174 BRITISH BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS 



fore-wings are of an olive-brown, with five delicate pink 

 spots, one at the base, two on the inner margin, and 

 two on the costa beyond the middle. 



The larva is reddish-grey, marbled with brown, with 

 a tubercle on the third segment, and smaller tubercles 

 on the sixth to tenth segments ; it feeds on bramble in 

 August and September. 



The perfect insect makes its appearance in June, and 

 continues to occur in July ; it comes very freely to 

 sugar, and may also frequently be caught on the wing- 

 after dusk. 



FAMILY I. NOCTUO-BOMBYCID^E. 



CYMATOPHORA FLAVICORNIS. THE 

 YELLOW-HOBNED. 



(Plate VI., Fig. 2.) 



This early species is generally common amongst birch- 

 trees throughout the country. 



The expansion of the wings is about 1 J inch. The 

 fore-wings are of a pale greenish-grey, varied with 

 darker, with several transverse dark lines, namely, three 

 before and two beyond the middle ; the hind-wings are 

 of a greyish-brown. 



The larva is pale whitish-green, with whiter dots, 

 rather darker between the segments ; it feeds between 

 united leaves of birch in September. 



The perfect insect appears from the middle to the end 

 of March, and may be found sitting on palings or trunks 

 of trees by day, or flying at dusk ; it comes freely to 

 sugar. 



