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Scalloped Oak Moth.— Crocallis (Tr.) elinguaria CL.)— Page 
47. Male above, female below. Eggs flat, brickshaped, smooth, 
brownish white with blotches of dark brown. Are usually laid in 
straight rows side by side along the twigs of blackthorn, etc. July 
and August. Hatch the following spring. 
Feathered Thorn Moth. — Himera ( Dup .) pen n aria (L.) 
— Page 48. Male above, female below. Eggs upright, smooth and 
rather shiny. Pale olive green. Were laid in a close batch on a 
piece of oak bark in November. 
Pale-brindled Beauty Moth. — Phigalia ( Dup.) pal aria ( l-'b.) 
— Page 49. Male above, wingless female below. Eggs flat, 
smooth and shiny, pale olive green. Laid on twigs of oak in March. 
Waved Umber Moth. — Hemcrophila (Stph.) abruptaria 
(Thnb.) — Page 50. Female. Eggs flat, bright green turning purple 
later. Boldly sculptured with a hexagonal network and having in 
certain lights a white dot at each angle of the hexagons. Were laid 
on leaves of privet and lilac chiefly near the stalk or between the 
leafstalk and the twig. May. 
Willow Beauty Moth. — Boarmia (Tr.) getnmaria (BraJim) 
— Page 51. Eggs flat, boldly sculptured with longitudinal ribs or 
pits, bright green clouded with reddish. Were laid on the paper 
lining of the box in preference to oak leaves provided. August. 
V-Moth . — Sclidoscma (Hb.) wauay ia (/..) — Page 52. Female. 
Eggs flat, sculptured with hexagonal network over surface, consisting 
of depressions and ridges. Emerald green when laid, and turning 
reddish brown when near hatching. Laid on underside of goosebei ry 
leaf. August. 
Common Heath Moth. — Eviaturga ( Ld .) atomaria (L.)— 
Page 53. Male. The female has plain antennae. Eggs yellowish 
green, with rows of depressions on surface. Shape flat, ovoid, rather 
thinner at one end. Laid in June on various low plants, usually near 
or amongst heather. 
Currant Moth. — Abraxas (Leach) grossulariata (L.) — Page 54. 
Female above, male below. Eggs flat, ovoid, pale greenish yellow, 
covered all over with small shallow depressions. Laid in batches 
beneath the leaves of blackthorn, currant, euonymus, etc., in July, 
and hatch in two or three weeks. 
Dotted Border Moth. — Hybernia ( Latr .), marginalia (Bark.) 
Page 55. Male specimen shown, the female has only rudimentary 
wings. Eggs flat, ovoid, with irregular longitudinal ribs. Colour 
bright green. Laid in March and April on twigs of various trees 
and shrubs. Often on rose trees in gardens. 
Mottled Umber Moth. — Hybernia (Latr. ) defolia ria(Cler<k)— 
Page 56. Male specimen shown, the female is entirely wingless. 
Eggs flat, ovoid, rather cylindrical, with a network of very shallow 
depressions all over the surface. Bright yellow. Laid on the twigs 
of oak, beech, and other trees. October to December. 
March Moth. — Anisopteryx (Stph.) ascularia (Schiff.)— Page 
57. Male above, female below (entirely wingless). Eggs apparently 
flat, but varying in shape somewhat owing to pressure as they are 
laid closely together around a twig of blackthorn in March or April, 
and covered over with hairy down from the body of the mother 
insect. Colour brown. 
Winter Moth. — Chehnatobia (Stph.) brumata (L.) — Page 58. 
The male only is shown, the female being wingless. Eggs flat, 
ovoid, with rows of depressions forming a pattern on the surface, 
shiny. Orange colour. Laid on twigs of fruit and other trees 
(November and December), sometimes in great numbers. Hatch 
next Spring. 
