BRITISH BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS 



larva has darker brown mottlings, as well as light greyish. 

 The food-plants consist of alder, birch, cherry, oak, 

 sallow, and the like. 



Lilac Beauty. — {Hygrochroa (Pericallia) syringaria.) To 

 confer upon a moth possessing such a pretty name 

 a scientific one of such dimensions seems altogether 

 unfair and unreasonable. As such, however, it is known, 

 and it is not for us to suggest an alternative. Of general 

 distribution, the Lilac Beauty Moth is, it must be con- 

 fessed, more fond of the South. It flies in June and 

 July, and in addition to the so-called lilac (syringa), the 

 larva feeds upon honeysuckle and privet leaves. The 

 yellowish-brown larva is relieved with reddish and 

 violet, and its peculiar form, with a two-pronged horn 

 behind the head, and two pointed sections further along 

 the back, is very noticeable. The pupa also is of a 

 curious description. The imago is yellowish-brown 

 with reddish cross lines, and the male is the smaller of 

 the sexes. 



Scalloped Hazel. — {Go7iodontis bidentata.) Although a 



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melanic form of this moth (Fig. 38) occurs in the North 



of England, the more usual colour is from light fawn to 



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