late holding of water, even were it otherwise advisable, would not 

 prove satisfactory. Iherefore, draw off the Jlinvage from such bogs 

 before or by the middle of April. 



2 . Follow directions for spraying gii'cn under Number 2 abot'e for 

 the first brood and under Number ^ for the second. 



FALSE ARMY WORM. 



Calocampa nupera Lintner. 



This insect, not iieretofore reported as a cranberry feeder was, 

 during the past season, probably the third worst pest on the Cape, 

 only the fruit worm and fire worm exceeding it in the amount of in- 

 jury done. From the reports of the growers it must have been more 

 or less troublesome for several years. It has been confounded with 

 the cranberry span-worm and with the true army worm. The cater- 

 pillars resemble those of the true army worm considerably, but when 

 full grown they are larger and more handsome. The larvoe of the 

 true army worm have strongly mottled heads, and are without white 

 spots. Those of this insect, however, have clear greenish yellow 

 heads and noticeable white spots on the back. When very young, 

 these worms are quite different in appearance and in action from 

 what they are as they approach full growth. For several days after 

 hatching from the egg they are whitish in color and to the naked eye 

 are without markings. At this stage, they resemble span-worms in 

 their looping movements. The eggs are laid in small masses, usually 

 on the under sides of the leaves, probably in the fall but possibly in 

 the very early spring. Each egg is less than one-half the size of an 

 ordinary pin-head, slightly flattened, brownish-gray in color, and with 

 the surface marked by numerous ridges which radiate from the top. 

 They begin to hatch early in May, and apparently continue to do so 

 until the middle of the month. On account of their small size, the 

 caterpillars are seldom noticed in their early stages by the ordinary 

 grower, even when present in damaging numbers. They are very 

 ravenous and feed on various weeds and grasses, as well as on the 

 cranberry, and in their last stages they vary in general color from 

 light green to almost black. They reach full growth about the first 

 of July, being then two inches long, and go into the ground to pupate. 

 The moths emerge irregularly during August and September. 



