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Rosy Rustic (H. micacea). E. ij-i inch. Fore-wings light reddish 

 brown, the darker central area separated from the outer by (generally) 

 a well-defined paler line. Moth in August and September. L. in May to 

 August on dock, plantain, potato ; feeding on stems and down into the root. 



Frosted Orange (Ochria ochracea). E. ij-i^ inch. This species has 

 bright yellow-ochre fore-wings, handsomely marked darker purple-brown. 

 The stigmata are pale ochreous, the orbicular being very distinct and almost 

 circular. Moth in August to October. L. April to July on stems of thistles, 

 burdock, etc. Ly. Marshy lands. 



The Bulrush Wainscot (Nonagria typhce) gets its name from the food plant 

 the reed-mace in the stems of which it feeds. E. 1^-2 inches. Usually 

 pale whity brown colour, with a row of black wedge-shaped spots near the 

 outer margin, and other scattered dots on the transverse lines. Moth in 

 August and September. L. July and August. 



Twin-spotted Wainscot (N. geminipuncta). E. i-ij inch. It has on its 

 brownish ochreous fore-wings two small white spots for the reniform stigma. 

 Moth in August. L. in May and June in reed stems. Ly. Fens. 



Small Wainscot (Tapinostola fulva). E. i-i| inch. A pale brown 

 moth (some species reddish brown), with no distinct markings. Flies in 

 fens and damp woods in August and September. L. in June and July on sedge 

 stems. 



Large Wainscot (Calamia lutosa). E. if-2 inches. Fore-wings pale 

 ochreous brown, with a faint row of black dots beyond the middle of the wing. 

 L. in reed stems in April to June. Moth in August to October in marsh lands. 

 (The FEN WAINSCOT (C. phragmitidis) is a smaller but similarly coloured 

 species, with no markings, also found in the fens.) 



Common Wainscot (Leucania pollens). E. ij-i| inch. Fore-wings pale 

 ochre-yellow, with browner nervures, and with generally three black dots 

 about the middle of the wing ; hind-wings whitish. L. on grasses August 

 to May. Moth in June and July. Everywhere common. (The SMOKY 

 WAINSCOT (L. impura) is equally common, of similar size and colouring, but 

 the hind- wings are darker grey.) 



The Striped Wainscot (L. impudens) is larger than preceding. E. i-i 

 inch. Often tinged with pink; the black streaks often very plain. It is 

 found chiefly in fens and marshy districts. 



Shoulder-striped Wainscot (L. comma). E. i$-i inch. It has a white 

 middle nervure, with a black streak below it, together with other black marks 

 near the outer margin of its ochreous-brown fore-wings. L. on grasses in 

 June to August. Moth in June and July. Ly. Meadows. 



The Clay (L. lithargyrea). E. i-if inch. Fore-wings greyish ochreous, 

 tinged with red. The reniform stigma represented by a small whitish cres- 

 cent, and the transverse lines by a series of black dots ; hind-wings paler. 

 Common from June to August in woods. L. in April and May on grasses. 



Brown-line Bright-eye (L. conigera). Very similar to preceding, but the 



