THE GARDEN WEBWORM. 
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niary of our observations on the life history in Texas merely supple- 
ments his account. 
Table III. Transformation records of the variegated cutworm, 1904- 
Place. 
Larva taken. 
Pupated. 
pupa. 
Moth 
emerged. 
(March 31 
I April lx 
I March 16 
J March 29 oil 
April 5 
April 25 . . 
March 24 .... 
IX 
April 11 
| corn. 
Judging from the above records, the life histories of the three 
species of cutworms discussed are evidently much the same. 
Fiu. 3.— Peridroma saueia: a, moth; l>. normal form of larva, lateral view; c, same in curved position; 
<l, dark form, dorsal view; e, egg from side:./', egg mass on tui.u r (after Boward). 
THE GARDEN WEBWORM. 
(Loxostege similalis Guen. Fig. 4.) 
In Texas and the Southwest, the common name which has been given 
this insect seems hardly suitable, for there it is primarily a pest <^\' 
corn and cotton and only incidentally a garden insect. In L903 very 
serious and widespread damage in north Texas and Oklahoma, as well 
as in other parts of Texas, to young cotton and corn, necessitated 
replanting after the plants were well started. This injury occurred 
most generally during the first two weeks of June. 
In L904 the first moths were taken at trap light at College Station. 
April 10. 21, and 24. At Terrell the first was taken at light on May 
24, and during the season then 1 were more specimens of this moth 
