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228. CORN-ROOT LOUSE. 

 Aphis maidia-radicis Forbes. 

 [Lives on roots and leaves.] 



EE^rEDY: Fall plowing; clean culture early in the spring. 

 Chief Article: Forbes, 17th Kept. Ins. 111., p. (li. 



Injuring the Leaves. 



Hyiiienoptera. 



229. SOLENOPSIS MOLEST A Say. 



[Gna-ws leaves of young plants.] 



Lepidoptera. 



230. IMPORTED GYPSY MOTH. 



Ocneria dispar L. 

 [Larvae feed on leaves.] 



231. THE ARGE TIGER MOTH. 



Arctia arge Dru. 

 [Larva? occasionally feed on leaves.] 



232. THE SALT-MARSH MOTH. 



Leuarctia acraea Dru. 

 [Larvae feed on leaves.] 



233. THE YELLOW BEAR. 

 Spilosoma virginica Fabr. 

 [Larvae feed on leaves.] 



234. THE SADDLE-BACK CATERPILLAIZ, 



Empretia ethnulea Clem. 

 [Larvae exceptionally feed on leaves.] 



235. THE IO MOTH. 

 HypercMria in Fabr. . 

 [Larvae occasionally feed on leaves.] 



236. THE SMEARED DAGGER. 

 Acroni/cto obl'mita Sm. & Abb. 

 [Larvae feed on leaves.] 



237. THE SPOTTED CUTWORM. 

 Xoctua c-nigrum Linn. 

 [Larvae cut off young plants.] 



Remedy: Poisoned bait for all cutworms. 



238. THE DINGY CUTWORM. 



I'eltia sidxjothica Ilavr. 

 [Larvto cut off young plants.] 



