104 QUINCE CULTURE: 
lighter color above. The chrysalis in the earth cocoon is 
about seven-tenths of an inch long, yellowish brown with 
darker brown markings. 
7 Tae CiimBina Cut-Wosm (Agrotis scandens, 
Riley) is very destructive to buds and tender stems and 
leaves. ‘The body of the moth 
is about seven-tenths of an inch 
long, and the spread wings meas- 
ure nearly an inch and a half 
across. The fore wings are of 
a light bluish gray with darker 
markings. ‘The hind wings are 
pearly white. The larva is about 
an inch and a half long, of a hight yellowish gray, varie- 
gated with dull green. It hasadark line along the back, 
with fainter lines along the sides. The spiracles are 
black. The chrysalis is brown. 
Fig. 76.—AGROTIS SCANDENS. 
8. THe MAmEsSTRA Picta, or W-MARKED CuT-WorRM 
(Agrotis clandestina, Harris), feeds on succulent plants, 
low bushes, and the buds of trees. It is supposed to 
have two broods a year. The first transformation of the 
Fig. 77.—W-MARKED Fig. 78.—MOTH OF W-MARKED 
CUT-WORM. CUT-WORM, 
chrysalis to the moth occurs about the first of June and 
the second near the end of August. The fore wings are 
of a dark ash-gray, inarked by deeper colored lines, mak- 
ing their zigzag course a distinct W, uear the outer hind 
margin. ‘he hind wings are a dull white, faintly tinged 
