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tobacco in Virginia and Kentucky only late in the season after 

 corn has commenced to harden. It then bores into the buds, seed- 

 pods, and flower-stalks, in the same manner as the last species. In 

 Florida, however, Professor A. L. Quaintancc states that its worst 

 injury is done early in the season before corn or cotton are available, 

 the eggs being laid in the bud an 1 the young larva; feeding on the 



FIG. 169. Larva of false budworm (Heliothis obsolete), showing work on 

 seed-capsules of tobacco plant. (After Quaintance.) 



unfolded leaves, doing very serious injury. In Florida the corn 

 ear-worm or false budworm is more common than the former 

 species. 



Control. Poisoned corn-meal has been found to be a satisfac- 

 tory remedy for both species when they bore into the bud. Mix a 

 half teaspoonful of Paris green into a quart of finely ground corn- 

 mea and sprinkle into the buds from a can perforated like a pepper 



