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female, are so well shown in the accompanying illustrations [Figs. 
4 and 5] that a description seems unnecessary^ The female has 
more dark markings than the male, and the latter is usually more 
marked with black than the male of the imported species. 
The larva [Fig. 6 a] is readily distinguished from the larva of 
the preceding species by having two longitudinal yellow stripes 
upon either side of the body, and by having the body covered with 
small black spots. 
The remedies are the same as for the preceding species. 
THE CABBAGE PLUSIA. 
{Plusia brassicoi Riley.) 
This insect in the mature state is a moth [Fig. 7 c], spanning 
about one and three-eighths of an inch from tip to tip of the fore 
wings when spread. 
The color of the anterior wings above is dark brown, shaded 
with lighter brown and gray, and with a conspicuous silver patch 
near the center. Running forward and inward from these white 
Fig. 7. 
patches is a light colored stripe on either wing, extending to the 
anterior border. The wings in the illustration are too black, and 
the white spot is too small for the specimens of this insect in our 
collection. The posterior wings are dark brown, lighter towards 
the base, and are fringed with white scales, in which are dusky 
patches at the termination of each vein in the wing. 
The female moth lays her eggs on the under side of the leaves, 
and the young larvae, on hatching, perforate the leaves at first, and 
if numerous enough will finally eat all but the thick ribs. The 
larvcC [Fig. 7 a] are light green in color, with pale, longitudinal 
stripes, and are peculiar in appearance, being largest at the posterior 
