110 ANTLER MOTH. 



it causes great damage to agriculture wliile in its 

 larval state. Of this damage we will presently 

 treat. 



Antler Moth. 



Like the majority of the Noctuse, the Antler 

 Moth is soberly clothed in different shades of 

 brown, the arrangement of which can be seen by 

 reference to the figure. It appears at the begin- 

 ning of autumn, and may be found in any 

 number on grass lands. 



The larva of this Moth is one of the worst 

 insect enemies with which the agriculturist has 

 to contend. It feeds on the roots of grasses, and 

 remains during the whole of its earlier stages 

 buried beneath the soil, so that its ravages can 

 only be detected too late to save the plant which 

 it has killed. 



Even in this country, the Antler caterpillar 

 has often destroyed whole acres of pasture-land, 

 and is quite as destructive in this way as the 



