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This moth (Ph III, fig-. 1) ineasnres 1.75 to 2 inches (45- 

 50 mm.), with wings si)rea(l. It is of a pale grayish-brown, 

 tinged faintly with reddish. The fore wings are shaded about 

 the middle and toward the outer margin with darker brown, and 

 a row of dark triangular dots on the outer margin. There are 

 two roundish-oval lighter spots a little forward of the middle of 

 the wing. The hind wings are paler at base, autl darker about 

 the margins and on the veins. 



REMEDIES. 



The ravages of army woi'iiis and cutworms may be checked by 

 poisoning them. One method is to s])ray the poison (mto the 

 plants in liquid form. For this, Paris green may be used, or 

 Disparene ; the former at the rate of one-half pound })er 50 

 gallons of water ; the latter at the rate of two pounds per 50 

 g'allons of water. The most general practice in these Islands 

 is using poisoned bait. For this, Paris gTeen is mixed with 

 bran or middlings. To nuike this, add two or three ounces of 

 sugar or molasses per gallon of water, then stir in bran at the 

 rate of about one pound jier galh^n of water. Thoroughly mix 

 poison with this at the rate of one pound per 50 pounds of the 

 moistened bran. The mixture is to be scattered throughout the 

 infested regions. The mixture may be made dry, using one 

 pound of Paris green to '20 pounds of bran and middlings 

 mixed in equal parts. Another method of applying poisoned 

 bait is to spray with poison some green crop as grass, clover, 

 or alfalfa ; then cut this and scatter in the infested regions, 

 preferably late in the afternoon, so that it will not become too 

 much wilted before the cutworms feed wyion it in the evening. 

 The advantage of using poisoned bait in a cane field is that the 

 cutworms hiding in the groimd during the day are most likely 

 to eat the poisoned bait .when coming forth at night to feed, 

 rather than climbing the young cane shoots to feed on their 

 leaves. 



NATURAL E^^EMIES. 



BIRDS. 



One of the best checks to the increase and ravages of the 

 army worms is the mynah bird. This bird was inti'oiliice<l 



