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fully ; this must 

 be quite a pro- 

 tection to the 

 egg from ene- 

 mies and it must 

 prevent the 

 square from dry- 

 ing." 



"But look at 

 all those squares 

 lying on the 

 ground. Who does 

 that?" Miss Cow- 

 pea asked. 



Mr. Corn, who 

 had been watching 

 very closely, ex- 

 plained : "That is 

 because many of 

 the squares will 

 drop to the ground 

 within a week after 

 they have been 

 punctured either for 

 feeding or for egg- 

 laying. A few days 

 after the eggs are 

 laid they hatch into 



(From Bur. of Ent., U. S. Dept. ofAgr.) 

 FIG. 5. "Those that are left open are used 

 for food only." 



(After Bur. of Ent., U. S. Dept. Agr.) 



FIG. 6. "They hatch into little footless 

 grubs." 



