140 INDIAN CORN CULTURE. 
rid of the plants it breeds in by burning or cul- 
tivating them out. Fall plowing has been tried, 
but I am not informed with what success. 
If the stubble is burned in spring some 
beetles of the other species may be destroyed. 
An application of paris green to the young 
plants may be of benefit by preventing injuries. 
Affecting the ear.—Corn worm (Leliothis 
armiger, Hubn.). This is also known in the 
South as the boll worm, as it injures the cotton 
FIG. 52.—THE CORN WoRM Heliothis armiger, Hubn. 4a, ὃ. eggs; 6, larva; 
d, pupa in cocoon; €,/, moth. (After Riley.) 
boll. The adult insect is a medium-sized, 
heavy-bodied moth, with yellowish-gray or 
clayey-yellow fore wings, tinged with light 
olive-green, marked with lines of darker green 
