BRITISH BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS 



upon various grasses from August to the succeeding 

 May. It is of pale colour, and has three light-coloured 

 lines down the back, as well as greyish stripes on the sides. 

 It is freckled with pinkish-brown, and dotted with 

 black. The perfect moth is fawn-colour on the fore- 

 wings, and whitish, or greyish, on the hind ones. 



Smoky Wainscot. — {Leucania impura.) Another com- 

 mon species of the same genus, feeding upon the same 

 plants, and during the same period as L. pollens. It 

 flies in July and August. The greyish-yellow larva has a 

 brown stripe down the back, and one on the sides, dotted 

 with black. The spiracles are reddish, with edges of 

 black. In general colour this species closely resembles 

 the last mentioned, except that the hindwings are 

 greyish. 



Striped Wainscot. — {Leucania impiidens.) This spe- 

 cies (Fig. 29) is of larger size than its two relatives 



Slripe/d Wainscof r igz^ 



just described, and more or less self-coloured in the 

 imago, being fawny-brown, with a pinldsh, or reddish, 

 tinge. It haunts damp situations, as the larva feeds upon 

 reeds, and the imago is on the wing in July and August. 

 It should be sought for from June onwards in reed-beds 

 by lakes, ponds, riversides, and similar places. The 



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