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INDEX. 



Livinffslon (J. S.), qnofed, [G]. 

 Lizard, Green, t's. Aletia,89. 



Crround, vx. Aletia, 89. 

 Llano est ac ado. 6.>, 68, 60. 

 J.oanis. 63 Gl. 68. 70, 71, 12., 73, 74, 77, 78. 

 Loblolly pine, 67. 

 Localities for malvaceous plants, fl03J-[104]. 



of bibernatiou of A. xylinn, 22. 

 Locust, 73. 

 Loess formation, 73. 

 Lojrgerbeadi'*. Aletia, 88. 

 London Purple, 1-19. 



advantages of, 151. 

 dry application of, 151. 

 experience witb, in Texas and 



Alabama. 150. 

 experiments witb, [15], [32], [33]. 

 manufacture and aualysi.s, 149. 

 reasons of failure in eliicacy, 150. 

 remedy for J.. ar^V^ma, 38. 

 value of, as an insecticide, 150. 

 wet application. 152. 

 Long's removable slot nozzle, 203. 

 Long-leaf pine, 65. 66, 67, 69-72, 74. 76, 78, 79, 80. 



region, 65, 67, 69-71. 

 Long-staple cotton least injured by Aletia xijUna [6]. 



luxuriance of. in Florida, [6J. 

 Loring (— ), literature bv, 337, 383. 

 Losses caused by A. xi/Una, stati'^tics of, 2-4. 



of cotton crop "in 1881, 33-34. 

 Louisiana, lii-stoiy of A. xylina, in. 23-33. 

 Low coin vs. liigb com as a remedy for Heliothis 



armigera, 378. 

 Lower prairie region, 65, 68-G9. 

 Silurian, formation, 75, 77. 

 Tertiary formation, 64, 72. 

 Loxandrus crenatus vs. Aletia, 8.5. 



lucens vs. Aletia. 95. 

 Lucas (H.), literature by, 383. 

 Lucerne, vernacular name of Medica go sativa, 363. 

 Lupton (Dr. J.), theory by, for destroying tbe 



moth, 134. 

 Luthy &: Marx's insect powder. 163. 

 LygcBus sp., injury to coiton bolls bv. 366. 

 Lyman (J. B.), literature by, 332, 387, 383. 

 Lyncb'.s plug-rose nozzle, 193. 

 M., literature by. 337. 

 M. (A. S.). literature bv, 336. 

 McCook (H. C), literature by, 337. 

 McDon lid's bu«ket-form pump, 273. 

 McG., literature by, 337. 

 McGaffcy's spray-pipe, 221. 

 Mclntyre (E. L.). letter from, 44. 

 McKinnen (D.), literature bv, 322, 337. 

 Mcilcekiu i¥. M.), quoted, [5J. 

 McQueen's light trap, 315. 



Machinery, conveyances for, in cotton-field, [IK], 

 insecticide, 191-321. 

 remedy for A. xylina, 38. 

 Machines for catching insects, 310-321. 

 poisoning. 191-309. 

 powdering, 224-225, 227-232, 236.242, 



302-;309. 

 set as traps, 314-321. 

 spraying, 191-297. 



con.struction, of, [114]-[119]. 

 experiments with, [1]4J-[119]. 

 sprinkling, 297-302. 

 Ma<Jon Telegraph and Messenger, literature in. 



337. 

 macrophylla; Magnolia, 66. 

 Macrosila rustica feeding on cotton, [121]. 

 inaeulalis, Desmia, parasited hyChalcis ovata. [111]. 

 Maggots, occurrence of, in rotting bolls, [19]. 

 Magnolia, 73. 



acAiminata, 66. 

 cordata, 66. 

 glauca, 67. 

 macrophylla. 66. 

 Male insects attracted by fires and lights, [112]. 

 or<.^ans of moth of A. xylina, anatomy of, 

 .56-57, [100]-[101]. 

 Malloiy's pump, 272. 



slot nozzle 201-202. 

 Malpighian vessels of larvaof A. xylina, anatomy 

 of, 47. 

 moth of A. xylina, anatomy 

 of, 55. 



Malva alcea, localities for, [108]. 



moschata, localities for, [103]. 

 rotundifolia, food-plant of Anomis erosa , 

 350. 

 localities for, [103]. 

 sylvestris, localities for, [103]. 

 Malvacece, food-plants of Heliothis armigera, 363. 

 Malvaceous plants in herbarium of U. S. Depart- 

 ment cf Agriculture, exam- 

 ination of, [103]. 

 localities for, [103]-n04]. 

 Malvastrum angustum, localities for. [103]. 

 coccineum, localities for, [103]. 

 spicaturn, eggs found on, [103]. 

 Mandrake. 187. 



Manipulative insect destroyers, 310. 

 Mann (B. p.), ackDOwL^dgiiient to, xxi. 



literature by. 331. 

 Manning (Y.), literature by. 335. 

 Mavtis Carolina vs. Aletia^ 99. 

 Manzanillo, cultivation of cotton in, 40. 



ravages of A. xylina in, 30-40. 

 Maple, 68. 



Marion (Ala.) Commonwealth, literature in, 337. 

 Markings of larvaof A. xylina. how produced, 46. 

 Merl, 65. 67. 

 Marsh lands, 68. 

 region, 65. 

 Marriibium vulgare, 185. 

 Martinique, cultivation of cotton in, 42. 

 direction of winds in. 42. 

 occurrence of A. xylina in, 42. 

 Marx (Dr. George), drawings by, xxi. 



report on spiders of cotton 

 pljnt,ri06]-[107]. 

 Matthews (J. C.), on improvement of cotton seed, 



120. '^ 



May's pump, 263. 



Mazatlan, cultivation of cotton in, 39. 

 ravagf^s of A. xylina in. 39. 

 Meade (R. H.). literature by, [109], 

 Mealy-bug mistaken for egg of Aletia xylina. 6. 

 Mecas inornata injuring Dog Fennel [114]. 

 Mechanical destruction of mspcts. 310. 



means of killing the worms, 135. 

 Medicago sativa, food-plant of Heliothis armigera, 



363. 

 Megachile (?) eaten bv Oxyopes viridans, [107]. 

 l^leigen (J. W.), literature bv, 383. 

 Melanolestes picipes Ts. Aletia. 97. 

 Melcher's barrel pump, 274. 

 nozzles, 275. 



peripheral divided rose, 19G. 

 plug-rose nozzle, 193. 

 side-slot nozzle. 205. 

 Meleagrls gaUop>ai'o vs. Aletia, 88. 

 Melia azedarach, 185. 



a protection against Aletia, 123. 

 Melon, vernacular name of Cucutnis melo, 363. 

 Melons fed on by moth of A. xylina, 11. 

 Mentha viridis, i86. 

 Merida, cultivation of cotton in, 41. 

 direction of winds in, 41. 

 occurrence of A. xylina in, 41. 

 Merocoris diMinctus vs. Aletia, 98. 

 Mesqiiite. 67,77. 



Mesothorax of moth of A. xylina, external anat- 

 I omy of, 48-49. 



I 2remmen a georgiana-^s. A]e.^ia. 89. 

 i Metamorphic rocks. 62. 63, 79-80. 

 I 2Ietr/mymar aleiirodis, u. g., u. sp.. mentioned [107] 

 j Metavodivs femoratuis vs. Alelia, 97, 98. 

 I Metathoiaxof moth of A. xylina, external anat- 



omy of, 49-50. 

 Meteorologioal influences affecting the larva of A. 



xylina. 83-86. 

 Metbyl alcohol for preparing Pvrethrum extract, 



175." 

 Meyer (G. H.). cited, 57. 

 Mica schists, 79. 



.slates, 80. 

 Migration theory, 323, 324, 327. 

 Migrations of A. xylina, 15. 



insects, causes of, 15. 

 larva of A. xylina. 8. 

 Migratory tligbts of moth of A. xylina. 21. 



habitsofmothof A. .ryima discussed, 20. 

 militaris. Hibiscus, localities for, [104]. 



