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more decided gray and the W-marks are less distinct. In feeding it 
frequently drags its food to a place of concealment to feed upon it 
during the day. 
The moth, which comes out the latter part of June, has the front 
wings generally of a dark ash color, with only a faint trace of the 
double transverse lines that are found in most species. The two ord¬ 
inary spots are small and narrow, the one nearest the shoulder, the 
orbicular, being oblong-oval and connected with the oblique kidney¬ 
shaped spot, or reniform, by a longitudinal black line. The hind 
wings are rather dark, and the head and legs darker than usual. The 
wings, when expanded, measure an inch and three-quarters. 
THE DEVASTATING DART —(Hadena devastatrix —Brace.) 
The larva is the Glassy Cut-worm. 
It is probable that this species will be more destructive to the gen¬ 
eral produce of the garden than to corn, but as it is of rather general 
distribution it may be included here. The caterpillar when full 
grown is about an inch and a quarter long, the body a translucent 
glassy green, with the head a bright Venetian red, and the cervical 
shield, or the upper part of the neck, dark brown. It may be readily 
recognized by these characters. 
The moth is of rather a dark drab or yellowish gray color on the 
fore wings with the usual lines and marks, the lines of a dark brown 
color. At the extremity of each fore wing is a transverse light line 
from which are several dark brown points extending towards the base 
of the wing. The reniform or kidney-shaped spot is partly surround¬ 
ed by white, while there is sometimes a little of the same round the 
orbicular. 
THE AMPUTATING BROCADE MOTH —(Headena arctica— Boisd.) 
The larva is the Yellow-Headed Cut-worm. 
The characteristic habits of this caterpillar were studied by Dr. 
Fitch and given in his report for 1863 to the State Board of Agricul¬ 
ture of the State of New York. In speaking of this and the Striped 
Cut-worm, he says: “Just as the Striped Cut-worm was about to van¬ 
ish, another one, larger and more voracious, came out to occupy its 
place and continue the work of destruction in the fields, none of them 
being met with in the gardens. It was on the 20th of June that in ex¬ 
amining a corn field, I first noticed this second worm, lying under the 
sods, it being of a white or pale smoky color with a bright tawny yel¬ 
low head, and the same kind which I have heretofore named the Yel¬ 
low-headed Cut-worm. This corn field had been broken up just before 
planting, and the roots of the grass were still juicy, succulent and 
unwithered, at least in the larger masses of turf, and this worm evi- 
