262 THE MOTHS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 



spots beyond, seven in each series, separated by a well-defined 

 white area. Fig. 2 on Plate 104 represents a specimen that 

 approaches this variety. The handsome cream-coloured 

 specimen (Plate 104, Fig. 4) is ab. lacticolor^ Ray nor, and I am 

 obliged to Mr. Adkin for the loan of these insects also. 



The caterpillar and chrysahs are figured on Plate loi, Figs. 

 1,1^; the former is creamy white, marked on the back with black 

 blotches and dots, and lines of black dots on the sides ; between 

 the lower two rows is a broad reddish line ; head, black ; some- 

 times the whole body is black. It occurs in gardens, and 

 sometimes is a serious pest where currants and gooseberries are 

 cultivated ; it frequently abounds on Eiionymus japoiiiais. In 

 the open country it feeds on sloe and hawthorn ; sometimes it is 

 found on elm (low growth in hedges), apple, navelwort {Cotyledon 

 urnbilic2is)^ orpine {Sedum telephiiwi), and in the Hebrides, on 

 ling {Callimd). August to May, or early June, are the months 

 in which it is found as a rule ; occasionally it does not hiber- 

 nate, but feeds up and attains the moth state in the autumn of 

 the year that it hatches from the ^%%. The moth is out, 

 normally, in July and August, and is generally distributed over 

 the greater part of the British Isles. 



The range abroad extends to East Siberia, China, and 

 Japan. 



Clouded Border {LomaspHs marginatd). 



\jfi Figs. I and 2 on Plate 107 represent the more usual forms, 

 in both sexes, of this rather common, but pretty, little moth. 

 Occasionally, specimens are obtained in which, with the 

 exception of a dark patch or two on the front margin, the 

 wings are entirely white or slightly tinged with pale yellowish 

 (ab. polhitaria^ Hiibner) \ a modification of this form is shown 

 in Fig. 3. 



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