THE LIGHT BROCADE. 24 1 



The moth, which flies in May and June, and again in July 

 and August, frequents sandhills on the west, especially those 

 of Yorkshire, Lancashire, Cheshire, and Wales. In Norfolk 

 and Suffolk it is found in the Breck Sand district as well as on 

 the coast, and it also occurs on the coasts of Dorset, Somerset, 

 Devon, and Cornwall, but seems to be uncommon in most of 

 these counties. In Scotland it occurs in suitable parts of the 

 east coast to Aberdeen, and on the west coast to the Clyde ; 

 and in Ireland on the coasts of Kerry, Louth, and Deny. 



The Bright-line Brown-eye {Mamestra okraccii). 



The English name of this very common moth (Plate 120, 

 Figs. 4, 5), applies to the majority of specimens, but now and 

 then the ochreous, or yellow reniform stigma, referred to as the 

 brown eye, is blurred and indistinct, and the white submarginal 

 line may almost disappear. The ground colour of the fore 

 wings ranges from reddish or purple brown to dark brown. The 

 caterpillar (Plate 129, Fig. i), varies from green to light brown, 

 sometimes the brownish forms are tinged with pink ; the body 

 is minutely dotted with white, and the usual dots are black ; 

 the spiracles are white, margined with black, and placed on the 

 blackish edge of a yellow stripe ; there are three greyish, but 

 frequently indistinct, lines on the back. It feeds from July to 

 September on most low plants, and is often found in abundance 

 under spreading clumps of goose-foot {Chciiopodiinii), and has 

 been noted in profusion upon tamarisk growing by the sea. 

 The moth flies in June and July, sometimes in the autumn. 

 Except, perhaps, in the Hebrides, it has been found throughout 

 the British Isles. 



The Light Brocade {^Mamcstra ge^iisfa-). 

 The moth portrayed on Plate 121, Fig. i, is not given to 

 much variation. The central area enclosed by the cross lines is 



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