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BRITISH MOTHS. 



male very slightly thickened ; the fore wings 

 are scarcely pointed ; their colour is yellowish 

 fulvous, with a basal blotch, a median band, 

 and an apical blotch, darker and interspersed 

 with smoky-brown ; the margins of these 

 markings are clearly defined, and very dark ; 

 there is an indication, although indistinct, 

 of a discoidal spot: the hind wings are very 

 pale testaceous yellow : the head, thorax, 

 and body are pale yellow. 



The CATERPILLAR has the head rather 

 small ; the second segment also rather small ; 

 the third segment is swollen or furnished 

 with a dorsal band, raised transversely. In 

 colour it is remarkably variable, being of 

 one or two tints of green, pale brown, 

 reddish brown, or even dark brown : the 

 raised band is dotted with white on a 

 black or reddish ground, according as the 

 ground colour of the caterpillar is dark or 

 light. There is a medio-dorsal stripe of a 

 reddish tint, and an olive-green stripe in 

 the region of the spiracles. It feeds on the 

 whortle-berry ( Varcinium vitis-idcea), and in 

 confinement it will thrive on sallow. For 

 these few particulars we are indebted to Mr. 

 Hellins. 



The MOTH appears on the wing in July, 

 from the north to the south of England, and 

 also in Scotland and Ireland. (The scientific 

 name is Cidaria populate.) 



363. The Barred Yellow (Cidaria fulvata). 



363. THE BARRED YELLOW. The antennae 

 of the male appear very slightly stouter than 

 those of the female ; the fore wings are of a 

 fulvous yellow colour, with a median band 

 of grayish-brown, which in recently disclosed 

 specimens has a bloom or lustre on it much 

 like that of a plum; this band is broadest at 

 the costal margin, and there opens and includes 

 a fulvous yellow space; about its middle a 

 conspicuous angle projects towards the hind 



margin, and both its own margins are bordered 

 with white ; there is a pale triangular blotch 

 at the tip of the wing on its costal margin, 

 and an oblique sienna-brown mark adjoins 

 this ; at the base of the wing a triangular 

 blotch is indicated but not pronounced : the 

 hind wings are pale yellow, almost white : 

 the head and thorax are fulvous yellow ; the 

 body very pale, almost white. 



The CATERPILLAR is figured by Hiibner, 

 with the dorsal area glaucous green, the sides 

 olive-green, and the incisions of the segments 

 whitish. It feeds on the dog-rose (Rota 

 canina). 



The MOTH appears on the wing in July, 

 and is common both in Great Britain and 

 Ireland. (The scientific name is Cidaria 

 fulvata.) 



364. The Barred Straw (Cidaria pyraliata). 



364. THE BARRED STRAW. The antenn 

 of the male are rather stouter than those of 

 the female; the fore wings are rather narrow, 

 pointed at the tip, and very slightly falcate ; 

 their colour is pale ochreous yellow, with 

 three transverse brown lines, all of which are 

 elbowed but not sharply angled ; the elbow 

 is directed towards the hind margin; the first 

 is short and near the base, the second before 

 the middle of the wing, and the third about 

 the middle of the wing ; between the third 

 and the hind margin is a transverse series of 

 smoke-coloured spots, sometimes conspicuous, 

 at other times nearly obliterated ; there is an 

 oblique streak of the same colour at the tip 

 of the wing ; the basal portion of the fringe 

 is pale yellow, the outer portion smoky- 

 brown : the hind wings are very pale, and 

 the fringe concolorous : the head, thorax, 

 and body are pale yellow. 



The Rev. H. Harper Crewe says that the 

 CATERPILLAR is long, slender, and tapering 



