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more curved red horn. On the sides of the body are eight 

 longitudinal stripes which are met by a similar number of 

 horizontal stripes, each segment forming an angle (fig. 146, b). 

 The moth (a) which produces this tomato worm has a wing 

 expanse of four inches or less. It is the paler form, and the 

 bright orange spots on the sides of the abdomen are not so 



Fig. 146.— Tomato worm. a. Moth: b, full-grown caterpillar; c, pupa. Half natural 

 size. (After Howard, U- S. Dept. Agr.) 



vivid as in the Southern species and only four in number, 

 whereas the Southern form has five. The hind-wings are 

 marked with zigzag lines more pronounced than in the Southern 

 species. The dark mahogany brown pupae of both are fre- 

 quently turned out of the ground by the spade in early spring 

 and later. They are the possessors of a handle-shaped process 

 projecting from the head, that in the present species (fig. 146. c) 

 being longer than in the Southern (fig. 148, c), indicative of the 



