European Com Borer ^ 



Pyrausta nubilalis Hubn. 

 Ear of com showing external injuries. Note the circular hole in 

 the husks and near the base of the ear; the conspicuous moist 

 borings indicate serious injiuy. 



1 Permission to make the first reproduction of the four admirable colored plates, 

 1-4, drawn from life by R. E. Snodgras was very kindly given by Dr L. O. 

 Howard, Chief of the Federal Bureau of Entomology. 



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