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INSECTS INJURIOUS TO STAPLE CROPS. 



the extent of 25 per cent, whereas injury to corn planted 

 on sod land was only 10 per cent, though reasonably close 

 to land which had been in corn. 



Cutworms [NncJuidce). 

 Almost all of our common cutworms attack young corn 

 to a greater or less extent, sometimes doing considerable 



Fig. 84. — The Well-marked Cutworm-moth [Noctua clandestina 

 Harris). (After Slingerland.) 



Fig. 85. — The Dingy Cutworm {Feltia subgothica Haworth); male and 

 female moths. (After Slingerland.) 



damage. The same species affect corn as tobacco, and the 

 account given on page 214 is therefore equally applicable 

 to corn cutworms. For large areas clover or grass might 



