BULLETIN No. 178 DECEMBER, 1917 



MASSACHUSETTS 

 AGRICIILTIRAL EXPERIMENT STATION 



THE EUROPEAN CORN BORER 



PYRAUSTA NUBJLALIS HUBNER 

 A RECENTLY ESTABLISHED PEST IN MASSACHUSETTS 



By S. C. VINAL 



This Bulletin reports the discovery of the fact that the 

 European com borer, Pyrausta nubilalis Hiibner, has gained a 

 foothold in Massachusetts; gives a brief account of its life his- 

 tory and habits; and suggests methods of control and the prob- 

 able necessity of action by the State or Federal governments. 



Requests for bulletins should be addressed to the 

 Agricultural Experiment Station 

 ^ Amherst, Mass. 



