NOCTUAS. 



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towards the hind margin ; the principal wing- 

 rays are also dark ; the thorax varies in colour 

 with the fore wings, being generally pale in 



the males and dark in the females : me oouy 

 is putty-coloured in the males, gray-Drown in 

 the females. 



/aterpil1ai'S of the Turnip Moth (A grot-Is Segetttm), feeding in the interior of a Turnip. 



The EGG is laid in June, either on the ground 

 or on some plant, generally a seedling, close to 

 the ground; hatched in this position, the young 



caterpillar is enabled to attack the young 

 turnips, carrots, cabbage-plants, charlock, man- 

 gold-wurzel, radish, and a number of the 



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