Bui. 539, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 



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Fiq. 1.— Corn Injured by the Lesser, Corn Stalk-Borer in a Field near 

 Columbia, S. C, in 1914. (Original.) 



Fig. 2.— Injury to Sorghum by the Lesser Corn Stalk-Borer near 

 Columbia, S. C, in 1913. (Original.) 



DAMAGE TO CORN AND SORGHUM BY THE LESSER CORN 

 STALK-BORER (ELASMOPALPUS LIGNOSELLUS). 



