SCALLOPED HAZEL— FEATHERED THORN 



dark brown, with cross-lines over both pairs of wings, 

 and a spot on all four. It is on the wing during early 

 Summer, and the larva should be sought for where there 

 are such trees or bushes as birch, blackthorn, hawthorn, 

 larch, oak, sallow, etc. It is purplish in ground colour, 

 mottled with brown and yellowish, and the pupa is 

 reddish-brown. The egg changes colour to the latter 

 from its initial one of bright blue. 



Feathered Thorn.— {Himera {Colotois) peiinaria.) This 

 species (Fig. 39) is more or less restricted to the neigh- 



Ye.aX\wrz<i Thor 



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Fig 39 



bourhood of woods, and whilst fairly well distributed it 

 shows a partiaUty for the Southern Counties. It makes a 

 late appearance in October and November, and may be 

 observed flying round street lamps. It deposits a batch 

 of eggs upon a twig, and these are not easy to detect. 

 The larva is to be found from April onwards, and is 

 slaty-grey in colour, with an inclination towards purpUsh. 

 Along the back there occurs a number of indistinct 

 diamond-shape marks, and a set of dots on either side, 

 both being ochreous in colour. There are raised points 



on the last segment, and these have reddish tips. The 



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