BRITISH BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS 



goosefoot, but on the coast the beautiful feathery fohage 

 of tamarisk is eaten. The larva varies from green to 

 pale brown, with black and white dots. The white 

 spiracles have black edges, and they run along the 

 blackish margin of a stripe of yellow. A treble line 

 of greyish appears down the back. The imago has a 

 bright line on the edge of the reddish-brown forcwings, 

 and a brownish, or yellowish eye. The hind wings are 

 light greyish, with conspicuous veins. 



Broom. — {Matriestra pisi.) This is a larger cousin of 

 M. oleracea, but it is ill-named, as the laiva does not 

 restrict attention to the broom, feeding also upon bracken, 

 bramble, sallow, sweet gale, and wild rose. As a general 

 rule, the larva is brown or green, striped with yellow, 

 and feeds in August and September. The imago is on 

 the wing in June and July, and is a very familiar object 

 almost everywhere. It is reddish-brown on the fore- 

 wings, with greyish on the hind ones. There is a wa\'y 

 yellow line on the margins of the upper pair. 



CctmPicn. Fig 2^ 



Campion. — [Dianthoecia ciicuhali.) Holes in the leaves 



and seed vessels of the campion and allied plants are 



caused by the larva of this moth (Fig. 23), and it is named 



after the plant in question. It is of general distribution, 



and should be sought for where campion abounds. 

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