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second segment there are three longitudinal white lines, and its 
anterior edge is white; legs and tip of the body greenish. Head 
light shining brown with two outwardly-diverging darker marks. 
Found in gardens feeding on vegetables, especially Cabbage. Before 
changing into chrysalides they become an almost uniform pale-dirty 
yellow color, with the markings almost entirely obliterated. 
Mamestra renigera, Steph. Figure 8 Minor Moth. 
The larva is the small white- 
bristly Cut-worm, about .75 of an 
inch long, of a dusky-yellowish 
color, which is caused Jby the very 
minute white specks with which it 
is sprinkled, tapering each way 
Fig. 47 .—Mamestra Renigena. Moth and from the four middle segments; a 
larva. broad dorsal stripe lighter than the 
body, with a row of elliptical spots in the centre of it; on the side 
there is a dark-brown line, below this a lighter one, very narrow, 
then a dark drab or yellowish-gray one, below the stigmata one _ of 
a light gray color; stiff yellowish bristles arise from the usual pili¬ 
ferous spots; underside dark, yellowish-gray; thoracic legs brown; 
pro-legs dark at the base. Head dark. 
Found in August in flower gardens. 
Hadena devastatrix, Brace. The Devastating Dart. 
This larva is the Glassy Cut-worm, and measures 1.75 inches in 
length; of a translucent, grassy-green color with a tinge of blue, 
lighter posteriorly than anteriorly, and usually a very deep bluish 
dorsal line; four distinct piliferous spots on each segment, each 
slightly ringed, from each of which proceeds a hair, and on the 
anterior edge of the segment two simple spots without hairs. Head 
bright Venetian red, mandibles black; cervical shield very distinct, 
hard, polished and of a dark-brown color. Found underground near 
Cabbage plants, in May. 
Hadena arctica, Boisd. The Amputating Brocade Moth. 
The larva is the Yellow-headed Cut-worm, and is of a pale-smoky 
color, with a bright tawny yellow head. It is about 1J inches in 
length; cervical shield distinct, same color as the head; anal plate 
brown; piliferous spots emitting short hairs. Head with a few scat¬ 
tering hairs. 
Calpe canadensis, Bethune. 
The larva of this species is about 1J inches long, of a bluish- 
white color; a dorsal row of transverse black dashes, a yellow stig- 
matal stripe, with another row of transverse black dashes just 
above it, some of them uniting with those of the dorsal row, thus 
forming black bands; venter, black or deep green; thoracic legs 
brown, abdominal legs black. Head shining yellow, marked with 
