. Butterflies and moths (British). Butterflies; Insects -- Great Britain. 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 moths—the Common Carpet —is 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 sh
. Butterflies and moths (British). Butterflies; Insects -- Great Britain. 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 moths—the Common Carpet —is 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 Fig. —The Common Carpet. The Silver Ground Carpet {Melanippe onontanata) In this species the ground colour is silvery white. Tlie bases of the fore wings are blotched with pale brown, and a dark brownish-. 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, Bombay, Calcutta, Longmans, Green, and Co.
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