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THE VAGABOND CRAMBUS. 



names and describes many mammals, birds, and other insects 

 that destroy this pest. He also describes many mechanical ap- 

 pliances for the destruction of the pest. In California the >past 

 season locusts which were very common and harmful were de- 

 stroyed by use of poison. Bran, sugar and arsenic were mixed 

 and left where the insects could gain access to the mixture. 

 Whether this can be made available in fields to protect grass, 

 oats, etc., is yet to be decided by actual trial. 

 Crambus Tulgivagellus, Clem. The Yagabond Crambus. 



Order Lepedoptera. Family Pyralidae. 



This insect is not rare in Michigan, nor in other Northern 

 States, yet it has rarely attracted attention as a serious pest in 

 agriculture. In 1881 the pastures in parts of Northern New- 

 York were quite seriously damaged by this pest. It belongs to 

 the same family as the bee moth, and to the same genus as the 

 corn-root web worm, Crambus zeellus Fernald, which has done 

 considerable damage in Illinois the past summer (1885). 



The moth, d, Fig. 158, expands 2.5 c m (1 inch) and like all of 

 the species of thk genus has a slender body. The front wings 

 are of a dull yellow color. There are rows of black scales be- 

 tween the veins and a sub-marginal row of black dots near the 



