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one of the climbing species, and very destructive to the 

 buds of fruit trees. 



The W-marked cut- worm (fig. 12), is the larva of the 

 Clandestine owlet-moth (Noctua clandestina, Harr.). It 

 attacks various vegetables, and also climbs. 



The Glassy cut-worm, the larva of Agrotis (or Ha- 



Fig. 12. W-MARKED CUT-WORM 



(Noctua clandestina, Harr.). 



Fig. 13. GLASSY CUT- WORM 



(Agrotis devastata). 



dena) devastata (fig. 13), is glassy-green, with a bright 



red head, with a hard, dark-brown shield just back of it. 



The small White, Bristly cut-worm (fig. 14), Celcena 



Fig. 14. SMALL WHITE BRISTLY CUT-WORM (Cdcwia renigera). 



(or Hadena) remgera, is very small, and a general feeder, 

 often destructive in the flower garden. 



Entomologists, in their revision of these insects, have 

 made some changes in the scientific names. Those here 

 given will direct the reader to the detailed descriptions 

 in the entomological reports and other works. 



As the moths of the various cut- worms fly at night, and 

 are attracted by light, it has been recommended to make 

 open fires in the fields; and even several fire-traps have 

 been invented, into which night-flying moths have been 

 enticed and killed. These fires are of very questionable 

 utility, since it may happen that more beneficial than 

 noxious insects may be destroyed. 



