REPORT ON THE 



INSECTS WHICH AFFECT THE COTTON PLANT 



IN THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS 



By DAVID T. FULLAWAY, Entomologist. 



INTRODUCTION. 



The present interest in the possibilities of cotton-growing 

 in these islands required that some attention be given to the 

 insects which affect the cotton plant, for whether the crop 

 can be grown profitably or not will depend in large measure 

 on the extent to which the yield is diminished or damaged by 

 insect attacks. Although it has been more than seventy years 

 since the first cotton was planted in the islands, its growing 

 up to the present time has not been one of the agricultural 

 industries, and one attempt at least to make it so was without 

 success. For the past two or three years, however, three 

 varieties of cotton. Sea Island, Caravonica, and Chinese, have 

 been grown experimentally on the grounds of this station 

 with remarkably promising results. While the damage to the 

 yield by insects was by no means inconsiderable, it was easily 

 demonstrated that cotton of a fine grade and large yield could 

 be grown under favorable conditions. 



The writer desires to acknowledge the assistance received 

 in the preparation of this bulletin from co-workers in Honolulu 

 and elsewhere, to whom he expresses his warm thanks. 



The insects are treated in the order in which they attack 

 the plant. 



