﻿was 
  greatest 
  on 
  old 
  beet 
  land 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  large 
  fields 
  where 
  

   weeds 
  had 
  been 
  most 
  abundant 
  the 
  year 
  before, 
  and 
  especially 
  on 
  sandy 
  

   soil 
  and 
  comparatively 
  high 
  ground. 
  Another 
  injurious 
  brood 
  appeared 
  

  

  7--.- 
  

  

  Fig. 
  34. 
  The 
  Beet 
  Web-worm, 
  Lexostegc 
  sticticalis: 
  

   a, 
  eggs; 
  b, 
  same, 
  enlarged; 
  c, 
  cocoon 
  of 
  pupa; 
  d, 
  larval 
  

   case; 
  e, 
  posterior 
  tip 
  of 
  pupa. 
  (Riley, 
  U. 
  S. 
  Dept. 
  of 
  

   Agriculture.) 
  

  

  Fig. 
  36. 
  The 
  Beet 
  Web-worm, 
  

   Loxostege 
  sticticalis 
  : 
  a, 
  larval 
  case; 
  

   b, 
  same,occupied 
  by 
  cocoon 
  of 
  a 
  par- 
  

   asite; 
  c, 
  pupa. 
  (Riley, 
  U. 
  S. 
  Dept. 
  

   of 
  Agriculture.) 
  

  

  later 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  season. 
  The 
  usual 
  food 
  plant 
  of 
  this 
  web-worm 
  is 
  

   believed 
  to 
  be 
  lamb's-quarters 
  {Che/iopoditim 
  album), 
  and 
  so 
  serious 
  an 
  

   injury 
  to 
  beets 
  as 
  that 
  described 
  above 
  is 
  altogether 
  exceptional. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  inhabits 
  Nebraska 
  and 
  adjoining 
  states, 
  and 
  has 
  also 
  

   been 
  taken 
  in 
  Michigan, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  yet 
  known 
  to 
  occur 
  in 
  Illinois. 
  

   It 
  has 
  been 
  found 
  on 
  A?narantus 
  in 
  Kansas 
  and 
  Nebraska, 
  and 
  on 
  tansy 
  

   in 
  Michigan. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  35. 
  The 
  Beet 
  Web-worm, 
  Loxo- 
  

   stege 
  sticticalis 
  : 
  a, 
  larva; 
  b, 
  an 
  abdominal 
  

   segment 
  of 
  same, 
  top 
  view; 
  c, 
  same, 
  side 
  

   view. 
  (Riley, 
  U. 
  S. 
  Dept. 
  of 
  Agriculture.) 
  

  

  Fig. 
  37. 
  The 
  Beet 
  Web-worm, 
  Loxostege 
  sticticalis, 
  adult. 
  

   (Riley, 
  U. 
  S. 
  Dept. 
  of 
  Agriculture.) 
  

  

  The 
  pale 
  yellow, 
  very 
  flat, 
  circular 
  eggs 
  are 
  attached 
  to 
  the 
  leaf 
  

   surface 
  singly 
  or 
  in 
  an 
  overlapping 
  row 
  of 
  two 
  to 
  five 
  or 
  more. 
  The 
  

   caterpillar, 
  we 
  are 
  informed 
  by 
  Prof. 
  Bruner, 
  does 
  not 
  web 
  the 
  vegeta- 
  

   tion 
  together 
  so 
  freely 
  as 
  does 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  garden 
  web-worra. 
  Besides 
  

   the 
  loose 
  cover 
  to 
  the 
  leaf 
  or 
  plant 
  it 
  makes 
  a 
  tubular 
  silken 
  burrow 
  in 
  

  

  