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INSECTS THAT ATTACK MAIZE IN THE FIELD. 

 The following arc the inserts that attack maize iii the f i < • 1 « 1 : — 



( lorn Ear-worm! OMoridt a\ //< liothis] 

 obsohta Fab.). 



Yellow Maize Moth (Dichocrocis 

 punctiferalis < I a. >. 



Army Worm (Cirphis [Leucania] 

 unipuncta Maw.). 



f (A(jrotis radians Guen. 

 [syn. Agrqtis munda |) 



Cutworm j (Prodenia litura Fab. 

 | [syn. Hadena littor- 



alis\). 



Pink Corn-worm (Batrachedra rileyi 

 Wals.). 



Yellow Monolepta Beetle (Monolepta 

 rosa? Blackb.). 



Underground Maize Beetle ( Pentodon 

 australis Blackb.). 



Slender Seed-corn Beetle (Clivina 

 sp.). 



( lorn leaf Aphis{Aphi8 maidisFitch). 



Sugar-cane Borer Moth (Phragma- 

 tiphila^Nonagria\truricata 1 Wa.lk.). 



Coccids {Dactylopius sp. ). 



Wire worms. 



White Grubs. 



Rutherglen Bug (Nysius vinitor 

 Berg.). 



Various Grasshoppers (Cyrtacantha- 

 cris, &c.)' 



Maize or Corn Ear-worm. — [Ghloridea [Heliothis] obsoleta Fab.). 



This moth is common and wide-spread throughout this State, and (while 

 more common along the coastal districts) is found inland, and even in the 

 New England and the Tumut districts. Both the moth and the caterpillars 

 vary very much in colouring. The caterpillars vary so much that it is 

 difficult to realise that they develop into the same species of moth. Some 

 are pale green or pale yellow to dark green in general ground colour, with 



Maize or Corn Ear-worm (Chloridea obsoleta) (side view). 

 Showing legs, dorsal markings, and the arrangement of hairs on the segments. 



little or much black marking dorsally ; others are pale yellow with brownish 

 markings ; others are buff-coloured with broad brown striping dorsally and 

 laterally. 



The caterpillars of the Ear-worm moth, as the name infers, most frequently 

 attack the cobs and the ear. Commonly the point of attack is the tip of 

 the cob, or a small round hole in the green sheath may mark the insect's 



