. Butterflies and moths (British). Butterflies; Insects -- Great Britain. 286 COMMON BRITISH MOTHS Tlic Beautiful Carpet {Melanthia alhtciUafa) The Beaiitifnl Carpet belongs to the same genus as Bicolorata. Its wings are of a rich creamy white, clouded with grey along the hind margin. The basal blotches of tlie fore wings are large, of a dark brown colour, and marbled ^\â ith a light tint. Near the tips of these wings is another conspicuous blotch of the same colour, I'rom which a delicate wavy dark line runs to the inner margin. A small dark spot also lies near the middle of the costal margin
. Butterflies and moths (British). Butterflies; Insects -- Great Britain. 286 COMMON BRITISH MOTHS Tlic Beautiful Carpet {Melanthia alhtciUafa) The Beaiitifnl Carpet belongs to the same genus as Bicolorata. Its wings are of a rich creamy white, clouded with grey along the hind margin. The basal blotches of tlie fore wings are large, of a dark brown colour, and marbled ^\â ith a light tint. Near the tips of these wings is another conspicuous blotch of the same colour, I'rom which a delicate wavy dark line runs to the inner margin. A small dark spot also lies near the middle of the costal margin of each of the four wings. The caterpillar is green, with a white line along tlie sj^iracles, and a triangular reddish spot on the back of segments four to ten inclusive. It feeds on the bramble (Rubus fruHcosus), raspberry (B. Idceus), and wild strawberry [Fragaria vesca). It may be found in Jime and July. The moth tiies in Fig. Beauti- ful Carpet. Tlic Common Carpet (Melanippe sociat The genus Melanippe contains twelve species, some of which 3,re extremely common. One of tliese mothsâthe Common Carpet âis represented in iig. 203. Its wings are all of a smoky-brown colour, crossed by numerous white lines, the arrangement of which may be gathered from our illustration better than from a written description. It is a double-brooded insect, appearing first in May, and then again about the end of July. The caterpillar is mottled with shades of brown and grey. On the back are five or six greyish-white lozenge-shaped marks, and there are a few white dots on the back of each segment. It feeds on the hedge bedstraw {Galium Mollugo), and when full grown it changes to a chrysalis in a light cocoon on the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Furneaux, William S. London, New York,
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