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in Holt, Missouri. Cat-worms {Agrotis, sp.) materially reduced the to" 

 bacco-crop in New Haven, Connecticut ; they were equally severe upon 

 the corn-crop in Saratoga and Wyoming, New York. Grub-worms 

 (Lachnosterna, sp.) cut down corn 25 per cent, in Dukes, Massachusetts, 

 Ijesides damaging pastures considerably. Similar injuries are reported 

 in Washington, New York, and Vernon, Wisconsin. Lice {Aphis, sp.) 

 are noted in Eichland, Wisconsin, and Holt, Missouri. In Morgan, 

 Tennessee, some farmers were annoyed by a black worm, IJ to 2 inches 

 long, with two parallel white stripes upon the head ; it ate the fodder 

 from the corn-stalks. In Catoosa, Georgia, corn was injured by a worm 

 penetrating the ear from the silk to the butt. A new corn-insect^ 

 somewhat resembling a cabbage-louse, is complained of in Columbia, 

 Wisconsin. It lives in the ground and gnaws the bark from the roots. 

 A new green bug injured heads of wheat in Dodge, Wisconsin. In Doug- 

 las County, of the same State, a small black bug, half an inch long, slim, 

 and very lively, ate potato-tops very rapidly. Slaked lime was found 

 an effective destroyer of the pest. 



