OWLET-MOTHS. 161 
THE ‘‘w’’ MARKED CUT-WORM. 
(Noctua clandestina Hartr.). 
This caterpillar is also found upon the foliage of the 
apple and currant. In some seasonsit damages seriously the 
Fig. 159.—Noctua clandestina Harr. 
apple-buds, though it usually prefers such plants ascorn, cab- 
bage, etc. Both caterpillar and moth are shown in Fig. 159. 
THE CLIMBING CUT—WORM. 
(Carneades scandens Ril.). 
great 
losses to the nurseries and orchards. The caterpillar (Fig. 
160) is of a light vel- 
lowish-gray color, var- 
This cut-worm is a very active climber and causes 
iegated with dull green, 
with a dark line down 
Fig. 160.—Carneades Scandens Ril., caterpillar. the back and fainter 
lines along thesides; the spiracles are dark, as are the cervical 
anal-shields. It reaches a length of nearly an inch and a half 
and when it enters the ground and changestoa brown pupa, 
from which in time emerges the moth, which is of a light 
color, the fore-wings being light bluish-gray, with darker 
markings, and the hind-wings pearly white. This cut-worm 
is very common in Minnesota, and sometimes almost en- 
tirely destroys the very young foliage of our white and over- 
cup oaks. The moth is shown in Fig. 160, plate VIII. 
The StripeD Cut-worm (Feltia jaculifera Gn.), the 
CHECKERED Rustic (Carneades tessellata Harr.), the Er- 
RATIC ARMY-WoORM (Noctua fennica Tausch), and a number 
