BRIMSTONE MOTH. 



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be a general feeder. It is remarkable for having 

 six claspers at the end of the body instead of 

 four, which is the usual number in the larvae of 

 Geometrae, and is olive green, with a dark line 

 along the back and a series of whitish marks 

 along the sides. 



The BRIMSTONE MOTH (Rumia cratcegata) is 

 still more common, and 

 may be found plentifully 

 throughout the greater 

 part of the summer. It 

 is a very pretty insect, 

 the wings being of a light 

 brimstone yellow, and the 

 "costal margin" of the 

 fore-wings being adorned 

 with some reddish brown 

 spots. The caterpillar 

 is plentiful in white- 

 thorn hedges, and is remarkable for the fact of 

 having eight pairs of claspers, and only using 

 two pairs. 



Less conspicuous is the SCORCHED WING MOTH 

 (Eurymene dolobraria), an insect which derives 

 its name from the colour of the upper winqs, 

 which look exactly as if they were maJe of 

 irregularly scorched paper. The figure on Plate 



Brimstone Moth Larva. 



