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TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
Reports of Dr. E. H. Anderson — Continued. 
laying, and hibernation of moths, and On weather, from October 3 to 
December 31, [40]-[44] — observations of Heliothis armigera, [41]-[43] — 
Report for 1882, [44]— observations on ants and aphides, [45] — abun- 
dance and sudden disappearance of Laphygma frttgiperda, [45] — scarcity 
of cotton worms, [45] — experiments with pyrethruui, [45]-[48] — weather 
in September, [46], [47] — scarcity of Heliothis armigera in cotton, [46], 
[47] — its preferred food-plants, [47]. 
APPENDIX V. 
Cotton caterpillars in Brazil. By John C. Branner 
Historical accounts of the occurrence of cotton caterpillars in Brazil, 
[49]-[51] — influence of weather on the appearance and abundance of 
cotton worms, [51] — localities in which worms first appear, [51] — young 
cotton plants most injured, [51] — two species of cotton caterpillars have 
been confounded, [52] — seasons and relative abundance of the two, [52] — 
duration of their pupa state, [52] — time of issue of moths, [53] — number 
of broods, [53] — enemies of the caterpillars, [53] — preventive measures, 
[53] — losses caused by caterpillars, [53]-[54] — Heliothis armigera scarcely 
known to attack cotton in Brazil, [54]. 
APPENDIX VI. 
Report of Judge William J. Jones 
Obstacles to investigation in 1880, [55] — exemption of scattered patches of 
cotton plants from depredation, [55] — answers to questions in Circular 
No. 7, [55]-[56] — cotton killed by a fungus, [56] — application of poisons 
to cotton, [56] — effect of poisons upon eggs and larvae, [56] — no other 
insects observed to be injurious, [56] — use of lights recommended to de- 
stvoy moths, [56]-[57]. 
APPENDIX VII. 
Reports of consuls and consular agents on the cotton crop and its 
enemies in Mexico, Central and South America, and the West 
Indies , 
Introduction, [59] — circular letter of inquiry, [59] — replies: from Merida, 
Mexico, [60] — from Tampico, Mexico, [60] — from Martinique, W. L, [60] — 
from Trinidad, W. I., [61] — from Manzanillo, Mexico, [61] — from Mazat- 
lan, Mexico, [62] — from Bahia, Brazil, [63] — from Maricaibo, U. S. of Co- 
lombia, [64] — from Vera Cruz, Mexico, [65] — from Pemambuco, Brazil, 
[67] — from Bogota, U. S. of Colombia, [68] — Notes on insects injurious to 
the cotton plant in the Republic of Mexico, by D. H. Strother, U. S. con- 
sul-general, [70]. 
APPENDIX VIII. 
Answers to Circular No. 7 
From D. M. Hamilton, St. Francisville, West Feliciana Parish, La., [71] 
— from R. A. Lee, Evergreen, Ala., [73]— from J. M. Wolkom, Hender- 
son, Tex., [74]— from P. S. Clarke, Hempstead, Waller Co., Tex., [75] — 
from L. D. Hoyt, Livingston, Sumter Co., Ala., [77] — from F. S. 
Shields, Lake Concordia, Concordia Parish, La., [79] — from G. E. Gilles- 
pie, M. D., Natchitoches, La., [81] — from H. O. Dixon, Jackson, Miss., 
[84] — from F. L. Yoakum, LarLssa, Cherokee Co., Tex., [85] — from O. H. 
Perry, Perry Co., Ala., [86] — from J. W. Grace, Walterborough, Colle- 
ton Co., S. C, [86] — from F. M. McMcekin, Jamestown, Alachua Co., 
