PESTS OF TOBACCO. 



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it approaches its full growth, it takes refuge, during the 

 beat of noontide, among the ruffles of the plants, or 

 screens itself from the ardent rays of the sun by pene- 



FIG. 71. LEAF ATTACKED BY TOBACCO WORM. 



trating the soft earth under the plant. At this stage of 

 its growth (Fig. 68, better shown in the engraving from 

 a photograph, Fig. 70) it is a hideous looking creature, 

 between two and three inches long, and as large as the 



