268 



THR INSECT WORLD. 



end of the month of March, the Nyssia zonaria (Fig. 267), the males 

 of which insect remain during the day motionless on the grass."* 

 There are some species of this family in which the wings of the 



Fig. 265. Chimatobia brumata, male. 



Fig. 266. Chimatobia 

 brumata, female. 



females are developed like those of the males.t Such are the 

 Peppered Moth (Amphidasis betularid) and the Currant Moth 



Fig. 267. Nyssia zonaria, male and female. 



(Abraxas grossulariata), whose caterpillar lives on the red currant 

 and gooseberry, and an immense number known as Thorns, Carpets, 

 Waves, &c. 



The section of the Pyralina contains the smallest nocturnal 



* With us this insect has a very limited range, being only found at New 

 Brighton, near Birkenhead, where it is most abundant. ED. 



t The exception is with those in which the wings are not developed in both 

 cases, and in England this peculiarity is confined to species appearing during the 

 winter and early spring. ED. 



