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BEITISH MOTHS. 



which in some individuals are also seen to 

 be very finely edged externally with darker 

 green. The spiracles are red, and below 

 them the green fades into a whitish stripe, 

 and it is forcibly contrasted beneath by a 

 darker tint of the green of the back soften- 

 ing gradually into a paler green on the 

 ventral surface, where there are three longi- 

 tudinal whitish stripes, the middle one 

 being the widest." It feeds on the blossoms 

 of the common earth-nut (Bunium flexu- 

 osum) during the month of May ; the speci- 



mens described above descended to the 

 earth to undergo pupation by the 8th of 

 June. 



The MOTH appears on the wing at the end 

 of June, and is extremely common in many 

 parts of England, both north and south : I 

 have also found it in countless thousands 

 in Scotland, at Inverary, the seat of the 

 Duke of Argyll, and generally in the low- 

 lands of Scotland. Mr. Birchall found it 

 commonly in Ireland. (The scientific name 

 is Tanagra chserophyllata.) 



