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rejected, as they present themselves in the way 
of this gormandizing animal. The insect is pro- 
duced from an egg, in the months of July and 
August. Immediately after quitting the egg it 
commences feeding, and M'hen full grown is about 
one inch and a half long, about the thickness of 
a moderate sized quill. It is of a brown or oak 
colour, and its skin quite hard. When disturbed, 
or thrown out of the eai’th, it coils round, in 
which position it will remain as though dead for 
a few moments, and then forces its way into the 
earth. It continues its depredations till the month 
of October, providing the weather proves favour- 
able. About that time it becomes dormant, after 
descending a few inches into the earth, where it 
remains through the winter. About the middle or 
latter end of April it commences its transformation, 
and in a week or two assumes the pupa state, 
and issues forth the perfect insect at the fore end 
of June. It is of a moderate size, the top wings 
are dark brown, indiscriminately marked with a 
shade of lighter brown, but faintly ; the under 
wings and body are of a light drab ; the ends 
of all the wings are bordered with a fringe of a 
lighter shade. It is not so large as the Cabbage 
Moth, nor so long shaped, but the top wings are 
similar in colour. The body is dotted with eight 
very small faint black dots between each joint or 
segment. Like most of the Moth species, it is 
secreted aniongst vegetation through the day time, 
and embraces darkness as the most proper mo- 
