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MISCKLLANEOUS COTTON INSECTS. 



caiiulit :it liolit than ot" any other atl'ecting" cotton; not a snfficient nvun- 

 hcr, however, to warrant the u.se of light as a remedy at any thne. 



April -JO, 1904:, wc received a report from Mr. S. J. Berryman, 

 ]Montall)a, AndersoJi County, that there was '"some complaint of l)ud- 

 worm (//r//r/////".s- ohsoh'ta Fal).) and Avehworm in corn.*" No .specimens 

 of the wehworm were received, l)ut as we know of no similar insec-t 

 connnonly attacking corn in Texas, and as this pest is connnonly known 



as the wel)worm and woidd 

 injure corn about the time 

 that injurv hy the '' bud- 

 worm" would commence, 

 there seems no good rea- 

 son for doubting the iden- 

 V>^y tity of the insect. 



A nearh" full-grown larva 

 was taken at Terrell about 



Fig. 4.— y.a--(Wr;/r siiiiila/i^-: n. inale motli; 6, larva, latcTal Ma}' IT, 11>< )4. MotllS taken 



view; c, larva, dorsal view; '/.anal segment: e, abdomin;;! -%r . , , • -i. l j-1, 



-segment, lateral view: /, pupa; ,,, . remaster-a, />, .. /, ^ay 2i ON'ipOSltcd OU the 



somewhat enlarged; d, c. ;i, more enlarged (reengriived 2(:)th. "^Fhe CggS are depOS" 



affer Riley, except r, from Chittendenl. -i -i -ii j £ 



•'' ' ited on either surface ot 



the leaves in bunches of from S to '20 and hatch in three days. One 

 female laid 4.S and another 54 eggs. From these eggs three genera- 

 tions were reared up to September 21», as shown in the following table: 



Table IV. — TrannfoTmaiion rccorih of the (jurden velnrorm. 



In the case of the second geniu'ation, one larva which had hatched 

 June 29 was observed to molt July 7. 19. and 24. at which latter date 

 it pupated. 



The eggs laid September lo had not hatched on October 1 and were 

 probably infertile. It has not been observed in what stage the winter 

 is passed, l)ut from the observations of Professor Gillette" on the 

 nearly related species Lo.i'oxfege st !cf !(<(/! ^^ Linn, it seems probable that 

 the larva> hibernate in the ground in a silken tube. It is entirely pos- 

 sible, however, that in Texas the' pui)a or adult moth may pass the 

 winter. In anv event the hi])ernating brood lirst becomes mature by 



«Bul. 98, Colo. Agric. Exp. Sta., p. 6. 



