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INDEX. 



Aletia xylina, natural enemies of, [29], [30]. 

 history of, 5-22. 

 northern food-plants of, 15. 

 • number of broods of, 13-15, [101], 



[102]. 

 number of e<:gs laid on one leaf by, 



5-6. 

 objects mistaken for eggs of, 6. 

 occurrence of, in Bahamas, 42. 

 Barbuda, 42. 

 Brazil, 43-44. 

 Guadaloupe, 42. 

 ManzanOlo, 39-40. 

 Martinique, 42. 

 Mazatlan, 39. 

 Merida, 41. 

 Mexico, [122]. 

 Montreal, 39. 

 Porto Rico, 42. 

 Santo Domingo, 



42. 

 Sao Paulo, 39. 

 South Carolina,34- 



35. 

 Trinidad, 42. 

 Venezuela, 42-43. 

 Vera Cruz, 40-41. 

 Wisconsin [102]. 

 OTiposition of. ( See Oviposition of J.. 



xylina. ) 

 parasites of, 377, [19], [20]. 

 periodical occurrence of, 41, [122]. . 

 discussed, 

 20. 

 recurrence of, theory of, 

 25, 26. 

 periods of development of, 1 10]-[13]. 

 popular names of, 41. 

 position of pupa of, [8], [13]. 

 posture of imago of, [13]. 

 pupation of, 8, [20]. 

 ravages of, connection of floods with, 

 40. 

 iu Bahamas, 42. 

 Cuba, 42. 

 Florida, [6j. 

 Manzanillo, 40. 

 Mazatlan, 39. 

 iufiuence of rains on, 43. 

 weather on, 

 44. 

 remedies for, [99], [102]. 



history of, 34-38, 41, 

 [119|-[120]. 

 seasons of, [6], [7J, [10]-[12], [19], 

 [201, [37], [101]. 

 in Texas, [25]. 

 spiders feeding on, [106]-[107]. 

 statistics of losses caused by, 2-4. 

 succession of broods of, [7] -[12] . 

 synonymy of, 2. 

 time from generation to generation 



of, 11-12. 

 unimportance of, in Florida, [6]. 

 unknown in parts of Florida, [5]. 

 ▼ariations in broods of, [5]. 



of larvae of, [8], [12]. 

 aletia, Phora. (See Pkora aletice.) 



Tachina. (See Tachina aletice.) 

 Aleurodes sp. mistaken for eggs of A. xylina, 6. 

 aleurodie, Metamymar, n. g., n. sp., mentioned, 



1107]. 

 Allen (H. R.), literature by, 330. 

 Allen's bucket-form pump, 273. 

 plug-slot nozzle, 202. 



fowdering bellows, 241. 

 region, 65, 67-68, 69. 

 soils, 64, 66. 

 alnialis, Botis, parasited by Ghalds ovata, [111]. 

 Althcea officinalis, localities for, [103]. 

 amara, Varya, 66. 

 Ambrosia artemisioe folia, 184. 



experiments with, [20], [21]. 

 trxfida, 184. 

 American Agriculturist, literature in, 330. 



Cotton Planter, literature in, 323, 332, 



344, 358, 359, 382, 383, 384, [121]. 

 Cuckoo, vernacular name of Coecygus 

 americanus, [29]. 



American Cyclopedia, literature in, 330. 



Entomologist, literature in, 325, 328, 330, 

 331, 3a3, 335-338, 34(V- 

 344,352,359-363,382,384, 

 [107], [111]-[112], [121]. 

 and Botanist, literature 

 in, 342. 

 Farm and Home Cyclopedia, literature 



in, 330. 

 Farmer, literature in, 330,342. 

 Naturalist, literature in, 330, 332,334, 

 338, 339, 341. 

 americana, Misumena, vs. Aletia, [106]. 

 Amor's can-syringe, 274. 



watering-pot pump. 273-274. 

 Anata armigera vs. Aletia, 98. 

 Anatomy of Aletia, 45-57. 



brush-sacs of moths. 56. 

 larva of Aletia xylina, 45-48. 

 digestive canal, 47. 

 dorsal vessel, 47. 

 ganglia, 47. 

 legs, 45. 



malpighian vessels, 47. 

 prologs, 46. 

 salivary glands, 47. 

 stig-mata, 46-47. 

 stomach, 47. 

 testis, 57. 

 moth of Aletia xylina, 48-58. 

 aorta, 55. 

 brush-sac, 56. 

 colleterial glands, 57-58. 

 copulatorv pouch, 58. 

 coxae, 49-50. 

 digestive canal, 53-55. 

 female organs, 57-58. 

 food reservoir, 54-55. 

 ganglia, 55. 

 intestine, 55. 

 legs, 51. 

 male genitalia, [100]-[101]. 



organs, 56-57. 

 malpighian vessels, 55. 

 nervous system, 55. 

 oesophagiis, 54. 

 ovaries, 57. 

 penis, 57. 

 pharynx, 53-54. 

 pore-canals, 52. 

 proboscis, 52-53. 

 salivary glands, 54. 

 scales, 51-52. 

 sebaceous glands, 57-58. 

 spines, 51, 53. 

 spiracles, 51. 

 stomach, 55. 

 testis, 57. 



trochantines, 49, 50. 

 tympanum, 50. 

 vagina, 58. 

 vasa deferentia, 57. 

 scent-organs of moths, 56. 

 Anderson (Dr. E. H.), acknowledgment of assist- 

 ance from, IX, XXX. 

 cited, 16. 



literature by, 326, 330, 334. 

 on Heliothis armigera eat- 

 ing Aletia xylina, 369. 

 the influence of jute, 122. 

 report of, for 1880, [37]. 

 Andromeda, 67. 



angustum, Malvastrum, localities for, [103]. 

 Anise in baits, 317. 

 Anisoscelis alhicinctus, synonym of Leptoglossus 



phyllopus. 

 Annales de la Soci6t6 Entomologique de France. 

 'literature in, 383, [110]. 

 des Sciences Xaturelles, literature in. 

 [110]. 

 Annoyances to the cotton woitq, [28]. 

 Annual extinction of A. xylina at the north, 21. 

 annulicornis, Cryptus, erroneous synonymy of, 



[111]. 

 Anolis principalis vs. Aletia, 89. 

 Anomis, A. xylina, referred to, 1. 



argiilacea,A letia a;?/?ma labeled as, in Som- 



mer collection, [96] . 

 hipunctina, synonym of A.xylina, 2,325. 



