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BEITISH MOTHS. 



brown : the hind wings have a large pale spot 

 at both angles, and these are connected by a 

 scalloped marginal line, in the centre of which 

 is a slender scalloped brown line ; the head 

 is white ; the body and abdomen are whitish 

 green. 



The MOTH appears on the wing at the end 

 of June, and has been taken in Devonshire, 

 Dorsetshire, Hampshire, Sussex, Surrey, 

 Essex, Bucks, Norfolk, Suffolk, Gloucester, 

 Worcester, Derbyshire, the Lake District, 

 and Yorkshire. I have nowhere found it 

 abundant. (The scientific name is Phoro- 

 desma bajularia ; both the names are descrip- 

 tive of the habits of the caterpillar.) 



158. The Common Emt 



ithea tJnjmiaria), 



158. THE COMMON EMEKALD. The an- 

 tennae are almost simple in both sexes : the 

 wings are dingy green ; fore wings with the 

 hind margin scalloped and having two very 

 obscure waved tranverse pale lines : hind 

 wings with the hind margin scalloped and an- 

 gled, and having one waved tranverse whitish 

 line across the middle; the fringe is dingy 

 white, spotted with brown : head whitish ; 

 thorax and abdomen of the same colour as the 

 wings. 



The MOTH appears on the wing in June, and 

 occurs in all our English counties, and occa- 

 sionally in Scotland. Mr. Birchall took it in 

 the county Galway in Ireland. (The scientific 

 name is If em ithea tliymiaria.'] 



159. The False Mocha (Ephyra poruta). 



159. THE FALSE MOCHA. The antenna? are 

 slightly pectinated in the male, throughout 

 the greater part of their length, but simple at 



the tips ; they are simple throughout in th e 

 female ; the wings are dull grayish red ; the 

 red, in very perfect and recently-disclosed 

 specimens, being brick-dust coloured in the 

 middle of the wing : a transverse brown line 

 crosses the middle of each wing, and just 

 within this, that is, nearer the base of the 

 wing, is a round white spot, with a narrow 

 border ; between this white spot and the base 

 of the wing is a transverse row of six or 

 seven brown dots ; and half-way between the 

 white spot and the hind margin is a second 

 row of nine or ten brown dots ; on the hind 

 margin itself, but within the fringe, is a third 

 row of brown dots; the head, thorax, and 

 body are of the same prevailing colour as the 

 wings. 



This species is double-brooded, the MOTH 

 appearing on the wing in May, and again in 

 August: it occurs in the Southern English 

 counties, very generally as far north as 

 Worcester. (The scientific name is Ephyra 

 porata.} 



160. The Maiden's Blush (Ephyra punctarla). 



160. THE MAIDEN'S BLUSH. The antenme 

 of the male are fringed, of the female, thread- 

 like ; the wings dull, grayish red, with a 

 redder tinge about the middle of the wing ; a 

 very distinct transverse brown line crosses the 

 middle of the wing ; half-way between this 

 brown line and the base of the wing, is a 

 transverse row of six or seven brown dots ; 

 and half-way between the brown line and the 

 hind margin, is a second row of nine or ten 

 brown dots ; besides these, there is a third 

 row of linear brown spots on the margin, 

 making a continuous marginal line ; the head, 

 thorax, and body are of the same prevailing 

 colour as the wings. 



The CATERPILLAR is figured by Sepp ; like its 

 congeners, it is of two colours, fawn-coloured 



