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not only the notice of persons, but, undoubtedly, are more or less pro- 

 tected thereby from the attack of predaceous animals like birds that may 

 perhaps feed upon them. 



Most entomologists writing upon this subject seem to think that this 

 insect has two and perhaps three broods each year, but my observations 

 in this State lead me to believe that the insect is only single-brooded, in 

 Missouri at least. I have never been able to find good reasons for be- 

 lieving otherwise. 



The adult moths are to be found throughout the greater part of the 



TT\g. 35. — The Variegated Cutworm, Peridroma saucia; a, an egg, greatly en- 

 ■ larged ; b. cluster of eggs, natural size; c. adult moth, natural size; d. adult, twice 

 natural size; the larvae, twice their natural size, in upper right liand corner of plate. 

 (From Sllngerland. ) 



