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elicited a second letter from Mr. Kimball in which he stated that the 
only plant injured was the Drummond Phlox, that the worms first 
ate the leaves and then the buds, leaving nothing but the hare stalks, 
giving in this instance the state of affairs in his own yard. On the 
seed farm of Geo. S. Plaskell the Phlox was entirely destroyed. 
The moth resembles the armed Heliothis hut is smaller and the 
black marks are more prominent. The wings are pale clay yellow 
with a black mark in front of the middle and another near the apex 
of the fore wings; the hind wings with a black outer border and 
black spot in the middle, the border having a light spot in its center. 
Remedies .—Where phlox is raised on a large scale it is probable no 
remedy will do better service where the worms are already at work 
than the usual preparation of Paris green that is used for the Ten- 
lined Potato Beetle. Hand or chicken picking may do for a few 
plants. It is probable that turning the ground up in the fall by 
plowing or spading will be the best preventive remedy against 
their ravages the second year. This operation serves to break up the 
earthen cells that contain the chrysalids thereby mingling the latter 
with loose dirt when they will not be able to withstand the effect of 
the winter rains and frosts. 
Spec. Char. Moth .—Expanse of wings 1.25 inches. Ground color of 
wings and body light clay-yellow, the hind wings and abdomen a lit¬ 
tle the lightest. The basal and t. a. lines not discernable except by 
dots on the costa, the t. p. line marked by black scales on the veins. 
From the transverse shade to the subterminal line is a space of a 
darker shade than the rest of the wing, inclining more to ochre. The 
place of the orbicular indicated by a black dot; the reniform black, 
annulated with a brown shading that reaches to the costa, ante-apical 
brown or brownish black. Hind wings contain a large black discal 
spot and a wide black outer border containing an oval light spot in 
its center. 
Heliothis armigera, Hub.—The Armed Heliothis. 
The larva of this species is known as the Boll-worm or Corn-worm, 
the former being the name by which it is designated in the south 
where, as its name indicates, it eats into and destroys the bolls of 
growing cotton, the latter name being given it chiefly in the northern 
states on account of its eating into the ears of growing corn. Besides 
corn and cotton this worm is often found in the garden feeding on 
tomatoes, green peas, peppers, and sweet corn, though the chief injury 
done is to the first named staples of the north and south. 
The caterpillar is, when full grown, about an inch and a half long, 
and varies in color from pale green to dark brown, striped longitudi¬ 
nally with darker stripes of the same color, the green worms marked 
with darker stripes of green, and the brown with darker brown. On 
each segment are eight black piliferous spots, from which arise short 
brown hairs. The head and neck are brown. When full grown they 
leave the ears and transform to chrysalids beneath the surface of the 
ground, the first brood remaining in the chrysalis state from three to 
four weeks, but the second pass the winter in the ground to come out 
as moths the following spring. In the southern states there are three 
