. The moths of the British Isles . as on one occasion Ifound four mixed pairs, the male being trifolii in each case,and the female V^y^xzdXfilipetidulce. This was in the Weybridgedistrict, where I had come across a colony of the latter speciesand was closely examining the specimens for aberrations. The caterpillar (Plate 145, Fig. 3) is green inclining toyellowish and to bluish, with black marks on the back ; a seriesof black streaks low down along the sides. It feeds on Lotuscorniculatiis, and on other trefoils and clover : July to taking two years to complete its changes. In da
. The moths of the British Isles . as on one occasion Ifound four mixed pairs, the male being trifolii in each case,and the female V^y^xzdXfilipetidulce. This was in the Weybridgedistrict, where I had come across a colony of the latter speciesand was closely examining the specimens for aberrations. The caterpillar (Plate 145, Fig. 3) is green inclining toyellowish and to bluish, with black marks on the back ; a seriesof black streaks low down along the sides. It feeds on Lotuscorniculatiis, and on other trefoils and clover : July to taking two years to complete its changes. In damp meadows the moth is out in May and June, but inmarshes it does not appear, as a rule, until July, and may befound in early August. The marsh specimens, which aresometimes rather large in size, have been referred to palustris,Oberthiir, and are treated by Tutt (^Nat. Hist. Brit. Lep.^ vol. i.)as a sub-species. In the British Isles, the species is apparently confined toEngland and North Wales. In the former country it is locally. %TiMi ^i-o>oU s fxifUu \ ^^j^k t
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