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INDEX. 



Gravitational poison distributors, 297-309. 

 for liquid poisons, 297-302. 

 Gray's, 302. 



horseback style of, 300. 

 tnapaack style of, 301. 

 Kamsey's, 301. 

 Robinson s, 299. 

 Euggle's, 302. 

 Schank's, 298. 

 Taylor's, 298, 

 Townsend's, 302. 

 tripod form of, 297-298. 

 water-pot style of, 300, 302. 

 Willie's, 300. 

 powder sifters, 302-309. 

 bag-form of, 304. 

 Davis', 305. 

 Eldredge's, 309. 

 Goodheart's, 304. 

 hand-sieve form of, 303-304. 

 Hurd's, 304. 

 Levy's, 305. 

 Eobinson's, 305. 

 Smith's, 308. 

 Tavlor's, 306. 

 Willie's, 307. 

 Young's, 307. 

 Gravitational sifters, 225, 302-309. 

 Gray silt prairies, 68. 

 Gray's knapsack sprinkler, 302. 



spray-pipe, 221. 

 Greece, cotton enemies in, 39. 

 Grit, 78, 79. 

 Grote (A. E.), cited, 19^42. 



criticised, 12, 20-21. 



literature by, 322, 326, 327, 334, 335, 



338, 339, 358, 383, |121]. 

 on brush-sacs of moths, [105]. 



hibernation of A. xylina, [104]- 

 [105]. 

 quoted, 352. 

 report by, xxvi. 



supposes A. xylina to be A. argilla- 

 cea, 1. 

 Ground beetles feeding on Aletia, 95. • 



natural enemies of Meliothis armi- 

 gera, 376. 

 Ground-cherry, vernacular name of Physalis, 362. 

 Guadaloupe, occurrence of J., xylina in, 42. 

 Guarch6 (J". P. ), cited, 42. 

 Guen6e (A.), literature by, 335. 383. 

 Guinea fowl vs. Aletia, 88. 

 Gulf-swamp formation, 65. 

 Gum, 74. 

 Gumbo, vernacular name of Hibiscus escidentus, 



363. 

 Gypsum lands, 65, 68, 69. 

 Habits of A. xylina, 5, 8, 10, 11, 15, [37]. 



moth of A. xylina, 10. 

 Hackberry, 68. 

 Hagen (Dr. H. A), literature by, 337. 



on yeast ferment as an insecti- 

 cide, 188. 

 opinion of, on name of A. 

 xylina, [96] . 

 Halesia, 66. 

 Hammocks, 65, 69, 71. 

 Hand picking as a remedy, 135. 



for A. xylina, 34, 35, 37. 

 for Meliothis armigera, 

 380. 

 powder blower, oscillating, 239-241. 



rotary, 229, 230. 

 sprinklers, automatic, 302. 

 Harkness (J.), on foodhabits of Heliothis armigera, 



360. 

 Harporhynchns rufus vs. Aletia, 88. 

 Harris (Robert)., letter of, 17. 

 Harris (T. W.), classification of A. xylina by, 1. 



Entomological Correspondence, 



literature in, 332. 

 literature by, 324-335. 

 Hartford Courant, literature in, 334. 

 Hatching of eggs of J.. a;yKna, 6. 

 Haw, 66. 



Hawkins (H.), quoted, 356. 

 Hayden's deflector nozzle. 209. 



Head of larva of A. xylina, internal anatomy of, 47. 

 moth of A. xylina, external anatomy of, 48. 

 Heard (J. M.), on remedy for A. xylina, 36. 

 "Hebron," literature by, 383. 

 JSedeoma pulegioides, 165. 

 Heleniunt, autumnale, 184. 



experiments with, [20], [21], 

 tenuifolium, 184. 



experiments with, [20], [21]. 

 food-plant of imago of JSe- 

 liothis armigera, 372. 

 Heliophytum indicum, 186. 

 Heliothis armigera, account of, 355. 



Aletia xylina eaten by, 368, 369. 

 boll rot caused by, [27]. 

 cannibalism of, 364. 368, 377, [18]. 

 carnivorous habits of, 368, 369, 

 characters of, 364. 

 chrysalis of, confounded with 



tliat of Aletia xylina, 17, 

 contained in family Noctui- 



dee, 2. 

 damage to cotton by, in Flor- 

 ida, [7]. 

 description of egg of, 364, 374, 

 [18]. 

 imago of, 371,375. 

 laiva of, 365, 368, 



374. 

 pupa of, 371, 374 

 destroyed by a Tachinid fly, 

 [16]. 



Trichogramma 

 pretiosa, [16]. 

 destruction of, by ants, [19J. 

 disappearance of, in Flori- 

 da, [6]. 

 distinguished from Aletia xyli- 

 na, 374. 

 duration of egg slate of, 365. 



larva state of 369. 

 pupa state of, 371. 

 eating Copidosoma truncatel- 

 lum, 369. 

 Phisia irassicce, ?69. 

 effect of freezing on chrysalids 

 of, 379. 

 London purple on, [33] . 

 pyrethrum on, [22], 



[23]. 

 vegetable prepara- 

 tions on, [21]. 

 weather on. [19]. 

 food habits of, 360, 361. 373, [18] . 

 imago of, 372. 

 larvae of, [16]. 

 plants of, 355, 359, [17], 

 [28]. 

 geographical distribution of, 



358. 

 habits of imago of, 372. 



larva of, 365, 367, [18] . 

 moth of, [19]. 

 hibernation of, 373. 

 history of, in Alabama, 28. 

 larvae destroving Aletia, 101. 

 life-history of, flB]. 

 mistaken for Aletia xylina, 345. 

 natural enemies of, 375, [19 1. 

 nomenclature of, 357. 

 number of broods of, 359, 361, 



372, 373. 

 oviposition of, 361, 364, [16J- 



[18J. 

 parasites of, 377, [19]. 

 period of development of, 372, 



[16], [18], [19]. 

 posture of imago of, 371. 

 prolificacy of, 364. 

 pupation of, 370, [19]. 

 ravages of, 355, 356, 357, 360, 365, 



366,367,379, [16], [17], 

 remedies for, 377. 

 seasons of, 360, [17], |37]. 



in Texas, [25]. 

 size of larva of, 369, 370. 

 synonyms of, 358. 



