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*1850. BoDDiE, J. W.— Amer. Cotton Planter, July (?), 1850. Description of Helio- 
this obsoleta Fabr. as Phahcna zea. 
Note on the first and second broods; remedy. 
1852. GuENEE, A. — Species general des Lepidopteres. Noctuelites. Paris, YI, ii, p. 
181. 
Localities and references; varieties not constant. 
1852. Lucas, Hippolyte. — Note sur V Heliothis armigera, Catocala convert., Megasoma 
repandum. Annales Soc. Ent. France, serie 2, X, bul., p. 24. 
Brief notes. 
1853. Burnett, W. I. — The Cotton Worm of the Southern States. Proc. Boston Soc. 
Nat. Hist., IV (March 17, 1853), pp. 317-318. 
Mentions as accompanying the "caterpillar" [Alabama argillacea'] with brief 
notes on habits and injury. 
1855. Glover, T. — Insects Injurious and Beneficial to Vegetation. Kept. U. S. 
Commissioner Patents, 1854, pp. 60, 64-65, 69-71. Repr. De Bow's Review, 
1855. 
Good general account; results of investigations. 
1855. Stainton, H. T. — Lepidoptera. New British Species Since 1835. Entomolo- 
gist's Annual, London, 1855, pp. 38-39, 2d Ed. 
Lists, and gives reference to Edleston (1843). 
*1855. Zimmermann, J. H. — The Cotton Worm, its Character, Habits, etc. Amer. 
Cotton Planter, Aug., 1855. ■ De Bow's Review, 1855. 
Includes notes on the metamorphoses of Heliothis obsoleta, with remedies. 
1856. Glover, T.— The Boll Worm. U. S. Patent Oflice Report, 1855, pp. 99-103. 
Report of further investigations on the bollworm. 
1857. Lederer, Jul. — Die Noctuinen Europas, Wien, pp. 42-43, 178-179. 
1857. Stainton, H, T. — A Manual of British Butterflies and Moths, London; I, pp. 
289, 291, 291-292. 
. Mentions as very rare; brief description of adult and larva, with food plant of 
the latter. 
1857. Walker, Francis. — List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Col- 
lection of the British Museum. Brit. Mus. Cat., Pt. XI, p. 688. 
Description of Heliothis obsoleta as Heliothis pulverosa Wlk. 
1857. Walker, Francis. — List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Col- 
lection of the British Museum. Brit. Mus. Cat., Pt. XI, p. 690. 
Description of Heliothis obsoleta as Heliothis conferta Wlk. 
1858. Sanderson, E. — Boll W^orm, Cotton Miller, etc. The Amer. Cotton Planter, 
Nov., 1858 (n. series, Vol. II, No. 10), pp. 339-340. 
Theory concerning the bollworm; believes the corn worm and the bollworm 
the same. Recommends good remedies: (1) Planting cotton early, corn 
late; (2) Corn as a trap-crop. 
1858. Walker, Francis. — List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Col- 
lection of the British Museum. Brit. Mus. Cat., Pt. XV, pp. 1681-1682. 
Description of Heliothis obsoleta as TlialpopJiila rubrescens Wlk. 
1859. King, Peyton. — Cotton Culture and the Boll Worm Again. A Review. Amer. 
Cotton Planter, Feb., 1859 (n. series. III, No. 2), pp. 48-50. 
A review of E. Sanderson (1858) with interesting remarks and questions. 
1860. Stainton, H. T. — Lepidoptera. Rare British species captured in 1859. Ento- 
mologist's Annual, London, p. 141. 
Listed, with localities, and references to recorded captures. 
1860. Wallengren, H. D. J. — Lepidopterologische Mittheilungen. II. AYien. Ent. 
Monatsschr., IV, pp. 171-172. 
Description of Heliothis obsoleta as Heliothis punctigera; states that it approaches 
obsoleta. 
