BRITISH BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS 



There is also a yellowish, or whitish, stripe, with black 

 edges, underneath the spiracles. The imago is greyish- 

 brown, with a curious black mark near the outer edge of 

 the forewings, succeeding one of yellow. The hind- 

 wings are light yellowish, or buff. 



Square-Spot Rustic. — {Nocttia (Segetia) xanthographa.) 

 This is a very common moth of wide distribution. Early 

 Autumn sees it first up on the wing, and the larva feeds 

 upon bedstraw, dock, plantain and other dwarf plants 

 from August to May, hibernating in Winter. The 

 larva is brow^nish, or yellowish, with darker marking, 

 and pale lines down the back. There is a dark stripe on 

 the lower part of the sides. It is impossible in many of 

 these descriptions of the imagoes to give particulars 

 of the variety they display, and this species is no excep- 

 tion in this respect Generally, it may be stated to be 

 light brown on the forewings, with a square spot and 

 another mark, which may, or may not be, conspicuous. 

 The hindwings are light-coloured, with a dark edging, 

 but the female is darker. 



Flame Shoulder. — {Noctua (Ochropleura) plecta.) May 

 and June, and again in August and September, sees this 

 little species on the wing, as it is double-brooded. The 

 brownish larva, variously lined and marked, feeds upon 

 both wild and garden plants. The imago may be com- 

 pared to a smaller edition of Setaceous Hebrew Character 

 which, except in the darker colour of the body, it closely 

 resembles. 



Large Yellow Underwing. — {Triphana (Agrotts) pro- 

 Tiuba.) This is a pest of the garden, and in spite of its 

 pretty appearance its numbers should be kept under. It 



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