328 INSECTS INJURIOUS TO THE STRAWBERRY. 



Fig. 338. 



The moth, also represented in the figure, has the fore wings 

 brownish gray with darker markings, and patches of a paler 



color towards the aj)ex of the 

 wing. The hind wings are al- 

 most white, with a pearly lustre, 

 and nearly semi-transparent. 

 When the wings are spread, they 

 measure about an inch and three- 

 quarters across. 



This is one of the most abun- 

 dant of cut- worms, being found 

 from Georgia and Texas to Nova 

 Scotia and Manitoba, also in Eu- 

 rope, Asia, Africa, and Australia. 

 '!\'b.e caterpillar attacks all sorts of garden products, and is one 

 of the cotton cut-worms of the South. 



The Striped Cut-worm, Agrotis 

 tricosa Lintner. This caterpil- 

 lar is of an ash-gray color, with 

 broad, dark longitudinal lines, and 

 several narrow lighter ones, and 

 when full grown is nearly an 

 inch and a half long. The moth 

 is shown in Fig. 339 with its 

 wings expanded. The fore wings 

 are of a dark-brown color, paler towards the front edge, with 

 pale-gray markings along the veins. 

 The hind wings are of a dark smoky 

 brown, becoming gradually paler to- 

 wards the body. 



The Checkered Rustic, Agrotis tes- 

 sellata Harris (Fig. 340), is of a 

 dark-ash color, with two pale spots 

 on the front wings alternating with a triangular and a nearly 

 square black spot. 



Fig. 339. 



Fig. 340. 



