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in this way. The moth is another inhabitant of the hedgerow 

 and the bushy wood-border, where it may be disturbed in the 

 daytime during late May and June. It flies in the evening, and 

 will visit light, and occasionally the. sugar patch. Always a 

 local species, but not uncommon in its special haunts in Kent, 

 Surrey, Wiltshire, Essex, and Suffolk ; it is also found more or 

 less frequently in Sussex, Hampshire, Dorsetshire, Gloucester- 

 shire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire. In Scotland, it is 

 reported as scarce in Renfrew ; and Kane notes that it does 

 not occur in Ireland. 



The Lace Border {Acidalia {Craspedia) ornata). 



The conspicuously marked white moth depicted on Plate 46, 

 Figs. 13 and 14, is unlikely to escape the notice of the collector 

 who visits rough fields and hillsides in some of the chalk 

 districts of Southern England, especially in the counties of 

 Kent, Surrey, and Sussex. Usually there are two generations 

 of the moth during the year ; one is on the wing in May and 

 June, and the other flies in August and September. 



The caterpillar is of long and slender build, the head is 

 notched, and the skin of the body is roughened. In colour it 

 is ochreous brown above and greyish beneath ; there are three 

 lines along the back, the central one pale, except towards the 

 head, edged with dusky, the others dark brown. On each ring, 

 from four to eight, are two dark V-shaped marks ; low down 

 along the sides there is a dusky edged and mottled, pale 

 ochreous stripe. It feeds, from October to May, and in July 

 and August, on thyme, marjoram, and may be reared on garden 

 mint. Abroad, the species ranges over Central and Southern 

 Europe, and through Asia to Amurland. 



Note. — According to Prout i^Eiitom. xxxix. 267), this species 

 is the type of the genus Scopula^ Schrank 



