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lained dispatches from various parts of Southern Illinois and Central 

 Missouri to the effect that the Array Worm had appeared in countless 

 millions, and was destroying the grain crops at an alarming rate. 

 During the last week of that month Mr. C. M. Samuels of Clinton, 

 Ky., brought specimens to my office with the statement that they were 

 common and doing much damage all over the northwestern portion of 

 Kentucky. It was also reported from various parts of Delaware and 

 of Ohio about the same time. Somewhat later it appeared in Iowa, 

 and I quote the following account of its advent at Fort Madison, from 

 a letter from Dr. A. W. Hoffmeister: 



The Army Worm was very troublesome in some localities near Fort Madison. 

 About the tirst of June immense numbers of caterpillars, one-half inch long, were ob- 

 served in low grounds, subject to overflow or standing water. Their eating created a 

 noise which coulti be heard at a distance as adull grating or sawing sound. Aboulthe 

 21 — 24 they bored into the ground and pupateil, and in about two weeks alter ap- 

 peared as moths. I nad cauorht the Leucanla unipuncta in the fall of 1875 and spring 

 of 1876 in trreat numbers by the process ol sugaring, looking at both seasons very 

 fresh ; and therefore it is a riddle to me whether there is another brood or whether 

 some pupa3 remain dormant till fall or next spring. All my pupa; hatched, but I did 

 not see the moths cohabit, nor did I tind young or new larva; during the summer. This 

 fall the moths are less numerous than last fall. 



During the latter part of July and August it attracted attention 

 in New York, and by the middle of the latter month was swarming on 

 Long Island. In September and October it was extensively reported 

 in New England, where it did much injury to Hungarian grass and to 

 oats. Mr B. P. Mann of Cambridge, Mass., who took the moth at 

 sugar as late as October 27, sends me the following extracts which 

 will show the time of year and the numbers in which they appeared 

 in ditferent parts of New England : 



Army Worms are very destructive to vegetation around Mishias [Maine.] There 

 has been nothing like them since 1801. * -^ - The Army Worms 



have appeared in laro^e numbers at Colchester, [Conn.] and are doing much damage 

 to the crops. \_BostoH Daily Advertiser, Aug, 10 and 11, 1875. 



The Army Worm appeared in immense numbers on Sunday at Sussex, on the 

 government railway line, east of St. John [N B.], and since that time the ravages have 

 created vvi(le->pread alarm. Fields ot gram have been destroyed. Horse rollers run 

 over the road where they crossed did not perceptibly le>isen their numbers. A dispatch 

 from Sr. Andrews says, the Army Worm invaded that town yesterday, covering the 

 streets, lif'ids and lanes in every direction, and devouring the grass and grain in spite 

 of every oppo-idon. They are still advancing. {^Ibid, Aug. 12, 1875. 



A worm has been discovered in Hollister [Mass ] in such large quantities as ta 

 lead to the supposition that it may be the Army Worm again. The army has invaded 

 Del ham. They have devastated an acre of Hungarian owned by Mr. Greenwood Fuller, 

 a large field of grass for Mr. Luther Fisher; also for Mr. L. Baker. \_Ibld. Aug. 16, 

 1875. 



The south shore [of Mass.] in the vicinity of Black Rock has of late been visited 

 with an innumerable host of moths, commonly called millers. They ttiok possession 

 of rooms which were accessible by the windows being lett open, in such numbers that 

 it wa-< the work ot days to rid the rooms of their pre>ence. Their origin is a mystery ; 

 but rhey entered rooms facing north in j-uch Hocks that it is a theory that they came in 

 from the sea. in one small room 800 were killed, \_lbld', September 3, 1875. 



