342 REPORT 4, UNITED STATES ENTOMOLOGICAL COMMISSION. 



Seabrook, 'W. B. — " The Cotton Caterpillar." American Farmer, ii, 308. 1847. From 

 the Charleston Mercury. 



[States that he does not believe in the hibernation of the moth.] 

 Selma Times. — " The Cotton Worm Investigation." Editorial in Selma Times, July 

 21, 1880. 

 Reimpr. — American Entomologist, iii, p. 197 (1880). 

 Selma Times. — '* Hogs as Destroyers of the Cotton Caterpillar." September, 1878. 

 Southern Cultivator. — "Cotton Caterpillar." 1846, p. 157. 



Southern Cultivator. — "The Cotton Worm; its History, Character, Visitations, &,g" 

 1847, p. 1.37. 



[Editorial answer to Dr, Gorham's migration theory.] 



Southern Cultivator.—" Destroying the Cotton Moth." viii, p. 132, 1850. 



[Advocates ''sugaring" for the moth -vrith molasses and vinegar.] 



Southern Cultivator.—" The Caterpillar." 1869, p. 13. 



[Advocates hand-picking as the only sure remedy.] 

 Southern Cultivator.—" The Cotton Worm." 1869. p. 18, 



[Advises the use of Dr. Heard's moth-trap.] 



Spalding, Thomas. — "The Cotton Caterpillar." American Farmer, ii, p. 283, 1847. 

 From the Savannah Republican. 



[Advocates burning all rubbish in the spring, destroying the moths before they lay their 

 eggs.] 



Stelle, J. Parish. — "Southern Notes. The Coming Cotton Worm." American Ento- 

 mologist and Botanist, ii, p. 124, 1870. 



[States that the worm is always worse after a mild winter. Gives differences between 

 "grass worm and cotton worm."] 



Stelle, J. Parish. — "The Cotton Caterpillar." The Rural Alabamian, i, pp. 78-80, 

 1872. 



[Arguments to prove that the ravages of the Cotton Worm are worse aft^r a severe win- 

 ter than a mild one. A description of the moth and notes upon the habits of the worm. 

 Hand-picking and fires are advised as remedies.] 



SteUe, J. P. — "The Cotton Caterpillar. All about how to save the Cotton Crop." 

 Mobile Register, July 5, 1873. 



[Gives figures of the insect and describes all stages, with a short account of habitn. 

 Strongly advises the use of Pails green. Quotes from Biley's paper and says that he him 

 self tried experiments the previous year with the poison.] 



Stelle, J. P. — "That Patent on Paris Green." Mobile Weekly Register, November 

 21, 1874. 



[Contains a lengthy and interesting correspondence between J. P. St«lle and "W. B. Royall. 

 relative to the ground covered by Eoyall's patent.] 



Stelle, J. P. — "The Cotton Caterpillar and how to combat it successfully." Rural 

 Carolinian, v, pp. 511-515, 1874. 



[An account of habits, with description and figures of the insect in all stagos. Advises tha 

 use of Paris green. Gives the formula for the Texas Cotton Worm Destroyer.] 



Stelle, J. P. — "Ants vs. Aletia again." American Entomologist, iii, p. 251, 1880. 



Stelle, J. P. — " Road Dust vs. Cotton Worms." American Entomologist, iii, p. 252, 



1880. 

 Stelle, J. P.—" The Cotton Worm." Southern Farmers' Monthly, June, 1880. 



Stelle, J. P.— "To save the Cotton." Mobile Register, September 4, 1880. 



[Paris green and London purple, a long editorial.] 

 Stelle, J. P. — " Cotton Worms in Mexico." Mobile Register, February 12, 1881. 



[Quotes the letters of S. T. Trowbridge, United States Consul at Vera Cruz, and R. de Z 

 Enriques of the same place ; and quotes Professor Kiley's comments in the American E&to- 

 mologist.] 



