. British butterflies and moths. Butterflies -- Great Britain; Moths -- Great Britain. YELLOW UNDERWINGS is of common occurrence> and often flies in the open window to light during Summer evenings. The eggs are laid on various kinds of low-growing plants (wild and garden), and the brownish larva has yellowish lines down the back, with bars of blackish on segments four to eleven. The imago is greyish-brown on the fore- wings, with bright yellow and black borders below. The Lesser Yellow Underwing is, as its name implies, smaller than the last named, and is similarly coloured, except for less


. British butterflies and moths. Butterflies -- Great Britain; Moths -- Great Britain. YELLOW UNDERWINGS is of common occurrence> and often flies in the open window to light during Summer evenings. The eggs are laid on various kinds of low-growing plants (wild and garden), and the brownish larva has yellowish lines down the back, with bars of blackish on segments four to eleven. The imago is greyish-brown on the fore- wings, with bright yellow and black borders below. The Lesser Yellow Underwing is, as its name implies, smaller than the last named, and is similarly coloured, except for less ornate fore wings, and the addition of a dark mark on the upper part of the hind ones. The colour and markings are, however, subject to considerable variation. Broad-Bordered Yellow Underwing. — {Triphcena fim- bria.) This species (Fig. 21) is on the wing during. 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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