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more curved red horn. On the sides of the body are eight 

 longitudinal stripes which are met by a similar number of 

 horizontal stripes, each segment forming an angle (fig. 146, b). 

 The moth (a) which produces this tomato worm has a wing 

 expanse of four inches or less. It is the paler form, and the 

 liright orange spots on the sides of the abdomen are not so 



Fig, 1 46-— Tomato worm. a. Moth: b, full-grown caterpillar; c, pupa. Half natural 

 size. (After Howard, U. S- Dept- Agr.) 



v'ivid as in the Southern species and only four in number, 

 whereas the Southern form has five. The hind-wings are 

 marked with zigzag lines more pronounced than in the Southern 

 species. The dark mahogany brown pupje of both are fre- 

 quently turned out of the ground by the spade in early spring 

 and later. They are the possessors of a handle-shaped process 

 projecting from the head, that in the present species (fig. 146, c) 

 being longer than in the Southern (fig. 148, c), indicative of the 



