68 PAPEES ON THE COTTON BOLL WEEVIL, ETC. 



Apiomerus spissipes, enemies 54 



enemy of boll weevil 49-54 



food 50-53 



incubation 50 



length of life cycle. '. 53-54 



life history 49-50 



oviposition • 49 



Apion, eaten by Apiomerus spissipes 53 



Apricot, food plant of Ataxia crypta 64 



A taxia crypta 63-66 



bibliography : 66 



distribution 63 



economic importance 64-65 



enemies 65 



host plants 63-64 



life history 64 



remedy 65-66 



sordida, bibliographic reference 63, 66 



Bees, eaten by Apiomerus spissipes 51, 52 



Blackberry, food plant of Anthonomus signatus 39, 60 



Boll weevil (see also Anthonomus grandis) . 



ant enemy, Solenopsis geminata xyloni .45-48 



biology of related weevils, notes 39-44 



bug, predatory, enemy 49-54 



control by crop rotation 24 



early planting, explanation 38 



fall destruction of stalks.' 7, 22-24 



grazing 6 



leaf-worm 6-7 



planting early varieties of cotton 38 



Solenopsis geminata xyloni 46-48 



development of immature stages during normal period of hiberna- 

 tion 8-11 



hibernation and development 1-38 



as affected by rainfall 5-6, 13 



temperature 3-6, 13 



condition of immature stages 10 



emergence, time 19-22 



entrance, date 1-5 



mortality in cages 2-3 



the field 11-14 



time when greatest 14-17 



number entering 5-8 



places 17-19 



of first appearance after emergence 24-25 



prevention 22 



increase, rate ■ 31-33 



mortality at different stages of development 29 



during hibernation, in cages 2-3 



the field.. 11-14 



time when greatest 14-17 



in buried squares 30 



of summer broods 28-31 



