. The moths of the British Isles . sits on the twigs of heather and the stems of bog-myrtle. It has only been recorded from Perthshire, and is therevery local, frequenting damp places near streams. Mr. A. W. Mera has obtained hybrids from a crossing of thisspecies with N. zonaria. Belted Beauty {Nyssia zonaria). Two males and a female of this species are depicted onPlate 124 (Figs. 4, 5 5,6 $ ). There is variation in the groundcolour of the male, from white to greyish, and the markings aresometimes greyish brown and sometimes blackish. Kane statesthat, in Ireland, a large number of Connemara s
. The moths of the British Isles . sits on the twigs of heather and the stems of bog-myrtle. It has only been recorded from Perthshire, and is therevery local, frequenting damp places near streams. Mr. A. W. Mera has obtained hybrids from a crossing of thisspecies with N. zonaria. Belted Beauty {Nyssia zonaria). Two males and a female of this species are depicted onPlate 124 (Figs. 4, 5 5,6 $ ). There is variation in the groundcolour of the male, from white to greyish, and the markings aresometimes greyish brown and sometimes blackish. Kane statesthat, in Ireland, a large number of Connemara specimens havethe fore wings entirely white, broken by dark veins, frontmargin, and three streaks parallel to the outer margin. Thecaterpillar is greenish, with dusky grey lines and freckles onthe back, and a yellow stripe low down along the sides ; thelatter is edged below with blackish ; the underside is blackand striped with grey ; head, greyish, freckled with darker. Itfeeds on sallow, dandelion, dock, plantain, clover, yarrow,. U 298. 2 n. 126. 1. Pale Brindled Beauty: catcrpilinj-. 2. Small Brindled Beauty: caterpillar. 3, l^, ih- Rannoch Brindled Beauty: c^g, natm-al size and enlarged, catei-piUar , 4^- Belted Beauty : catejpillar and chiysalis.
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