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DAY-FLYING MOTHS 



" But she, God love her ! feared to brush 

 The dust from off its wings." 



WORDSWORTH. 



MENTION will first be made of a few kinds that are 

 distinctly sun lovers Burnets and Foresters, Clear- 

 wings, day flying Hawk Moths, etc. 



The most generally distributed kind of Burnet is 

 that known as the Six-spotted, and this is perhaps most 

 abundant near the coast, where it may be found in large 

 colonies in favourable hollows on cliffs, downs, and 

 sandhills. In its inland homes on sheltered hillsides, 

 meadows, and railway banks, it is not much less com- 

 mon. The moth, which has the fore wings glossy, 

 deep bluish-green and the six spots thereon of the same 

 crimson colour as the hindwings, flies about somewhat in 

 the manner of a bee. It is fond of settling on thistles 

 and other composite flowers, and sometimes quite a 

 number may be seen resting together. When the sun is 

 obscured they become inactive and may then be easily 



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