. Butterflies and moths (British). Butterflies; Insects -- Great Britain. 242 COMMON BRITISH MOTHS acautha) and various fniit trees; and on tlie twigs of these (espe- cially the hawthorn) the little clusters of eggs inaj' be seen during the winter. Family —LEUCANiiDiE In this family we have a number of rather small moths, with, generally, no markings on their wings, save, perhaps, a few dots or streaks. Their larvte feed principally on grasses and reeds, and change to the chrysalis state either in a cocoon among the food plants, or under the surface of the ground. Several of these insects are
. Butterflies and moths (British). Butterflies; Insects -- Great Britain. 242 COMMON BRITISH MOTHS acautha) and various fniit trees; and on tlie twigs of these (espe- cially the hawthorn) the little clusters of eggs inaj' be seen during the winter. Family —LEUCANiiDiE In this family we have a number of rather small moths, with, generally, no markings on their wings, save, perhaps, a few dots or streaks. Their larvte feed principally on grasses and reeds, and change to the chrysalis state either in a cocoon among the food plants, or under the surface of the ground. Several of these insects are very common, and most of them abound in fens and marshes. TheBroiun-line Briglit-eije (Leucania conigera) The fore wings are yellowish brown. The ' brown line ' is a transverse line parallel with the hind margin, and distant from it about one-fourth the length of the wing. Another dark brown line, describing a sharp bend, passes across the wing near the base. The ' bright eye ' is a light spot just outside the centre of the wing, nearer the costa than the inner margin. This is another of those marks that occur very constantly in the wings of the Noduce. It lies beyond the orhi- cuJar spot, and is usually somewhat kidney-shaped, and is consequently named the reniform. Fig. 142.—The Brown- The caterpillar is yellowish or grey- LTNE Bright-eye. jsh, v/ith a pale dorsal line edged with black. On each side of this is a broad black line, below which is a yellow line edged with black, then a whitish stripe, next a yellow line edged with black on the upper side, and lastly a broad brownish line, just above the spiracles, edged with black on both sides. It feeds on couch grass {Agro- pyron rej^ens) and various other grasses, and is fully grown in May. The moth flies in July and August, and is connnon throughout the United Kmgdom,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of
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