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INDEX. 
Gravitational poison distributors, 297-309. 
for liquid poisons, 297-302. 
Gray's, 302. 
horseback style of, 300. 
knapsack style of, 301. 
Ramsey's, 301. 
Robinson s, 299. 
Ruggle's, 302. 
Schank's, 298. 
Taylor's, 298. 
Townsend's, 302. 
tripod form of, 297-208. 
water-pot style of, 300, 302. 
Willie's, 300. 
powder sifters, 302-309. 
bag-form of, 304. 
Davis', 305. 
Eldredge's, 309. 
Goodheart's, 304. 
hand-sieve form of, 303-304. 
Hurd's, 304. 
Levy's, 305. 
Robinson's, 305. * 
Smith's, 308. 
Taylor's, 306. 
Wi'llie's, 307. 
Young's, 307. 
Gravitational sifters, 225, 302-309. 
Gray silt prairies, 68. 
Gray's knapsack sprinkler, 302. 
spray-pipe, 221. 
Greece, cotton enemies in, 39. 
Grit, 78, 79. 
Grote (A. R.), cited, 19,42. 
criticised, 12, 20-21. 
literature by, 322, 326, 327, 334, 335, 
338, 339, 358, 383, |121]. 
on brush-sacs of moths, [105]. 
hibernation of A. xylina, [104]- 
[105]. 
quoted, 352. 
report by, xxvi. 
supposes A. xylina to be A. argilla- 
cea, 1. 
Ground beetles feeding on Aletia, 95. 
natural enemies of Heliothis armi- 
gera, 376. 
Ground-cherry, vernacular name of Physalis, 362. 
Guadaloupe, occurrence of A. xylina in, 42. 
Guarche (J. P.), cited, 42. 
Guenee (A.), literature by, 335, 383. 
Guinea fowl vs. Aletia, 88. 
Gulf- swamp formation, G5. 
Gum, 74. 
Gumbo, vernacular name of Hibiscus esculentus, 
363. 
Gypsum lands, 65, 68, 69. 
Habits of A. xylina, 5, 8, 10, 11, 15, [37]. 
moth of A. xylina, 10. 
Hack berry, 68. 
Hagen (Dr. H. A), literature by, 337. 
on yeast ferment as an insecti- 
cide, 188. 
opinion of, on name of A. 
xylina, [96J. 
Halesia, 66. 
Hammocks, 65, 69, 71. 
Hand picking as a remedy, 135. 
for A. xylina, 34, 35, 37. 
for Heliothis armigera, 
380. 
powder blower, oscillating, 239-241. 
rotary, 229, 230. 
sprinklers, automatic, 302. 
Harknesa (J.), on food habits of Heliothis armujcra, 
360. 
TJarporhynchus mfus vs. Aletia, 88. 
Harris (Robert), letter of, 17. 
Hai lis (T. \V.), classification of A. xylina by, 1. 
Entomological Correspondence, 
literature in, 332. 
literature by, 324-335. 
Hai t ford Courant, Literature in, 334. 
Hatching of eggs of A. xylina, C. 
Haw, 66. 
Hawkins (II.), quoted, 356. 
Haydcn's deflector nozzle, 209. 
Head of larva of A. xylina, internal anatomy of, 47. 
moth of A. xylina, external anatomy of, 48. 
Heard (J. M.), on remedy for A. xylina, 36. 
"Hebron," literature by, 383. 
Hedeomapulegioid.es, 18*5. 
Helenium autumnale, 184. 
experiments with, [20], [21]. 
ttnuifolium, 184. 
experiments with, [20], [21]. 
food-plant of imago of He- 
liothis armigera, 372. 
Heliophytum indicum, 186. 
Heliothis armigera, account of, 355. 
Aletia xylina eaten by, 368, 369. 
boll rot caused by, [27]. 
cannibalism of, 364, 368, 377. [18]. 
carnivorous habits of, 368, 369. 
characters of, 364. 
chrysalis of, confounded with 
that of Aletia xylina, 17. 
contained in family Noctui- 
dee, 2. 
damage to cotton by, in Flor- 
ida, [7]. 
description of egg of, 364, 374, 
[18]. 
imago of, 371,375. 
laiva of, 365, 368, 
374. 
pupa of, 371, 374 
destroyed by a Tachinid fly, 
T r icho gramma 
pretiosa, [16]. 
destruction of, by ants, [19]. 
disappearance of, in Flori- 
da, [GJ. 
distinguished from Aletia xyli- 
na, 374. 
duration of egg state of, 365. 
larva state of, 369. 
pupa state of, 371. 
eating Copidosoma truncatel- 
lum, 369. 
Plusia brassiere, S69. 
effect of freezing on chrysalids 
of, 379. 
London purple on, [33] . 
pyrethrum on, [22], 
f23]. 
vegetable prepara- 
tions on, [21]. 
weather on, [19]. 
food habits of, 360, 361. 373, [18 1. 
imago of, 372. 
larva} of, [16]. 
plants of, 355, 359, [17], 
[28]. 
geographical distribution of, 
358. 
habits of imago of, 372. 
larva of, 365, 367, [181. 
moth of, [19]. 
hibernation of, 373. 
history of, in Alabama, 28. 
larva? destroving Aletia, 101. 
life-history of, |18]. 
mistaken for Aletia xylina, 345. 
natural enemies of, 375, [19 1. 
nomenclature of, 357. 
number of broods of, 359, 361, 
372, 373. 
oviposition of, 361, 364, [16J - 
[18]. 
parasites of, 377, [19]. 
period of development of, 372, 
[16], [18], [19]. 
post ui c of imago of, 371. 
prolificacy of, 364. 
pupation of, 370, [19]. 
ravages of, 355, 351), 357, 360, 365, 
366, 367,379, (16], [17]. 
remedies for, 377. 
seasons of, 360, [17], [871. 
in Texas, [25]. 
size of larva of, 369, 370. 
synonyms of, 358. 
