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HALF-HOURS IN THE GREEN LANES. 



foes. Looking at the illustration, even, it is a bit of a 

 puzzle to tell which is the butterfly and which the 

 umbel of the flower. Some of our common moths 

 exhibit this peculiarity quite as strongly, and among 

 them none more decidedly than the buff-tip (Pijgeera 

 bucephala). Well do we remember, when a boy, 



Fig. 111. 



The Buff Tip Moth at rest. 



mistaking this moth at rest for a bit of dried twig, 

 which the yellow end that has given to it its name 

 causes it greatly to resemble. This moth you may find 

 on most dry banks, or on the trunks of trees, especially 

 the lime and elm, coupled in pairs. The Lappet 

 moth (Lasiocampa quercifolia) is another " mimetic " 



