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back; tubercles blackish, each with a single hair; head and shield shiny 

 and grey. Active in May and June on fruits and garden vegetables. 

 Sometimes called the "onion cutworm." 



Common Striped Cutworm {Euxoa tessellata Harris). — This cutworm 

 is 1 3^^ inches long, grey, with a pale median dorsal line and three pale 

 lines on each side. It feeds on most vegetable crops. One brood a 

 year; passes the winter as half-grown larva, and is most destructive 

 in June. The moths appear in July and August. 



Red-backed Cutworm {Euxoa ochrogaster Gn.). — With a broad 

 reddish stripe down the back; head and shield yellowish-brown, the 



Fig. 125. — a. Red-backed Cutworm, dorsal aspect; b. Red-backed Cutworm, 

 lateral aspect; c, Greasy Cutworm, dorsal aspect; d, Greasy Cutworm, lateral aspect; 

 e, W-marked Cutworm, dorsal aspect; /, W-marked Cutworm, lateral aspect. 

 {After Gibson, Ent. Br. Can.) 



former with two distinct black marks toward the centre. Along 

 middle of back a pale stripe, and at each side a dark stripe borders the 

 red of the back. Tubercles small and dark, each bearing a single 

 hair. Moth variable in color and markings. Ground color of wings 

 pale yellow to dark red; fore wings crossed by four or five irregular 

 lines and marked with black; body grey or dull brown; active in May, 

 June and July on corn (Fig. 125). 



Army Cutworm {Choriza gratis auxUiaris Grote). (Consult Bull. 13, 

 Entom. Branch, Ottawa.) Three varieties: C. auxUiaris, C. intra- 



