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into moths. The first specimen made its appearance in my breeding 
cage May 15 ; others, one at a time, appeared until June 1, on which 
day I had 7 imagos. At that time I cut open a considerable number 
of the cocoons and carefully emptied out the box of moss in which they 
had been kept. I found several pupa? making their way up to the sur- 
face, and found in the cocoons a number that had just transformed. 
Found also, in others, a very fair proportion of larva? that as yet showed 
no signs of changing. Specimens continued to issue throughout June, 
the last specimens which I recorded making their appearance early in 
July. It is very likely that in nature the time of the appearance of the 
inse'cts is equally spread out, making it a yet more difficult one to deal 
with. It is not likely, however, that in the open, many specimens will 
issue quite as early as they began to issue in my laboratory. From 
what I have observed, the insects wintered in the field just about as 
well as they did with me, and I have already heard from several locali- 
ties that the borers were out in force. 
Cutworms also wintered remarkably well, except on those farms in 
which the commercial fertilizers were used. There was a very great 
difficulty in getting a stand of a considerable number of crops. Mel- 
ons, sweet potatoes, and corn were cut with great severity, and replant- 
ing of all of these crops had to be done; in some cases as many as 
three or even four times. Corn, in fact, was an unusual sufferer in 
New Jersey this year. The " Bill Bug" did not make its appearance at 
all, so far as I have heard, even in those localities in which it was very 
much the worst last year ; but on the other hand there was an enor- 
mous increase of injury done by the " Corn-root Web-worm," the larva 
of a species of Crambus which I have not attempted to bring to ma- 
turity. This insect has in some cases made replanting necessary over 
large areas, and even now, at the present time, there are fields in 
which these insects can be found in considerable numbers, and in 
which the corn is a very irregular and unsatisfactory stand. These web 
worms are very much the worst on old sod land, where they probably 
infested the grasses in previous years, and this insect too is almost 
entirely absent on these farms on which the commercial fertilizers are 
used to the practical exclusion to barn yard manure. In fact this 
more than any previous year has emphasized the exemption enjoyed 
by those farmers who habitually used the mineral fertilizers. Besides 
this web- worm, seed corn, or the young corn plants were also attacked 
by a Span Worm, the larva of a Geometrid. This was sent me by Mr. 
Crane, of Caldwell, who is trying to bring it to maturity. The larva 
is a very strongly marked one, and he says that he feels certain that 
he has seen it in previous years in the stalks of Dahlia and in Pig- 
weed. An Anthomyiid larva was also injurious locally. The Antho- 
myiid was bred : but has not been specifically determined. A feature 
in some parts of southern New Jersey was an invasion by a Flea.Beetle, 
Systena blanda. This insect I had never previously found in anything 
