SHARK— HERALD 



but it rests by day and is not often detected. It visits 

 night-flowering plants, and may there be taken. Curiously 

 enough, the larva is not nearly so " sweet-toothed," 

 as it feeds chiefly upon the leaves of sow thistle. It may 

 also be found consuming lettuce in the garden, hiding by 

 day on the undersides of the leaves. It is greyish in 

 colour, with blackish markings above, and a black head. 

 The general colour of the imago is greyish, with darker 

 transverse markings, and pointed extremities to the 



fore wings. 



FAMILY GONOPTERIN^ 



Herald. — {Scoliopteryx libatrix.) This is the only 

 British representative of its family, and although rare 

 in Scotland, it is a familiar enough moth in England, 

 Ireland, and Wales. It is on the wing from early Autumn 

 onwards, and comes out again in Spring after hibernation. 

 The narrow-bodied larva is more or less plain greenish, 

 and may be found feeding upon various kinds of willow. 

 It is abroad during Summer, and early Autumn. The 

 greyish-brown, or purpHsh, fore wings have a tinge of 

 reddish, with a double white line towards the outer 

 margins, and these are deeply cut. The hindwings are 

 yellowish-brown. 



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