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BEITISH MOTHS. 



146. The Annulet (Gnophos obscurata}. 



middle, is another annulet ; the head, thorax, 

 and body are of the same colour as the wings. 



The MOTH appears on the wing in July, and 

 has occurred abundantly in Cornwall, Devon- 

 shire, Somerset, Dorset, in the New Forest, 

 Hampshire, Tilgate Forest in Sussex, Farnham 

 Heath in Surrey, and also in Wales, the North 

 of England, and Scotland ; Mr. Birchall says 

 it is generally distributed and common in 

 Ireland. (The scientific name is Gnophos 

 obftcurata.} 



The CATF.EPILLAR very much resembles the 

 moth in colour, being gray of various shades, 

 the back paler than the sides, and the fore 

 part of each segment paler than the hind part ; 

 it i'eeds at night on the salad burnet (Poterium 

 sangujgorba), and the sun cistus (Helianthertvum 

 vnfgare], concealing itself under stones or 

 among the roots of the grass by day, and may 

 be obtained by pulling up and shaking tufts of 

 grass. The EGG is laid in July and August, 

 and the young caterpillar is hatched in a few 

 days, and continues to feed and to grow 

 'slowly until the end of September, when it is 

 about half-grown, and then hybernates, re- 

 appearing in the spring, and beginning to feed 

 again in April. 



147. The Scotch Annulet (Danydia obfuscatn]. 



147. THE SCOTCH ANTTULET. The antennrc 

 are very long and slender, ciliated in the male, 

 simple in the female : the colour of the wings 

 is smoky-gray, suffused in recent specimens 

 with greenish or purplish, pearly reflections, 

 rarely to be observed in cabinet specimens : 

 near the middle of each of the fore wings is a 

 faint ring of a darker colour, and there is a 

 dark spot in the middle of each hind wing ; 

 there are two very obscure transverse darker 

 lines on the fore wings, and one on the hind 

 wings, and these are accompanied by paler and 

 broken white lines equally obscure ; the fore 

 wings are rather pointed, and the hind margin 

 of the hind wings is waved, but not scalloped ; 

 the head, thorax, and body are smoky-gray. 



The CATEEPILLAK is described by Guenee as 

 of a violet-gray colour, with a white spiracular 

 line, and an oblique dark gray streak on the 

 side of each segment ; it has two small humps 

 on the twelfth segment ; it feeds on the dyer's 

 green weed (Genista tinctoria), and various 

 species of vetch. 



The MOTH appears on the wing in July and 

 August ; it has only been taken among the 

 Scotch mountains, and in the county Wicklow 

 in Ireland by Mr. Ihistow. (The scientific 

 name is Dasydia o 



148. The Black Mountain Moth (Psotlos trepidarid). 



148. THE BLACK MOUNTAIN MOTH. The 

 antennae are simple in both sexes : the fore 



