Noctuidae 
This insect, which preys upon the Cruciferce in its larval 
state, has been well described and its habits fully set forth by 
Prof. C. V. Riley in 
the Missouri Reports. 
It is from his paper 
upon the species that 
we have been per¬ 
mitted to extract the 
figure which is here¬ 
with annexed of the 
insect in its various 
stages. The moth 
appears to be very 
generally distributed 
throughout the United 
States and Canada, 
and does a good deal 
to diminish the supply 
of the raw material from which sauer-kraut is made. 
(11) Autographa oxygramma Geyer, Plate XXVIII, Fig. 
30, $ . 
Syn. indigna Walker. 
The moth is found in the southern States, and thence south¬ 
ward to South America. 
(12) Autographa rectangula Kirby, Plate XXVIII, Fig. 32, ? . 
Syn. mortuorum Guenee. 
This lovely species is northern in its range. I found it quite 
abundant one summer at Saratoga, New York. 
(13) Autographa vaccinii Henry Edwards, Plate XXVIII, 
Fig. 34 , $ • 
This species may easily be distinguished by the strongly 
checkered fringes of the primaries. 
(14) Autographa selecta Walker, Plate XXVIII, Fig. 39, $ . 
Syn. viridisignata Grote. 
This is a somewhat large species, not very attractively 
colored. It is northern in its range. 
(15) Autographa angulidens Smith, Plate XXVIII, Fig 
38, $. 
Fig. 148. —Autographa brassica. a , Full-grown 
larva; b, pupa; c, male moth. (Aftei Riley.) 
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