6 BULLETIN 363, U. S. DEPAETMENT OF AGEICULTUEE. 



The arrangement or pattern of the pink color is shown in figure 5. 

 It appears to be distinctive. 



THE PUPA. 



Somewhat robust, about three times as long as wide; head subtruncately rounded 

 at apex; eyes large, black, passing under the basal joints of antennae, showing plainly 

 at the sides and from the back; wing-cases and antennal cases reaching nearly to 

 penultimate segment; segments well-defined, last segment with rounded area near 

 middle and terminating with several short, delicate bristles curved at extreme apices 

 like minute hooks; color yellowish brown. 



Length, about 4.5 mm.; width, 1.5 mm. 



Figure 6 shows the ventral view of the pupa at the left and the 

 ventral view in outline at the right. 



THE COCOON. 



The larva spins rather copiously and when fully mature it makes a 

 cocoon of silk, coated somewhat irregularly on the outer surface with 

 frass and other accumulations. A cocoon before 

 the writer measures 7 mm. in length and 2.8 mm. 

 in width, being subcylindrical and a little larger at 

 the end where the head rests than at the anal end. 

 The cocoons vary considerably in appearance, some 

 being much flattened as shown in Plate II. The 

 one described was deposited on a dry husk and 

 partakes of the faded gray color of the latter. 



DISTRIBUTION. 



As has already been stated, this species has thus 

 far been found most abundantly in Mississippi but 

 it inhabits all of the States bordering on the Gulf, 

 as also Arkansas, Tennessee, South Carolina, and 

 Georgia. (Fig. 7.) The southernmost point from 

 which it has been reported is Brownsville, Tex., and 

 it.is without doubt present in Mexico. The most 

 '^worm^Mi-^rownTaT- northern point is in Tennessee. The species is also 

 va, dorsal view. En- ' found in Hawaii and may be native to the Orient, 

 larged. (Original.) although wc havc no rccord of this. The probabili- 

 ties are that it is not indigenous to Hawaii but may be to Mexico and 



our Gulf States. 



RECORDS OF INJURY. 



The reports which follow are not verbatim but they give a very 

 good idea of the nature of injury in different localities and the opin- 

 ions of practical growers in regard to losses and danger of future 

 injuries. 



INJURY DURING 1914. 



November 9, 1914, Mr. W. B. Thomasson, jr., Murfreesboro, Ark., 

 sent many ears of old, musty corn, badly injured by the pink corn- 



