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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. 73. LARVA OF THE VARIE- 

 GATED CUT-WORM. 



Fig. 74. EGGS OF THE VA- 

 RIEGATED CUT-WORM, 

 a, Magnified ; 6, 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, hav- 

 ing elongated velvety black markings on the sides. 



6. THE DARK-SIDED OUT-WORM (Agrotis Cochranii, 

 Riley). The moth is light gray, marked and shaded 

 with brown, and smaller than the Variegated. The larva is 

 a little over an inch long, with dark ashen gray sides and 



