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Noctuidae 



This insect, which preys upon the Cruciferiv 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-kraiit is made. 



(ii) Autographa oxygramma Geyer, Plate XXVIIl. 



?o, $ . 



Syn. i7idigna Walker. 



The moth is found in the southern States, and thence south- 

 ward to South America. 



(12) Autographa rectangula Kirby, Plate XXVlll, Fig. }2, ? . 

 Syn. mortuorum Guenee. 



This lovely species is northern in its range. 1 found it quite 

 abundant one summer at Saratoga, New York. 



(13) Autographa vaccinii Henry Edwards, Plate XXVlll, 

 Fig. 34. 5 . 



This species may easily be distinguished by the strongly 

 checkered fringes of the primaries. 



(14) Autographa selecta Walker, Plate XXVIIl, 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 XXVlll, Fig. 



38, <5. 



Fig. 148. — Autographa brassiccr. a, Full-grown 

 larva; b, pupa; c, male moth. (After Riley.) 



Fig. 



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