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Fig. 1. iNSK.cT Trap. 

 INSECTS. 



A large part of the annual losses of tlie tobacco growers is due to the 

 attacks of injurious insects which feed upon the growing plants in the 

 field. 



There are many different kinds of insects which attack the growing 

 plants. The principal one, or rather the one responsible for the gi-eatest 

 damage, is almost identical with the "false bud worm" of the United 

 States. This caterpillar is about 8.5 centimeters in length and is pea- 

 gi'een in color. Generally its work is first noted in the tender leaves of 

 the terminal bud. Later, the worm wanders among the leaves and 

 eats holes in them in different places. Sometimes it is not satisfied 

 with doing this, but eats off the small axillary bud and keeps eating 

 in a downward direction in the stalk until it reaches a depth of 10 or 



