EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETINS. 



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striped longitudinallj. The larva walks with a looping gait owing to 

 the fact that there are no legs for the middle region of the body. 



When full-grown, the larva spins a white, silken cocoon, sometimes 

 under a leaf blade, often on some other object near at hand. After a 

 time, the adult makes its waj^ out of the cocoon. It is a winged moth 

 or miller which spreads about one and one-half inches from tip to tip 



Fig. 19. — Parasites of cabbage-worm, with cocoons, enlarged. Original. 



of the wings. It is brownish-grev in color, the front-wings being more 

 or less transversely mottled, each front-wing bearing a small silver- 

 white, well-defined spot, the hind-wings being lighter in color and with- 

 out mottlings. 



REMEDIES. 



The same remedies that apply to the common cabbage-worm, will serve 

 for the looper. 



