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mottled with light brown and very dark brown, or black, with dark 
velvety, longitudinal marks on the sides, near the sub-dorsal and 
stigmatal regions, each one about half the width of the segment; 
the 11th segment is slightly raised, and contains a black or dark 
brown mark in the shape of a triangle; a longitudinal row of yel¬ 
low points on the back, one on each segment just back of the 
middle; a yellowish stripe below the stomata; piliferous spots not 
prominent, and similar in color to the body, a very short hair pro¬ 
ceeds from each. Under side, legs and pro-legs gray with greenish 
tinge and speckled. Head light gray, speckled. 
This is one of the most voracious of the Cut-worms, and may be 
found at any time during their season hidden in the ground near 
some plant, and often coiled up in a young cabbage head, where it 
has made a passage like a true borer; they feed almost indiscrimi¬ 
nately on any plant in their reach, and, appearing as they do in 
May, are very destructive to all early vegetables. There are probably 
two broods, as it requires but 35 days to go through all of their 
transformations, and the moths appear in June; probably another 
brood later. 
Agrotis clandestina, Harr. The Clandestine Owlet Moth. 
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The larva is the W-marked Cut-worm, named by Prof. Piiley on 
account of the markings on its back which resemble the letter W. 
It has the habit of climbing trees noted in the Climbing Bustic; it 
measures, when full-grown, 1.15 inches, and is of an ash-gray color, 
with a yellowish tinge on the back and sometimes greenish on the 
thorax and upper sides; finely sprinkled with black and brown 
spots; a fine dorsal line of a lighter color, with darker shadings on 
each side of it at the sutures of the segments; a sub-dorsal line of 
a light sulphur-yellow color; a dark wavy stigmatal line, below 
which are flesh-colored markings; on all but the thoracic segments 
there is a row of black velvety marks on each side of the dorsum, 
which, looking from the end to the head, have the form of a W; 
underside and pro-legs greenish-gray; thoracic legs brownisli-black. 
Head black, white at the sides, with the inverted V-mark white. 
Agrotis lubricans, Grote. 
To the casual observer, this larva is grass-green, with a white 
stripe on each side; it is about 1.25 inches in length; by the use of 
a pocket lens, it is found to be marked with white and black; a 
dorsal line of greenisli-white, a very fine black sub-dorsal line ; below 
the stomata a broad line of creamy-wliite, below which, on each 
segment, it is slightly cloudy; piliferous spots very small, black, 
each emitting a short hair. 
Probably two-brooded; found in June and August in gardens. 
Agrotis cupida, Grote. 
The larva of this species is of a greenish color, and may be 
found at night depredating upon Grape-vines. It crawls along the 
vines until it reaches a bud, when it stops and devours it; com- 
