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through the husk and enter the ground to pupate. There are a number 

 of broods during the summer, the last brood passing the winter in the 

 pupa state and emerging as adults in the spring. 



Corn is not much attacked after the kernels begin to harden, the in- 

 sects then turning to other plants such as tomatoes, tobacco and cotton. 

 There are several broods each season, probably four or five in the 

 greater part of this State. 



North Carolina Notes. — The notes here given throw some light on the 

 time of emergence, etc., of the insect in this State: 



In 1900, on September ISth, Mr. D. L. Wolff, E. F. D. N"o. 1, Pin- 

 nacle, Surry County, sent in adult moths which were captured when on 

 tobacco flowers. 



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Fig. 17. — The Corn Ear-worm, showing 

 adult moth in natural position with 

 wings not spread. About twice nat- 

 ural size. 



(After Quaintance. Bureau Ent., U. S. 

 Dept. Agr.) 



In 1902, at Ealeigh, adults were observed for the first time in the 

 terminal blades of corn on May 15th. On the 18th eggs were abundant 

 on new silk (it was early corn) and thereafter larvsB were abundant in 

 the ears. 



In 1904, the writer found his first adult ear- worm moth for the season 

 at Raleigh, on June 15, though they had likely been out some time 

 previous. This moth was in the funnel formed by the top blades of the 

 corn-plant which was not yet in tassel. On June 18 (same year) eggs 

 were abundant on silk of Adams' early corn in garden, but no worms 

 had yet appeared. 



In 1905, on May 18th, Mr. S. O. Lazenby, E. E. D. '^o. 4, Statesville, 

 sent in a specimen of the adult moth. 



These notes show that the adults are abroad early in the spring and 

 also late in the summer, into the fall. The finding of larvae mature, or 



