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wing is less marked, and the transverse shade is distinctly shown. 
The basal and the other lines present, but not very distinct. Orbi¬ 
cular partially obsolete, the reniform mossy green, bordered with 
white, the white in the lower part showing very distinctly. Clavi- 
form black below the orbicular, green from the t. a. line to the base of 
the wing ; subterminal space lighter than the rest, containing a mossy 
green patch next the t. p. line near the hind margin. Subterminal 
line fine white, wavy; the terminal space rather broad, and contain¬ 
ing white terminal points. Hind wings rather dark smoky, with a 
blackish outer border. 
Hadena devastatrix, Bruce.—The Devastating Dart. 
The larva is the Glassy Cut-worm. The caterpillar of this species 
when full grown is about an inch and a quarter long and has the body 
a translucent glassy green with the head bright Venetian red, and 
the cervical shield dark brown. The fore wings of the moth are 
rather dark, slightly yellowish gray, the usual lines and marks dark 
brown. At the extremity or outer part of the wing is a transverse 
light line, from which several dark brown points extend inward. The 
reniform is partly surrounded with white, while there is sometimes a 
little of the same round the orbicular. This species was first described 
by Mr. Bruce from a moth bred from a pupa found a few inches under 
ground in a cabbage patch. From this circumstance the caterpillar 
has since been called a cabbage cut-worm, but Prof. Riley states that 
one bred by him buried itself in the earth and fed entirely on the 
roots of grasses, though other food was at hand. 
Spec. Char. Larva .—Length 1.80 inches. Color translucent glassy 
green, with a tinge of blue, usually a very deep bluish dorsal line. 
Four distinct piliferous spots on each segment, each with a slight 
annulation. Two other minute simple spots without hairs on the 
anterior edge of the segment. Head bright Venetian red, with black 
jaws, and a small black spot each side. Cervical shield very distinct, 
hard, polished and of a dark brown. Caudal plate less defined and 
more dusky. The body is lighter posteriorly than anteriorly, and the 
dorsal line is most distinct along the middle segments.—Riley. 
Moth .—Expanse of wings 1.60 inches. Ground color of fore wings 
dark gray, slightly yellowish; the basal, t. a. and t. p. lines black, 
double, the included space no lighter than the ground color; the 
transverse shade usually distinctly marked; the subterminal line 
light yellowish gray, nearly parallel with the outer margin, shaded 
with brown inwardly with three or four points from the middle; ter¬ 
minal points black ; stigmata concolorous, the reniform and some¬ 
times the orbicular partly bordered with white ; claviform almost ob¬ 
solete, hind wings smoky, a blackish outer border ; thorax concolorous 
with fore wings, the line on prothorax not very distinct. 
