SOS ORDER LEPIDOPTER*. 



T:>CA OKAWCLLA. fhtnpoin Gnitimoth. 

 K-ircwiii'^i iiiurMrd wllh wlilU" <»r grny, IIrIU l»n»wn ami "int- i p. »ii •.]•<. i-*, .um • i.< -jimro 

 cl.irk •)!><•( iirar (he tiiiddle or the oiiUT cilg*-. Hindwingn blarkUh. Head luncil. 

 LciiL'tii three- li> Toiir truths of nn inrh. IIahru. 



Miftli.t Ji|>|>tar in Maj , June and AuRU.tt : th«v hrtTtl twice a year. 



The Ctttirpillur <>f this !;rninu<<rni, insteiid ipf l>iirri>uiiig in the Rrnln like that «T the 

 angiiumulit grulnworin, feeds n]Niii the external stirfare inly, and lipinx n ueh in which it 

 rnlanglrs wvrnl graliu Tur lliat |>ur)Mtiie. When t)ie {KTitxi fur tninsr<>minti<in arrlTM, It 

 IravM this weh, and se«-ks a creviw in wldch ti» spin its cocoon. Allogetlier they occupy 

 about six weeks in rectlint; on the grain, which they soil and otlierwiM* injure l>y coering 

 It with their wel>s ami excrements. 



Stich an* the characters of tlie Kun>pean grainniolh It ajijicars fnim the oliser\'ation9of 

 our distinijul^lied ent<>nK)lot:lst, Dr. A. Fitch of fwiltni, that he ch.-t rvc<l ninny \ears ago 

 that grain In s<itue of the mills in his neighborho«id was nfl'ect(<i much in the way dibcnbtd 

 aboTc, only the caterpillar formed Its cttcotm within Its web. 



Although the habits of the foregoing grain insects differ somewhat, the remedies that 

 have been successful in destn)ylng one are ccjually elficaclous against the other, to wit : 

 fumigation with carlninic acid ; exposure In close vessels to heat of 130 to 1 10* Fahr. 



