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varying with the hititiide and season. In the South there 

 are five broods in a vear; in Delaware there are three 



Fig. 87.— Corn Ear-worm. Husk of ear of sugar-corn torn open, 

 showing worms at work on tip, and hole tlirongli which a full- 

 grown worm has left. (Original.) 



broods, further nortli but two, and in some sections possi- 

 bly only one brood may occur. The second Ijrood of 



