292 THE MOTHS OF THE BRITISH ISLES- 



Tyrone (local among birches at Cookstown), Monaghan, 

 Fermanagh (Enniskillen), and Galvvay. 



Dotted Border {Hyhemia marginaria). 



On Plate 120 four specimens of this rather variable species 

 are depicted. Figs. 8 $ and 10 % show the more usual form ; 

 Fig. 12 represents the northern English, blackish var.>j^^/^, 

 Harrison, and Fig. n an intermediate form resulting from a 

 cross-pairing oi fuscata 9 with a southern J. Somewhat 



^g^ 



FiG. 10. Fig. II. 



Dotted Border, male. Dotted Border, female. 



(Photos by H. Main.) 



similar forms to the last have been captured in Wear Dale, 

 Durham. 



The caterpillar is figured on Plate 125, from a coloured drawing 

 by Mr. A. Sich. It is described by Fenn as dull yellow, oHve 

 green, or greenish brown ; a series of dark grey X-like marks 



