514 INSECTS AT HOME. 



bases is tinged with rusty red. An irregular spot of tlie same 

 colour is on the middle of the wing, just below the longitudinal 

 fold, and the end of the wing is rust-red, with the exception of 

 a rather large oval spot of the same yellow as the ground colour 

 of the wing. The caterpillar of this Moth feeds on the root of 

 the scabious. The perfect insect, though it seems to be widely 

 distributed, is not very common anywhere. 



