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Note 15 [102] 
Possible food-plants of larva of A. xylina, [102] — there must be some be- 
sides cotton, [102] — failure to find any other, [102] — feeding of larva of 
Anomis erosa on Urena lobata, [102]— value of fiber of U. lobata, [102] — 
geographical distribution of U. lobata, [103] — eggs and larva of Anomis 
erosa distinguished from those of Aletia xylina, [103] — examination of 
malvaceons plants in herbarium of U. S. Department of Agriculture, 
[103] — disadvantages of such an examination, [103] — plants on which 
eggs were found in the herbarium, [103] — petition for aid in obtaining 
evidence of the food-plant of A. xylina in the more northern States, [103] — 
list of malvaceous plants growing in these States, with localities, [103]. 
Note 16 [104] 
Description of larva of Aspila virescens, [104]. 
Note 17 [104] 
Travels of E. A. Schwarz in 1878 and 1879, [104] — reference to published 
accounts of the results of his investigations and those of others on hiber- 
nation of A. xyhna, [104 J. 
Note 18 [104] 
Platyliyptna scabra, [104] — characters of larva, [104] — food-plants of larva, 
[104] — pupation and hibernation, [104] — characters of pupa, [104]. 
Note 19 '. [104] 
Seasons of larva of Phoberia atomaris, [104]. 
Note 20 , [104] 
Criticism of paper by A. R> Grote on hibernation of A. xylina, [104] — Grote's 
arguments against hibernation, based on experience gained in the same 
regions which furnish arguments against the theory of annual immigra- 
tion, [105] — possibility of hibernation admitted by Grote, [105]. 
Note 21 [105] 
Definition of northern and southern portions of cotton belt, [105]. 
Note 22 [105] 
References to discussion of J. P. Stelle's claim to have first recommended 
publicly the use of Paris green for A. xylina, [105]. 
Note 23 ..... [105] 
References to descriptions and figures of brush-sacs of moths, [105]. 
Note 24 []05] 
Worm3 worse in wet weather than in dry because more protected from ene- 
mies, [105] — localities of first appearance of worms are those of least 
molestation, [105]. 
Note 25 [106] 
Appetite of swine for cotton worms, [106] — worms eaten by dogs and cats, 
[106]. 
Note 26 [106] 
Reference to list of birds of southern States, [106]. 
Note 27 [106] 
Range of English sparrow in United States, [106] — in hotter jiortions of the 
country it is confined to towns and villages, [10(5]. 
Note 28 [106] 
Report by Dr. Geo. Marx on spiders found on cotton, [106]— preliminary 
list of spiders which destroy insects noxious to agriculture, [106] — list of 
spiders observed to devour larvae of Aletia xylina, [106]— how they cap- 
ture their- victims, [106] — food -habits of Theriiula sphaerula, [107]— ob- 
servations on habits of Oxyopea riridan*, by II. G. Hubbard, [107]— ants 
captured by larva? of a Cieiudida, [107]. 
Note 29 [107] 
Description of imago of Trichogramma prctiosa, [107]. 
