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pillars might do as mncli damage to the cotton as the boll-worm; 
but, being generally not very numerous, they cannot do much injury. 
The same remedies will do for these worms, or caterpillars, that 
have been recommended for the boll-worm. 
THE STRIPED PALE-GREEN CATERPILLAR. 
There was another caterpillar (PI. IX. fig. 6) found feeding upon 
the leaves of the cotton-plant, near Columbus, in Georgia, which 
sometimes buried itself in the bolls, in the same manner as the boll- 
worm. It was about an inch and a half in length, of a pale-green 
color, with wavy, longitudinal stripes of a lighter color on the back, 
and with a longitudinal black line running down each side, thicker 
and darker on the fore part of the head. Under this was a broader 
line, nearly white, tinged with light-red or reddish-brown. On each 
side of every segment was a small black spot. It had six pectoral, 
eight ventral, and two anal feet. 
Most of these caterpillars were found about the 20th of October, 
but, unfortunately, died before completing their final change. They 
were not numerous on the plantations, and therefore could do but lit- 
tle damage. 
THE RED-BUG, OR COTTON-STAINER. 
(. Lygceus ?) 
This destructive insect is found by millions in East Florida, on the 
cotton plantations, where it does immense damage by staining the 
fibre of the cotton in the bolls, and rendering it unfit for use where 
pure-white fabrics are required. The specimens figured (PI. IX. fig. 
I) were found near Jacksonville, in October, on the open bolls, under 
the dried calyx, and congregating together on the dead leaves under 
the plants, or on rotten logs, or decayed wood. Several ot the open 
bolls were actually red with these insects, exhibiting every stage of 
growth, from the larva to the perfect bug, all clustered together in 
such masses as almost to hide the white of the cotton itself. The 
beak, or rostrum, is four-jointed, with the end blackish, and, when not 
in use, is re-curved under the thorax, which is somewhat triangular 
in shape, with the anterior part red ; a narrow, distinct band ot whitish- 
yellow divides the thorax from the head ; the posterior part is black, 
edged between the thorax and wing-cases with whitish-yellow ; the 
scutellum is triangular, red, and edged with a distinct line of whitish- 
yellow on each side, and partly down the centre of the wing-case ; 
the elytra}, or wing-cases, are flat, brownish-black, and containing 
two distinct x-shaped whitish-yellow lines on them, intersecting each 
other near the centre; the wing-cases are also edged with a distinct 
yellowish-line, as far as the x. The body is flattened, and, in the 
female, projects on each side beyond the wing-cases, showing the 
bright-red of the abdomen, and contrasting with the dark color of the 
wing-cases. The under-wings, are hidden under the upper wing- 
ea^es, and are transparent, veined, and of a yellowish color, clouded 
