55 



Pig". 53. Cut worm. 



Dark form, male, above; pale form, female, below, 

 enlarged. (From U. S. Dept. Agric.) 



Somewhat 



(a) pale 

 (From 



A poison bait which has been 

 used with good success in Barba- 

 dos, in controlling cut worms in 

 cotton fields, was made by mixing 

 25 ft), bran (pollard) and 1 lb. Paris 

 green to a thick paste with water, 

 to which a sufficient quantity 

 of molasses has been added to 

 sweeten the mixture. This bait 

 is used by throwing down a 

 small handful (one or two table- 

 spoonfuls) at each hole when 

 the seed is planted. The cut 

 worms eat the poisoned mixture, 

 54. Cut worms. an ^ are killed before the seed- 



, /M , , ' lings come up, and the injury is 



form (b) dark form B , , * 

 of larvae. prevented. 



U.S. Dept. Agric.) 



