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feeds in September on the flowers and seeds of the eyebright 

 {Euphrasia officinalis). 



The moth is out from late May to July, and its habits are 

 similar to those of the last species. In Scotland it appears to 

 be commoner than in other parts of the British Isles, its range 

 extending from Clydesdale to the Hebrides, Orkneys, and 

 Shetland ; but it has been recorded from Cumberland, and 

 once from Durham. In Wales it has been taken at Dolgelly, 

 in Merionethshire. Prout states that in 1902 he secured two 

 specimens near Cwm Bychan, and that the species has since 

 been captured regularly in the locality. It is widely distributed 

 throughout Kerry and Galway, and also recorded from Cork 

 and Derry, in Ireland. 



The Barred Carpet {Perizoma tceniata). 



This species is shown on Plate 85, Fig. 3. There are two 

 forms of the central band of the fore wings, which in the type 

 as figured by Stephens is broad, but is narrow in ab. arctaria, 

 Herrich-Schaeffer = angiisHfasciata^ Stand. The colour of the 

 bands may be greyer or browner than in the specimen figured, 

 and the ochreous general colour of the fore wings is more tinged 

 with brown in some specimens than in others. 



The rather bristly caterpillar is light brown with a pinkish 

 tinge ; the back is marked with browner diamonds and some 

 black dots, and there is a yellow stripe along the sides. It feeds 

 on moss (Hodgkinson, Entoin. xxviii. 241) growing in damp 

 places, hibernates when quite small, and reappears about April, 

 when it seems to prefer the fruit of the moss, but will also thrive 

 on chickweed. The moths appear from the end of June, and 

 may be found, but in wasted condition, up to early September. 



The species is extremely local, and in its secluded haunts 

 may be found on the trunks of holly and yew trees, or it may 



