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1'age. 

 Cut- worms Continued. 



THE DARK-SIDED CUT-WORM 74 



General characters of the larva, 74 Habits of, and injury done by it, 75 

 - Description of the imago, 75 ; of the larva and chrysalis, 76. 



THE CLIMBING CUT- WORM 76 



Injury done by the larva, 77 General characters of the larva, 77; of the 

 moth, 78 Description of the larva, 78; of the imago, 78. 



THE W-MARKED CUT- WORM 79 



General characters of the larva, 79 Plants it attacks, 79 Characters of 

 the moth, 79 Description of the larva and chrysalis, 79. 



THE GREASY CUT-WORM 80 



The larva very variable in coloration, 80 Its injury to tomato and to- 

 bacco plants, 80 General characters of the moth, 80 Description of 

 larva, chrysalis, and imago, 81. 



THE WESTERN STRIPED CUT- WORM ., 81 



Resemblance of its larva to that of the Corn Rustic, 81 General charac- 

 ters of the worm and moth, 82 Description of the larva, 82. 



THE DINGY CUT-WORM 82 



Difference between it and the foregoing species, 82 General characters 

 of pupa and imago, 82 At least three species of our Cut Worms are 

 difficult to distinguish, 83 Description of larva, chrysalis, and imago, 

 83. 



THE GLASSY CUT- WORM 83 



Habits and general characteristics of the larva, 83 Characteristics of 

 the moth, 84 Description of larva and chrysalis, 84. 



THE SPECKLED CUT-WORM sj 



Characteristics and habits of the insect, 84 Description of larva, chrys- 

 alis, and imago, 85. 



THE SMALL WHITE BRISTLY CUT-WORM so 



Habits of the worm, 86 Characteristics of the moth, 86 Description 

 of larva, chrysalis, and imago, 86. 



OTHER CUT-WORMS 87 



Fitch's account of the Corn Cut-worm and the Yellow-headed Cut-worm, 

 87. 



THE WHEAT CUT-WORM 87 



Injury caused by it, 87 Description of the larva, 88. 



REMEDIES AGAINST CUT-WORMS 89 



Natural enemies, 89 ; Mlcrogaster militqris, 89 ; Paniscus geminatus, 89 ; 

 The Spined Soldier-bug, 89; The Cut-worm Lion, 89 Other enemies, 

 90 Artificial remedies for climbing cut-worms, 90; for common field 

 cut-worms, 91. 



Insects infesting the Potato 91 



General remarks, 91 Number of species affecting the Potato, 92. 



THE STALK-BORER 92 



Habits of the larva and imago, 92 Remedy, 93. 



THE POTATO STALK-WEEVIL 93 



Its geographical distribution, 93 Its habits, 93 Remedy, 95. 



THE POTATO- OR TOMATO-WORM 95 



It cannot sting with its horn, 95 Its chrysalis, 95 How the imago dif- 

 fers from the Tobacco-worm Moth, 95 Remedies and parasites, 96. 



BLISTER-BEETLES 97 



The Striped Blister-beetle, 96 The Ash-gray Blister-beetle, 97 The 

 Black-rat Blister-beetle, 98 The Black Blister-beetle, 98 The Mar- 

 gined Blister-beetle, 98 Synonyrnical remarks, 98 Remedies for Blis- 

 ter-beetles, 99. 



