THE TISSUE— DARK UMBER 



female of this species from crawling up the trunk so as 

 to deposit her eggs among the higher branches. The 

 bands certainly do fulfil their purpose, but very often the 

 moth still succeeds in passing the temporary barrier. 

 The green larva is a great nuisance in gardens and 

 orchards, if allowed to remain, devouring the leaves of 

 fruit trees in Spring and early Summer. It has a darker 

 stripe down the back, with a double white line on either 

 side of this, and a yellowish one along the black spiracles. 

 It is a plain yellowish-brown moth, and as has been 

 stated, the female has only rudimentary wings, and is 

 incapable of flight. 



The Tissue. — {Tnphosa dubitata.) Except in the North 

 of England and Scotland this species is of common 

 occurrence. It hibernates in the adult state, as in 

 Autumn it visits various kinds of late-blooming flowers, 

 and in Spring may be taken at sallow blossom. The 

 larva feeds on buckthorn, but will also take blackthorn 

 and other leaves. It is yellowish-green, lined and 

 striped with darker. The imago is yellowish-brown, 

 with a rather pretty pattern on the fore wings. The 

 edges of both pairs are deckled, especially the hind ones. 

 The long pair of hindlegs seems to be a distinctive 

 feature. 



Dark Umber. — {Scotosia rhatnnata.). This is a fami- 

 liar species in the South, and is abroad up to mid- 

 Summer. The larva, as its specific name indicates, 

 feeds upon buckthorn. It is green, with two yellow 

 lines and one of dark green down the back, and there is a 

 purple stripe below the spiracles. It spins two leaves 

 together and hides between them. All the wings are 

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