THE UNION RUSTIC. 2/3 



The Small Clouded Brindle {Apamea tmaniinis). 



The fore wings are generally reddish brown mottled with 

 darker, but the reddish tinge may be almost absent ; the 

 reniform is more or less outlined in white and there are two 

 black streaks from the base. (Plate 132, Figs. 3 J, 4$.) The 

 caterpillar is pale ochreous brown, sometimes tinged with 

 greenish ; three dark edged pale lines on the back ; spiracular 

 line pale edged above with darker; head, and plate on first ring, 

 brown and glossy. On grasses that occur in damp places, such 

 as water meads, marshes and fens from July to April. The 

 moth flies in June and July. It is widely distributed, and 

 sometimes common in most moist localities throughout Eng- 

 land. More local in Scotland but occurring in Aberdeenshire, 

 and on the western side ranging to the Orkneys. Not frequent 

 in Ireland, but has been obtained in several parts. The 

 distribution abroad extends to Amurland. 



The Union Rustic {Apamea pahulatriciila). 



The very distinctly marked, and sometimes brownish tinged, 

 greyish white moth shown on Plate 132, Fig. 12, is very local in 

 the liritish Isles, and apart from its reported occurrence in the 

 Clyde and Tay districts of Scotland, seems to be found only in 

 some of the woods of South Yorkshire, as near Rotherham, 

 Sheffield (Wharncliffe Woods), and Barnsley. It has been 

 obtained in Cumberland ; and Barrett states that formerly it 

 occurred in Norfolk. The caterpillar, which is little known, is 

 said to feed on grasses in May. The moth flics in August and 

 early September, 



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