286 THE MOTHS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 



ones on 1 1 ; the rings between 5 and 1 1 with pale diamonds on 

 the back, and whitish marks on the sides ; head, black, white 

 dotted. It feeds, in July and August, or even later, on dogwood, 

 bilberry, sallow, etc. Mr. A. J. ScoUick, who kindly provided 

 the caterpillar figured on Plate 121, Fig. 3, informs me that in 

 rearing larvae from the egg he finds that they prefer dogwood 

 as a pabulum, and that in the locahty where he takes the moth 

 in June there is no bilberry, but plenty of Cornus saiiguinea. 

 This local species, which is out from late May well into June, 

 is generally associated with bilberry, but by no means confined 

 to localities where this plant flourishes. In some of its haunts 

 it affects bramble, and in others rose. It occurs, in woodlands, 

 in Essex, Kent, Surrey (Leith Hill, Horsley, Chilworth, etc.), 

 Berkshire, and Oxfordshire (near Watlington), Sussex 

 (Abbots Wood, St. Leonards Forest, etc.), Hampshire (New 

 Forest), Devonshire (Haldon), in the West to Shropshire, and 

 South Wales ; Derbyshire and South Yorks. 



The range abroad extends to Amurland, Corea, and Japan ; 

 thus it has a more eastern distribution than either of the 

 species of Epione^ which only reach Amurland. 



Speckled Yellow {Venilia maaUatd). 



This pretty blackish-spotted yellow species (Plate 119, Figs. 5 

 and 6) varies somewhat in the tint of ground colour, but more 

 so in the number and size of the markings ; occasionally some 

 of these are united, forming bands or blotches ; or they may be 

 reduced in number and size, leading up to ab. quadrimaculata^ 

 Hatchett (Pinion-spotted Yellow), a form that used to occur 

 rarely in the Dartford district, Kent, and of which an example 

 is depicted on Plate 61, Fig. 2. 



The caterpillar is green, with white lines and stripes ; head, 

 shining green. It feeds, in July and August, on wood sage 

 {Teucrium)^ woundwort {Stachys)^ and dead nettle {Lamiiini). 



