191 



TAB. XCVI. 





PHAL£NA FRUGIPE11DA. 



CORN-BUD-WORM MOTH. 



I 



IIOLCUS M COLOR. AIWUIX. MQNQGR 23. r.O. 



I LACK AND WHITE GVINF.A CORN*, 



Ph. iV.,7i*j fmriupguil ctiiUta, alii dcflcxii: primoribm fnleo nchuWif punclji duobus 

 occllaribsuf fiifcift litura iiilnmcdia mjrculiquc ad apiorm alba* 



Tun food of this fpecie* is the Guinea Corn, a* well a* other kinds of grain, to 

 which the caterpillar is ftrt dctlructivr, feeding on the. bud or main ihooi of (he 

 plant, Within which it lives. They may lometimcs be dellroyrd in hot weather by 

 throwing into the bud a handful of hot land or dirt. 



The caterpillar went into (he ground July 13th. and ihe moth came out the 

 27th* It is not of very frequent occurrence in ihe winged Hate* 



An evident affinity between tbU and the laft run* through all their thicc iUie*. 



It a worthy the conftdemtien of the hribaiidnuit whether, by fludring the natural Htaj 

 of tlm formidable depredator, he could n« get the better of it. Ini* U mod probably to be 

 accompUthcd while it remain* tn the egg; for unfortunately it sppcars to continue to Avon a 

 time under ground in tlie /*^r. and at a tcafon when the corn if growing, thai plowing it up 

 * impraAicaUc, Would any kind of fowls feed upon ll* ftp* and could they get »t llicm 

 while in the ground? 





