LEPIDOPTERA. 
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abundant on the Continent. Scarcely less striking is the red under-wing (C. 
nuptci), 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 (nat. 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 
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