l8o THE MOTHS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 



or brownish dots on the upper part of this line, and a third dot 

 above them, but nearer the outer margin. (Plate 72, Figs. 4, 5.) 



The caterpillar is pale yellowish brown, finely freckled with 

 grey, and with greyish V-shaped marks on the back ; three 

 greyish lines along the back, the central one broken, and the 

 others most distinct at each end. It feeds on bedstraw {Galiu7)i) 

 and other plants, such as primrose, groundsel, etc., from August 

 to April. The moth is out in June and July, and should be 

 looked for on tree-trunks growing around the borders of 

 woods or in lanes near by. It may also be beaten out of 

 hedgerows in the vicinity of woods. 



A very local species and only found with us in the southern 

 half of England. Its chief haunts appear to be in the counties 

 of Kent, Surrey, Hants, Essex, Suffolk, Cambridge, and Nor- 

 folk (the Breck sand district) ; thence its range extends through 

 Hertford, Buckingham, and Berkshire to Gloucester, where, 

 however, it is scarce, as it is also m Lincoln. Abroad, the 

 range extends to Eastern Siberia, Amurland, Corea and Japan. 



Red Carpet {Coremia (^Ochyrid) ?Jiimitata), 



The typical form (Plate 72, Fig. 6) has pale greyish fore wings, 

 and these are crossed by a black-edged purplish central band. 

 In var. hethlandica, Prout (Fig. 7), the ground colour is 

 ochreous and the band is reddish ; this form is frequent in the 

 Shetlands. 



The caterpillar is yellowish green, with greyish clouds around 

 white dots, tinged with pink between the rings ; three lines 

 along the back, the central one grey inclining to blackish, 

 broken on three of the hinder rings, and edged with whitish ; 

 the others are double, wavy, brownish, a whitish stripe bordered 

 above with grey along the area of the spiracles ; head, 

 ochreous, dotted with dark brown (adapted from Fenn). It 



