CONTENTS 



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Introduction ^ 



The army worm (Cirphis unipuncta) 6 



Cirphis amblycasis 10- 



Cirphis pyrrhias H 



The grass army worm (Spodoptera maurltia) 13 



The lesser native cntworm {Fcltia dislocata) 10 



The larger native cutworm (Agrotis cnnigera) 17 



The black cutworm {Agrotis ypsilon) I'J 



The variegated cutworm {Lycophqtia margaritosa) 21 



Remedies 23 



Natural enemies 23 



Birds 23 



Tftchina flies '25 



Frontina arcTiippivora 25 



Chaetogaedia rthonticola 25 



Koebele's Ichneumon {Ichneumon koehelei n. sp) . . 30 



