October 3, 1878. 



[Editorial notice of the work of the Commission during the summer of 1878.] 

 Atlanta Constitution.—" The Cotton Worm Investigation." July 20, 1880. 



[Plan of work of the Commission for 1880.] 

 Bailey, J. F. — American Entomologist, iii, p. 77, 1880. 



[A mere note accompanying specimens of the Cotton Moth captured February 12, on Mock 

 Orange.] 



Bailey, J. P. — "Pyrethrum on Cabbage and Cotton Worms." American Entomolo- 

 gist, iii, p. 296, 1880. 



