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satisfying to their ravenous appetites. This march they keep up 

 until they have completed their growth or are checked by outside 

 agencies. 



The eggs (Fig. 5) are glistening-white in color, nearly globular, 

 and are stuck in rows of from 15 to 20 on blades of grass, generally 

 being hidden under a fold of a leaf or between the sheath and the 

 stem. Frequently they are deposited in stacks of standing straw, 

 hayricks and the like. The number laid by a single female varies 

 from 500 to 750. 



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Fig. o.— Army Worm. 



Moth, eggs, and pupa. (From Dept. 

 Agr. Report, 1879.) 



Fig 6.— Army Worm. 

 Caterpillar. (From Dept. 

 Agr. Report, 1879.) 



