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1870. KiLEY, C. v.— Idem. Amer. Ent., II., 275. Food plants: 

 grape, smarkweed, and a number of other plants. 



Riley, C. V.— Idem. 3d Rep. St. Ent. Mo., p. 70. Descrip- 

 tions and figures of imago, larva, and pupa. Life history. 

 Description of three parasites. Feeds on cotton, asparagus, 

 peach, apple, and willow. 



1873. LiNTNER, J. A.— Idem. 23d Rep. N. Y. St. Cab. N. H., p. 194. 



Larva on Polygonum. September 12 in N. Y. 



Saunders, W.— Idem. Rep. Ent. Soc. Ont. 1872, p. 23, fig. 

 13. Description of imago and larva. Pupates in Septem- 

 ber. Moths emerge in June. Feeds on strawberry, rasp- 

 berry, Lombardy poplar, smartweed, peach, apple, and 

 willow. Three parasites mentioned. Remedy, hand-picking. 



1874. LiNTNER, J. A.— Idem. 26th Rep. N. Y. St. Cab. N. H., p. 



180. Larva on Polygonum September 1, 1872. 



1875. Gentry, Thomas G. — Idem. Proc. Phila. Acad. Nat. Sei., 



1875, p. 24. Certain larvae did not spin cocoons. Supposed 

 to be due to deficient nutrition. Feed upon smartweed 

 (Polygonum j^otiisylvaiiieuin . ) October. 



Snow, F. H. — Idem. Trans. Kan. Acad. Sci. IV., 43. Com- 

 mon in Kansas. Food plants. 



1878. French, G. H.— Idem. 7th Rep. St. Ent. 111., p. 20L De- 

 scription of imago and larva. Larva occurs frequently 

 during June and August or September. Feeds on smart- 

 weed, apple, and grape. 



188L Marten, John. — Apatela ohUnita. 10th Rep. St. Ent. 111., 

 p. 131, fig. 43. Description of larva. Found in June, 

 August, and September on smartweed, apple, grape, and 

 willow. 



CoQUiLLET, D. W. — Acronycta ohlinita. 10th Rep. St. Ent. 111., 

 p. 170, fig. 66. Description of larva. Feeds on smartweed, 

 hazel, and Indian corn. June to October. 



1884. Forbes, S. A..~Apatela ohlinita. 13th Rep. St. Ent. 111., p. 

 82, pi. VI, fig. 3. Summary of published facts. 



Cutworms. 



1842. Harris, T. W. — Cutworms. Rep. Mass. Ins. Habits, injuries, 

 and natural history of cutworms. Five species described. 

 Various remedies proposed : collecting given as the only 

 effectual one. 



1845. Drummond, Za.— Idem. The Cultivator, 1845, p. 122. Writes 

 from Virginia that his Indian corn has never suffered from 

 any kind of worms when the land has been thoroughly 

 plowed in winter; but that it has always suffered on rich 

 ground not plowed in winter. 



1852. Prairie Farmer, XII., 59. — Fall Plowing for Insects. Sug- 

 gests that fall plowing destroys cutworms by destroying the 

 food necessary for their development in early spring. 



