89 





!■'(';. *;!». 'J'lir; fJyi.My-riiotli, ]'i,rlhi;lria diH- 



hutclicd |)y April 25. '|')i,; lurv;/; to 



th(! niirnhor of ,sov(!r!il fiiuiflrod wcirc 



about [lalf f!;n)wn by iJic (niddlc of 



May, ;tri(l by Jiuk! 22 tic;irly ;ill |i;m| 



roaf;li<vl full .si/-(! niid tii;uiy liml 



pupated. 'I'liis <l;i,y iJic first mottis 



crnor^r(;<l, and by July S nearly all 



won; out. V.^^^ir^H w(u-o laid by tli(; \)::;,i'';fku.v\^!:lui^^^ 



rriotfis in lar^f; nurulKirs. Tlic cntin; 



rcarinfr was [Hit into alcoliol ;it dinVrcnt stn^e-s of fr,-owtli, except the 



rnothH, whieh were all killed ;ui'l inounted or else destroytnl. Ah the 



larva; neared maturity tliey daily devoured \uviiy. r,ii;uilitie.s of apple; 



](!av(!S, uj)Oii whieh th(!y were bred. 



The efrjr rnasKcw are (hi.stroyed by ;ui :.,pplic;i,tion of f;reo,sot(; oil or by 

 fire. The |;,rv:e an; tra,pp(;d by biu.ds of burl;ip as tlK;y deseend or 

 a.se(;nd the trees, and iin; poisoned by spniys of arsenate of jcafj. 



'I'lii: (;ai{|)i;.n' vvh;ii wokm. 



Loxostegc .mntlal/i.s (iuen. 



'I'his widely distribulc.l ;uir| conuiion inseet is espeeiaJly nolable 

 b(;eaus(; of its oeea,sional outbr(;aks in tli(; West, one in iSSo, for 

 exarnph;, and anoth(;r, less serious, in IS92, in which ^anien ;uir|'fi,.|d 

 crops ^^etier.MJIy were eaten up, corn sufferinjr chiefly. TIh.ii;^!) the 

 -eneral corn erop for that year was larger than (;ver beh)re, the yield 

 P<T acre in fiv(; staU;s, Missouri, Arka,nsas, Nebrask.-i, Kansas,' and 

 TcsxaH,— an well as in lndi;ui Territory, wiis uiuch rerhiced bec.-niseof (he 

 injuries of this species. (Jorn was (piickly re|,latd.ed, but some fanners 

 had two a,n<l three; piantinjrs destroyed. As the larva; do ,,(,1, ,.|i,„h f;,,-, 

 older corn was not so seriously injiu'cd. Accordin^r 1,, Snow, a cn.p would' 

 usindly b(; destroyer! in fiv<; to ten days after the ap|,earance in it .,f 



thf; worrns. Althou-rh ^cneriijlv 

 distril>uted and very conunon 

 in Illinois, it S(;(;rris l,o be p;ir- 

 licul;irly d(;structiv(; in the states 

 idon^ th(; Mississippi IMver in the 

 South. It is conunon throti^li- 

 out th(; United Stat(;s, and oeciu's 

 ;dso in South Atner'ir;a. 



Its ordinary ff>od [jjauts an; a 

 nurub(;r of cotrurion weeds, espe- 

 ei;dly pigweeds (Amaranluft a,nd 

 ('Imiopodlinn.) ;uid purslane, but 

 when th(;se are used up b(;caus(; 



I'ld. 70. J he (Jiinlcii VV.;l,-w()rrii, LojohUw 

 KtmiLahH: a, litivit; h, a mi<|,||„ w,«rn(!i.l, of hjm.j.- 

 KKlo yi<!w; c, liiHt, Hi-muf.ni, lop view; d, <■, nurm' 

 un.l !(,« (,,„ onliiTKrMl; /, a.fuK.. L,„.va an<l t.ut.a 

 wiro nalural HI/,.,; a.lult <;nhitx<Ml an itiflicatcl. 

 (Uiley, U. S. Do|.t. of Agriculturo.; 



