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brown, with the outer border darker, and the margins of both 

 wings are strongly scalloped. 



Control. The same general methods as advised for the imported 

 cabbage worm will effect the control of this species. Sirrine 

 states that dusting the plants with Paris green has not proved 

 satisfactory, but found the use of Paris green with the resin soap 



FIG. 263. The cabbage looper moth at rest from side and from above 

 natural size. 



sticker (page 46) to be very effective. Arsenate of lead is more 

 adhesive and is therefore superior for cabbage, but will be improved 



by the addition of the " sticker." 



\ 



The Cross-striped Cabbage Worm * 



Throughout the Southeastern and Gulf States the cater- 

 pillar of a native moth, known as the Cross-striped Cabbage Worm, 



* Evergestis rimosalis Guen. Family Pyralida. See F. H. Chittenden, 

 Bulletin 33, n. s. ; Div. Ent., U. S. Dept. Agr., p. 54. 



