. British butterflies and moths. Butterflies -- Great Britain; Moths -- Great Britain. BORDERED WHITE—BROWN SILVER-LINE during July and August, sometimes later. The larva may be some shade of brown, grey, ochreous, or purple. Some larvae have white spots down the back; others have light diamond-shape marks. It is a pretty moth, varying in colour from greyish to dark brown, the lighter examples lending themselves to ornamentation. Both pairs of wings are similarly coloured and marked. Bordered White.—{Bupalus piniaria.) This moth must be sought for in fir or pine woods during May and June, and
. British butterflies and moths. Butterflies -- Great Britain; Moths -- Great Britain. BORDERED WHITE—BROWN SILVER-LINE during July and August, sometimes later. The larva may be some shade of brown, grey, ochreous, or purple. Some larvae have white spots down the back; others have light diamond-shape marks. It is a pretty moth, varying in colour from greyish to dark brown, the lighter examples lending themselves to ornamentation. Both pairs of wings are similarly coloured and marked. Bordered White.—{Bupalus piniaria.) This moth must be sought for in fir or pine woods during May and June, and is of fairly frequent occurrence. The greenish larva has an elongated body, lined with whitish or yellow. The food consists of fir and pine leaves, and the larval period is from August to October. The male imago may be either white or yellow in the paler markings of the wings, the rest of the colour being light or dark brown. The female is generally orange colour in southern specimens, but darker in those observed in the north. Brown Silver-Line. — {Lozogramtna {Phasiane) petra- ria.) This species (Fig. 44) must be sought for on. FI^-'M. bracken-covered heaths, hillsides, and woods in May and June. The olive-green larva has lines of reddish- brown, with a line of whitish beneath the black spiracles. It feeds upon bracken. The fawn-coloured forewings 93. 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 Westell, W. Percival (William Percival), 1874-1937. [London] : Chapman & Dodd
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