INDEX. 
A frame machines, 293-298. 
A -framed rotary blower, 230. 
Abdomen of moth of A. xylina, external anatomy 
of, 50-51, 56-58. 
Absence of parasitic checks to A. xylina dis- 
< ussed, 20. 
Abutilonavicenncr, food plant of Anomi* erosa, 349. 
localities for, [104]. 
not fed on by larvu of A. xylina, [108J. 
lexensis, not a food-plant of Aletia xylina, 
[27 1. 
Acanthocephala Jemorata va. JleliothLg armvjerm, 
376, [19]. 
Aceratodc* cornntu* TB. Aletia, 97. 
Acker- und Carteiibau-Zeitung, literature in. 329. 
ncrea, Leucarctia, blotc hes made by larva of, [1001. 
brush-sacs of moth of, 56, [105j. 
acuminata. Magnolia, 66. 
Adhesive substances for application of dry poi- 
sons, 141. 
Adhesives, killing inserts by, 311-315, 321. 
A'.gialitit voci/era vs. Aletia, 88. 
Alsculut, experiments with, [20], [21]. 
jlaca, 60. 
qlabra, 60, 184. 
Affleck (Thus), cited, .'4. 
literature bv, 323, 324, 326, 329, 330, 
332. 
Affleck's Southern Rural Almanac, etc., for 1851, 
literature in, 330. 
Agelanis phan iceut vs. Aletia, 88. 
Agitator pump. 27(5, 2.-2, 
Agricultural ant or' Texas, vernai uiar name of 
I'ogonomyrmex barbatun, [2!t|- 
subdivisions of cotton belt, 05, 07-80. 
States, 65-60. 
Agrotis, brnsh-sac of moth of, 56. 
AUanthu*, experiments with, [20], [21], [113l-[114]. 
glandulosa, 184. 
tree, J 84. 
Air-pumps in poisoning, blast of, 249-251. 
compression by, 258-261. 
Humphrey ville *§, 251. 
Bnawey's, 261. 
Alabama, history of A. xylinu in, 24-33. 
U oil- worm in, 2S. 
Geological Survey, Report of Progress 
for 1875, literature in, 335. 
Planter, literature by, 330. 
albieinctuSfAnisoscelit. (See AniioscelU albicinctus-) 
alcea, Alalva, localities for, [103|. 
Alcohol, offect of, on larvm of A. xylina, 187. 
in baits, ;:l 
Aletia, anatomy of, 45-57. 
popular name of A. xylina, L 
aryillacea, food-plants of larva of, [100]. 
loss of type-specimen ol, [90]. 
original description of, [95]. 
supposed to 1)0 A. xylina, 1. 
Bynouym of A. xylina, 2. 
uncertainty of identification of, 
[KM08J. 
aylin i. absence ot, from Bahamas, 21. 
account of, bv Dr. C. W. Capers, 
[971 -[99]. 
anatomy of male genitalia of, [100]- 
[101 J. 
annoyances to, [28]. 
annual extinction of.at the north, 21. 
behavior of, toward lights, [13], 
[14]. 
Aletia xylina, characters of, 5-9. 
chronological account of, (See His- 
tory of .4 . xylina.) 
chnsalisof. (Am Chrysalis of A. 
xylina.) 
classihi atory position of, 2. 
eoeoon of. (See Cocoon of A. 
xylina.) 
copulation of, observations on, [13]^. 
descriptions of earlier states of, 
[90]-[100]. 
destroyed by a Tachinid By, [16]. 
Heliothis armigera, 
[18]. 
destruction ot, by dragon dies, [6]. 
Trie hogramma 
pretiosa, [7]. 
destructive generations of, 14. 
JeeUuetttenesi of, 2. 
distinguished from Heliothis armi- 
gera, Mi. 
eaten by cats, dogs, and swine, 
[106J. 
Ileliothit armigera, 364, 
368, 369. 
effect of arsenic on, [34]. 
London purple on. [33]. 
Paris green on, [33], 
pyaethruui on, [22 J, [23], 
[31]. 
on imagos ol, 
115], 
larva; of, 
[14]. 
veg< tal)le pi eparations OU, 
(21|. 
egg of. (See Bfjj of A. xylina. ) 
enemies of. (See Enemies of A. 
xylina.) 
exotic origin of. discussed, 20. 
first appeal am e oi, eireumstances 
of. [105].. 
in Florida, [6]. 
flight of. 15. 
food habits of imago of, [14]. 
food-plants of. [27]. 
of imago of, [201. 
geograpliical distribution of. 39-44. 
habits of, 5-8, 10, 11, 15, [37], [97]. 
hatching of ei_ r ns of, 0. 
hibernation of, 15-22, [101]-[102], 
[1MJ-[105J. 
conditions affect- 
ing, 22. 
localities of, 22. 
summary ofovidence 
on, 22. 
history of. (St e Ilistoi y of A . xylina.) 
imago of. (See Moth of A. xylina.) 
influence of English sparrow on. [106]. 
weather on, 83-80. 
\sct weather on, [105]. 
v iuds on, 85-86. 
insects mistaken for, 345. 
introduction of, from foreign coun- 
tries discussed, 20. 
irregular recurrence of, 1 122]. 
labeling of, in Soniiner collection, 
[96]. 
larva of. (See Larva of A. xylina.) 
migrations of, 15. 
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