338 REPORT 4, UNITED STATES ENTOMOLOGICAL COMMISSION. 
Morse, George W. — '■ The Cotton Caterpillar." Monthly Reports of the Department 
of Agriculture, 1*67, p. 249. i 
[Advises that summary measures be taken to destroy the first brood of worms by offering 
a reward for the first worm, and as soon as that is found turning a force into the fields to 
search for them.) 
Motheral, W.— "The Cotton Worm." Rural Sun, Nashville, Tenn., February 25, 1875. 
[Gives an incomplete account of the natural history and advises the introduction of the 
English Sparrow into the South.] 
Mullen, S. B. — " Stink Bush as au Insecticide." American Entomologist, iii, p. 228, 
1880. 
[Advises its use for Aletia.] 
.Natchez Democrat and Courier. — September 7, 1880. 
[A short article (editorial) on London purple and Pyrethrum.J 
3STew Orleans Picayune. — " The Cotton Worm Commission." August 13, 1878. 
[Editorial notice of the organization of the investigation with an explanation of the migra- 
tion theory.] 
New, W. W.— Southern Planter, 1842. 
[In an address before the Agricultural Society of Hinds County, Mississippi, 1839, advises 
planting cotton in hills, giving the plant more light and sun and lessening the protection of 
the insect.] 
Our Home Journal and Rural Southland. — "The English Sparrow — A remedy for 
the Cotton Worm." 1873. 
Packard, A. S., jr.— " Guide to the Study of Insects." Salem, 1869, pp. 31:5-315. A. 
arjUna. 
[Short account of natural history and habits.] 
Packard, A. S., jr. — "The Cotton Army Worm, Aletia argillacea Hiibner; Anomis 
xylina, Say.' 7 Report on the Rocky Mountain Locust and other Insects now in- 
juring or likely to injure Field and Garden Crops in the Western States and Ter- 
ritories. Extracted from the Ninth Annual Report of the United States Geologi- 
cal and Geographical Survey of the Territories for 1875, pp. 775-778. 
[A general account of the insect, compiled from Riley, Grote, and Glover.] 
Packard, A. S., jr. — American Naturalist, xiv, p. 535, 1879. 
[Editorial notice of the transfer of the Cotton "Worm Investigation from the Agricultural 
Department to the United States Entomological Commission.] 
Packard, A. S., jr. - " Riley on the Cotton Worm." American Naturalist, xiv, p. 283, 
1880. 
[Notice of Bulletin 3, United States Entomological Commission. ] 
Packard, A. S., jr. — American Naturalist, xiv,p.753, 1880. 
[Editorial account of the organization of work on the Cotton Insect Investigation for 1880. J 
Phares, D. L. — "The Cotton Army Worm (Anomis xylina, Say)." American Ento- 
mologist, i, p. 242, 1869. 
[States that the insect hibernates as amoth, and describes the egg. Advocates hand-pick- 
ing if it can be done by concerted action on the part of the planters. Advises also sugaring 
and liies in May or June.] 
Phares, D. L. — " The Cotton Caterpillar (Anomis xylina). " Lecture delivered before 
the Fanners' Club of Woodville, Miss., May 4, 1869; abstract published in Rural 
Curo'inian, i,pp. 683, 695, August, 1870. 
[ This article is accompanied by a full page lithograph of cotton-stalk infested by larva, 
chrysalis and adult, and engravings of the Cotton Worm (Anomis xylina) , the Boll Worm 
(UelioikiH armigera), and the Grass Worm (Laphygma frugiperda) in all stages. The article 
has the following heads : History. Will the caterpillar causecotton culture to cease '.' Why 
is the caterpillar worse some years? Errors. Proposed modes of destroying. Propagation] 
Philips, M. W.— -"The Cotton Worm." Southern Cultivator, 1848, p.28. 
[Quite an extended article, giving a description of the larva and chrysalis. J 
Potter, Geo. R. — Tropica] Agriculturist. London, 1833. 
[On p. 24, in speaking of cotton iii (iuiana, he copies part of Chisholm's article on the che- 
nille.} 
