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My own opinion, based cliietiy on analogy, is that the insect is 
not likely to prove very troublesome; at least permanently so. 
While it doubtless lives in the larval state on the roots of plants, 
I think it more than probable that favorable conditions in the sec¬ 
tion mentioned have caused its development in unusual numbers, 
and in consequence its attack upon the corn. 
If the season is favorable, the ground properly cultivated and the 
growth of the corn strong and vigorous, I think it will not be apt 
to suffer very seriously from the attacks of this species; that this 
will only occur in rarely exceptional cases such as that described 
by Dr. Boardman. Still, I may be mistaken, and therefore it is 
well to be on the watch for this foe, for whose history we are in¬ 
debted to Dr. Boardman and Prof. French. 
