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maturity in our Sate from the last of May to the middle of June, and 
is then about an inch and a half long. The most prominent charac¬ 
ters of the moth, which appear a month later, are the front wings 
light brown shaded with dark brown, and a dark brown lance shaped 
spot running from the reniform or kidney-shaped spot, outward part 
way to the outer edge of the wing, and contrasting strongly with the 
light brown around it. This lance shaped point is almost or quite 
met by another one that begins in a zigzag line near the outer mar¬ 
gin of the wing. There are usually several other smaller points from 
the same light line that are below the first one mentioned. The hind 
wings are almost a pearly white with very little of the dark outer 
border that is usually found in these Cut-worm moths. The expanse 
of the wings is a little over an inch and three-quarters. 
THE UNARMED RUSTIC —(Agrotis saucia —Hub.) 
The larva is the Variegated Cut-worm. 
These worms when they first make their appearance in the spring 
are usually not more than three-fourths of an inch long and are then 
quite dark colored. The general color is _ flesh gray with elongate 
black patches on the sides, a creamy stripe along the stigmata oi 
breathing pores, and a triangular black patch just before the anal ex¬ 
tremity of the body. On the top of each segment is a bright yellow 
point which is especially distinct in the anterior part of the body 
Besides these marks the upper surface of the body is irregularly mot¬ 
tled with fine dark spots. As the worm increases in size it grows 
lighter and the light stripe along the sides is frequently a series ol 
blotches instead of a line. . . 
The moths from these worms vary considerably in different indi¬ 
viduals. The general color of the fore wings is a dark brownish gray 
with the front edge of the wings in some specimens almost black 
while in others this space is dull golden buff color, with dark brown 
or black points along the front edge of the wing. In the dark speci¬ 
mens the two spots that are found on the wings of all of these moths 
are darker than the ground color, with hardly a trace of the double 
wavy bands, but in the lighter specimens these two spots are lightei 
than the ground color, and the double wavy bands show a little 
plainer. 
It is probable that there are two broods of worms of^ this species.ir 
a season, for the moths from the first brood come out of the chrysalid* 
from the 15th to the 25th of June, after remaining in that state abou 
twenty days. I have not seen the eggs, but Prof. Riley states tha 
one batch was sent him by J. M. Shaffer, then Secretary of the low* 
State Agricultural Society, found on a cherry twig ; also, a short trnn 
after, Mr. L. M. Lyon, of Bethalto, Ill., presented some to the Altor 
Horticultural Society 7 that were found on an apple twig, while Prof 
Riley 7 found some the same season on a White Mulberry leaf. This 
taken with the fact that they do not exhibit the Cut-worm propensity 
of concealing themselves in the ground up to the first moult, as showi 
by Prof. Riley 7 , but feed upon vegetation wholly above ground, woul( 
lead us to conclude that they are usually laid upon some stem or twq 
