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Anisopteryx aescularia, Schiff. « The March Moth." 



Both the male and completely apterous female taken. The 

 female moth strews hairs from the anal tuft over her eggs which 

 are laid with almost geometrical precision. Common throughout 

 ^ngland Wales and Ireland, scarcer in Scotland ; also C. Europe. 

 On oak, beech, hornbeam, ash, &c. 



Lomaspilis marginata, L. " The Clouded Border." 



markings. 



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, , z , British Isles and the temperate regions of 



the northern hemisphere. On Salix Caprea. 



ACIDALIIDAE. 



Dotted a w a ive C " tUlata ' Scki ^' (dimidiata > IIufn -)- " Th « S^gle 



Common throughout British Isles (unfrequent in Scotland) • 

 also C. Europe, Madeira, W.C. Asia and W. Persia. On oSuuL. 



Pimpinella, Anth riscus. 



Acidalia visetata, Hufi 



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Common to British Isles, C. Europe, W. and N Asia On 

 Taraxacum and Cardamine. ' Un 



-Tt!^ fSSS^Sh (*****+ Bdv. ; osseata, Stn.) 



Wave 



Corsica 



and °N l & S - n E ^ hmd ° nly t0 York ' Also C - Europe, 



and N. Asia. On Taraxacum and Anagallis. 

 Acidalia remutaria, Hiib. " The Cream Wave." 



Common to British Isles and N. and C. Europe, On Galium 

 Asperula, birch, sallow, knotgrass and dock. ^ 



Acidalia straminata, Tr. {marginejmnctata, Stn.) "The 



Wave 



"*V """-""uwu. m me nome counties ; a rare local van 

 g in Lancashire and Cheshire bAwn » a ™v,w/« 



W.C. Asia to Turkestan. 



The wild food plant is not know A. In captivity the larva will 

 reed on bramble and knot-grass. 



Acidalia aversata, L. " The Ribbon Wave." 



Extreme variation characterized those taken, from the light form 



iuut me postmedian band to a dark variety with a verv dark 

 on and the discal dot annarentlv abse 



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Extremely plentiful 

 local 



Myosotis 



scarce in Ireland ; also Europe and Asia Minor. On Cerastium, 

 Galium, Ononis, Rumex, Lysimachia, Geum, 

 other plants. 



Acidalia virgTilaria, Stn. (incanaria, Hub). " The Small 

 Dusty Wave." 



Very common in England, scarcer in Scotland, questionable in 

 Ireland • also U. Europe, Asia Minor, Morocco and Algeria. On 

 dandelion, knotgrass and withered leaves. 



