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clusively obliged for disentangling the intricate synonyms of the 
species and identifying the L. unipuncta of Haworth with L. extranea 
of Guenee.” 
THE EGGS. 
Previous to 1876 no one had ascertained by actual observation, 
so far as I am aware, the time, place and manner of depositing 
the eggs, but as will be seen by the quotation I here present and 
the statements made by Prof. Piiley, who had the good fortune to 
be the first to observe the female moth in the act of ovipositing the 
eggs, the theory formed in advance of actual observation was es¬ 
sentially correct. 
In an article written by me and 
published in the Prairie Farmer, 
June 20, 1861, I state as my opinion 
that, “In the spring, quite early, 
the female moths lay their eggs on 
the stems of the grass, during the 
night time; in a few days these 
hatch and the larvae, after attaining 
their growth, descend into the 
ground and change into chrysalides, 
that in a short time are transformed 
into moths which, after pairing, lay 
their eggs and thus produce the 
second brood, during the season; 
but this last brood, I think, is never 
numerous, and they only reach the 
Fig. 2—L. unipuncta. Tip of Abdomen, pupa state, ill which they pass the 
winter.” 
Mr. Walsh, in an article in the same paper, Oct. 17, 1861, states 
that he believes “the Army-worm eggs are laid some time in June, 
July or August, on the stems of the tame grass, close to the 
ground, and lie dormant there till the next spring.” 
Dr. Fitch in his sixth annual report (1861), remarks that, “it 
probably, like other moths which are related to it, places its eggs 
at the roots of the grass.” 
Dr. Packard, in his report to the Maine Board of Agriculture, in 
1861, says: “The eggs are most probably laid near the roots of 
our wild grass, such as timothy and red-top.” 
Prof. Riley, in his second annual report (1869), remarks that the 
egg is evidently deposited by the parent moth at the base of peren¬ 
nial grass-stalks. In his eighth report (1876), after studying the 
form of the female ovipositor, he expressed his belief as follows: 
“It is my belief, therefore, that the eggs of the Army-worm are 
secreted, for the most part, between the sheath and stalk of its 
food plants, just above the joints.” 
Before the year had expired he had the satisfaction of observing 
the moth in the act of depositing her eggs, which he describes in 
another part of the same report as follows: “By carefully watch- 
ing, I have ascertained that the favorite place to which the female 
consigns her eggs in such grass, is along the inner base of the 
terminal blades, where they are yet doubled. The compressed, 
