The Army Worm

The army worm having made its appearance in the flelds of lliis county the following extraci trom Harper's Weekly wiD prove Interesttng to farmers especially: The owlet moths, comprising many species, are to be seen every summer evening flying ingreal numbers around the lamp ana vas jets. Qf these the Leucemia unipuncta ís bj no means tlie rarest. This moth is of a vusly grayish-brown, peppered with black, wïtb a vow of black ('dts running toward the apex, and a smal] white spot upon each wing. The female moth deposita her eggs on both green and dry grass, and is very iictive imtil she has stowed all her eggs away in strings of fnun ten to twenty each. These are hldden along the inner ba.se of the blanea of grass. The egga are a glistBning white when liist laid; toward maturity they become (lul! and yellowish. Eachyearin .May the young armyWorm can be round by any industrioua collector in moist grass lands; but fortunately it is very seldom discovered in suchlarge armies as are at present Inn ; ene farms of Long tsland, ÏTew Jersey, and Connecticut. The invasión was tii-st noticed at the beginning of June on a farm nearlalep, Long Isluncl.