W<' li;i\'c l;ikcii .'I, lew of llic iikiIIis ( l''ij^. (II ) .'il lights IVdiii .liiiic '2'.'> to 

 July '-J(l, .'iiiil l/iiiliKT li;is recorded i( in New ^'o^k ;is occiiri'iiiL!; ii|i lo 

 Au^uhL \'\. 



VVel)sler stl^^'csls for it, ;is he does foi' llie eoiiiinoii st:ilk liorer, 

 1 re;il iiietil, with pyn'thruiii, ;iii ounce ol Ihe powilered driit; (o he mixed 

 in two ji;a.l Ions of w.'iter .Mnd so ;i|)|tlie(| th;it (he Ihiid sh;dl run down 

 iiiiKtn"; (he Nonn"' iinfolilin"'- lenves of :iii infested pliuit. 



'rilh; I'ODDI'IK WOK.M. 



hJpizcii.vis (iniiihi llnhn. 



This in(erestin^ snout moth exhihits ;i |)eculi;nily h)nnd in se\'ei':d 

 nrK'role|)ido|)(er;i hut I'.'ir'i^ in the mncros, :\ h)ndness h)r de.'id or dry 

 food mntcri.'il. It is ^■enenilly common tJirou^hont tJie I'nitcd States. 



Smith locates it. "east of the Ixocky 

 iMoiiiitaitis," lint wc ha\c it also from 

 Salt Lake City , llah, and I, as V(>«!;as, New 

 Mexico. I\iley says that it, has Keen 

 foimd I'eedini!, on the dry leaves of various 

 pl.-ints in woods, ;dso on a numher of 

 fodder plants in winter, and it has been 

 |ire(| l)\' him from Actiil lea\'es. it has 

 lieen collected Uy Taekard twice from 

 spruce, possihiv eating dead tissues, and 

 I'ldwai'ds fi;ives plilo.x as the food plaid. 

 It is most notable, howexcr, foi' its in- 

 juries to corn hidder in Mississippi. In 

 (his slate (he corn leaves useil h)i' fodder 

 are siripped off, dried in the sun, aud 



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up in cylindrical slacks ahoul a ceidral 

 pole, hulls nex( (he pole ami (ipsou(. The lar\'a woi'ks in (he int<M-ior 

 of the sla<'k, especially w hei-e this is most compact, eating- any of t h(> 

 lea,f tissue except the inid\'ein, hut not touchiiiu- moldy or spoiled 

 portions or \ cut uriiiL', out on the expose<l tips. Thus the whole 

 inlerioi' of an apparentU soimd stack may hecome tilled with. a mass 

 of woi'Mis and tilth. 



The larva ( I'^ii;. do, o c) is ahout ;in inch lout;', not nolic<'al)ly hairy, 

 dull hrown, distinctU' sti-iped with darker lateral and mediodoi's.al lines. 

 It spins a cocoon, ;ind the pupa ( k'i^. do, '/, tip) which is formed within 

 is alxtut half an inch loni; ami peculi;ii-ly colored, heiuii; i^reeii with two 

 parallel dorsal whitish stripes and two white sti'ipes on each side. The 

 adult (Imj;-. (if), e) is often taken .at li,>;hls and at "su.i^ar." It is ahout 

 an incli arro.ss (he wiujis, and marked as shown in the lij^ui'e. Th(> 



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 iiiol.li, (<iiliii'K<iil iiH itiili(Milii(l: /), >', 



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