120 SALLOW MOTHS. 



catkins. It is brown, witli a sort of blue wash, 

 and has several pale lines running along tbe 

 body. The Moth appears about the middle of 

 autumn, and is tolerably plentiful. 



Another species of this genus, the Pink- 

 BARREU Sallow (Xanthia silago), is seen on 

 Plate VIII. lig. 4. 



This is a much handsomer insect than the 

 preceding species. The popular name, however, 

 is scarcely deserved, as the so-called pink bars 

 are rust-red rather than ptak. The ground 

 colour of the upper wings is reddish yellow, and 

 the markings, together with the incomplete bars 

 that cross the wings, are rust-red with a wash 

 of violet. The lower wings are almost uniformly 

 pale grey, with a very slight tinge of yellow. 



The larva feeds on the sallow, and the Moth 

 appears about the middle of autumn. It is a 

 tolerably common species, its numbers depend- 

 ing necessarily on the locality, inasmuch as the 

 sallow prefers moist and low-lying grounds. 



We now pass to another family, namely, the 

 Hadenidse, one or two examples of which will be 

 given. The first is the Lychnis {Bianthcecia 

 capsincola), so called on account of its food when 

 in the larval state. 



