CONTENTS. i 



WiEEwoKMs. Paiijcs 73-91. i 



I. Iiitroductifjn. Page 73. ; 



II. Methods of experimentation. Page 75. j 



III. Experiments. Pages 7o-85. ' 



A. Protection of seeds. Pages 76-78. : 



1. Bv a coatino: of Paris "^reen and flour. Pao^e 76. , 



2. By a coating of tar. Page 76. 



8. By soaking it in a solution of salt. Page 77. I 



4. By soaking it in a copperas solntion. Page 77. i 



5. By soaking it in a chloride of lime and copperas solution. ' 



Page 77. j 



6. By soaking it in kerosene oil. Page 77. j 



7. By soaking it in turpentine. Page 78.' i 



8. By soaking it in a strychnine solution. Page 78. i 



9. By soaking it in other poisonous substances. Page 78. ! 



B. Destruction of the lar\^ie. Pages 78-83. • 



1. By starvation. Page 79. \ 



a. By clean fallow. 



b. By supposed immune crops, like buckwheat, mustard and | 



rape. ' 



2. By insecticides, as kerosene, crude petrolenm, poisoned j 



dough, bisulphide of carbon, salt, kainit, muriate of ' 

 potash, lime, chloride of lime, and gas lime. Page 80. j 



C. Destruction of pupiie and adults. Pages 83-85. I 



1. Fall plowing. Page 83. 



2. Trapping. Page Si. i 

 General summary of the methods of combating Wireworms. Page 85. 



lY. The transformation of several species of Wireworms. 

 Pages 85-91. 



1. The wheat wire worm {Agriotes mancus). Page 86. i 



2. Asaphes decolor atus. Page 87. ' 



3. Melanotus commiiiiis. Page 88. ; 



4. Drasterias elegans. Page 89. I 



5. CryptohypniLs ahhreviatus. Page 90. I 



The Bud Moth [Tmetocera ocellana). Pages 92-101. \ 



Its history and distribution. Page 93. 



How it is spread Page 93. 



Its name and classiflcation. Page 93. 



How its presence is indicated. Page 94. ; 



Its appearance. Page 94. 



Its life history. Page 95. i 



Its appearance and habits in the spring. Page 95. ] 



Pupation. Page 97. '■ 



Habits of the moth. Page 97. ' 



Egg-laying. Page 97. i 



Summer habits of the caterpillar. Page 98. ' 



Hibernation. Page 98. i 



JM umber of broods. Page 99. - 



Its natural enemies. Page 99. 



Methods of preventing its ravages. Page 100. 



