. Bulletin - New York State Museum. Science. Cut-Worms. 21 described, and habits recorded of some, and remedies given. They are nearly all those which had been previously treated of by Professor Riley. In an article entitled " Cabbage Cut-worms," contained in the Report of the Entomologist to the Commissioner of Agriculture, for the year 1884, Professor Riley has given a brief account of cut- worms in general, the best approved remedies for them, and excel- lent notices, averaging over a page each, of eight species that depredate on the cabbage, each of which is finely illustrated, a
. Bulletin - New York State Museum. Science. Cut-Worms. 21 described, and habits recorded of some, and remedies given. They are nearly all those which had been previously treated of by Professor Riley. In an article entitled " Cabbage Cut-worms," contained in the Report of the Entomologist to the Commissioner of Agriculture, for the year 1884, Professor Riley has given a brief account of cut- worms in general, the best approved remedies for them, and excel- lent notices, averaging over a page each, of eight species that depredate on the cabbage, each of which is finely illustrated, as may be seen from the figures, which, through the kindness of the Commissioner of Agriculture, we have been able to present in the present paper. The above are, we believe, the principal publications upon cut- worms accessible to the general reader. Reference to several other writings upon those which are injurious to Indian corn, may be found in a paper prepared by Mr. Thomas F. Hunt, and pub- lished in Miscellaneous Essays on Economic Entomology by the 'State Entomologist of Illinois and Ms Assistants, 1886, pp. 64-66. List of Species. As previously stated, no approximation to a full list of our cut- worms can as yet be given, since the larval stage and habits of so few of the species of Agrotis, Mamestra, and Hadena, are yet known. It would not be safe to presume, to any extent, upon a genetic identity of habits, since marked differences have been ob- served. For example, Agrotis c-nigrum (Linn.) and A. bicarnea (Guen.), Fig. 24 — mamestka picta Harris, according to Mr. S. L. Elliott, have been seen feeding by day, without any concealment, on chicory, Cichorium intybus. Mamestra picta Harris, the zebra cabbage worm (shown in Figure 24), feeds exposed, in dense clusters, when young, upon several of its food- plants, scattering with age, but continuing to feed by day without. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally e
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