DAY-FLYING MOTHS 



likened to a grotesque profile of a human face, and 

 distinctly of the conventional witch-like pattern. The 

 wings of the latter species are as regards the upper 

 pair greyish brown varied with a purple sheen, and 

 crossed by darker brown bars ; the lower pair are 

 orange yellow, marked with brown. 



The species now to refer to in the present connexion 

 are one or two members of the Geometridae, a family 

 of moths that afford the collector plenty of day sport 

 throughout the season. The majority of these species 

 are induced to break cover very readily, by means of the 

 beating stick, but a few are day-fliers because they 

 feel that way inclined. The first on the list is a pretty 

 little fellow with black marked yellow wings ; this is 

 the Speckled Yellow Moth of our woodlands. Then 

 in the pine woods there are the males of the Bordered 

 White, and on moors and heathery ground the same 

 sex of the Common Heath. The females of these two 

 species last mentioned do not fly freely until early 

 evening, and then their chief business is egg-laying. 



