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If oue watches them ou their nocturnal raid, he will see most of them coming 

 from the soil within a radius of five feet from the trunk of the trees, but others 

 can be seen that start far beyond even where the branches of large trees reach. 

 They usually take a direct course to the nearest tree, and in climbing it the tendency 

 is to go into or near the top of the tree, and the terminal buds will generally show 

 their work first. Often only the central portion or tenderest part of the bud is 



Fig. 4. — The well-marked cutworm, Noctua clandestina : (Cutworm, beneath, side and back view, twice 

 natural size (after Forbes), a, moth, natural size; b, moth, twice natural size (after Slingerland), 



