
          VII
[drawings]
Cotton leaf and insects injuring it. Plate 7.
1. Caterpillar found eating the flowers in Georgia last of October not very numerous.
2. Cocoon of loose web of silk amongst the leaves & 3 Chrysalie. 4. perfect moth.
Plusia ? specimen somewhat dwarfed. 5 Moth at rest 6 Young span or measuring
worm found early in October in Georgia feeding on the flowers. of the cotton plants
young.
[illegible] same caterpillar full grown. 7 Chrysales in the ground 8.  perfect moth. Boarmia
(Geomet) 9. Caterpillar found in Georiga feeding on flowers of cotton in October  10.
cocoon amongs leaves. & chrysalis 11. Moth. Plusia? flying and at rest.
Note The moths no 4. & 11. are very similar in shape, color, markings, & habits, but the
longitudinally striped green caterpillar. at fig 9. invariably produced dark colored chrysalides, whilst the green caterpillar at Fig 1. produced green chrysalides. as at Fig 10. (T G.)
        