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extends from Worcestershire (Malvern, rare) to Cumberland 

 and Northumberland. It seems to be distributed over the 

 greater part of Scotland, including the Hebrides and the 

 Orkneys. In Wales it has been recorded from Flint, Denbigh, 

 and Carnarvon ; and it is widely spread over Ireland, occurring 

 chiefly on the bogs. 



Black-yeined Moth {Scoria Uneatd). 



This slightly ochreous tinged silky white moth has the veins 

 of the wings blackish, and this is especially noticeable on the 

 underside of the fore wings. A male specimen is shown on 

 Plate 144, Fig. 3 ; the wings of the female are slightly smaller, 

 and the body is stouter and shorter. This species is the dealbatj, 

 of Linnseus, but Imeata, Scopoh, is older by four years. The 

 long caterpillar is greyish inclining to ochreous or brownish ; 

 several irregular darker lines on the back and sides. It feeds, 

 in confinement, on knot-grass, dock, bird's-foot trefoil, etc., but 

 in the open is said to eat wood grasses, such as Brachypodrntn, 

 upon the blades of which the female moth has been seen to 

 deposit eggs : July to May. The moth is out from late May 

 through June ; it flies in the sunshine, or rests among long 

 grass, etc., from which it is readily disturbed. Its chief British 

 haunts are in Kent (Higham, Wye, etc.) ; but it has been 

 recorded from Sussex, Dorset, Somerset, Gloucester, and 

 Herefordshire, chiefly in single specimens. 



Abroad, the range extends to Amurland. 



Straw Belle *{Aspilates gilvaria). 



This straw-coloured species (Plate 144, Fig. 4 5,6 $) will be 

 easily recognised by the brownish stripe on the fore wings, which 

 extends from the front margin, near the tip, almost to the inner 

 ♦ On Plate 144, Figs. 4, 6, Straw Belle ; Fig. 5, Yellow Belle. 



