Fig. 338. 



32S INSECTS INJURIOUS TO THE STRAWBERRY. 



The moth, also represented in the figure, has the fore wings 

 brownish gray with darker markings, and patches of a paler 



color towards the apex of the 

 win Of. The hind wings are al- 

 most white, with a pearly lustre, 

 and nearly semi-transparent. 

 When the wings are spread, they 

 measure about an inch and three- 

 quarters across. 



The Striped Cut-worm, J^^ro- 

 tis subgothica (Haworth). This 

 caterpillar is of an ash-gray color, 

 with broad, dark longitudinal 

 lines, and several narrow lighter 

 ones, and when full grown is nearly an inch and a half long. 

 The moth is showm in Fig. 339 with its wings expanded, and 



Fig. 339. 



Fig. 340. 



also with its wings closed. It is of a deep-brown color, with 



grayish, flesh-colored markings. The 

 markings are quite characteristic, and 

 it should be easily recognized from 

 the figures. 



The Checkered Rustic, Agrotis tes- 

 sellata Harris (Fig. 340), is of a dark- 

 ash color, with two pale spots on tlie 



front wings alternating with a triangular and a nearly square 



black spot. 



