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INDEX. 



Skid in poisoning machinery, 288. 

 Sktink vs. Aletia, 87. 

 Slot nozzles, 196-205. 



Fowler's, 201-202. 

 Isko's, 201-202. 

 Mallory's, 201-202. 

 Melcher's, 205. 

 Schier's, 205. 

 simple ones, 201. 

 jawed, 203. 



"The Boss nozzle," 203. 

 Moffetts. 203. 

 Perkins's, 203. 

 Pinter's, 203. 

 Eaymond's, 203. 

 Ruhmann's, 203. 

 Smith's, 203. 

 Stanton's, 203. 

 William's, 203. 

 plug-slots in. 202. 

 Allen's, 202. 

 Johnson's, 202. 

 "TheMacara," 202. 

 Pinter's, 202. 

 removahle slots of Long, Yestal, 

 Merigot, 203. 

 Smartweed, 185. 



Smith (E. A.), acknowledgments to, xx, xxxi, 

 xxxiv. 

 experiment with pyrethrum ex- 

 tract, 174. 

 Smith (J. B.), revision of the Meliothincc, quoted, 



351. 

 Smith's jawed-slot nozzle, 203. 



sifting machine, 308. 

 Smith-Vaniz (G. W.), on duration of larva stage 

 of Heliothis armigera, 

 369. 

 seasons of Heliothis ar- 

 migera. 373. 

 Snails mistaken for eggs of A. xylina, 6. 

 Snow-drop tree, 60. 



storm, larvae of A. xylina killed by, 23. 

 Soap-suds, catching insects in, 315. 



in traps, 321. 

 Soil, condition of, connected with first appearance 



of larva of A. xylina, 81-82. 

 Soils of Cotton St-ates, 64-65. 

 Solanacece, food-plants of Heliothis armigera, 362. 

 Solanum carolinense, 186. 

 cornutum, 186. 



sieglinge, food-plant of Aspila virescens, 

 17, 352. 

 Soldier-beetles vs. Aletia, 96. 



bug, natural enemy of Heliothis armigera, 

 [19]. 

 Solenopsis geminata vs. Aletia, 90. 



xijloni vs. Aletia, 90, 92, 93. 

 Solid compression squirters, 261-283. 

 bellows form of, 262. 

 oscillatiug, 262. 

 pump forms of, 262-283. 

 reciprocating, 262-283. . 



rotary form of, 261-262. 

 Solidago, Aletia xylina images on flowers of, [20]. 



food-plant of Flaiyhypena scabra, 354. 

 Sommer collection, condition of, [96]. 



worthlessness of labels in, [96]. 

 Sorsby (B. A.), on identity of Boll "Worm andCorn 

 "Worm, 359. 

 remedies for Heliothis armi- 

 gera, 380. 

 Sour gum, 76. 



wood, 66. 

 South Carolina, history of A. xylina in, 23-29, 31- 

 33. 

 occurrence of A. xylina in, 34-35. 

 SoutLcrn Agriculturist, literature in, 322, 330, 331, 



336, 341. 



Cultivator, literature in, 323, 325, 334, 336, 



.338, 342, 343, 344, 878. 

 Farm and Home, Literature in, 326, 336, 



337. ' 

 Farmers' Monthly, literature in, 333, 342, 



343. 

 Herald (Libertv, Miss.), literature in, 333. 

 Planter, literature in, 338, 382. 



Southern Eural Almanac for 1851, literature in. 

 324. 

 Kuralist. literature in, 330. 

 Sparrows vs. Aletia, 88. 

 Spalding (Thomas), cited, 23. 



literature by, 322, 336, 342. 

 Spanish oak, 72, 76, 79. 

 Spearmint, 18G. 

 spharula, Theridula, food-tab its of, [106]-[107]. 



vs. Alelia, [106J. 

 Sphex cceriilea vs. Aletia, 94. 



pennitylvanica xs. Aletia, 94 

 Sphinx catalpce, eflect of pvrethrum on, [32]. 



convolouli parasited by Phora. 117. 

 spicatum, Malvastrum. egg^s found on, [103]. 

 Spiders, effect of pyrothiiim on, [15]. 



not aft'ecied by pyrethrum, 179. 

 of cotton plant, report on, [1061-11071. 

 vs. Aletia, 89. -.'■■' 



vs. Heliothis armigera. 376, [19]. 

 Spilosoma acrea, leaves blotched by larva of, flOO]. 

 Spined Soldier-bug, vernacular name of Podisub 



spinosus, 376. 

 Spines of moth of A. xylina, anatomy of, 51, 53. 

 spinosa, Sida, egjr found on, [103]. 

 localities for, [104]. 

 spinosus, Podisus. (See Podisus spinosus.) 

 Spiracles of moth of J., xylina, anatomy of, 51. 



Tachiuidpuparium, anatoniyof, [110]. 

 Spizella spp. vs. Aletia, 88. 

 Sponge, benzined, in tiays, 311. 



chloroformed, iii traps, 320. 

 Spray-blasts, 243-249. 

 forks, 229. 

 nozzles, 191-221. 

 pipes, 219. 



pumps. (See Pumps.) 

 wheels, 221. 

 Spraying machinery, construction of, [114]-[119]. 

 experiments with, [114]- 



[119J. 

 rate of working of, [115]. 

 poison, 191-302. 

 Sprays, forked, 229. 



spretus, Caloptenus. (See Caloptenus apretus.) 

 Spruce pine, 67. 



Squash, food-plant of Heliothis armigera, 363. 

 Squirters, pneumatic compression, 253-261. 

 Daughtrey's, 258-261. 

 generative, 253-257. 

 oscillating, 257. 

 reciprocating, 258-261. 

 rotary, 257. 

 "Worswick Co.'s, 258. 

 solid compression, 261-283. 

 beUows form of, 262. 

 oscillating, 262. 

 pump form of. 262-283. 

 reciprocating, 262-283. 

 rotary form of, 261-262. 

 Stalk-rust, synonym of cotton blight, [25]. 

 Stanton's fire extinguisher pump, 273. 



jawed-slot nozzle, 203. 

 Staple's pump, 263. 

 Statistical report quoted, 355, 356. 

 Statistics of losses caused by A. xylina, 2-4. 

 Staudinger (O.), purchaser of Sommer collec- 

 tion, [90]. 

 Steinman's generator vaporizer, 251. 

 steUata, Epeira, vs. Aletia, [106]. 



Quercits, 66. 

 Stelle (J. P.), claims of, [105]. 



experiments carried out bv, 153. 

 literature by, 329, 333, 342, 343. 

 on cause of "Boll rot," 367, 368. 

 effect of shade on Aletia, 124. 

 remedies for Heliothis armigera, 

 381. 

 A. xylina, 37, [119]- 

 [120]. 

 road dust, 125. 



use of Paris green for Aletia 

 [il9]-[120]. 

 report of, [25]. 



work on the investigation, xxxi. 

 Stenopoda cinerea vs. Aletia, 97. 

 Stephen's light trap, 316. 



