FEATHERED GOTHIC MOTH. 109 



of Gothic windows. These nervures are not 

 marked with sufficient distinctness in the figure 

 on Plate YIII. fig. 7, which represents the 

 Feathered Gothic {Heliophohus popularis). 



The general colour of the upper wings is 

 brown, and there is a very distinct pale spot in 

 the discoidal cell. The nervures are of a similar 

 pale hue, and some dark, irregular bands run 

 cransversely across the wings. The colour of 

 the lower wings is simply pale brown. 



The larva passes its time mostly underground, 

 whence the generic name of Heliophohus, or Sun- 

 fearing, and it does not emerge from the earth 

 until it has assumed tho perfect condition. The 

 Moth appears in the autumn. 



Another of the Gothics — the Bordered Gothic 

 {Neuria Saponarice) — is even a prettier insect 

 than the preceding species, and has, in addition to 

 the white nervures, four delicate pale lines across 

 the wings transversely. The generic name is 

 taken from the Greek word signifying a nerve, 

 and is given to the insect on account of the con- 

 spicuous nervures of the wing. 



Nearly allied to the Gothics is the Antler 

 Moth (Charceas graminis), a figure of which is 

 given in the illustration on the next page. 



This Moth is more plentiful than welcome, as 



