. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. and reddish hind wings. The Moth flies in liehls, with a peculiar hovering flight, on summer evenings, and its pale yellow caterpillar feeds on the roots of grasses. The other species are much smaller, and are called " Swifts" by collectors. They are brown or yellowish, with white streaks or spots ou the fore wings, and their caterpillars feed on the roots of plants. In some species the Moths have the same peculiar hovering flight as in //. hmmdi, but others fly very rapidly near the ground in the evening. The gieat group of Mvit
. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. and reddish hind wings. The Moth flies in liehls, with a peculiar hovering flight, on summer evenings, and its pale yellow caterpillar feeds on the roots of grasses. The other species are much smaller, and are called " Swifts" by collectors. They are brown or yellowish, with white streaks or spots ou the fore wings, and their caterpillars feed on the roots of plants. In some species the Moths have the same peculiar hovering flight as in //. hmmdi, but others fly very rapidly near the ground in the evening. The gieat group of Mviths known as N'octuw, or Night Moths par excellence, consists of many ftimilies, of which we will notice only a few of the most important. Speaking generally, their bodies are rather stout, and extend beyond the hind wings; then- anteunai are simple (rarely pectinated), and their hind wings are broader than the fore wings, white, grey, or brown, without markings, or with only a dark spot in the middle, and a dark border, and are folded beneath the hind WOOD ; ^ings in repose like a fan. The LeHcaniclce, or Wainscots, mostly frequent marshy localities, and measure aliout an inch and a half across the wings. The fore wings are ixhreous or reddish, rarely with transverse lines, but generally with longitudinal white veins and Mack dashes, and a few scattered black dots. The caterpillars feed either on grasses or in the stems of reeds. Many of our commonest Moths belong to the Apamidai. One of these is the Dark Arches {Xylophasia pohpdon), a brown Moth, measuring nearly two-inches across the wings; the abdomen is rather long, and tufted at the extremity. The markings are rather ill-defined, but there is a white line near the border of the fore wings, the lower portion of which forms a W. We find this in many other Noctuu. The hind wings are paler, and where they join the fore wings are smooth and rather iridescent. This Moth is very common in gardens at dusk, and its
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