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emitting bristles ; ground colour dingy olive-brown, with a 

 darker interrupted dorsal line ; from the fifth to tenth seg- 

 ment is a row of dorsal prostrate reddish V-shaped markings, 

 the angle in front and the side branches reaching almost to 

 the spiracles, and from the tenth to the anal segment is a 

 broad dorsal stripe or patch of pale grey or grey-brown ; 

 spiracular Hues pale grey or gre3--brown, undulating; nnder- 

 surface fawn-colour. When just hatched the young larva is 

 bright red, but very soon becomes dull in colour. 



August till May, hybernating when tolerably well grown ; 

 feeding on GnUi'm ihoIIikjii, (!. snxnlilc^ and other bedstraws ; 

 also on sorrel, marjoram, blind-nettle, and other low-growing 

 plants. Excessivelj' sluggish, hiding at the roots of its 

 food-plants, or under prostrate leaves on the ground; remain- 

 ing for hours without moving ; feeding at night. 



Pupa yellow-brown ; not fui-ther described. In the earth. 



The moth more especially frequents open woods and 

 wooded heaths, but is also common in hedgerows, lanes, and 

 bushy places generally. It is readily disturbed in the day- 

 time by the beating-stick, or liy walking through its haunts, 

 and flies actively to another shelter. At dusk it Hies volun- 

 tarily, and into the night, and will come to the attraction of 

 a strong light. Moderately common throughout the southern 

 portions of these islands, but much more abundant on moors 

 and heathy woods in the north ; extending to the Orkneys 

 and Hebrides, but apparently not to the Shetland Isles. 



Abroad it is found throughout Central Europe, the tem- 

 perate portions of Northern Europe, the north of Spain, 

 Central and Northern Italy, Dalrnatia, and the mountain 

 regions of Central Asia. 



'J. C. salicata, Huh. — l^xjianse 1 to 1 i inch. Fore wings 

 nari'ow, pale grey covered with rippled and dotted transverse 

 lines, among which the central band is obscurely visible. 

 Hind wings greyish-white. 



