1 86 THE MOTHS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 



Striped Twin-spot Carpet {Makfiydris salicata). 



Portraits of a male and a female of this species will be found 

 on Plate 75, Figs. 1 1 ^ and 12 $ . The fore wings are greyish 

 white, crossed by several darker grey wav)' lines ; the central 

 band is rather darker, and in some specimens there is also a 

 darker basal patch. In an almost unicolorous form the fore 

 wings are wholly suffused with darker ; Kane, who states that 

 such specimens occur with the paler form in Ireland, refers the 

 aberration to unicolorata, Gregson. 



The caterpillar is brownish, with three whitish Hnes along the 

 back, and a pinkish line low down along the sides. It feeds, at 

 night, on bedstraw {Galium), in September and October, but 

 may be found on the plants in the daytime. (Plate 73, Fig. 2. 

 after Hofmann.) 



The moth is out in May and June, and in some localities 

 again in August and September. It is fond of sitting on rocks, 

 and also on tree-trunks. 



Except that it has been found, net infrequently, on Dartmoor 

 and Exmoor, in Devon, and has also been once noted from 

 Dorset, the species in England is chiefly an inhabitant of the 

 northern counties. It occurs in Wales, but almost exclusively 

 in the north. In Scotland it appears to be widely distributed 

 throughout ; and in Ireland it occurs locally in all four 

 provinces. 



Mottled Grey {Mahnydris fmdtistrigaria). 



The fore wings in the typical form of this species are grey, 

 with a slight brownish tinge ; basal patch, central band, and 

 shade before the whitish subniarginal line, sometimes darker. 

 (Plate -]-], Figs, i 5,2 ? .) In some specimens the central band 

 is veiy much darker (ab. virgata, Tutt) ; and in some parts of 



