. The American entomologist. Entomology. to lot In thi^ ni umci it often c ui'<(s ^ciiou=! loss to the toinito-giowLi, .md it nia\ justiv be con- sideied the woist encmv to tlie tomato in that section of the country. Mr. Glover also found it feeding in a young pumpkin. But at present we shall consider it only in its role of Cotton I5oll-worm; and sliall recount its habits as such. The egg from which the worm hatches (Fig. ;»l a, side view; b, top view niagnilied.) is rib- [Fig. IM.). bed in a somewhat similar manner to that of the Cottou-worm, but may readily bo distinguished by bein
. The American entomologist. Entomology. to lot In thi^ ni umci it often c ui'<(s ^ciiou=! loss to the toinito-giowLi, .md it nia\ justiv be con- sideied the woist encmv to tlie tomato in that section of the country. Mr. Glover also found it feeding in a young pumpkin. But at present we shall consider it only in its role of Cotton I5oll-worm; and sliall recount its habits as such. The egg from which the worm hatches (Fig. ;»l a, side view; b, top view niagnilied.) is rib- [Fig. IM.). bed in a somewhat similar manner to that of the Cottou-worm, but may readily bo distinguished by being less flattened, and of a pale-straw color instead of green. It is usually deposited singly on the outside of the involucel or outer calyx of the flower or young boll, and each fe- male moth is capable of thus consigning to their proper places, upwards of iive hundred eggs. Mr. Glover, in his account of the Boll-worm, pub- lished ill the Monthly Report of the Department of Agriculture for July, 1866, says: "Some eggs of the Boll-worm motli hatched in three or four days after being brought in from the field, the enclosed worms gnawing a hole through the shell of the egg and then escaping. They soon commenced feeding upon the tender fleshy sub- stance of the calyx, near the place where the egg had been deposited. AV'hcn they had gained strength, some of the worms pierced through the calyx, and others through tlie petals of the closed flower-bud, or even penetrated into the young aiidtcnder boll itself. Tlic pistils andstamens of the open flower, are frequently found to be dis- torted and injured witliout any apparent cause. This has been done by the young Boll-worm; when hidden in the unopened bud, it has eaten one side only of the pistil and stamens, so that when the flower is open the parts injured are distorted and maimed, and very frequently the flower falls without forming any boll whatever. In many cases, however, the young worm bores through the bottom of tlie flowe
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