. First[-ninth] annual report on the noxious, beneficial and other insects, of the state of Missouri, made to the State board of agriculture, pursuant to an appropriation for this purpose from the Legislature of the state . ?First Ann. Hep. on the Noxious lus. of Out., p. OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST. 89 when the Epimenis is never seen; and thouiijh it may be single-brooded in the more northern States, there are two broods with us,the moths from the first brood of worms frequently appearing twelvedays after pupation. When at rest this worm depresses the head andf*- ^^ ] raifes the fore body
. First[-ninth] annual report on the noxious, beneficial and other insects, of the state of Missouri, made to the State board of agriculture, pursuant to an appropriation for this purpose from the Legislature of the state . ?First Ann. Hep. on the Noxious lus. of Out., p. OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST. 89 when the Epimenis is never seen; and thouiijh it may be single-brooded in the more northern States, there are two broods with us,the moths from the first brood of worms frequently appearing twelvedays after pupation. When at rest this worm depresses the head andf*- ^^ ] raifes the fore body, Sphinx-like, and, in order to transform, it also bores into woodand other like substances, though thishabit seems not to be as inveterate in itas in the Epimenis, as Harris states thatit burrows a few inches below the surfaceof the ground and there transforms GKATA-Feiiuih -Motii, out forming a moth (Fig. 23) has the front wings milk-white, broadly bor-dered and marked with rust-brown and olive-green ; the hind wingsnankeen-yellow, broadly marked, more or less, with pale brown onthe hind border. It is seldom seen with us till May, and is most com-mon in July and August. The eggs of this insect (Fig. 22 e., /, the adjacent outlines showingnatur
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