THE CODLIN MOTH, 509 



The upper wings are creamy white, with a large triangular 

 patch of dark -brown at the base, and a blotch of lighter brown 

 at the tip. The space between these dark patches is mottled 

 with blackish-grey, and there are one or two black spots scat- 

 tered about it. The under wings are pale greyish-brown. The 

 larva of this Moth can be found about the end of April or May, 

 and the perfect insect appears in June. 



Closely allied to this is another rose-eater, the Cream Short- 

 cloak (Spilonota ocellana) which derives its popular name 

 from the creamy white of the upper wings, and the bold brown 

 spots upon them. It is a very pretty little insect. The upper 

 wings are, as above-mentioned, of a creamy-white, and upon 

 them is a large, dark-brown patch at the base, occupying more 

 than a quarter of the wing. A bold spot of the same colour is 

 placed at the tip of the wing, and another at the middle of the 

 inner margin, a similarly shaped spot, but of dark-grey, occu- 

 pying the middle of the costal margin. The spots are, how- 

 ever, exceedingly variable, both in number, form, and position. 

 The lower wings are plain dark-brown. 



Next on our list comes the lovely, but destructive Codlin 

 Moth ( Tortrix or Carpocapsa pomonana), which is drawn on 

 Plate XVII. Fig. 3. 



This is a most exquisitely coloured insect, but a magnifying 

 glafs and a good light are. required in order to bring out all 

 its beauties. The upper wings are rich brown, banded at the 

 base and tip with a darker and warmer brown. In the dark 

 band at the tip of the wing is an oval mark of brilliant gold- 

 coloured scales, having a very dark centre. In certain lights 

 this dark centre takes a reddish hue, while a golden gloss per- 

 vades the whole of the wing. Even the outer wings, when 

 viewed in a side light, shine as if made of the richest satin. 

 By a proper adjustment of the light, a rather curious etfect can 

 be produced, the wings of one side glittering and shining in 

 full splendour, while the corresponding wings of the other side 

 are nothing but dull grey, brown, and black. 



So excellent a description of the ravages of this little Moth 

 is given by Mr. E. Newman in his ' Letters of Rusticus ' that 

 I cannot do better than allow so excellent an observer and so 

 amusing a writer to speak for himself: — 



