. The moths of the British Isles . terpillar on Plate 125, Fig. 4, is from a coloureddrawing by Mr. A. Sich. The moth is out in the spring, and may be found on palings,tree-trunks, etc., in the daytime, and more freely flying about,or sitting on hedges, at night, when thespider-like wingless female is more fre-quently obtained. The male is attractedby light, and sometimes is not uncommonon gas lamps. Except that it seems not to have beennoted north of Perthshire in Scotland, thespecies is generally distributed over theBritish Isles. Pale Brindled Beauty {Phigalia pedarid). The fore wings of th
. The moths of the British Isles . terpillar on Plate 125, Fig. 4, is from a coloureddrawing by Mr. A. Sich. The moth is out in the spring, and may be found on palings,tree-trunks, etc., in the daytime, and more freely flying about,or sitting on hedges, at night, when thespider-like wingless female is more fre-quently obtained. The male is attractedby light, and sometimes is not uncommonon gas lamps. Except that it seems not to have beennoted north of Perthshire in Scotland, thespecies is generally distributed over theBritish Isles. Pale Brindled Beauty {Phigalia pedarid). The fore wings of this species (Plate 122,Figs. 9 ?, 10, II 5) are greyish, tingedwith greenish or brown, and sprinkled withdarker grey or brownish; the irregularcross lines are blackish. Occasional speci-mens in the north of England are more orless sprinkled with yellow buff or orangebuff, and in these the cross-markings maybe (Photo by H. Main.)present or absent. A more frequent form ofaberration in the north is a general darkening of the colour in. Fig. 15. Pale Brindled Beauty. 296 THE MOTHS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. the direction of ab. monacharia^ Staud., which is smoky blackwith the veins black, and occurs chiefly in South Yorkshire. The caterpillar, figured on Plate 126, Fig. i, from a coloureddrawing by Mr. A. Sich, is dull reddish brown, relieved withrust red motthng ; the notched head is greyish brown. It feeds,in the spring, on birch, oak, elm, lime, poplar, sallow, hawthorn,sloe, plum and other fruit trees, rose, etc. The moth is out as a rule during the first two or three monthsof the year, but it has been noted in November and December,and also in mid-June. It may be seen in the daytime on tree-trunks, palings, etc., but the female secretes herself in any con-venient cranny, and is not easily detected. The male flies atnight, and comes freely to light. The species is pretty generally distributed throughout Englandand Wales, and Scotland up to Aberdeen. In Ireland, it has awide distribut
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