. The moths of the British Isles . ee forms are depicted onPlate 99 : Fig. 8 is a typical male, and Fig. 9 shows a female with distinct red bands (^ Haworth); bothspecimens are from greyish example withoutred markings (Fig. 10) is fromIreland, and approaches ^ Zeller, in form. The caterpillar ranges incolour from yellowish-green toreddish ; on the back there isa dark-green or blackish line,and often a series of marks ofthe same colour ; the lines onthe sides are yellowish. Itfeeds chiefly in or on theflowers of furze, broom, holly,clematis, hawthorn, et
. The moths of the British Isles . ee forms are depicted onPlate 99 : Fig. 8 is a typical male, and Fig. 9 shows a female with distinct red bands (^ Haworth); bothspecimens are from greyish example withoutred markings (Fig. 10) is fromIreland, and approaches ^ Zeller, in form. The caterpillar ranges incolour from yellowish-green toreddish ; on the back there isa dark-green or blackish line,and often a series of marks ofthe same colour ; the lines onthe sides are yellowish. Itfeeds chiefly in or on theflowers of furze, broom, holly,clematis, hawthorn, etc., from May to September. There arecertainly two broods, possibly more. The specimens of thefirst, or spring, generation are usually larger in size and morestrongly marked than those of the summer brood. The moth is most frequent, perhaps, in April, May, July, andAugust, but it may be met with in either of the months fromApril to November. Pretty generally distributed over theBritish Isles, including the Hebrides and the Fig. 5. Double-striped Pug-, at rest. (Photo by Lucas.) V-PUG. 251 Cloaked Pug {^Encymatoge togatd). Over sixty years ago, this fine pug (Plate 99, Figs. 11 and 12)was detected in England. It was first noted in a plantationof spruce fir at Black Park, Buckinghamshire, in mid-June,1845, and for many years this was the only known Britishlocahty. At the present time it is obtained more or lessregularly in the New Forest, and has been recorded, chiefly insingle specimens, from Wiltshire, Essex, Cambridgeshire,Suffolk, Yorkshire, and Durham. It is not uncommon inScotland up to Inverness, but is most plentiful in Perthshire. Kane {Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Ireland) states thatit is spreading over an extensive area in Ireland, as a result ofthe planting of spruce fir. The caterpillar, which feeds in the spruce cones, and eatsthe immature seeds, is dingy white with a pinkish tinge,and suftased with blackish above ; the lines along the back andside
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