INDEX. 



A-frame macMnes, 293-298. 



A-framed rotary blower, 230. 



Abdomen of moth of A. xylina, external anatomy 



of, 50-51, 56-58. 

 Absence of parasitic checks to A. xylina dis- 

 cussed, 20. 

 AbutUonavicennce, food-plant of Anomis erata, 349. 

 localities for, [104]. 

 not fed on by larva of A. xylina, [108]. 

 texensis, not a food-plant of Aletia xylina, 

 [21]. 

 Acanthocephala Jemormta vs. Hdiothis armigera, 



376, [19]. 

 Aceratodes cornutit^ vs. Aletia, 97. 

 Acker- und Gartenbau-Zeitung, literature in, 329. 

 acrea, Leucarctia, blotches made by larva of, [1001. 

 brush-sacs of moth of, 56, [105j. 

 acuminata. Magnolia, 66. 



Adhesive substances for application of dry poi- 

 sons, 141. 

 Adhesives, killing insects by, 311-315, 321. 

 J£gialitis vocifera vs. Aletia, 88. 

 ^scidus, experiments -n-ith, [20], [21]. 

 Jiava, 66. 

 glabra, 66, 184. 

 Affleck (Thos.), cited, 24. 



Uterature by, 323, 324, 326, 329, 330, 

 332. 

 Affleck's Southern Rural Almanac, etc., for 1851, 



literature in, 330. 

 Agelatus phoeniceus vs. Aletia, 88. 

 Agitator pump, 276, 282, 283. 



Agricultural ant of Texas, vernacular name of 

 Pogonomyrmex barbatus, [29]. 

 subdivisions of cotton belt, 65, 67-80. 

 States, 65-66. 

 AgTotis, brush-sac of moth of, 56. 

 AlZan«;itt«, experiments with, [20], [21], tll3]-[lU]. 

 glandulosa, 184. 

 tree, 184. 

 Air-puaaps in poisoning, blast of, 249-251. 



compression by, 258-261. 

 Humphreyville's, 251. 

 Rumsey's, 251. 

 Alabama, history of A. xylina in, 24-33. 

 Boll- worm in, 28. 

 Geological Survey, Report of Progress 



for 1875, literature in, 335. 

 Planter, literature by, 330. 

 albicinctus,Anisoscelis. (See AnisoseeLis albicinctus-) 

 alcea, Malva, localities for, [103] . 

 Alcohol, effect of, on larvae of A. xylina, 187. 



in baits, 317. 

 Aletia, anatomy of, 45-57. 



popular name of A. xylina, 1. 

 argillacea, food-plants of larva of, [lOO]. 

 loss of type-specimen of, [96]. 

 original "description of, [95]. 

 supposed to be A. xylina, 1. 

 synonym of A. xylina, 2. 

 uncertainty of identification of, 

 [95]-[96]. 

 xyUna, absence of, from Bahamas, 21. 



account of, by Dr. C. "W. Capers, 



[97]-[99]. 

 anatomy of male genitalia of, [100]- 



[101 J. 

 annoyances to, [28]. 

 annual extinction of,atthenorth,21. 

 behavior of. toward lights, [13], 

 [14]. 



Aletim xylina, characters of, 5-9. 



chronological account of, (See His- 



toj:y of A. xylina.) 

 chrysalis of. (See Chrysalis of A. 



xylina.) 

 classificatory position of, 2. 

 cocoon of. (See Cocoon of A. 



xylina.) 

 copulation of, observations on, [131. 

 descriptions of earlier states of, 



[96]-[100]. 

 destroyed by a Tachinidfly, [16]. 

 Heliothis armigera, 

 [18]. 

 destruction of, by dragon flies, [6]. 

 Trick gramma 

 pretiosa, [7]. 

 destructive generations of, 14. 

 destructiveness of, 2. 

 distinguished from Heliothis armi- 

 gera, 374. 

 eaten by cats, dogs, and swine, 

 [106]. 

 Heliothis armigera, 364, 

 368, 369. 

 effect of arsenic on, [.34]. 



London purple on, [33]. * 

 Paris green on, [33]. 

 . pyrethrum on, [22], [23], 

 [31]. 

 on images of, 

 [15]. 

 larvae of, 

 [14]. 

 vegetable preparations on, 

 [211. 

 egg of. {See Egg of A. xylina.) 

 enemies of. (See Enemies of A. 



xylina.) 

 exotic origin of, discussed, 20. 

 first appearance of, circumstances 

 of, [105]. 

 in Florida, [6]. 

 flight of, 15. 



food-habits of imago of, [14]. 

 food-plants of, [27]. 



of imago of, [20]. 

 geographical distribution of, 39-44. 

 habits of, 5-8, 10, 11, 15, [37], [97]. 

 hatching of eggs of, 6. 

 hibernation of, 15-22, [101]-[102], 

 [104]-[105]. 

 conditions affect- 

 ing, 22. 

 localities of, 22. 

 summary of evidence 

 on, 22. 

 history of. ( See History of A . xylina. ) 

 imago of. (See Moth of A . xylina. ) 

 influence of English sparrow on, [106]. 

 weather on, 83-86. 

 wet weather on, [105]. 

 winds on. 85-86. 

 insects mistaken for, 345. 

 introduction of, from foreign coun- 

 tries discussed, 20. 

 irregular recurrence of, [ 122] . 

 • labeling of, in Sommer collection, 

 [96]. 

 larva of. (See Larva of A. xylina.) 

 migrations of, 15. 



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