158 BRITISH BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS 



much intersected by the black ground-colour, it is 

 clothed with short blackish hairs, placed on shining- 

 black warts. It feeds on numerous low plants in autumn 

 and spring, being fed up towards the end of May. 



The perfect insect makes its appearance in June or 

 early in July. 



FAMILY VI. CHELONID.E. 



EUTHEMONIA EU88ULA. THE CLOUDED 

 BUFF. 



This is common and generally distributed, occurring 

 in healthy places, especially amongst fern. 



The expansion of the wings of the male is If inch ; 

 (the female is only 1J inch in expanse, thus actually 

 smaller than the male). The fore-wings of the male are 

 pale yellow, with the margins reddish ; a central blackish 

 spot is margined with reddish towards the costa ; the 

 hind-wings are paler, with a broad blackish band near 

 the hind-margin, and blackish central spot ; the female 

 has all the wings of a deeper colour, and the fore-wings 

 are veined with reddish -orange. 



The larva is of a brown-black, with a dorsal line 

 yellow, spotted with red, and with white spiracles ; the 

 hairs are reddish ; it feeds on various low plants in the 

 autumn and spring. 



The perfect insect appears in the month of June and 

 flies freely by day. 



FAMILY VI. CHELONID^. 

 ARCTIA CAJA. THE GAKDEN TIGEB. 



This handsome insect is common throughout the 

 country ; it is extremely abundant in some places. 



