55 



Fig"- S3- Cut worm. 



Dark form, male, above ; pale form, female, below, 

 enlarged. (From U. S. Dept. Agric.) 



Somewhat 



ft 



Fig. 



(a) pale 

 (From 



54- Cut worms. 



form (6) da 1 ) 

 of larvae. 

 U.S. Dept. Agric.) 



A poison bait which has been 

 used with good success in Barba- 

 dos, in controlling cut worms in 

 cotton fields, w r as made by mixing 

 25 5). bran (pollard) and 1 Ib. Paris 

 green to a thick paste with water, 

 to which a sufficient quantity 

 of molasses has been added to 

 sweeten the mixture. This bait 

 is used by throwing down a 

 small handful (one or two table- 

 spoonfuls) at each hole when 

 the seed is planted. The cut 

 worms eat the poisoned mixture, 

 anr * are killed before the seed- 



prevented. 





