INSECTS INFESTING COTION. 



CHAP. I TheCorn Worm (Heliothi^ arijiiwra) Also a,i 

 The Cotton Worm {AUtia anjillufea) 198 tacks Cotton. 



CHAPTER CXCVIII. 



The Cotton Worm. 



(Aletia argiUdCca. — Hubner.) 



Order, Lepidoptera ; Family. Noctuid^e. 



I I I I I M M I I lilil 



[The measurements of insects in this work are g-iven in inches and lines. Tiie above cut rep- 

 resents one inch divided into lines and fractions tliereof.] 



[Feeding upon the leaves of the cotton plant ; a pale green- 

 ish caterpillar, dotted with black and marked with yellow 



stripes.] 



Fig. 292. 



Fig. 292. — Cotton Worm ; a, the egg, magnified — color, 

 sreen ; b, c, and d, Worms of different sizes — color, green, with 

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