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BEITISH MOTHS. 



FAMILY IV. BOARMID.E. 



131. 

 132. 

 133. 

 134. 

 135. 

 136. 

 137. 

 138. 

 ^39. 

 140. 



The Waved Umber (Hemerophila abruptaria). 

 The Speckled Beauty (Cleora riduaria). 

 The Dotted Carpet (Cleora glabraria). 

 The Brussels Lace (Cleora lichenaria). 

 The Mottled Beauty ( B >armia repandata). 

 The Willow Beiuty (Boarmia rhomboidaria). 

 The Satin Carpet (Boarmia abietaria). 

 The Ringed Carpet (Boarmia, cirtctaria). 

 The Great Oak Beauty (Boarmia roboraria). 

 The Pale Oak Beauty (Boarmia consortaria). 



131. The Waved Umber (Hemcrophila abruptaria). 



131. THE WAVED UMBER. All the wings 

 wainscot-brown, the male darker and richer 

 than the female ; the fore wings have a central 

 black dot, on both sides of which is a slender 

 zigzag oblique black line ; adjoining the out- 

 most of these lines, and extending to the hind 

 margin, is a long dark-brown blotch : hind 

 \\ings with a very slender zigzag oblique 

 black line across the middle ; adjoining this 

 on the outer side is a broad brown transverse 

 band ; the same colour prevails above the 

 black line, but fades to pale wainscot-brown 

 at the base of the wing ; the fore wings are 

 slightly, the hind wings deeply scalloped at 

 the hind margin. In addition to the mark- 

 ings I have described, there are innumerable 

 delicate lines and tints of brown on all parts 

 of both wings. Antennae smoky-brown, 

 feathered in the male, thread-like in the 

 female : head and collar brown, thorax paler, 

 body pale brown, ringed with darker brown. 



The caterpillar is of a dark-brown colour 

 with a whitish ring close behind the head, it 

 feeds on lilac and rose, and spins a silken 

 cocoon on the twigs just behind the point 

 where two twigs separate: the moth frequents 

 gardens in May and August ; the caterpillars 

 are to be found in June. The Rev. Mr. 

 Hellins thus writes of this moth : " It is 

 undoubtedly double-brooded. From eggs laid 



141. The Square Spot (Tephrosia consonaria). 



142. The Small Engrailed (Tephrosia crepuscularia). 



143. The Engrailed (Tephrosia biundularia). 



144. The Brindled White-spot (Tephrosia extersaria). 



145. The Grey Birch (Tephrosia punctulata). 



146. The Annulet (Gnopho obscurata). 



147. The Scotch Annulet (Dasydia obfuncata). 



148. The Black Mountain Moth (Psodos trepidaria). 



149. The Dusky Carpet (Mniophila cineraria). 



in May I bred the perfect insect in August. 

 Perhaps it would be well to mention that at 

 the time the^e latter moths appeared some of 

 the produce of the very same batch of eggs 

 were still feeding as Iarva3, though hatched at 

 the same time and treated in the same way 

 as their precocious brethren. I noticed that 

 the slow feeders attained a much greater size 

 than the fast ones, and expect to breed larger 

 moths from them ; when first hatched these 

 larvae have a beautiful purple stripe on the 

 back, but they soon lose it." (The scientific 

 name is Hemerophila abruptaria.) 



132. The Speckled Beauty (Cleora viduaria). 



132. THE SPECKLED BEAUTY. Fore wings 

 dingy-white, adorned with smoky-black 

 markings, most of which cross the wing 

 transversely ; on the hind margin are seven 

 crescent-shaped black spots ; hind wings 

 dingy-white with minute black specks ; and a 

 black line along the hind margin ; head white; 

 eyes black; antennae black, feathered in the 

 male, thread-like in the female ; thorax and 

 body dingy-white, the body indistinctly 

 spotted with black. 



This moth only occurs in Sussex and in 

 the New Forest, inHampshire ; its caterpillar 

 is unknown ; the moth flies in June. (The 

 scientific name is Cleora viduaria.) 



133. THE DOTTED CAEPET. Wings dingy 

 white, delicately sprinkled over with minute 



