. Butterflies and moths (British). Butterflies; Insects -- Great Britain. GEOMETBJE 281 the trees, or occasionally taking a short flight in the sunshine. In colour it is very variable. The wings have always a whitish ground marbled and dotted with dark brown, but in some the fore wings are almost entirely dark bi'own with the exception of a transverse central bar. The female has only the slightest rudiments of wings. The caterpillar feeds on the young buds and leaves of the oak (Quercua liobnr) and sycamore {Acer Pseudo- platan us), concealing itself among the small leaves which it has spun to
. Butterflies and moths (British). Butterflies; Insects -- Great Britain. GEOMETBJE 281 the trees, or occasionally taking a short flight in the sunshine. In colour it is very variable. The wings have always a whitish ground marbled and dotted with dark brown, but in some the fore wings are almost entirely dark bi'own with the exception of a transverse central bar. The female has only the slightest rudiments of wings. The caterpillar feeds on the young buds and leaves of the oak (Quercua liobnr) and sycamore {Acer Pseudo- platan us), concealing itself among the small leaves which it has spun together. puj^ xr)2. The Sprintt It is full grown in June, when it Ushek. changes, to a chrysalis on the surface of the ground, and remains here throughout the summer and part of the following winter. The colour of the caterpillar is xevy variable, but is usually pale green -svith white markings. Tlic Mottled Umber [Hyhernia defoliaria) This very pretty moth is represented in fig. 8 of Plate XII. It is very common in most parts, and visits us at the fall of the leaf, generally appearing in October, and remaining on the wing till November. Our illustration gives the usual appearance of the male, but in some specimens the four wings are all of one uniform reddish-brown colour, evenly dotted all over with a darker tint. The female is quite wingless. The caterpillar is exceedingly pretty. Its head is large and brown. The back is brown, bordered with a tine black line. Below this is a broad and bright yellow line, with a red spot on each segment. The spiracles are white. It feeds during spring on oak iOuercus liobur), whitethorn {Crato'giis oxyacantha), blackthorn (Prnnus spinosa), and other trees. "When disturbed it alwa^'s allows itself to fall for a foot or two, and then remains swinging at the end of a silken fibre till danger is over, or hunger recalls it to its food. It changes to a chrysalis on the gromid about the midtile of June. The March Moth (Anisopteri/x tcscularia)
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