AGROTIN^i. 3 7 



faintly yellowish, and the marginal area is usually dark. 

 The fringes are ferruginous. The hind-wings are yellowish- 

 white in the male, with a brownish line in front of the 

 fringes. In the female they are completely covered with 

 grey dusting, 



The larva feeds of Convolvulus, lettuce, dock, and other 

 low plants. It is reddish-brown, with a whitish dorsal line. 

 There is a fine yellowish sub-dorsal line, bordered with dark 

 brown, and a sagittate spot pointing backwards on each side 

 of segments five to twelve. Over the legs is a dark brown 

 band, in which stand the blackish spiracles. The belly and 

 legs are pale red, and the head is shining brown. 



The pupa is shining dark reddish-brown, somewhat stout, 

 with two minute bristles at the extremity of the abdomen. 



The moth is found from June to August. 



SUB-FAMILY VII. AGROTIN^. 



This Sub-family is one of the most characteristic of this 

 division of the Noctucz. The species are of moderate size, 

 with the antennae sometimes pectinated in the males, but 

 more often simply ciliated, the palpi well developed, with the 

 last joint short but distinct, and short legs, with rather long 

 spurs, and the tibiae, especially the front tibiae, generally set 

 with small spines. The fore- wings are generally brown or 

 reddish, with the " Noctua "-p altern well marked. The hind- 

 wings are brown or grey, and sometimes yellow. The abdomen 

 is stout, and does not usually extend much beyond the hind- 

 wings. 



The larvae are maggot-like, and feed on low plants, hiding 

 themselves under leaves in the daytime, or else they live under 

 the surface of the ground, and eat through the roots and destroy 

 the plants. Hence they are called " Cut-worms " in America. 



