BEITISH MOTHS. 



have four indistinct and zigzag, pale, waved 

 lines, and a very distinct black dot between 

 the first and second, counting from the base 

 of the wing : the head and thorax are brown 

 of the same hue as the bar on the fore 

 wings ; the body is variegated with the two 

 colours, white and brown. 



The MOTH appears in July, and is very 

 abundant in all the hedges about Darent 

 Wood, in Kent ; it is also said to have 

 occurred in the Isle of Portland. (The scien- 

 tific name is Acidalia rusiicata.} 



179. The Dark Cream Wave (Acidalia interjectaria} . 



179. THE DARK CREAM WAVE. All the 

 wings are very pale wainscot-brown, somewhat 

 approaching to a yellow-ochre tinge ; the fore 

 wings have the costal margin shaded with 

 brown, and five pale, transverse, zigzag lines, 

 between the second and third of which is a 

 central black spot ; the two lines between this 

 spot and the base of the wing approach each 

 other very nearly in the middle, and I have 

 one specimen in which they are absolutely 

 united : the hind wings have four of these 

 pale, waved, transverse lines, and a black spot 

 between the second and third, counting from 

 the base of the wing ; along the hind margin 

 of all the wings is a row of linear, dark brown 

 spots, perhaps better described as a series of 

 short dark brown lines ; arranged end to end, 

 and alternating with these lines is a series of 

 dots in the fringe ; these dots, however, are 

 not constant, and are only to be detected in 

 very fine and fresh specimens : the head, 

 thorax, and body are pale wainscot-brown, 

 exactly of the same colour as the wings. 



The MOTH appears on the wing about Mid- 

 summer, and has been taken in Devonshire, 

 Gloucestershire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridge- 

 shire, and Cheshire. (The scientific name is 

 Acidalia interjectaria. ) 



ISO. The Silky Wave (Addnlia holosericata}. 



180. THE SILKY WAVE. All the 

 pale wainscot-brown, somewhat approaching 

 to yellow-ochre ; the fore wings are sprinkled 

 along the margin with extremely minute, dark 

 brown dots, and have five transverse and 

 rather waved lines, of a darker hue than the 

 ground colour of the wing: the hind wings 

 have the same number of waved lines as the 

 fore wings, which, in all respects, they closely 

 resemble ; the head, thorax, and body are 

 the same colour as the wings. 



The MOTH appears on the wing in July, am 

 has been taken in Surrey, Gloucestershire, 

 and Worcestershire, but not in Ireland. (The 

 scientific name is Acidalia holoserieata.'} 



181. The Small Dusty Wave {Acidalia incanaria}. 



181. THE SMALL DUSTY WAVE. All the 

 wings are dingy white, sprinkled all over 

 with minute black dots : the black dots are 

 somewhat symmetrically arranged, forming 

 several smoke-coloured, transverse, waved, and 

 very indistinct lines ; each of the four wings 

 has also a central black spot : along the hind ; 

 margin of all the wings is a series of short, 

 dark, smoke-coloured lines, placed end to end, 

 and alternating with these is a row of dark 

 dots in the fringe ; the head, thorax, and body 

 are almost white, but, like the wings, sprinkled j 

 with minute dark specks. 



The MOTH appears on the wing in July, and j 

 occurs in all our English counties, and in some i 

 places in Scotland. Mr. Eirchall says it is 

 common in Ireland. (The scientific name is 

 Acidalia incanaria.} 



