. The moths of the British Isles . al colour of thefore wings is paler, inclining to whitish, and the basal patch andcentral band are pale green tinged with greyish ; there is norosy suffusion, but the wavy sub-marginal line is distinctlywhite. The hind wings are greyish white, with black discaldot, and dark-grey curved lines. (Plate 68, Figs. 5, 6.) The caterpillar is pale green, inclining to yellowish, especiallybetween the rings, and with a more or less distinct dark-greenline along the middle of the back ; the points on the last ringare pinkish brown, and there is a line of the same colour
. The moths of the British Isles . al colour of thefore wings is paler, inclining to whitish, and the basal patch andcentral band are pale green tinged with greyish ; there is norosy suffusion, but the wavy sub-marginal line is distinctlywhite. The hind wings are greyish white, with black discaldot, and dark-grey curved lines. (Plate 68, Figs. 5, 6.) The caterpillar is pale green, inclining to yellowish, especiallybetween the rings, and with a more or less distinct dark-greenline along the middle of the back ; the points on the last ringare pinkish brown, and there is a line of the same colour alongthe centre of the under surface of the body. It feeds on alder, birch, oak, sallow, etc., and may be beatenout from June to August. The moth is out in September and October, when it maybe obtained at ivy-bloom, and in the following spring, afterhibernation, it visits sallow catkins. The range in the British Isles agrees pretty closely with thatof the last species, but in Scotland it extends to the Hebridesand to the Orkneys-.
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