The Moths of the British Isles, First Series: Comprising the Families Sphingidæ to NoctuidæSouth, Richard
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The Moths of the British Isles, First Series: Comprising the Families Sphingidæ to Noctuidæ
South, Richard
Lepidoptera -- Great Britain; Moths -- Great Britain
The specimens shown on Plate 104 are typical of the sexes (Figs. 1[male],
3[female]). The normal pale brown colour is sometimes replaced by greyish,
reddish, or olive brown. A specimen with black fore and hind wings has been
recorded from North Wales by Mr. Jäger. The markings vary in intensity, and
occasionally are almost or quite absent. Several of the varieties have been
named. The caterpillar, which feeds on bed-straw and various grasses, etc.,
is greenish grey, inclining to brownish above, with a dark-edged pale line
along the middle of the back, and a similar line on each side; the raised
spots are black, and the plate on first ring brownish; head ochreous,
marked with darker. August to May. The moth is out in July and August, and
is chiefly found on sandhills by the sea. It is most plentiful on the
eastern and southern coasts, and in Cheshire, Lancashire, and Yorkshire: it
is often not uncommon in the Brandon and Tuddenham districts, and others,
in the "Breck Sand" area of Suffolk and Norfolk. The species has been
recorded from Worcestershire, and I understand that a few specimens were
taken in Surrey last August (1907). In Scotland it occurs on the east
coast, and in the Orkney Isles; also in Ayr, on the south-west. In Ireland,
also, it is found on suitable parts of the coast.
[Illustration]
Pl. 106.
1, 2. SAND DART.
3, 4. COAST DART.
5, 6. GARDEN DART.
7, 8, 11. WHITE LINE DART.
9, 10. WHITE-LINE DART, _var. aquilina._
12. SQUARE-SPOT DART.
[Illustration]
Pl. 107.
1. TRUE-LOVER'S KNOT.
2, 3. HEATH RUSTIC.
4. PORTLAND MOTH.
5, 6. STOUT DART.
7, 8. DOTTED RUSTIC.
9, 10. NORTHERN RUSTIC.
{203} THE HEART AND CLUB (_Agrotis_ (_Euxoa_) _corticea_).
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