284 THE MOTHS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 



Bordered Beauty {Epiofie apidaria). 



The orange-yellow moth whose portrait is shown on Plate 119 

 (Fig. i) has the outer margins, beyond the second blackish 

 line, more or less shaded with purplish grey, inclining to purple 

 near the line ; on the fore wings, the first cross line is angled at 

 the middle, and the second line runs to the tips of the wings. 

 Gynandrous specimens of this and also the following species 

 have been noted. 



The early stages are figured on Plate 121, Figs. 2, 2a. The 

 eggs, which are laid in July and August on the food plant, are 

 pale yellow at first, then reddish, with white dots and patches. 

 The caterpillars generally emerge in the following spring, but 

 sometimes, at least in captivity, they hatch in about a fort- 

 night, feed up quickly, and attain the moth state in September 

 or October. 



Caterpillar, brown, with a greenish or ochreous tinge ; along 

 the back of rings 3 to 6 is an ochreous patch, and within this a 

 black mark, and on the rings following 6 there are more or less 

 distinct ochreous diamonds ; a dull yellowish line low down 

 along the sides ; head, dull reddish brown. It feeds, in May 

 and June, on willow, sallow, alder, etc. The moth is out in 

 July and August, and is not uncommon in many parts of 

 Southern and Eastern England. Its range extends through 

 England, Wales, and Scotland to Sutherland. In Ireland, it is 

 widely distributed, and not at all scarce in some northern 

 locahties. 



Dark Bordered Beauty {Epione parallelaria). 



As will be seen on referring to Plate 1 19 the sexes of this species 

 are strikingly different. The male (Fig. 2) is very similar to 

 the last species, except that the first cross line is curved and 



