DISEASES OF THE COTTON PLANT. 
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webbed-up terminal shoot wbich served tbe caterpillar as a 
shelter. It shed the caterpillar skin about the 2Yth of 
September, and the perfect moth came out in aboiit ten 
days. 
The moth, when expanded, measures from three-fifths 
to seven-tenths of an inch across the wings ; the body and 
thorax are of a brown color; the upper-wings light brown, 
with a band of darker brown running obUquely across 
them near the centre (one specimen had two dark oblique 
lines on the upper-wing) ; a dark triangular mark occurs 
on the upper side of the wing, between the margin and 
band, and the margin itself is of a dark brown ; the under- 
wings are of a yellowish brown ; the under side of the 
wings is brown, marked crosswise by darker lines, giving it 
somewhat a marbled appearance; and the antennae are 
threadlike. The distinguishing feature of this small moth 
is the very long and dark-colored palpi, which are some- 
what curved upward, and project from the front of the 
head like a trunk. 
The damage done by these small insects is not so ap- 
parent at first as that caused by those of a larger size, such 
as the boll-worm and others ; yet, no doubt, many of the 
buds and leaves on the terminal shoots are destroyed by 
them. These webbed-up leaves, however, must not be 
confounded with the webs made by numerous small spiders, 
which also select such places for their abodes, and no doubt 
do good by destroying many young caterpillars and moths. 
The Cotton Lyg^eus. — {Lygcem?) 
Young cotton-buds are frequently observed at the end 
of the terminal shoots, turning brown, and eventually 
dropping off. This has been attributed to the agency of 
