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reddish-brown hair. The antennae are dark brown ; and the 

 legs are yellow, spotted with black. The fore-wings are straight 

 on the costa, and produced, but hardly pointed at the apex. 

 They are bright reddish-brown, marbled with white. The half- 

 line, the two transverse lines, and the sub-marginal line are all 

 distinctly white, and somewhat broad. From the base to the 

 first transverse line are a few whitish patches, suffused with 

 yellow. In the central area is a somewhat triangular white 

 spot. The greater part of the orbicular stigma is contained in 

 this spot, and is ringed with darker, with a dark spot in the 



The Beautiful Yellow Underwing. 



centre. The reniform stigma is beyond the white spot, and 

 from it extend several white rays as far as the second trans- 

 verse line. The sub-marginal line is very distinct, and 

 beyond it the wings are uniform reddish-brown as far as the 

 fringes, which are dark reddish-brown, and spotted with white. 

 The hind-wings are bright yellow towards the base, with a small 

 black lunule, and a broad velvety-black marginal band. 



The larva lives on bilberry ( Vacdnium myrtillus) and heath 

 (Calluna vulgaris). It is of a beautiful grass-green, with a 

 bluish head, and numerous whitish markings. The dorcal line 

 is formed of a row of elongated spots, and on each skle is a 



