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PARSNIP. 
carefully pulled up and burnt , and gave the break a good watering 
with paraffin oil and water, and repeated the pulling up and watering 
whenever the Maggot made its appearance, and saved a good crop. 
PARSNIP. 
Parsnip Seed Moth. Depressaria Heracleana, De Geer. 
On the 21st of July I received from Mr. W. W. Glenny, of 
Barking, some heads of Parsnip Seed, webbed up by some small Moth 
Caterpillars then within them. These Caterpillars were from half to 
three-quarters of an inch long, of a greenish grey colour, dotted with 
small black warts above and orange colour below, and the heads black. 
Not being acquainted with the species, I submitted it to Professor 
Westwood, who reared the moth, and kindly informs me that it is the 
Depressaria Heracleana . 
This is a small moth about an inch across in the spread of the 
fore wings, which are of a pale drab or greyish colour, marked with 
darker or black dashes, and the hind wings are pale gray. 
The observations of various writers show that this moth very much 
resembles some of the other kinds of Depressaria, commonly known as 
Parsnip Seed Moth. Depressaria cicutella. 
Common Flat-body Moth, caterpillar and chrysalis; lines showing nat. size. 
Carrot or Parsnip Seed Moths, both in appearance and in habits in 
the caterpillar state, but from it being more commonly found in this 
stage feeding on the flowers and unripe seeds of the common Hog- 
