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the Specimen figured, and with an average expanse of an inch 

 and three-fourths. It is a cosmopoHte. This cutworm has a 

 most pernicious cutting habit. It will sever large tomato plants 

 over six inches in height generally at an inch above ground, 

 and after destroying one plant it travels to others and thus in 

 a night a single worm ruins three or four plants. It shows 



Fig. 28.— Granulated cutworm- a. Larva; /, moth 

 Natural size. (After Riley) 



some partiality for cabbage which it frequently devours as fast 

 as transplanted. Potato, corn, lettuce and tobacco are favored, 

 while ornamental flowering plants are not exempt. Of many 

 plants it eats leaves and roots. It is probable that this species 

 is double-brooded or has a dual method of hibernation. 



The Granulated Cutworm (Fcltia anncxa Treitsk.) (fig. 28) 

 is brownish gray and similar to the greasy cutworm, but lacks 

 the greasy appearance, and may be recognized by the character 

 which has suggested its English name. The entire surface of 

 the body, as viewed with a magnifier, is seen to be closely 

 covered with very small, round, blackish granules, each bearing 

 a minute sharp point. The length, when full grown, is about 

 an inch and one-half. 



The Variegated Cutworm (Pcridroma saucia Hub.). — This 

 Is with little doubt the most destructive and widely known of 

 all cutworms. It occurs nearly everywhere and although, like 

 others of its kind, it appears to favor garden plants, it will 



