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The lower leaves of corn were first attaek(Hl. and then the "'worms" 

 fed on the tender unfolded leaves higher up. 



June 30 of the same year Mr. Wel)ster again sent the larva^ of this 

 species from Lafayette, Ind., where it was also found feeding on corn. 



October 28, 1890, we received the larva from Mr. F. W. Mally, 

 Holly Springs, Miss., where it was found feeding on cotton. 



June 6, 181M), we received the larva? from Prof. F. H. Snow, Law- 

 rence, Kans., with the report that they were destroying late-planted 

 corn in Clay County of that State, eating both leaves and stalk down 

 to the ground. 



We have also olitained the larva from Raleigh, N. C, reported on 

 Cottonwood. 



Some of the above facts have been l)riefly repeated b}- Mr. Webster 

 in Bulletin -1:5 of the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station (p. 187). 



ECONOMIC LITERATURE. 



This species has received comparativel}^ little attention in economic 

 literatui'e. In the Tenth Report of the State Entomologist of Illinois 

 (p. 139), Mr. John Marten makes mention of the feeding of the cater- 

 piller on salsify. This note, however, was based upon oljservations 

 made in confinement, and there is no evidence to show that the insect 

 sought the salsify from choice. 



In Insect Life (Vol. II, p. 382) Mr. F. M. Webster notes the occur- 

 rence of full-grown larva? at Lafayette, Ind. , October 29, 1888. In 

 the same publication (Vol. Ill, p. 149) Mr. Webster states that the 

 larva^ were observed in consideralile numbers in April, 1888, in Ten- 

 sas Parish, La., depredating upon young corn. They were also 

 observed the same month riddling the leaves of cabbage in gardens, 

 as also in St. Francis County, Ark., ravaging fields of potatoes, eating 

 every vestige of a leaf from them. June 2(), of the same year, .young- 

 larva' were observed at Lafayette, Ind., feeding upon the parenchyma 

 of leaves of wheat, and a few days later upon cabbage. Still later 

 they were feeding upon the foliage of late-planted corn. 



In Bulletin 2-1: (o. s.) of this Division (p. 24) Mr. F. W. Mally notices 

 the occurrence of the larva on cotton and states that it enters nearly 

 grown bolls, feeding on their contents in much the same manner as 

 the boll worm. Mr. Ashmead also noticed this species feeding upon 

 cotton Ix^lls and records the fact that it had been observed attacking 

 young cotton plants as they appeared above ground, acres being some- 

 times destroyed and having to l)e reset to secure a good crop. The 

 pupal stage was ascertained to l)o between twelve and thirteen days in 

 August in Mississippi (Insect Life, Vol. VII, pp. 32-1,325). 



The occurrence of this cutworm upon asparagus at Berw3"n, Md., 

 and in the District of Co1uml)ia, in August and Septeml)er, 1896, has 

 l)(MMi riM'orded ])y the writer (Bui. 1(>, new series, p, 60) 



