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THE MOTHS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 



a later looking over may not be unprofitable. When, however, 

 the wind is dead on them, or where they stand exposed to full 

 sunshine, few insects will be found upon them. Various species 

 are to be obtained from open post and rail fences, and even iron 

 hurdles sometimes yield a good moth or two. Walls are not 



to be despised, and 

 of course rocks on 

 the moorlands, and 

 the cliffs by the sea 

 afford suitable rest- 

 ing-places for many 

 kinds of moth. As 

 a matter of fact the 

 eyes of the ento- 

 mologist should al- 

 ways be peering 

 about, as a valuable 

 prize may turn up in 

 the most unexpected 

 places. Hedgerows 

 and bushes in lanes, 

 or bordering fields 

 and woods, afford 

 harbour to many 

 species of moths, 

 and some kinds, not 



Broad-lbxjrdered Yellow Underwiiig- 

 at rest. 



necessarily the commonest, may now and then be beaten from 

 them freely. Herbage on hill or down sides, and on the moor 

 and moorlands is also a favourite hiding-place, as too is the 

 marram grass, etc., on the coast sandhills. 



As the day draws to a close and the night advances, the 

 moths awaken, and first one kind and then another rises on the 

 wing. These, as they fly in the lanes, about the borders or 

 along the rides of woods, and over the vegetation in meadow, 



