664 Agricultural Experiment Station, Ithaca, N. Y. 



one bad laid ten eggs on the clover leaves.* These eggs hatched 

 on S.eptember 8tli and 9tli. The young cutworms were of a light 

 drab color, with tbe brown piliferoiis spots quite distinct ; the head 

 and thoracic shield were brown. They were placec' in stages con- 

 taining clover, but we failed to rear them. 



* Tbe following description of the egg was made at the time : Nearly- 

 spherical ; height, .45 mm.; diameter, .57 mm. Color a dirty white, witb brown 

 mottlings. The surface is raised into numerous wavy ridges, which converge 

 about a small roughened area, the micropyle, on the apex. The furrows 

 between the ridges are crossed by numerous fine line-like ridges, which give the 

 whole egg a reticulated appearance especially toward the apex. 



