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17. Glassy Cutworm. 



{Hadena devastator, Brace.) 



1819. Brace, John P. — Phahena devastator. Silliman's Amer. Journ. 

 of Science I., 154, Original description. Prefers beans. 

 Feeds on cabbage and Indian corn. Pupa state four weeks ; 

 emerges about July 13. Eggs laid in autumn and hatch 

 in May. Chrysalids exposed to the sun, died; hence plow- 

 ing in July suggested. 



18^2, Harris, T. W. — Agrotis devastator. Pep. Mass. Ins. Descrip- 

 tion of imago. Moths common July 13 to August 15. Be- 

 lieves the eggs hatch in autumn. 



1856. Fitch, Asa. — Idem, "id Rep. N. Y. Insects, p. 315. Descrip- 

 tion of imago. 



1862. Harris, T. W. — Idem. Insects Injurious to Vegetation, p. 

 445. (See under 1842.) 



1869. EiLEY, C. v.— Idem. 1st Eep. St. Ent. Mo., p. 83, fig. 30, 

 larva. Specific characters of larva and chrysalis. Food 

 plants : grass and cabbage. 



Packard, A. S., Jr. — Idem. Guide to Study of Insects, p. 

 306. Mention. 



1873. LiNTNER, J. A. — Mamcstra devastator. 23d Eep. N. Y. St. 



Cab. N. H., p. 194. Collected in N. Y. August 15. 



1874. LiNTNER, J. A.— Idem. 26th Eep. N. Y. St. Cab. N. H., p. 



180. Collected July 7 to August 14. 



1875. Cook, A. J. — Agrotis devastator. Eep. Mich. St. Bd. Agricul- 



ture, 1874, p. 111. Injurious to Indian corn in Michigan. 



1878. French, G. H. — Hadena devastatrix. 7th Eep. St. Ent. 111.,, 

 pp. 96, 216. Specific characters of imago and larva. Food 

 plants : Indian corn, grass, and cabbage. 



1880. Bowles, G. J.— Agrotis devastator. Eep. Ent. Soc. Ont. 1879, 



p. 38, fig. 2. General description of imago and larva. 

 Common in Canada, Northern and Western United States. 



1881. Marten, Joh^.— Hadena devastatrix. 10th Eep. St. Ent. 111., 



p. 137. Description of larva. Found underground near 

 cabbage plants in May. 



1884. EiLEY, C. v.— Idem. Eep. Com. Agriculture, 1^84, p. 296, 



pi. Ill, figs. 3, 4. Trausforraations. About half-grown May 

 1; pupated June 19; emerged July 7. 



1885. LiNTNER, J. A. — Idem. Cutworms, pp. 7, 8. Destructive to 



Indian corn and cabbiige. 



