THE 'TURNIP MOTH. 20I 



shining raised spots ; there is a black ])late on the first ring, 

 and from this tlirce broken yellowish lines run along the back. 

 Head black and glossy. It feeds from October to May on the 

 lichens growing on walls and rocks ; during the day it hides in 

 a chamber formed of silk and lichen, which is not easy to detect 

 in dry weather. The moth is out in July and August, and at 

 Eastbourne I have found it in September. It may be found 

 generally on walls, but sometimes on rocks at various places 

 on the coast of Kent, Sussex, Dorset, Devon, and Cornwall ; 

 also in the Scilly Isles. Its range, according to Barrett, 

 extends to Bath and Wells, Somersetshire, Marlborough and 

 Chippenham in Wiltshire, and it has also occured in 

 Gloucestershire. 



The Tree-lichen Beauty {Bryophila algtr). 



The onl)' record of this species in England that I am aware 

 of is that by Mr. Edleston, in the I)itcUio;cnccr for i860, 

 p. II, as follows: " Tw^o specimens of this pretty species 

 {B. alga) were taken in this district last July." The district 

 referred to was Manchester, and the note was written on 

 September 28, 1859. 



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The Turnip Moth (Agrofis {Euxon) scgdiun). 



The ordinary form of the male and the female is represented 

 on Plate 104. The species is an exceedingly variable one, and 

 Haworth (1803), believing them to be distinct species, gave 

 Latin and English names to several of the different forms. 

 The ground colour in the male ranges from pale whitish or 

 brownish oclireous, with strong markings, to blackish brown, 

 with the markings obscured. The female ranges in colour of 



