PALE BRINDLED BEAUTY. 



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grey ; the central area being sometimes smoky tinged. In the 

 north of England, chiefly in Yorkshire, blackish specimens occur 

 in which the markings are more or less obscured. 



The caterpillar is pale green with a rather darker line along 

 the back, and yellowish lines along the sides. It feeds on haw- 

 thorn, sloe, privet, lilac, currant, plum, cherry, rose, etc., also on 

 oak, hornbeam, and some other trees : April to June. The 

 figure of the caterpillar on Plate 125, Fig. 4, is from a coloured 

 drawing by Mr. A. Sich. 



The moth is out in the spring, and may be found on palings, 

 tree-trunks, etc., in the daytime, and more freely flying about, 

 or sitting on hedges, at night, when the 

 spider-like wingless female is more fre- 

 quently obtained. The male is attracted 

 by light, and sometimes is not uncommon 

 on gas lamps. 



Except that it seems not to have been 

 noted north of Perthshire in Scotland, the 

 species is generally distributed over the 

 British Isles. 



Pale Brindled Beauty 



{Phigalia pedaria). 



The fore wings of this species (Plate 122, 

 Figs. 9 $, 10, II J) are greyish, tinged 

 with greenish or brown, and sprinkled with 

 darker grey or brownish ; the irregular 

 cross lines are blackish. Occasional speci- 

 mens in the north of England are more or 

 less sprinkled with yellow buff or orange 

 buff, and in these the cross-markings maybe (Photo by H. Main.) 

 present or absent. A more frequent form of 

 aberration in the north is a general darkening of the colour ia 



Fig. 15. 



Pale Brindled 



Beauty. 



