G THH PESTS BOLL.WOBM. 
riable rule, aa pupa? (fig. 4) have sometimes bean found in the lint. 
The pupal stage Laata for about 14 day-, after which the insect <• Images 
t<> a moth. 
DESCRIPTION 
The moth (fig. 5) of the pink bollworm i^ about three-fourths of 
an inch iu expanse, and the general color grayish brown with darker 
blotches. On.- of the characteristic marking- is a large dark i 
near the apex of the forewings, whereas the hind wing- are of a 
uniform grayish color, [n this stage the inseel lives al leasl lOdi 
probably considerably longer, and begins the deposition of eggs in 
three or four days after it emerges from the chrysalis. 
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WARHI vr.TKV : i."\ l!;\ \n:\ 1 PI rliK : 1914 
