5 8 LEPID OF TERA . 



undivided ; in the apical space are four costal dots, and 

 below them an oblique stripe running into the hind margin ; 

 cilia of the ground colour. Hind wings smoky brown; cilia 

 dusky white. Female similar but stouter. 



Underside of the fore wings leaden black ; costa dotted 

 with pinkish white ; hind margin lined with white. Hind 

 wings smoky white. 



Variable in colour; the ground colour in Welsh and other 

 Western districts being often of very bright and pretty tints 

 of pink and rosy bi'own ; but in the Highlands of Scotland 

 becoming of a clear dull white ; the markings also varying 

 from very dull umbreous to rich dark red-brown. 



On the wing from the end of May till July. 



Larva active, cylindrical but with the extremities slightly 

 tapei'ing ; dark chestnut or liver colour, raised dots similar, 

 head and both plates brilliant jet black. 



Ma}^ and June on whortleberry ( Vaccinium myrtillus), 

 drawing together the young shoots and eating them out; 

 also on birch, willow, bramble, honeysuckle, raspberry, and 

 many low-growing plants, spinning together the leaves and 

 devouring the young shoots. 



PurA light brown, \\ith dark brown wing-covers, in a loose 

 silken cocoon among rubbish on the ground. 



This species loves open woodlands especially where 

 whortleberry is abundant, or wood-sage in the North, but 

 also frequents all kinds of rough places among bushes and in 

 hedges, hiding therein, flying out in a restless manner at a 

 footstep, and sometimes almost filling the air with its 

 numbers towards sunset. Fairl}^ common throughout 

 England, but in wooded districts in the South and West very 

 abundant, also in Wales and Ireland ; in Scotland extending 

 to the Clyde Valley, Perthshire and Aberdeenshire, where it 

 becomes scarce. Abroad it is common throughovit Central 



