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71.5 per cent are deposited elsewhere than on the squares has a very 
important bearing on the question of poisoning the young larva^, and 
will be referred to again in the following pages of this bulletin. It is 
quite possible that the large number of eggs laid upon the squares is 
accidental and due to the attraction offered b}^ them on account of the 
nectaries at which the moths feed. At any rate, they appear to ovi- 
I posit indiscriminately wherever they happen to alight on the plant. 
It is by no means unusual for a moth to oviposit occasionally on 
dried leaves or sticks beneath the plants, or even on the bare surface 
of the ground itself. It appears that old and worn females do this 
I more often than strong and healthy ones. 
OVIPOSITION ON OTHER PLANTS. 
The remarks on oviposition would not be complete without some 
reference to the great variety of plants on which the eggs are laid. 
' The following table contains the records of the eggs found on miscel- 
laneous plants during the seasons of 1908 and 1904: 
Table XI. — Record of eggs found on miscellaneous plants, 1903-4. 
Date. 
Locality. 
Plant. 
Remarks. 
Apr. 15 
Apr. 20 
Apr. 20 
Apr. 30 
May 1-2 
May 28 
May 28 
July 20 
July 21 
July 15 
July 15 
July 16 
July 18 
July 24 
July 24 
July 29 
Aug. 1 
Aug. 1 
Aug. 3 
Aug. 3 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 10 
Oct. 6 
Ladonia, Tex... 
Victoria, Tex... 
Greenyille, Tex 
Hetty, Tex 
....do 
Paris, Tex 
Victoria, Tex... 
Paris, Tex 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
Calvert, Tex. 
Paris, Tex . . . 
do 
do 
Calvert, Tex. 
do 
do 
Paris, Tex . . . 
do 
do 
Calvert, Tex. 
do 
do 
Paris, Tex . . . 
do 
Rosebuds. 
Rosebud.. 
....do.... 
Allium canadeiise 
do 
Tomato 
Siitasp.? 
Tobacco (buds) 
Okra 
Cowpeas 
Amarantus sphiosus 
Solanum maviviosum. . . 
Amarantus sp.? 
Asclepias tuber osa 
EuphorMa coroUata 
Amarantus sp.? 
Johnson grass 
Asclepias tuber osa 
Millet 
Crab grass 
Osage orange 
Carpet weed 
Datura stramonium, 
Seedling bindweed 
Cocklebur 
Grass 
Okra pods 
Asclepias tuberosa 
Virginia creeper .* . 
Ipojncea sp.? 
Sedge grass 
Peach tree 
Rosebud 
Several eggs (in cemetery). 
A single egg. 
Do. 
Numerous, 3 to 4 on each head. 
A few. 
8 eggs on 15 plants. 
A single egg. 
A few. 
1 on a dead flower. 
Very scarce on the plants. 
1 to a plant. 
2 or 3 to a plant. 
A single egg. 
Scarce, 2 on 20 plants. 
A single egg. 
Do. 
Do. 
A few. 
17 eggs on 14 heads. 
A few. 
A few on leaves of small bush. 
Quite numerous. 
Rare. 
Neglects cotton to find it. 
A few. 
3 eggs on many plants. 
Rather abundant. 
3 seen. 
A single egg. 
Lays freely. 
1 egg on a blade. 
A single egg. 
Do. 
In addition to the above, the following plants were noted bearing 
boUworm eggs, the dates of observations not being recorded: Canna 
indica^ NlcofAanarepanda^ alfalfa, beans, sorghum, Milo maize, Stachys 
agraria^ and Panicmn texanum. 
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