. The moths of the British Isles . ;-3^ 3 //. il) %?.;?.# 2 /y. 55. ^ 145- I, 2. Drab Looper. 3. Grey Carpet. 4. ^- Chimney 9, 10. Manchester Treble-bar. CHALK CARPET. I45 pale brown ; a pinkish irregular ridge runs low down along thesides. It feeds on clover, vetch, grass, etc., from September toJune. (Plate 52, Fig. 2, after Hofmann.) The moth is out in July and August, and is often common infields and grassy places, generally throughout the greater partof the British Isles. In ancient times it was dubbed the Aurehans Plague. The range abroad extends to Amurland. O

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. The moths of the British Isles . ;-3^ 3 //. il) %?.;?.# 2 /y. 55. ^ 145- I, 2. Drab Looper. 3. Grey Carpet. 4. ^- Chimney 9, 10. Manchester Treble-bar. CHALK CARPET. I45 pale brown ; a pinkish irregular ridge runs low down along thesides. It feeds on clover, vetch, grass, etc., from September toJune. (Plate 52, Fig. 2, after Hofmann.) The moth is out in July and August, and is often common infields and grassy places, generally throughout the greater partof the British Isles. In ancient times it was dubbed the Aurehans Plague. The range abroad extends to Amurland. Ortholitha inoeniata.—Except that one specimen was saidto have been taken near Baron Wood, Carlisle, some yearsprior to 1855 ; and another, in i8r6, near York ; there is noevidence that this species is an inhabitant of the British Isles. ^?^ yyj^ ^ Chalk Carpet (Ortholitha hipimctaria). ^^V^ In this species (Plate 54, Figs. 11 and 12) the ground colourof the fore wings is white (inclining to bluish-white in somespecimens), more or les

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