$4 LLOYD'S NATURAL HISTORY. 



lines. Near the base is a half-line separated by a dark band 

 from the first transverse line. The usual stigmata are sur- 

 rounded by a grey or yellow edging. The orbicular stigma is 

 large, oblong and oblique, and the reniform stigma is blackish 

 on its lower part ; there is a dark central shade. Between the 

 second transverse line and the sub-marginal line there is also 

 a dark band. The fringes are yellow, streaked with brown, 

 and there is a silky lustre over the entire surface of the wings. 

 The hind-wings are ashy grey, with a reddish lustre, and 

 coppery fringes. 



The Chestnut Moth. 



The thorax is of the same colour as the fore-wings, and is 

 covered with thick smooth hair. The antennae are pale ferru- 

 ginous brown, finely dentated in the male, with white or 

 yellowish scales at the base. The abdomen is broad and flat, 

 grey and reddish, with a rusty brown anal tuft, and hair of the 

 same colour on the sides. 



The larva feeds on the leaves of poplar, oak, elm, raspberry, 

 blackberry, Vaccinium, and various low plants. It is purplish- 

 brown, with indistinct paler dorsal and sub-dorsal lines and 

 light grey spots. There is a greyish ochreous spiracular line, 

 and black spiracles. The belly is paler than the back, and has 

 a greenish tinge. 



The pupa, which is reddish-brown, is formed in the ground. 

 The moth appears in October and November, and, after hyber- 

 nation, in March and April. 



