DARK ARCHES— ANGLE SHADES 



(Fig, 25) is a much handsomer species, but it is subject 

 to a good deal of variation from light reddish-grey to 

 brownish-black, with much Hghter hindwings in all the 

 varieties. June to August is the flight-season, and it is 

 a proHfic species. It may also occur later in the year. 

 The larva feeds on grass-stems, and is greyish in colour, 

 with a tendency towards brownish or reddish, dotted, 

 as a rule, with blackish. 



Angle Shades. — [Phlogophora meticulosa.) This spe- 

 cies (Fig. 26) is not only widely distributed, but 

 may be observed almost the whole year round. The 

 food plants, too, are almost endless, as the larva will eat 

 any green leaf that comes its way. It is brown, or green, 

 in colour, with very small white dots. There is a pale 

 line down the back, and on either side of this a mark 

 resembling the letter V, and another pale line runs along 



Anrjlc SKade/S 



the dusky spiracles. In spite of its common occurrence 

 and frequent appearance, the Angle Shades is an attrac- 

 tive moth in the perfect state, being a prettily-designed 

 mixture of light reddish-brown, and oHve-green on the 

 forewings, with whitish hindwings. Set specimens do 

 not convey a good idea of the colour-effect of the living 



creature as the beauty disappears after death. When 

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