356 REPORT 4, UNITED STATES ENTOMOLOGICAL COMMISSION. 



new land in Tarrant, Johnson, Ellis, Kaufman, Hunt, Rockwall, Cooke, 

 Montague, Clay and Wise counties." — [Texas paper (title not kept), 1880. 



" The Boll Worm has already made its appearance in this part of the 

 country, and reliable farmers say that their crops have already been 

 damaged at least 75 per cent., and unless some favorable change takes 

 ])lace they will lose their entire crop." — [Statistical Report, Kaufman 

 County, Texas, 1880. 



^' Twenty days ago the cotton crop of Ellis county promised an aver- 

 age yield of a bale to the acre; at this time its evident average jield will 

 not exceed one-third of a bale to the acre, the cause of the falling off be- 

 ing the Boll Worm. Some lields of cotton are comparatively little in- 

 jured, while others are literally destroyed." — [Galveston News, September 

 2, 1880. 



'* Two hundred and fifty acres of cotton waist high and heavily 

 limbed, was sold today for $250 cash. Cause, ravaged by the Boll 

 Worm:^— [Galveston News^ August 26, 1880. 



The following extracts are from the answers to the circular sent oat 

 in 1878: 



" The Boll Worm has, I doubt not, destroyed more cotton in Alabama 

 than the Aletia argillacea." — [D. Lee, Lowndes County, Alabama. 



*^I would mention the Boll Worm, which bores into the boll and de- 

 stroys each lobe pierced, and many think the Boll Worm is more destruc- 

 tive on the average than the caterpillar, for the reason that it attacks 

 the cotton more or less every year. I have counted frequently on some 

 stalks as many as 25 bolls destroyed by the Boll Worm. In 1847 there 

 was no caterpillar; but the Boll Worm, from written memoranda fur- 

 nished me by the Hon. A. C. Mitchell, of Glenville, Ala., very nearly 

 destroyed the crops, being equally as destructive as the caterpillar the^ 

 preceding year." — [H. Hawkins, Barbour County, Alabama. 



"There is a small worm which usually comes in advance of the regu- 

 lar cateri^illar, that bores into the forms before the bloom comes out, 

 and it has been my opinion that the damage caused by these is as heavy 

 as any caused by the caterpillar."— [H. C. Brown, Wilcox County, Ala- 

 bama. 



'^ I believe the Boll Worm has done a great deal more damage in the 

 aggregate than the Cotton Worm." — [C. C. Howard, Autauga Countj^, 

 Alabama. 



"The Boll Worm does us more damage upon the whole than the Cot- 

 ton Worm." — [A. J. Cheves, Macon County, Georgia. 



"The Boll Worm (Heliothis) has done more damage this year than 

 the Noctua xylina. They appeared early in June and the third crop is 

 still at work. The crop of this county is cut off at least one-third. A 

 field of sixty acres planted by my brother-in-law, that with no casual- 

 ties would have made forty-five bales, will barely make fifteen." — [W. 

 Barnes, Cherokee County, Texas. 



