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Spotted-legged Cutworm {Porosagrotis vetusta Walk.). — One and 

 one-half inches long; black spots on legs; feeding on peach buds. 



Dingy Cutworm {Feltia ducens Walk.). — Common; with wide buflf- 

 grey dorsal stripe; head and thoracic and anal shields dark brown. 

 Feeds on garden crops (Fig. 124). 



{d) Noctuid Loopers 



Cabbage Looper {Autographa brassica Riley). — (Consult Bull. 33, 

 Div. Ent., U. S. Dep. Ag., 1902, pp. 60-69.) Larva feeds on cab- 

 bage and related plants (Fig. 130). 



Fig. 130. — Cabbage looper {Autographa brassiccE). Showing a, adult; b, larva and 

 pupa. Natural size. {After Chittenden, U. S. Bur. Ent.) 



Adult. — A brownish-grey ''miller" moth; front wings transversely 

 mottled with grey, white and black, and bearing a small silver- 

 white spot on inner half; expanding i}^ inches; borders "of wings 

 scalloped. 



^SS- — Silvery-white or pale green, semi-globular, with radiating 

 vertical ribs. 



Larva. — A pale green translucent looping caterpillar, obscurely 

 marked longitudinally; prolegs absent from 6th and 7th segments; 

 2 to 4 weeks. 



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