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on tiie second segment ; general colour yelluwisli-green, the 

 dorsal stripe pulsating, darker green ; spiracular stripe rather 

 broad, pale yellow, edged above with a dark green shade ; 

 raised spots black, each centred with a white dot emitting a 

 long pale hair ; a dark green line lies above the legs and 

 prolegs. (C. Fenn.) Before spinning up it changes to an 

 almost uniform glossj' pale green, but with the dorsal stripe 

 narrower and more distinct. (G. T. Porritt.) 



September to November (and Kollar says May to July), on 

 cabbage, horseradish, turnip, hedge-mustard and other 

 Cruciferis. It has also been found on currant (Eihes), and 

 was reared by the Eev. Hugh A. Stowell from green peas. 

 Schmid says, " in July in companies on Sisi/inbriuiii aUiaria, 

 on the undersides of the leaves, in which it eats holes. Then 

 in autumn on varieties of the cabbage, especially the cole- 

 worts ; hybernating unchanged in the leaf-stem or in a 

 swelling of the stem." It feeds only at night. 



Pupa rather stout, anal extremity without projection ; dull 

 opaque yellow. In a strong silken cocoon on the surface of 

 the earth. (C. Fenn.) 



The moth hides among herbage or bushes in the daytime, 

 and is not then very willing to fly, but makes its appearance 

 at early dusk, and is a common inhabitant of every garden 

 in the London suburbs, and throughout England, Wales, 

 and Ireland ; also in Scotland to Moray, Perthshire and 

 Argj'le. Abroad it is found almost all over Europe, to 

 Turkey, where it is common ; also in Armenia, Central Asia, 

 the Himalayan and other liill districts of India, and in Japan, 

 where it is quite normal. 



16. B. lutealis, Rau\ — Expanse f to 1 inch (21-25 mm.). 

 Fore wings rather wide behind, shining creamy-white, with 

 soft yellow-brown lines and discal rings. Hind wings white, 

 shaded and tipped with smoky-black. 



Antennas of the male simple, ciliated, shining white with 



