152 THE MOTHS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 



Norfolk, Suffolk ; also Glamorgan, and other parts of South 

 Wales. In Scotland it is found in the south, but is more 

 frequent from Perthshire to Moray. Probably occurs in other 

 British localities where there is plenty of broom. 



The Barred Tooth-striped {Lobophora {Trichopteryx) 

 polycomniata). 



The general colour of the species represented on Plate 57, 

 Figs. 5 5,6 $ , is greyish, inclining to ochreous or to whitish ; 

 but occasionally it is clouded with dark greyish on the basal 

 area, and there is a broad band of the same colour on the outer 

 marginal area ; in such specimens the central band becomes 

 less conspicuous. 



The caterpillar (Plate 59, Fig. 2) feeds in May and June, 

 on privet, at first on the leaf buds, and afterwards on the 

 expanded leaves. It will also eat ash and honeysuckle. In 

 colour it is rather deep green, with three fine lines along the 

 back, the central one darker than the ground colour, and the 

 others whitish and irregular ; a whitish stripe' low down along 

 the sides ; two points on the last ring of the body. The 

 chrysalis (Plate 59, Fig. 2^), which is enclosed in an oval 

 earthen cocoon, is dark yellowish brown, inclining to blackish 

 on the wing cases. 



The moth may be found at night, in March and April, sitting 

 on the privet hedge, and may then be easily boxed, as it seems 

 very disinclined to fly at that time, but earlier in the evening it 

 flits along the hedgerows, and is equally easy to net. When 

 resting, however, one is able to select just the finest specimens. 



The species appears to be very local in Britain, but it occurs 

 in the Brighton, Lewes, and Emsworth districts of Sussex ; 

 Hants, Wilts (Salisbury), Somerset, Devon (Sidmouth), 

 Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire (Malvern), 



