THE TAWNY SHEARS. 25 I 



by Mr. A. Sich, and represents the caterpillar, as seen when 

 making the sketch, holding a seed between its front pair of 

 legs and up to its mouth. The moth is out in May and June, 

 and in some years there is a second flight in the autumn. The 

 species is more or less common over the greater part of the 

 British Isles. 



The Campion {Diantha'cia aicubali). 

 This moth (Plate 1 24, Figs. 5 5 , 6 $ ) is very similar to the last, 

 but it has a distinct violet tinge, the orbicular mark is lengthened, 

 and its lower edge touches, or almost touches, the reniform ; 

 the second line is distinct and straighter above the inner margin. 

 The caterpillar is greenish, tinged with orange-brown on the 

 front rings ; the central line is greyish-brown, and the V-marks 

 on the back and oblique stripes low down on the sides are 

 orange-brown. It feeds on the leaves as well as the unripe 

 seeds of campion, ragged robin, and catchfly in July, August, 

 and September. The moth is out in June, and examples of a 

 second generation in August. Like the rest of the species of 

 the genus, it is most partial to flowers, but it occasionally puts 

 in an appearance at the sugar patch. Pretty generally distri- 

 buted over the British Isles. The range abroad extends to 

 Amurland, China, and Japan. 



The Tawny Shears {Diantha'cia carpophaga). 

 This species ranges in the colour of the fore wings from 

 almost white, through various shades of ochreous brown. 



The white and ochreous-tinted specimens are found in Kent 

 and Sussex chiefly, whilst the ochreous-brown forms are more 

 generally distributed in England. Barrett states that in the 

 south of Scotland a form occurs in which the ground colour is 

 very pale dull brown with all the darker markings and cloudings 

 deep umberous, the cloudings more extended. Var. aipsophila 



