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{froiiiid color is a, ral/lifr iiiiiforrM dull stiioky {^ray, vuryiwfr to ]):i\('.r jiruy 

 with a hrowiiisli l.iiil,. 'I'lic lif^lij, color of l,lic outer line t liroii<r|ioiit,, and 

 llic usually paler and contr'astjiij;- sli;i,lit,|y yellovvisli I'diiloriii s|)ol, on 

 tlio i'orc wi/if^j.s, arc iriiporlant. ('haracters. 



Th(! ,S|)(;cies i.s ai)pareidJy sinjile-lirooded. The larva- winter over, 

 findiiifi; (ixcelleni, opportiitiilies t,o U-cd ijurinj:; warmer days on dead and 

 (Iryiiif^ veffetahlf! t/issiie. In Mississipfii th(;y do their most Kcrifjiis injnry 

 in Murcli,atid then spin np, from April I in Mississi[)|)i to June in New 

 York. Alter a hriej' pupal st,a|!;e the moll: is produce(|, most ahmidantly 

 in this liitjt,ud(; in lat,(! .jiin(; and in .Inly, f/hon^h .s(;aif.erinj<; individualH 

 liav<! l)een Cound as lai(! as Ocioher 4. These moths f)rodnce the hiher- 

 natinK hrood of larva;. Th(!n! is a. dare possibility of an .Auj-Oist, hrood 

 of larva; prcccditif^ ili(! fall Itrood, and the lonji,('r s(!a.son in the Sr)Ulh 

 would (iasily adiriil, of an extra, Wrood. 



Ini'(!st-ed portions of forlder should ]»■ promptly destroyed, worms 

 a,nd a,ll, before thr; wlioh; mass is invaded and rnin(;d, and wast/O should 

 be cleaned U[) a,nd burned, so that, no materials tnay remain for thr- 

 maintenance of the insecl . 



TIM': (;yi'sy MOTH. 



I'diihclria (liH'iKtr Linn. 



This notorious insect; is an introducetl species, which madf; its first, 

 lodf^irKitit in Massac;lnisr;t1<s by an a(;(Md(!iila,l 

 esca[»e from the labf)ratory of a naturalist, 

 and has now bef;f)me a most, d(;struciivo 

 and almost uncontrollabh; pOHt ovfir a con- 

 sid(!rabl(! area of l,hat s1,atf;, to which itsficms 

 still to be confined. 



Altiiou;.di primarily a, forest insect,, it, 

 feeds upon an immrMise varicity of [)lants, 

 a,nd is a|)|)a,n!ritly (;af)abl(! of injury to corn. 

 It, is a nat.ive of 1,em[)erat(; I'jirope and Asia,, 

 ran;i;infi; from iMif^latid, where it, is ra,re, to 

 Alfi;(^ria, and from I'rance to .lapan. 



Alt,houf^li (if'fort-s to ext(!rminat/e this 

 pest, in ,Ma.ssachuK(!tts, quitr; unexa,mpled 

 in t,he liist,oi-y of the world, were ma,<|e for 

 a s(!ri(!S f)f years at an (expense of over a 

 million dollars to the statue, it is now virtually 

 c(!rtain that it will gradually sprf^ad throuf^h- 

 out the country. Lik(! the canker-worm it. m,'//?/ '''^yV^/ll'^ ^'Z'^v^^^^^ 

 spreads v(;ry slowly when left U. its(,'lf, but a;^':.;,.,,!,',';;"^''" ^- "^^ '-"""• "^ 



