260 BRITISH BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS 



FAMILY VI. CARPOCAPSID^E. 

 CARPOCAPSA POMONELLA. 



This pretty species is common, and generally distri- 

 buted throughout the country. 



The expansion of the wings is about f inch. The 

 fore-wings are grey, with numerous darker transverse 

 lines ; at the anal angle is a large ocelloid spot, edged 

 with coppery, and preceded by a curved black streak 

 which arises from the inner margin. 



The larva is pale pink, with the head scarcely darker ; 

 the second segment is pale yellowish-brown ; it feeds 

 inside apples and pears, forming galleries in the sub- 

 stance of the fruit, in which it deposits its dark brown 

 excrement ; when full fed, it quits the fruit. 



The perfect insect appears in June and July, and 

 may often be observed at rest on the trunks of orchard- 

 trees. 



FAMILY VII. CNEPHASLTLE. 

 CNEPHASIA SUSJECTANA. 



A most abundant species throughout the country. 



The expansion of the wings is rather more than J 

 inch. The fore -wings are pale grey, at the base a little 

 darker, and with three tolerably distinct dark grey 

 bands : the first, before the middle, angulated and 

 scarcely reaching below the fold of the wing; the 

 second goes from the middle of the costa to the inner 

 margin, a little before the anal angle, its inner edge is 

 rather irregular ; the third runs from the costa before 

 the apex to the hind margin above the anal angle, its 



