. The American entomologist. Entomology. THE. l^encau£iitgjaolo|i|y VOL. 1. ST. LOUIS, MO., JULY, 1869. NO. 11. CIjc g^jmrkait dBntomokgbt. PUBLISHED ; R,. 1=. Sz CO., 104 OLIVE STREET, ST. LOITIS. TE One dollar per anmun in ailvance. EDITORS : D. WALSH Rock Island, 111. C'lIAS. V. UlLEY, 2130 Clark Ave St. Louis, Mo. COTTON INSECTS. The Cotton Army-worm. {N'octua lAnomis] xylina, Say.) Editors American Entomologist : As the Sotitiioni cotton planter^ arr |,lv intercstcil inlearnin;; soiiii-tliinLr al>oiit tin' ^ that ]>rry upon their cropv wljjili tl
. The American entomologist. Entomology. THE. l^encau£iitgjaolo|i|y VOL. 1. ST. LOUIS, MO., JULY, 1869. NO. 11. CIjc g^jmrkait dBntomokgbt. PUBLISHED ; R,. 1=. Sz CO., 104 OLIVE STREET, ST. LOITIS. TE One dollar per anmun in ailvance. EDITORS : D. WALSH Rock Island, 111. C'lIAS. V. UlLEY, 2130 Clark Ave St. Louis, Mo. COTTON INSECTS. The Cotton Army-worm. {N'octua lAnomis] xylina, Say.) Editors American Entomologist : As the Sotitiioni cotton planter^ arr |,lv intercstcil inlearnin;; soiiii-tliinLr al>oiit tin' ^ that ]>rry upon their cropv wljjili tluy do not kn(.^^ . I w'rito to request noii. in lic-lialiot tlio-,. wh,, i\\r in tlii- |iarticu- larsci-lion, to mli-lifn llicin nimii ilic rolln»iii- ,|iies- tlie wiiitrr M-a-ony II you an>\, in tlir ilirv>alis state, at wliat porioil in the sprint'or suninu'r does it emerge in the I'orm of a flv? It" in the spring or early summer, on wliat does it" subsist until it the cotton plant ? "We think if thi'<o point- n;-vr d drvi-rd l,y ^^?lli,?ll thi- .| have been di>cii-sr,l l,v :,n A^rirnltiii-al ( lul, oi-ainzed in this county, and, although a good deal of information has been elicited, still there remains much to be learned before we can attain to a practical knowledge ot the subject, and we lia\ e no at hand bv which this knowledge can be accjuired. I have SI rii -c\cial numbers of tlie AMERICAN Ento- \\l,icli have been sent to the office of the LiUrttj A.:<,„,,:,, hut liave found nothing in elucidation of the questions propounded. We desire also to know something about the Boll- worm, which I believe is universal in the cotton region, and which attacks the fruit of tlie cotton plant from the time it is first formed until it arrives nearly to the stage of maturity. Please give its history and mode of pro- pagation ; and tell us, if yon can, how it may be destroyed or its ravages prevented. Yours,
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