. The moths of the British Isles . >4. ^ r,Sm- ^ «^. 2 PL 9. /> 15- I, 2. Flounced Rustic. 3-6. Beaded Chestnut, j-g- Brown-spot Pinion. THE FLOUNCED RUSTIC. 1$ The moth is out from late August well on into October, andis to be found, wherever its favourite trees are established,throughout the British Isles. The Flounced Rustic {Amatkcs (Ort/wsia) helvola). On Plate 9 is shown a male specimen of the typical form(Fig. i). In ab. ochrea, Tutt, the general colour of the forewings is ochreous with a greenish tinge, and so it differs fromthe type, in which the ground colour is reddish. In ano

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. The moths of the British Isles . >4. ^ r,Sm- ^ «^. 2 PL 9. /> 15- I, 2. Flounced Rustic. 3-6. Beaded Chestnut, j-g- Brown-spot Pinion. THE FLOUNCED RUSTIC. 1$ The moth is out from late August well on into October, andis to be found, wherever its favourite trees are established,throughout the British Isles. The Flounced Rustic {Amatkcs (Ort/wsia) helvola). On Plate 9 is shown a male specimen of the typical form(Fig. i). In ab. ochrea, Tutt, the general colour of the forewings is ochreous with a greenish tinge, and so it differs fromthe type, in which the ground colour is reddish. In anotherochreous form the cross bands are of a purplish tint (, Borkhausen), and in ab. rii/iJia, Hiibner, the bands arealso purplish, but the ground colour is of a somewhat brighterred than in the type. Ab. nnicolor^ Tutt, is dull reddish withindistinct cross markings, and seems to be a modification of thealmost unicolorous form of a bright red colour, ab. rufa^ Tutt.(Fig. 2.) The full-grown caterpillar feeds, in April and May, on thefoliage of

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