282 THE MOTHS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 



recorded from the Isle of Arran, but not from the mainland 

 of Scotland. 



Abroad, the distribution spreads to Amurland, Corea, and 

 Japan. 



^<M \t^\o Swallow-tailed Moth {Ouraptcryx samhicarld), 



' ^ This conspicuous-looking insect (Plate 117, Fig.6) is frequently 



seen in gardens, lanes, and the outskirts of woods, pretty well 

 all over England, Wales, and Ireland. In Scotland, it seems 

 to be rare and confined to the south, but has been noted up to 

 Glasgow. Very rarely the cross lines of the fore wings are placed 

 close together, but, except in the matter of size, there is, as a 

 rule, little variation. 



The caterpillar, of which a figure, from a coloured drav/ing 

 by IVIr, A. Sich, is given on Plate 118, Fig. i, is brownish, varie- 

 gated with reddish or purplish. It feeds, from August to June, 

 on the foliage of hawthorn, sloe, elder, etc., but is especially 

 partial to ivy. 



The moth is out in July, and sometimes an odd specimen or 

 two will appear in the autumn ; one was captured at Gravesend 

 on October 22, 1904. 



The species is represented in Amurland and Japan by the 

 smaller and whiter var. persica^ Menetries. 



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 ^e,W"^ ix^ ^u^t- Scorched Wing i^Enrymene dolabrarid). 



*■ O.^'^The crumpled or shrivelled appearance of the wings, coupled 

 \^ with the brown coloration of the streaks and other markings on 

 the wings, no doubt suggested the English name of this species 

 (Plate 117, Fig. 3). 



The twig-like caterpillar is brownish, tinged with greenish or 

 reddish, and variegated with darker, especially along the back 

 of the first three rings, the hump on ring 8, and a cross stripe 



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