72 



1881. Marten, John. — Agrotls ypsilon. 10th Rep. St. Ent. 111. p. 

 134, fig. 46. Description of larva. Pupates in June ; emerges 

 in July. Food plants : Indian corn, tobacco, tomato plants 

 and cypress vines. 



1884. Riley, C. V.— Idem. Rep. Com. Agriculture 1884, p. 294, 



pi. II, fig. 2. Original description of egg. General description 

 of imago and larva. Natural history and habits. Probably 

 both one- and two-brooded. Pernicious cutting habit. World- 

 wide. 



1885. LiNTNER, J. A. — Idem. Cutworms, p. 7. Destructive to In- 



dian CORN. 



16. Variegated Cutworm. 



{Agrotis saucia, Hiibn.) 



1796. HuBNER, Jacob. — Agrotis saucia. Samml. Europ. Schmett, 

 p. 378. (Teste Guenee.) Original desciiption. 



1883. Freyer, C. F.— Beitr. zur Schmett. (Teste Guenee.) De- 



scription of larva. 



1842, Harris, T. W. — Agrotis inermis. Rep. Mass. Ins. Descrip- 

 tion of imago. 



1852. Guenee, A. — Agrotis saucia. Sp. Gen. Lep. V. — Noct. I., '271. 

 Europe and America in June and September. Not rare. 



1862. Harris, T. W. — Agrotis inermis. Insects injurious to vegeta- 

 tion. 3d. ed., p. '444. (See under 1842.) 



1869. Riley, C. V.— Idem. 1st Rep. St. Ent. Md., p. 72. Specific 

 characters of imago, larva, and chrysalis. Damage to grape 

 vines. Eggs on twigs of trees. Mode of walking when 

 young. Two-brooded. Moth hibernates. Voracious feeders. 



18<8. French, G. H. — Agrotis saucia. 7th Rep. St. Ent. 111., pp. 

 94, 211. Specific characters of imago and larva. Natural 

 history and habits. Probably two-brooded. Not so injur- 

 ious to Indian corn as some other species. Bores into cab- 

 bage heads. Widely distributed. 



1880. BowLKs, G. J. — Agrotis inermis. Rep. Ent. Soc. Ont. 1879, 



p. 41. General description of imago and Jarva. Moth 

 taken August 14. Common in Canada and in Northern 

 and Western States. 



1881. Marten, Jchn. — Agrotis saucia. 10th Rep. St. Ent. 111., p. 



134. Description of larva. Complete transformation in 

 thirty-five days. 



1884. Riley, C. V.— Idem. Rep. Com. Agriculture, 18S4, p. 297. 



General description of imago, larva, and egg. Eggs on ap- 

 ple twigs. General feeder. Damage to young grape vines 

 and lettuce. Extracts from breeding notes. Common 

 throughout North x\merica and Europe. 



1885. LixTNKH, J. A. — Idem. Cutworms, pp. 7, 8, 9. Destructive 



to Indian corn, cabbage, and Smilax. 



