. The American entomologist and botanist. See p. 43 of this volume. ENTOMOLOGIST AND BOTANIST. 329. resembles the Ariny-woriti in appearance, butlias man>- habits in common. Let tlu! two no( be conroiiiiilod, however. Jlietrue Army-worm never upjioars in the fall ollhcyear, but always about the time when whc^at isgetting beyond (lie milk stale; and it generallydisapiicars, in the latitude of St. Louis, I)y (hefirst of June. It confines its () attacks entirely to the grassesand cereals, whereas thesi)ecies under consideralionis a inucli more general with equal relishm
. The American entomologist and botanist. See p. 43 of this volume. ENTOMOLOGIST AND BOTANIST. 329. resembles the Ariny-woriti in appearance, butlias man>- habits in common. Let tlu! two no( be conroiiiiilod, however. Jlietrue Army-worm never upjioars in the fall ollhcyear, but always about the time when whc^at isgetting beyond (lie milk stale; and it generallydisapiicars, in the latitude of St. Louis, I)y (hefirst of June. It confines its () attacks entirely to the grassesand cereals, whereas thesi)ecies under consideralionis a inucli more general with equal relishmost succulent plants, suclias wheat, oats, corn, barley,grasses, purslane, turnips,and, as Mr. J. M. .Tordan olSI. Ijouis informs us, cv(nspruees. Moreover, wIkmi(?riti(;ally e,\amined, the twoworms sliow many character-istic, dillercnces, as will bc^seciibycomparingKigure-207, ?,. represents the true Army-worm, withFigure Jt)f>, which represents at fi the Fall Arriiy-worin natural size, at /> its head inagnilted, at ca miigiiilicd dorsal view of one of the joi
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