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then with the fingers the base of the vines were rubbed thoroughly. 
This was intended to crush the eggs, and it was effective. The process 
was twice repeated, and two or three larve only escaped. The other 
vines continued healthy and free to date. Where planting can be de- 
ferred to July the vines will be free from borers, and this is the plan 
adopted by some large growers. In small or garden patches, rubbing 
the stems of the vines near base will prove effective and is a simple and 
cheap remedy. Planting summer squashes as traps and destroying the 
vines before the insects mature would also be a good way to avoid injury. 
Mr. Riley asked whether Mr. Smith had tried the ordinary method of 
mounding the vines with ashes. 
Mr. Smith said that he had not, and that he thought that this prac- 
tice would simply oblige the moths to lay their eggs higher up the 
stalk. : : 
Mr. Alwood said that he had found all cucurbitaceous plants quite 
resistant against the injurious effects of kerosene, and inasmuch as he 
had been successful against Diabrotica with kerosene emulsion, he 
thought that this substance would be available against the borer. 
Mr. George F. Atkinson presented the following: 
NOTE ON A COTTON CUT-WORM. 
By G. F. ATKINSON, Auburn, Ala. 
[Secretary’s abstract. ] 
During the early part of July the author visited Greensboro, Ala., at 
the request of a cotton planter who complained that great damage was 
being done to the young cotton by worms. He found that an acre had 
been entirely stripped and had been plowed under and replanted. He 
found Noctuid larve at the roots of 20 or 30 of the plants, which he sub- 
sequently reared to the adult stage and proved to be Agrotis annexa. 
Experiments with Paris green seemed to show that this insect could be 
treated with this substance. He also found the larve feeding on 
Amarantus. 
NOTE ON A NEMATODE LEAF DISEASE. 
By G. F. ATKINSON, Auburn, Ala. 
[ Secretary’s abstract. ] 
This worm had been found by Dr. Byron D. Halstead affecting the 
leaves of Chrysanthemum and Coleus in New Jersey. It makes no swell- 
ing or deformity as do many other Avguillulids, but causes a brown 
patch upon leaves. Mr. Atkinson has determined this as a species of the 
genus Aphelenchus. He entered into some details as to the distin guish- 
ing characteristics between Aphelenchus and Tylenchus, and showed 
that this species is somewhat aberrant in the genus in which he has 
placed it. 
