. The moths of the British Isles . of the lastspecies. It is of a bluish hue along the back, and marked withthree lines, the central one greenish and the others whitish andbroad ; there are sometimes reddish markings low down onthe sides, just edging the broad white spiracular line. Itfeeds in May and June, earlier or later in some seasons, onjuniper ; it turns to a dark-green chrysalis in a frail cocoonspun up among the litter under the juniper bushes. The moth is to be found in July and August among junipergrowing in the hilly and maritime haunts of the species inNorth England, Wales, Scotla
. The moths of the British Isles . of the lastspecies. It is of a bluish hue along the back, and marked withthree lines, the central one greenish and the others whitish andbroad ; there are sometimes reddish markings low down onthe sides, just edging the broad white spiracular line. Itfeeds in May and June, earlier or later in some seasons, onjuniper ; it turns to a dark-green chrysalis in a frail cocoonspun up among the litter under the juniper bushes. The moth is to be found in July and August among junipergrowing in the hilly and maritime haunts of the species inNorth England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland. This species, long known as si?nnlaia, Hiibner, has beenreferred to cog7iata, Thunberg, and as this is an earlier name itwill have to be used. Pine Carpet {Thcra fir7nata). The pale reddish-grey fore wings have a rather darker centralband and round-edged basal patch, but the latter is often in-distinct, and the band, which is always deeply indented aboutthe middle of its inner edge, is sometimes not well 2 PL 70. I, 2, 3, 6. Grey Pine Carpet. 4, 5, 7, 8. Juniper Carpet. 9, 12- Chestnut-coloured Carpet. 10, n. Pine Carpet 1/176.
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