. The moths of the British Isles . Fig. 6. Mag-pie Moth, drying wingrs. (Photo by H. Main.) Rev. Gilbert H. Raynor, but reference can only be made here to two of these ;one is ab. melanosona^ a Scottish form, in which there is ablack blotch with traces of yellow In it at the base of the forewings ; a large black discal spot in the white central area ;a black band, widening towards the front margin, before thefaint yellow band, the latter followed by four black spots;hind wings with central black spot, and two series of black 262 THE MOTHS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. spots beyond, seven in each serie
. The moths of the British Isles . Fig. 6. Mag-pie Moth, drying wingrs. (Photo by H. Main.) Rev. Gilbert H. Raynor, but reference can only be made here to two of these ;one is ab. melanosona^ a Scottish form, in which there is ablack blotch with traces of yellow In it at the base of the forewings ; a large black discal spot in the white central area ;a black band, widening towards the front margin, before thefaint yellow band, the latter followed by four black spots;hind wings with central black spot, and two series of black 262 THE MOTHS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. spots beyond, seven in each series, separated by a well-definedwhite area. Fig. 2 on Plate 104 represents a specimen thatapproaches this variety. The handsome cream-colouredspecimen (Plate 104, Fig. 4) is ab. lacticolor^ Ray nor, and I amobliged to Mr. Adkin for the loan of these insects also. The caterpillar and chrysahs are figured on Plate loi, ,1^; the former is creamy white, marked on the back with blackblotches and dots, and lines of black dots on the
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