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often do a great deal of damage, as small holes eaten into the un- 

 folded leaf mean very large holes when the leaf is fully expanded. 

 (Fig. 22.) 



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Fig. 22.— Full-grown Tobacco Leaf which has been injured in the Bud by Tobacco 



Bud Worms, reduced. 



(Photograph by the author.) 



Description. 



The Eggs. — The eggs of the True Bud Worm, so far as we are aware, 

 have never been described. The adult undoubtedly lays its eggs on 

 the ground cherry or other weeds of the potato family. 



The eggs of the False Bud Worm are white in color, oval in shape 

 and about 1-50 of an inch in diameter. The surface of the eggs is 

 beautifully marked by ridges which radiate from the center. The 

 female seems to lay her eggs by preference on either corn or cotton, 

 but it does deposit its eggs on a very long list of plants. 



The Larva.— The larva of the True Bud Worm is greenish in color, 

 with pale longitudinal stripes, and measures when full grown about 

 an inch and a half in length. There are no conspicuous characters 

 which will always separate the larva) of the two kinds of Bud Worms, 



