LEPIDOPTERA. 



ll 3 



abundant on the Continent. Scarcely less striking is the red under-wing (0. 

 nupta), in which the grey wings are mottled with darker shades, rendering it difficult 

 to detect when resting on the grey bark of some forest-tree. The hind- wings are 

 pale crimson, with a central curving transverse black bar, and another broad black 

 band along the margin. The caterpillar is grey, with darker brown markings, 



1, WHITE-SPOTTED PINION MOTH, WITH LARVA ; 2, PINE MOTH, WITH LARVA. (Nat. size.) 



bearing a pale yellow prominence on the ninth segment. It feeds on a species of 

 willow, Salix fragilis, and the adult appears on the wing in August and September ; 

 being not uncommon in England, but found more abundantly on the Continent. 

 In the angle-shades (Brotolomia meticulosa), which is one of the most beautiful, as 

 it is one of the commonest of British moths, the larva is delicate green, smooth, 



RED UNDER-WING, WITH LARVA (iiat. size). 



and velvety, thickly speckled with minute white spots. It feeds on groundsel. 

 The perfect insect, which appears on the wing in May and June, and a second 

 brood in September, is common throughout Europe. In the prettily -marked 

 species known as the feathered gothic {Neuronia popularis) the fore-wings are 

 dark brown, with white nervures. The orbicular and vermiform spots are of the 



VOL. VI. — 8 



