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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. THE CLIMBING CUT- WORM (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 

 Fig. 76,-AGBOTis SCANDENS. pearly white . The larva is about 



an inch and a half long, of a light yellowish gray, varie- 

 gated with dull green. It has a dark line along the back, 

 with fainter lines along the sides. The spiracles are 

 black. The chrysalis is brown. 



8. THE MAMESTRA PICTA, or W-MARKED CUT- WORM 

 (Agrotis clandestine^, 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-MARKEB 

 CUT-WORM. 



Fig. 78. MOTH OF W-MARKED 

 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, marked by deeper colored lines, mak- 

 ing their zigzag course a distinct W, near the outer hind 

 margin. The hind wings are a dull white, faintly tinged 



