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wings are white and pearly, shaded toward the margin 
with pale brown. ‘The chrysalis is of a deep mahogany 
brown, with dotted markings on each side, and sharp 
Fig. 72.—CHRYSALIS OF THE VARIE- 
GATED CUT-WORM. 
Fig. 74.--EGGS OF THE VA- 
Fig. 73.—LARVA OF THE VARIE- RIEGATED CUT-WORM, 
GATED CUT-WORM. a, Magnified ; b, Natural Size. 
pointed at the tip. The larva pupates in the ground, 
where it forms a smooth, oval, earth cocoon. The larva 
becomes full grown by the middle of June, when it is of 
Fig. 75.—LARVA AND MOTH OF THE DARK-SIDED CUT-WORM. 
a dull flesh-color, mottled with brown and black, hay- 
ing elongated velvety black markings on the sides. 
6. THE DARK-sIDED Cut-Worm (Agrotis Cochranii, 
Riley). ‘the moth is light gray, marked and shaded 
with brown, and smaller than the Variegated. The larvais 
a little over an inch long, with dark ashen gray sides and 
