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Furneaux</h1> +<pre> +This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with +almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at <a href = "http://www.gutenberg.org">www.gutenberg.org</a></pre> +<p>Title: Butterflies and Moths</p> +<p> (British)</p> +<p>Author: William S. Furneaux</p> +<p>Release Date: October 25, 2010 [eBook #34131]</p> +<p>Language: English</p> +<p>Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1</p> +<p>***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS***</p> +<p> </p> +<h4>E-text prepared by Simon Gardner, Chris Curnow,<br /> + and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team<br /> + (<a href="http://www.pgdp.net">http://www.pgdp.net</a>)<br /> + from page images generously made available by<br /> + Internet Archive<br /> + (<a href="http://www.archive.org/">http://www.archive.org</a>)</h4> +<p> </p> +<table border="0" style="background-color: #ccccff;margin: 0 auto;" cellpadding="10"> + <tr> + <td valign="top"> + Note: + </td> + <td> + Images of the original pages are available through + Internet Archive. See + <a href="http://www.archive.org/details/butterfliesmoths00furn"> + http://www.archive.org/details/butterfliesmoths00furn</a> + </td> + </tr> +</table> +<p> </p> +<div class="trans-note"> +<h4>Transcriber's Note</h4> + +<p>Changes to the text are limited to typographical errors, +as listed <a href="#TRANS_NOTES">at the end of the book</a>.</p> + +<p>Note that numerous taxonomic names have changed since 1894. The +formatting of Latin names also differs from current conventions; <i>e.g.</i>, in +this book species names are typically, but not invariably, capitalised. +No attempt has been made to update this.</p> + +<p>The woodcut illustrations of adult insects from Figure 65 onwards have +been prepared with thumbnails which preserve the same scale as the +original book. The thumbnail illustrations should appear to scale when viewed +on a monitor with 96 DPI, with a browser setting of 100%. Clicking on one of +these thumbnail images or on the frontispiece will display a larger image.</p> + +<ul> +<li><a href="#Page_vii">Table of contents.</a></li> +<li><a href="#Page_ix">List of illustrations.</a></li> +</ul> +</div> +<p> </p> +<hr class="full" /> +<p> </p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 269px;"> +<a href="images/i_cover.jpg"><img src="images/i_cover_tn.jpg" width="269" height="400" alt="" title="[Cover]" /></a> +</div> + +<h1> BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS<br /> +<span style="font-size:medium">(BRITISH)</span></h1> + +<div class="trans-note"><p class="center">OUT-DOOR WORLD LIBRARY.</p> + +<hr /> + +<p>THE OUT-DOOR WORLD; or, Young Collector's +Handbook. By <span class="smcap">W. Furneaux</span>, F.R.G.S. With 18 +Plates, 16 of which are coloured, and 549 Illustrations in +the Text. Crown 8vo. 7<i>s.</i> 6<i>d.</i></p> + +<p>BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS (<span class="smcap">British</span>). +By <span class="smcap">W. Furneaux</span>, F.R.G.S. With 12 coloured Plates and +241 Illustrations in the Text. 10<i>s.</i> 6<i>d.</i> net.</p> + +<p class="center"><i>To be followed by</i></p> + +<p>BRITISH BIRDS. By <span class="smcap">W. H. Hudson</span>, F.Z.S. +With a Chapter on Structure and Classification by <span class="smcap">Frank +E. Beddard</span>, F.R.S.</p> + +<p>LIFE IN PONDS AND STREAMS. By +<span class="smcap">W. Furneaux</span>, F.R.G.S.</p> + +<p> +BRITISH MAMMALS AND REPTILES.<br /> +<span style="font-size:smaller">AND OTHER VOLUMES.</span> +</p> +<hr /> +<p class="center"> +London: LONGMANS, GREEN, & CO.<br /> +New York: 15 East 16<sup>th</sup> Street.<br /> +</p></div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 277px;"> +<a name="Frontispiece" id="Frontispiece"></a> +<a href="images/i_005.jpg"><img src="images/i_005_tn.jpg" width="277" height="400" alt="" title="Frontispiece." /></a> +<span class="caption">Plate I</span> +<p class="center"><i>Danielsson & Co., del. ad. Nat. et Chromolith.</i></p> +</div> + +<hr /> + +<p class="center"> +<span style="font-size:x-large">BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS</span><br /> +(BRITISH)</p> + +<p class="center"> BY</p> + +<p class="center"> W. FURNEAUX, F.R.G.S.</p> + +<p class="center"> AUTHOR OF 'THE OUT-DOOR WORLD, OR YOUNG COLLECTOR'S HANDBOOK'</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 499px;"> +<img src="images/i_006.jpg" width="499" height="267" alt="" title="[Title page decoration]" /> +</div> + +<p class="center"> WITH TWELVE COLOURED PLATES + AND NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT</p> + +<p> </p> +<p> </p> +<p> </p> +<p class="center"> LONDON</p> + +<p class="center"> LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO. + AND NEW YORK. 15 EAST 16<sup>th</sup> STREET</p> + +<p class="center"> 1894</p> + +<p class="center"> <i>All rights reserved</i></p> + +<hr /> +<p><!-- Page v --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_v" id="Page_v">[Pg v]</a></span></p> + + + +<h2>PREFACE</h2> + + +<p>The favourable reception with which the 'Out-door World' +has been greeted has encouraged the publishers to issue +a series of volumes dealing in fuller detail with the various +branches of Natural History treated of in that work. +Necessarily each subject was only briefly touched upon, but +the study is of so enticing a character that 'appetite grows +by feeding,' and the students of the 'Out-door World,' +having tasted the sweetness of companionship with Nature, +will not rest satisfied with the help afforded by that handbook. +Each one will want to go deeper into that particular department +which most appeals to his own inclinations.</p> + +<p>The present volume is written expressly for those who +desire to extend their knowledge of the British Lepidoptera, +or, to use the more popular names, 'Butterflies and Moths.'</p> + +<p>The general characteristics of this interesting order of +insects are described somewhat fully, but, of course, it would +be impossible to give an individual account of all the British +Lepidoptera in a work of this size, so a selection has been +made such as will satisfy the requirements of the great majority +of those who intend to take up this particular branch<!-- Page vi --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_vi" id="Page_vi">[Pg vi]</a></span> +of entomology. The number of British Butterflies, however, is +so limited that a place has been found for a figure and a description +of every species; and, of the larger moths, many +of the common and typical kinds have been included. An +introduction to the study of the Micro-lepidoptera has also +been added.</p> + +<p>No trouble has been spared to render this work thoroughly +practical. In addition to the verbal descriptions of so many +species, twelve coloured plates and a large number of woodcuts +have been specially prepared to help the student in his +work. It is believed that the extreme care with which these +have been produced will render them of the greatest assistance +to the collector in the recognition of his specimens.</p> + +<p>But he has not only to recognise his specimens—he must +first catch them; and here full directions have been given to +insure success in this part of his work, as well as in the +management, preservation, and arrangement of his captures.</p> + +<p>The Author hopes that this volume may be the means of +adding many happy hours—hours of the purest enjoyment—to +the lives of those whom he has succeeded in luring into +the fields and lanes and woods of the Out-door World.</p> +<p><!-- Page vii --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_vii" id="Page_vii">[Pg vii]</a></span></p> + + +<h2>CONTENTS</h2> + + + +<div class="center"> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="Table of contents"> +<tr><td align="right"></td><td align="center"><span style="font-size:larger">PART I</span></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"></td><td align="center"><i>STRUCTURE AND LIFE HISTORY OF THE LEPIDOPTERA</i></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><span style="font-size:small">CHAP.</span></td><td align="left"> </td><td align="right"><span style="font-size:small">PAGE</span></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right">I.</td><td align="left">GENERAL CHARACTERS</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_1">1</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right">II.</td><td align="left">THE EGG</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_16">16</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right">III.</td><td align="left">THE LARVA</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_22">22</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right">IV.</td><td align="left">THE PUPA OR CHRYSALIS</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_44">44</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right">V.</td><td align="left">CLASSIFICATION OF THE LEPIDOPTERA</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_55">55</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"></td><td align="center"><span style="font-size:larger">PART II</span></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"></td><td align="center"><i>WORK AT HOME AND IN THE FIELD</i></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right">VI.</td><td align="left">CATCHING BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_63">63</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right">VII.</td><td align="left">COLLECTING OVA, LARVÆ, AND PUPÆ</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_98">98</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right">VIII.</td><td align="left">REARING LEPIDOPTERA</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_112">112</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right">IX.</td><td align="left">SETTING AND PRESERVING</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_122">122</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right">X.</td><td align="left">PRESERVING OVA, LARVÆ AND PUPÆ</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_130">130</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right">XI.</td><td align="left">THE CABINET—ARRANGEMENT OF SPECIMENS</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_134">134</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"></td><td align="center"><span style="font-size:larger">PART III</span></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"></td><td align="center"><i>BRITISH BUTTERFLIES</i></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right">XII.</td><td align="left">THE SWALLOW-TAIL AND THE 'WHITES'</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_139">139</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right">XIII.</td><td align="left">THE FRITILLARIES, VANESSAS, AND THE PURPLE EMPEROR</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_154">154</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right">XIV.</td><td align="left">THE BROWNS AND HEATHS</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_173">173</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right">XV.</td><td align="left">THE HAIRSTREAKS, COPPERS AND BLUES</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_183">183</a><!-- Page viii --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_viii" id="Page_viii">[Pg viii]</a></span></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right">XVI.</td><td align="left">THE DUKE OF BURGUNDY AND THE SKIPPERS</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_196">196</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"></td><td align="center"><span style="font-size:larger">PART IV</span></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"></td><td align="center"><i>COMMON BRITISH MOTHS</i></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right">XVII.</td><td align="left">SPHINGES</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_203">203</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right">XVIII.</td><td align="left">BOMBYCES</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_217">217</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right">XIX.</td><td align="left">THE NOCTUÆ</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_239">239</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right">XX.</td><td align="left">GEOMETRÆ</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_268">268</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right">XXI.</td><td align="left">THE MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_290">290</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"></td><td align="center"><span style="font-size:larger">APPENDICES</span></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right">I.</td><td align="left">COMPLETE CLASSIFIED LIST OF BRITISH MACRO-LEPIDOPTERA</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_309">309</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right">II.</td><td align="left">THE LEPIDOPTERIST'S CALENDAR</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_326">326</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"></td><td align="left">References To Coloured Plates</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_347">347</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"></td><td align="left">Index</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_351">351</a></td></tr> +</table></div> + + +<p><!-- Page ix --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_ix" id="Page_ix">[Pg ix]</a></span></p> + +<h3>LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS</h3> + +<p class="center"> +<i>COLOURED PLATES</i></p> + + +<div class="center"> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="List of coloured plates."> +<tr><td align="right">1-7.</td><td align="left" colspan="2">British Butterflies</td><td align="left"><i><a href="#Frontispiece">Frontispiece</a></i></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right">8.</td><td align="left">Larvæ and Pupæ of British Butterflies</td><td align="left" rowspan="5" style="font-size:800%">}</td><td align="right" rowspan="5"><a href="#COLOURED_PLATES"><i>At end</i></a></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right">9.</td><td align="left">Sphinges</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right">10.</td><td align="left">Bombyces</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right">11.</td><td align="left">Noctuæ</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right">12.</td><td align="left">Noctua and Geometræ</td></tr> +</table></div> + +<p class="center"><i>Full references accompany the Plates.</i></p> + +<p class="center"><i>ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT</i></p> + + +<div class="center"> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary=""> +<tr><td align="right"><span style="font-size:smaller">FIG.</span></td><td align="left"> </td><td align="right"><span style="font-size:smaller">PAGE</span></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_1">1</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">Scales from the Wings of Butterflies</span></td><td align="right">1</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_2">2</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">Portion of the Wing of a Butterfly from which some of the Scales have been removed</span></td><td align="right">2</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_3">3</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">Body of a Butterfly—Under Side</span></td><td align="right">3</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_4">4</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">Section of the Eye of an Insect</span></td><td align="right">4</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_5">5</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">Antennæ of Butterflies</span></td><td align="right">5</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_6">6</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">Antennæ of Moths</span></td><td align="right">5</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_7">7</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">Section of the Proboscis of a Butterfly</span></td><td align="right">7</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_8">8</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">Diagram of the Wings of a Butterfly</span></td><td align="right">9</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_9">9</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Undeveloped Fore Leg of a Butterfly</span></td><td align="right">10</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_10">10</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Four Stages of the Large White Butterfly (<i>Pieris Brassicæ</i>)</span></td><td align="right">14</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_11">11</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">Egg of the Meadow Brown Butterfly</span></td><td align="right">20</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_12">12</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">Egg of the Speckled Wood Butterfly</span></td><td align="right">20</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_13">13</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">Egg of the Vapourer Moth</span></td><td align="right">20</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_14">14</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Caterpillar of the Clouded Yellow Butterfly</span></td><td align="right">22</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_15">15</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Caterpillar of the Dark Green Fritillary Butterfly</span></td><td align="right">23</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_16">16</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Caterpillar of the Purple Emperor Butterfly</span></td><td align="right">24<!-- Page x --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_x" id="Page_x">[Pg x]</a></span></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_17">17</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">An Ichneumon Fly</span> (<i>Cryptus Migrator</i>)</td><td align="right">25</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_18">18</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">Another Ichneumon Fly</span> (<i>Pimpla Instigator</i>)</td><td align="right">25</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_19">19</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Caterpillar of the Angle Shades Moth</span> (<i>Meticulosa</i>)</td><td align="right">26</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_20">20</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">Walking Leg of a Caterpillar</span></td><td align="right">28</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_21">21</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">Larva of the Yellow Underwing Moth</span> (<i>Pronuba</i>)</td><td align="right">28</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_22">22</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">Larva of the Crimson Speckled Moth</span> (<i>Pulchella</i>)</td><td align="right">28</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_23">23</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">Larva of the Lobster Moth</span> (<i>Fagi</i>)</td><td align="right">28</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_24">24</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">Caterpillar of the Iron Prominent Moth</span> (<i>Dromedarius</i>)</td><td align="right">29</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_25">25</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">Larva of the Brimstone Moth</span> (<i>Luteolata</i>)</td><td align="right">29</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_26">26</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Claspers of a Caterpillar</span></td><td align="right">30</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_27">27</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Homes of Leaf Miners and Leaf Rollers</span></td><td align="right">33</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_28">28</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Cocoon of the Emperor Moth</span></td><td align="right">40</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_29">29</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Cocoon of the Six-Spotted Burnet</span> (<i>Filipendulæ</i>)</td><td align="right">40</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_30">30</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Pupa of the Privet Hawk</span> (<i>Ligustri</i>)</td><td align="right">44</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_31">31</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Chrysalis of the Large White Butterfly</span> (<i>Brassicæ</i>)</td><td align="right">44</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_32">32</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Pupa of the Dark Green Fritillary</span> (<i>Aglaia</i>)</td><td align="right">45</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_33">33</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Pupa of the Black-veined White Butterfly</span> (<i>Cratægi</i>)</td><td align="right">45</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_34">34</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Pupa of the Currant Moth</span></td><td align="right">45</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_35">35</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">Pupa of the Pale Tussock Moth</span> (<i>Pudibunda</i>)</td><td align="right">45</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_36">36</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">A Butterfly, just after Emerging</span></td><td align="right">50</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_37">37</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">A Butterfly at Rest (Large Copper)</span></td><td align="right">57</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_38">38</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">A Moth at Rest (Gothic)</span></td><td align="right">57</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_39">39</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">A Wire Frame for a Butterfly Net</span></td><td align="right">65</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_40">40</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">Stick for the Net</span></td><td align="right">65</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_41">41</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Metal <span class="lettershape">Y</span></span></td><td align="right">66</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_42">42</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">Pattern for the Net</span></td><td align="right">67</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_43">43</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Cyanide Bottle</span></td><td align="right">68</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_44">44</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">Section of the Laurel Box</span></td><td align="right">70</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_45">45</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Chloroform Bottle</span></td><td align="right">72</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_46">46</a>.</td><td align="left" rowspan="4"><span style="font-size:600%">}</span> <span class="smcap">Fittings for the Collecting Box</span></td><td align="right" rowspan="4">75</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_47">47</a>.</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_48">48</a>.</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_49">49</a>.</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_50">50</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">Frame of Net for Collecting Insects on Lamps and Windows</span></td><td align="right">87</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_51">51</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">A Trap for Catching Moths</span></td><td align="right">88</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_52">52</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">Metal Joint for Lantern and Net</span></td><td align="right">91</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_53">53</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">Net and Lantern for Taking Moths from High Blossoms</span></td><td align="right">91</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_54">54</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">Frame for the Sugaring Net</span></td><td align="right">94</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_55">55</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">Cage for Decoy Females</span></td><td align="right">96</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_56">56</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">A Sugar Trap</span></td><td align="right">96</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_57">57</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">A Larva Glass</span></td><td align="right">114</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_58">58</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">A Larva Glass</span></td><td align="right">114</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_59">59</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">A Larva Cage</span></td><td align="right">115</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_60">60</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">Section of a Setting Board</span></td><td align="right">123</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_61">61</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">Sections of Setting Boards</span></td><td align="right">123</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_62">62</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">A Butterfly on the Setting Board</span></td><td align="right">124<!-- Page xi --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_xi" id="Page_xi">[Pg xi]</a></span></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_63">63</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">Another Method of Setting Butterflies and Moths</span></td><td align="right">126</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_64">64</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">A Blowpipe for Larvæ</span></td><td align="right">131</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_65">65</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Bath White—Under Side</span></td><td align="right">147</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_66">66</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Clouded Yellow—Female</span></td><td align="right">151</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_67">67</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary—Under Side</span></td><td align="right">155</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_68">68</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Pearl-bordered Fritillary—Under Side</span></td><td align="right">156</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_69">69</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Queen of Spain Fritillary—Under Side</span></td><td align="right">157</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_70">70</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Dark-green Fritillary—Under Side</span></td><td align="right">158</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_71">71</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The High-brown Fritillary</span></td><td align="right">159</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_72">72</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Silver-washed Fritillary—Under Side</span></td><td align="right">160</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_73">73</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Greasy Fritillary—Under Side</span></td><td align="right">161</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_74">74</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Glanville Fritillary—Under Side</span></td><td align="right">162</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_75">75</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Comma—Under Side</span></td><td align="right">164</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_76">76</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Purple Emperor—Under Side</span></td><td align="right">172</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_77">77</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Marbled White—Under Side</span></td><td align="right">174</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_78">78</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Wood Argus—Under Side</span></td><td align="right">176</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_79">79</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Grayling—Under Side</span></td><td align="right">178</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_80">80</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Large Heath—Under Side</span></td><td align="right">179</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_81">81</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Ringlet—Upper Side</span></td><td align="right">180</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_82">82</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Marsh Ringlet—Under Side</span></td><td align="right">181</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_83">83</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Brown Hairstreak—Male</span></td><td align="right">184</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_84">84</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The White-letter Hairstreak</span></td><td align="right">184</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_85">85</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Purple Hairstreak—Male</span></td><td align="right">186</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_86">86</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Green Hairstreak</span></td><td align="right">186</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_87">87</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Tailed Blue—Under Side</span></td><td align="right">188</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_88">88</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Silver-studded Blue—Under Side</span></td><td align="right">189</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_89">89</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Common Blue—Under Side</span></td><td align="right">191</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_90">90</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Clifden Blue—Under Side</span></td><td align="right">191</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_91">91</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Chalk-hill Blue—Under Side</span></td><td align="right">192</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_92">92</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Holly Blue—Under Side</span></td><td align="right">193</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_93">93</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Mazarine Blue—Under Side</span></td><td align="right">194</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_94">94</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Small Blue—Under Side</span></td><td align="right">194</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_95">95</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Large Blue—Under Side</span></td><td align="right">195</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_96">96</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Silver-spotted Skipper—Under Side</span></td><td align="right">201</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_97">97</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Death's-head Hawk Moth</span></td><td align="right">205</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_98">98</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Larva of Atropos</span></td><td align="right">206</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_99">99</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Caterpillar of Euphorbiæ</span></td><td align="right">207</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_100">100</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Small Elephant Hawk Moth</span></td><td align="right">208</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_101">101</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Poplar Hawk</span></td><td align="right">209</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_102">102</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Broad-bordered Bee Hawk</span></td><td align="right">212</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_103">103</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Hornet Clearwing of the Poplar</span></td><td align="right">213</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_104">104</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Currant Clearwing</span></td><td align="right">213</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_105">105</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Forester</span></td><td align="right">214</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_106">106</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Six-spotted Burnet</span></td><td align="right">215</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_107">107</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Larva of Filipendulæ</span></td><td align="right">215</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_108">108</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Green Silver-lined</span></td><td align="right">217</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_109">109</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Short-cloaked Moth</span></td><td align="right">218<!-- Page xii --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_xii" id="Page_xii">[Pg xii]</a></span></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_110">110</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Muslin Moth</span></td><td align="right">218</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_111">111</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Common Footman</span></td><td align="right">219</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_112">112</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Larva of Jacobææ</span></td><td align="right">219</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_113">113</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Scarlet Tiger</span></td><td align="right">220</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_114">114</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Buff Ermine</span></td><td align="right">222</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_115">115</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The White Ermine</span></td><td align="right">222</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_116">116</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Ghost Swift—Female</span></td><td align="right">223</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_117">117</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Common Swift</span></td><td align="right">224</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_118">118</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Goat Moth</span></td><td align="right">225</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_119">119</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Larva of Ligniperda (less than half full size)</span></td><td align="right">225</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_120">120</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Leopard Moth</span></td><td align="right">226</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_121">121</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Larva of Pyrina (only partly grown)</span></td><td align="right">226</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_122">122</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Brown Tail</span></td><td align="right">227</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_123">123</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Gipsy—Male</span></td><td align="right">227</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_124">124</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Black Arches—Male</span></td><td align="right">228</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_125">125</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Vapourer Moth—Male</span></td><td align="right">228</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_126">126</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Female Vapourer</span></td><td align="right">228</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_127">127</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">Larva of the Vapourer Moth</span></td><td align="right">229</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_128">128</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Drinker—Male</span></td><td align="right">230</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_129">129</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Oak Hook Tip</span></td><td align="right">233</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_130">130</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Chinese Character</span></td><td align="right">233</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_131">131</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Poplar Kitten</span></td><td align="right">234</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_132">132</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Puss Moth</span></td><td align="right">235</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_133">133</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Coxcomb Prominent</span></td><td align="right">235</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_134">134</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Larva of Bucephala</span></td><td align="right">236</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_135">135</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Chocolate Tip</span></td><td align="right">237</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_136">136</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Peach Blossom</span></td><td align="right">237</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_137">137</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Yellow Horned</span></td><td align="right">238</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_138">138</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Marbled Beauty</span></td><td align="right">240</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_139">139</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Grey Dagger</span></td><td align="right">240</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_140">140</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Poplar Grey</span></td><td align="right">241</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_141">141</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Figure of Eight</span></td><td align="right">241</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_142">142</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Brown-line Bright-eye</span></td><td align="right">242</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_143">143</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Smoky Wainscot</span></td><td align="right">243</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_144">144</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Common Wainscot</span></td><td align="right">243</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_145">145</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Bullrush</span></td><td align="right">244</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_146">146</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Frosted Orange</span></td><td align="right">245</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_147">147</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Flame</span></td><td align="right">245</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_148">148</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Light Arches</span></td><td align="right">246</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_149">149</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Flounced Rustic</span></td><td align="right">246</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_150">150</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Cabbage Moth</span></td><td align="right">247</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_151">151</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Dot</span></td><td align="right">247</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_152">152</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Rustic Shoulder-knot</span></td><td align="right">248</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_153">153</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Marbled Minor</span></td><td align="right">248</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_154">154</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Mottled Rustic</span></td><td align="right">249</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_155">155</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Turnip Moth</span></td><td align="right">250</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_156">156</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Heart and Dart</span></td><td align="right">251<!-- Page xiii --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_xiii" id="Page_xiii">[Pg xiii]</a></span></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_157">157</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Garden Dart</span></td><td align="right">251</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_158">158</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Flame Shoulder</span></td><td align="right">252</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_159">159</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Lesser Broad Border</span></td><td align="right">252</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_160">160</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Lesser Yellow Underwing</span></td><td align="right">253</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_161">161</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Gothic</span></td><td align="right">254</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_162">162</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Old Lady</span></td><td align="right">254</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_163">163</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Common Quaker</span></td><td align="right">255</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_164">164</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Chestnut</span></td><td align="right">256</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_165">165</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Pink-barred Sallow</span></td><td align="right">256</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_166">166</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Dun-bar</span></td><td align="right">257</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_167">167</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Broad-barred White</span></td><td align="right">257</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_168">168</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Angle Shades</span></td><td align="right">258</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_169">169</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Grey Arches</span></td><td align="right">259</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_170">170</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Shears</span></td><td align="right">260</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_171">171</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Bright-line Brown-eye</span></td><td align="right">260</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_172">172</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Early Grey</span></td><td align="right">261</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_173">173</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Shark</span></td><td align="right">262</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_174">174</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Burnished Brass</span></td><td align="right">263</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_175">175</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Silver <span class="lettershape">Y</span></span></td><td align="right">264</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_176">176</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Red Underwing</span></td><td align="right">266</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_177">177</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Light Emerald</span></td><td align="right">270</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_178">178</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The August Thorn</span></td><td align="right">271</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_179">179</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Peppered Moth</span></td><td align="right">272</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_180">180</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Willow Beauty</span></td><td align="right">273</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_181">181</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Large Emerald</span></td><td align="right">274</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_182">182</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Common Emerald</span></td><td align="right">274</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_183">183</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Lace Border</span></td><td align="right">275</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_184">184</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Riband Wave</span></td><td align="right">276</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_185">185</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Blood-vein</span></td><td align="right">276</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_186">186</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Common Wave</span></td><td align="right">277</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_187">187</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Clouded Silver</span></td><td align="right">277</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_188">188</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The <span class="lettershape">V</span> Moth</span></td><td align="right">278</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_189">189</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Common Heath</span></td><td align="right">279</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_190">190</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Bordered White—Male</span></td><td align="right">279</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_191">191</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Currant Moth</span></td><td align="right">280</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_192">192</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Spring Usher</span></td><td align="right">281</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_193">193</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The March Moth</span></td><td align="right">282</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_194">194</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The November Moth</span></td><td align="right">282</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_195">195</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Twin-spot Carpet</span></td><td align="right">283</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_196">196</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Grass Rivulet</span></td><td align="right">283</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_197">197</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Netted Pug</span></td><td align="right">284</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_198">198</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Narrow-winged Pug</span></td><td align="right">284</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_199">199</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Brindled Pug</span></td><td align="right">284</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_200">200</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Small Seraphim</span></td><td align="right">285</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_201">201</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Blue-bordered Carpet</span></td><td align="right">285</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_202">202</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Beautiful Carpet</span></td><td align="right">286<!-- Page xiv --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_xiv" id="Page_xiv">[Pg xiv]</a></span></td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_203">203</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Common Carpet</span></td><td align="right">286</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_204">204</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Silver Ground Carpet</span></td><td align="right">287</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_205">205</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Garden Carpet</span></td><td align="right">287</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_206">206</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Yellow Shell</span></td><td align="right">288</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_207">207</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Small Phœnix</span></td><td align="right">288</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_208">208</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Small Mallow</span></td><td align="right">289</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_209">209</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Tabby or Grease Moth</span></td><td align="right">291</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_210">210</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Meal Moth</span></td><td align="right">292</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_211">211</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Small Magpie</span></td><td align="right">292</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_212">212</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Mother-of-Pearl</span></td><td align="right">293</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_213">213</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Garden Pebble</span></td><td align="right">293</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_214">214</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Beautiful China Mark</span></td><td align="right">294</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_215">215</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">Gonodactyla</span></td><td align="right">295</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_216">216</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">Osteodactylus</span></td><td align="right">295</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_217">217</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">Pentadactyla</span></td><td align="right">295</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_218">218</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">Hexadactyla—Enlarged</span></td><td align="right">296</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_219">219</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">Phragmitellus—Enlarged one-half</span></td><td align="right">297</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_220">220</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">Hamellus—Slightly Enlarged</span></td><td align="right">297</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_221">221</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">Tristellus</span></td><td align="right">297</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_222">222</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">Hortuellus</span></td><td align="right">298</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_223">223</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">Mellonella</span></td><td align="right">298</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_224">224</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">Xylosteana with wings closed</span></td><td align="right">299</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_225">225</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">Viridana</span></td><td align="right">300</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_226">226</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">Cristana—Enlarged</span></td><td align="right">300</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_227">227</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">Lecheana</span></td><td align="right">300</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_228">228</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">Pruniana</span></td><td align="right">300</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_229">229</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">Salicella</span></td><td align="right">301</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_230">230</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">Octomaculana—Enlarged</span></td><td align="right">301</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_231">231</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">Cirsiana—Enlarged</span></td><td align="right">302</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_232">232</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">Pomonella</span></td><td align="right">302</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_233">233</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">Zoegana—Enlarged</span></td><td align="right">302</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_234">234</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">Fagella</span></td><td align="right">303</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_235">235</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">Cuprella</span></td><td align="right">304</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_236">236</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">Padellus</span></td><td align="right">304</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_237">237</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">Nervosa—Twice Natural Size</span></td><td align="right">304</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_238">238</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">Geoffrella</span></td><td align="right">305</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_239">239</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">Ibipennella—Enlarged</span></td><td align="right">305</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_240">240</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">Complanella—Enlarged</span></td><td align="right">306</td></tr> +<tr><td align="right"><a href="#FIG_241">241</a>.</td><td align="left"><span class="smcap">Aurella—Enlarged</span></td><td align="right">307</td></tr> +</table></div> + + + + + +<hr class="long" /> +<p><!-- Page 1 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_1" id="Page_1">[Pg 1]</a></span></p> +<h2><a name="PART_I" id="PART_I"></a>PART I<br /> +<br /> +STRUCTURE AND LIFE-HISTORY +OF THE LEPIDOPTERA</h2> + +<hr /> + +<h3>CHAPTER I +<br /> +<i>GENERAL CHARACTERS</i></h3> + + +<p>The word <i>Lepidoptera</i>, which you see at the head of this page, is +the name of the order of insects to which this volume is to be +devoted. It is formed from two Greek words, one (<i>lepis</i>) signifying +a <i>scale</i>, and the other (<i>pteron</i>) denoting a <i>wing</i>; and was +applied by the great naturalist Linnæus to the scaly-winged insects +popularly known as Butterflies +and Moths.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 400px;"> +<a name="FIG_1" id="FIG_1"></a><img src="images/i_018.jpg" width="400" height="222" alt="" title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 1.—Scales from the Wings of +Butterflies.</span> +</div> + +<p>Every one of my readers +has undoubtedly handled some +of the interesting creatures of +this group—having been led +to do so either by the extreme +beauty of their clothing, or, +perhaps, from a murderous +intent in order to protect his +own garments from the ravages +of a supposed marauder. A light mealy powder will probably have +been observed afterwards on the fingers that have touched the +victim's wings.</p> + +<p>This powder, although it sometimes presents a beautiful glossy +surface when spread over the skin, does not exhibit any definite +form or structure without a more minute examination. Yet these<!-- Page 2 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_2" id="Page_2">[Pg 2]</a></span> +are the scales that led the immortal naturalist to invent the somewhat +long but useful term <i>Lepidoptera</i>.</p> + +<p>The very next time the opportunity offers itself, dust off a little +of the mealy powder with a small and very soft brush on to a +strip of white paper or a slip of glass, and examine it with a +powerful lens or the low power of a compound microscope. What +a sight you will then behold! Each little particle of dust is a +beautifully formed scale, stamped with a number of minute +rounded projections, and often displaying the most gorgeous colours. +A great variety of designs and tints are often exhibited by the +'dust' from a single wing. Take, for instance, for your inspection, +scales from the wing of one of our commonest insects, the Small +Tortoiseshell Butterfly (<a href="#Plate_III">Plate +III</a>), and you will be surprised +at the pleasing contrasts. But +when your curiosity leads you +to deal with others in the same +manner, the varied display of +forms and colours is simply +amazing.</p> + +<div class="figleft" style="width: 352px;"> +<a name="FIG_2" id="FIG_2"></a><img src="images/i_019.jpg" width="352" height="351" alt="" title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 2.—Portion of the Wing of a +Butterfly from which some of +the scales have been removed.</span> +</div> + +<p>In order that we may learn +still more of the structure of +the wings of the <i>Lepidoptera</i>, +we will examine a portion of +one from which some of the +scales have been removed, +again bringing the lens or the +microscope into our service. +We now see that the scales +are arranged in rows with great regularity on a thin and transparent +membrane, which is supported by a system of branching +rays. And the membrane itself, in parts which have been laid +bare, is marked with regular rows of dots—the points at which +the scales were originally attached by means of short hollow +rods.</p> + +<p>The framework that supports the thin membrane we have +spoken of as consisting of a system of <i>rays</i>, but to these the terms +<i>veins</i>, <i>nerves</i>, <i>nervures</i>, or <i>nervules</i> are more commonly applied by +various naturalists. We cannot do better, however, than adhere +to the name originally used, for the structures in question do not +perform the functions of veins, though at first they contain blood,<!-- Page 3 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_3" id="Page_3">[Pg 3]</a></span> +nor are they themselves parts of the nervous systems of the insects +to which they belong.</p> + +<p>The result of our examination of the wings of butterflies and +moths has been to justify the application of the term <i>Lepidoptera</i>; +but we must now study other equally important and interesting +features of the structure of these insects. First, let us note the +general form of the body.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 159px;"> +<a name="FIG_3" id="FIG_3"></a><a href="images/i_020.jpg"><img src="images/i_020_tn.jpg" width="159" height="400" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of Figure 3." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 3.—Body of a Butterfly—Under +Side. +</span> +<p>1-7, segments of the abdomen; +8, anal extremity; <i>a</i>, antennæ; +<i>b</i>, tarsus; <i>c</i>, tibia; <i>d</i>, femur; +<i>e</i>, palpi; <i>f</i>, head; <i>g</i>, thorax.</p> +</div> + + + +<p>A cursory glance at this portion of the +creature's anatomy will show that it consists +of three distinct and well-defined +parts. In front there is the head, the size +of which is somewhat small in proportion. +Two very large eyes make up the greater +portion of its bulk. It is remarkable, too, +that butterflies possess eyes proportionately +much larger than those of moths. +Now, since butterflies always fly by day, +and moths are, generally speaking, nocturnal +insects, we might be led to suppose +that the reverse of this arrangement would +have suited the creatures better; for a +small eye, we should think, would be able +to collect sufficient light in the daytime +to form a bright image, and a larger light-receiving +area would be necessary during +the darker hours for the same purpose. +But it is evident that the sense of vision +must depend on other conditions besides +the size of the eye; and as these conditions +are not understood in relation to the +eyes of insects, any attempt at an explanation +would be quite useless.</p> + +<p>The eye of a butterfly or moth is worthy +of a closer examination, for it is a most beautiful and marvellous +structure. The outer globular transparent membrane—the <i>cornea</i>—is +divided into a large number of minute polygonal <i>facets</i>, each +one of which admits light into a small conical compartment surrounded +by a coloured membrane, and supplied with a fibre of the +nerve of vision (the <i>optic</i> nerve). Hence the eye is often spoken of +as <i>compound</i>.</p> + +<p>If you look closely into the eyes of various butterflies and moths<!-- Page 4 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_4" id="Page_4">[Pg 4]</a></span> +you will generally see a ground colour of grey, blue, brown, or +black; but when viewed at certain angles in a strong light the +most gorgeous hues of metallic brilliancy—gold, copper, and bronze—are +to be observed. All such colours are due to the reflection of +light from the colouring matter that lies between the numerous +conical compartments.</p> + +<div class="figleft" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_4" id="FIG_4"></a><img src="images/i_021.jpg" width="300" height="272" alt="" title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 4.—Section of the +Eye of an Insect.</span> +</div> + +<p>A glance at the section of a compound eye will show +you that all the little cones radiate from a common centre. +And, as each little compartment is surrounded by opaque +colouring matter, it is clear that perpendicular rays only are +capable of penetrating to its base and exciting the nerve fibre that +lies there. Thus each little division of a compound eye forms its +own image of the object that happens to be exactly opposite its +facet. But how many facets do we find in a single eye? Sometimes +only a few hundreds, but sometimes +as many as seventeen or eighteen +thousand! We must not, however, +conclude that the nature of the vision +of butterflies and moths is necessarily +very different from our own. We have +two eyes, but the images formed by them +are both blended, so that we do not see +double. We can understand, therefore, +that the thousands of images formed in +a single eye may be blended together so +as to form one continuous picture. Still +there remains this difference: while in our own case the two images +formed by the two eyes are practically the same, in the case of +insects every one of the little conical tubes of a compound eye +forms an image of an object that cannot possibly be formed by any +one of the others. Thus, if the lepidopterous insect sees a continuous +picture of its surroundings, such a picture is produced by the overlapping +and blending, at their edges, of hundreds or thousands of +distinct parts.</p> + +<p>There is yet another interesting difference between the vision +of these insects and that of ourselves. As already stated, our two +eyes are both turned toward the same point at the same time. +But look at the butterfly's eyes. Here are no movable eyeballs, +and the two eyes, placed as they are at the <i>sides</i> of the head, are +always turned in <i>opposite</i> directions. The corneæ, too, are very +convex; and consequently the range of vision is vastly wider than<!-- Page 5 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_5" id="Page_5">[Pg 5]</a></span> +ours. A boy is often easily surprised by a playmate who approaches +him stealthily from behind, but did you ever try the same game +with a butterfly? I have, many a time. After getting cautiously +so near to a butterfly at rest as to be able to distinguish between +its head and its hinder extremity, I have quietly circled round it so +as to approach it from behind, being at the time under the impression +that it wouldn't see me under those circumstances. But not +the slightest advantage did I derive from this stratagem, for the +position and construction of its eyes enabled it to see almost all +ways at once.</p> + +<p>In addition to the two compound eyes, the <i>Lepidoptera</i>, or at +least most of them, are provided with two small simple eyes; +but these are generally so hidden among the closely set hair that +covers the head, that it is doubtful whether they are of much +service as organs of vision.</p> + +<div class="figleft" style="width: 235px;"> +<a name="FIG_5" id="FIG_5"></a><img src="images/i_022a.jpg" width="207" height="400" alt="" title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 5.—Antennæ of +Butterflies.</span> +</div> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 235px;"> +<a name="FIG_6" id="FIG_6"></a><img src="images/i_022b.jpg" width="235" height="400" alt="" title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 6.—Antennæ of +Moths.</span> +</div> + +<p>The antennæ proceed from two points close to the upper +borders of the eyes. They are jointed organs, and are of very +different forms in the various species of <i>Lepidoptera</i>. They are +generally long, slender, and clubbed at the extremity in butterflies, +but exhibit several minor points of difference which we shall have to +note later on. In moths the antennæ are sometimes long, slender, +and pointed. Some are thick, and more or less prismatic in form; +while others are slightly or deeply pectinated or comb-like. The<!-- Page 6 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_6" id="Page_6">[Pg 6]</a></span> +antennæ of butterflies are always straight, or only slightly curved; +and, although the insects can sway them bodily, they have no +power to bend them, or to stow them away in any place of shelter. +Moths, on the other hand, when at rest, are almost invariably found +to have their antennæ snugly tucked under the wings, and brought +so closely against the side of the head for this purpose that even +the uncovered portion is often difficult to find.</p> + +<p>There are two other prominent appendages belonging to the +heads of the <i>Lepidoptera</i>. These are the <i>labial palpi</i> or feelers of +the lips. They are generally easily seen, projecting forward on the +under side of the head, sometimes so long and conspicuous as to +give one the idea of a snout or long nose. The palpi are +jointed—usually +in three parts—are covered with scales, and often furnished +with hairs or bristles.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 243px;"> +<a name="FIG_7" id="FIG_7"></a><img src="images/i_024.jpg" width="243" height="400" alt="" title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 7.—Section +of the Proboscis +of a +Butterfly.</span> +</div> + +<p>If you watch a moth or butterfly when it is feeding on the +sweet juices of a flower, or on some kind of artificial sweet with +which you have provided it, you will observe its long trunk or <i>proboscis</i>, +by which food is sucked up. This instrument is so long and +slender that it seems almost impossible that it can be a tube +through which a liquid freely passes. But a careful examination +will show that this is the case. It is composed of two separate +pieces—two half tubes, which, when closely applied to each other, +form a very thin and flexible pipe, perfectly air-tight and adapted +for suction. Sometimes you can see a butterfly or moth manipulating +with its proboscis as if it required readjustment in some way +or other. It has split the tube throughout its length, so that it now +looks like two exceedingly fine hairs. Then, after a short time, the +two halves are put together again, and immediately, as if by magic, +become a single tube in which no kind of seam is to be observed +without a powerful magnifier.</p> + +<p>In order to observe the nature of such a wonderful arrangement +we must have recourse to the aid of a good microscope. Thus +assisted, we can see at once how the junction of the two sides of +the proboscis is brought about so quickly and so perfectly. The +inner edges of each half are very regularly fringed with lines of +closely set hairs—so regular, in fact, are they, that they give one +the idea of long yet minute beautifully formed combs. When the +two parts are brought together, the hairs of two opposite edges +interlock, those on one side exactly filling the spaces between those +of the other.</p> + +<p>The microscope also reveals another interesting fact, viz. that<!-- Page 7 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_7" id="Page_7">[Pg 7]</a></span> +the proboscis is not a single tube, but, although so remarkably thin, +is really a set of three distinct pipes, one lying on each side of the +central one. It is said that the central tube only is used for sucking +up the liquid food, and there seems to be some doubt as to the +uses of the other two. Some naturalists are of opinion that the +latter are air tubes, and are connected with the respiration of the +insect; while others say that through these the insects eject a thin +watery fluid with which to dissolve or dilute those sweetmeats +that are not sufficiently liquid to be readily sucked up. But possibly +both these opinions are correct, the proboscis serving all three +of the purposes here named. The only observation of my own +bearing on the subject is this. While a moth was feeding on a +drop of syrup in a strong light, a powerful lens revealed drops, +of liquid, mingled with bubbles of air, passing +alternately <i>up and down</i> the two lateral tubes of +the proboscis. At the same time the upward +current of syrup in the central tube was by no +means steady and continuous.</p> + +<p>When this organ is not in use, it is beautifully +coiled into a close spiral which lies between the +labial palpi. The length varies considerably in +different insects, and consequently the number of +turns in the spiral must differ also. Sometimes +there are less than two turns, while some of the +longer ones form spirals of from six to ten turns.</p> + +<p>In concluding our brief account of the head +of lepidopterous insects it is, I suppose, hardly +necessary to add that there is no kind of chewing +apparatus to be described; all the members of this order, at least in +the perfect state, deriving the whole of the little nourishment they +require entirely by suction through the proboscis or 'trunk.'</p> + +<p>The second division of the body is the <i>thorax</i>. This is much +larger than the head, and consists of three ring-like segments, +joined one behind the other so intimately that the lines of junction +are hardly visible, even after the thick clothing of fine hair has been +brushed off. Behind the thorax is the abdomen, which is composed +of several segments, the junctions between the rings often being +most distinct.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 332px;"> +<a name="FIG_8" id="FIG_8"></a><a href="images/i_026.jpg"><img src="images/i_026_tn.jpg" width="332" height="400" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of figure 8." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 8.—Diagram of the Wings of a Butterfly.</span> + +<p>I. <i>Fore wing.</i>—1-5, subcostal nervules; 6, 7, discoidal nervules; 8-10, median +nervules; 11, submedian nervure; 12, internal nervure; 13-15, disco-cellular +nervules; 16, interno-median nervule; 17, median nervure; 18, subcostal +nervure; <i>a</i>, costal nervure; <i>b</i>, costa or anterior margin; <i>c</i>, apex or anterior +angle; <i>d</i>, posterior or hind margin; <i>e</i>, posterior or anal angle; <i>f</i>, interior or +inner margin; <i>g</i>, base; <i>h</i>, discoidal cell.</p> + +<p>II. <i>Hind wing.</i>—1, 2, subcostal nervules; 3, discoidal nervule; 4-6, median +nervules; 7, submedian nervure; 8, precostal nervure; 9, subcostal nervure; 10, +median nervure; 11, 12, disco-cellular nervules; <i>a</i>, costal nervure; <i>b</i>, costa or +anterior margin; <i>c</i>, apex or anterior angle; <i>d</i>, hind margin; <i>e</i>, tail or caudal +appendage; <i>f</i>, anal angle; <i>g</i>, abdominal or inner margin; <i>h</i>, base.</p> +</div> + +<p>From the sides of the thorax proceed the two pairs of wings, the +general structure of which we have already to a certain extent +examined. But when we are a little farther advanced in our<!-- Page 8 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_8" id="Page_8">[Pg 8]</a></span> +insect studies, we shall have to become acquainted with detailed +descriptions given as aids to the identification of species. Now, +such descriptions cannot be satisfactory, either to the one who +gives or to him who receives, unless expressed in such definite +terms as render a misunderstanding impossible. A botanist cannot +give an accurate and concise description of a flower without the use +of certain names and expressions which have gradually become an +almost necessary part of his vocabulary; neither can an entomologist +give a really useful, and, at the same time, a <i>succinct</i> +description of an insect unless he is acquainted with the names of its +parts. Therefore, seeing that we distinguish the various species of +butterflies and moths <i>mainly</i> by the arrangement and colour of the +markings of their wings, it is really necessary that we should know +the names of the different parts of these organs. For this reason I +have inserted drawings of a fore and of a hind wing of a butterfly, +together with the names of the various parts of the wings, and also +the names of the principal rays or <i>nervures</i>. Yet I would not +advise any young entomologist to attempt to commit to memory +all the names given. Rather use the diagram for reference when +occasion requires, more particularly when you have an insect in +your possession that you desire to study. In ordinary descriptions +of butterflies and moths the names of the <i>nervures</i> are not so +generally used as those of the <i>parts</i> of the wing. Consequently it +is exceedingly useful to know what is meant by the terms <i>base</i>, +<i>costal margin</i>, <i>apex</i>, <i>hind margin</i>, <i>anal angle</i>, <i>inner margin</i>, +<i>discoidal cell</i> &c. as applied to the wing.</p> + +<p>The two pairs of wings are attached to the second and third +segments of the thorax; but of the <i>three</i> pairs of legs, which we +have next to consider, one pair arises from each of the three +segments. The arrangement of these limbs is well shown in the +sketch on page 3, as are also the names of the different parts of +the limb, the latter being given for reference by the reader when +the need arises.</p> + +<p>All insects, in their perfect state, we are told, have three pairs +of legs; but if you examine the under surface of certain butterflies, +such as the Marbled White, or any of the Vanessas, Browns, or +Heaths, it is quite likely that you will raise objection to such a +statement; for in these you may possibly see only four legs. But this +is the result of a too cursory observation. Look a little more closely +at your specimen, and you will see a pair of smaller legs folded +up under the fore part of the thorax. By means of a blunt needle<!-- Page 9 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_9" id="Page_9">[Pg 9]</a></span> +you can straighten out these limbs, and then the difference in +length to be observed between them and the other four is very +striking indeed. They are also thinner than the middle and hind +legs; and, unlike these, are not provided with claws.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 390px;"> +<a name="FIG_9" id="FIG_9"></a><img src="images/i_027.jpg" width="390" height="205" alt="" title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 9.—The Undeveloped +Fore Leg +of a Butterfly.</span> +</div> + +<p>These imperfectly developed legs are, of course, quite useless as +far as walking is concerned; indeed, it is extremely doubtful as to +whether they are of any service whatever to the owner. On one<!-- Page 10 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_10" id="Page_10">[Pg 10]</a></span> +occasion, however, while watching a Peacock Butterfly apparently +engaged in cleaning its divided proboscis, I observed that this organ +was frequently passed under the thorax, and that the front pair of +legs were pressed against it on each side, while it was being drawn +outward between them. It is probable, therefore, that these limbs +constitute a pair of brushes by means of which the fine grooves of +the divided trunk are cleared of any solid or sticky matter that may +lodge therein. It is certain that moths, and those butterflies that +possess six <i>equal</i> legs, use the front pair for this same purpose. The +former, also, employ them for brushing their antennæ, which seem +to be, by the way, particularly sensitive to different kinds of +irritation.</p> + +<p>It is a well-known fact that tobacco smoke has a powerful +influence on certain small insects; and even though it can hardly +be regarded as a perfect all-round insecticide, it is certainly more +or less objectionable to the larger and hardier species. A short time +since, while watching a number of newly +emerged moths of the <i>Sphinx</i> group, and at +the same time enjoying the solace afforded by +the luxurious weed, a puff of the smoke was +accidentally allowed to play into the box in +which my pets were for the time imprisoned. +Immediately they rubbed their front legs +vigorously over the antennæ, as if to remove +the obnoxious irritant that had thus intruded on their presence. +Similar observations have led many naturalists to suppose that the +antennæ are the seat of various senses, such as those of touch, +hearing, and smell. Seeing that insects do not, as far as we know, +possess special organs for all the five senses which we enjoy (and it +is interesting to note here that some insects certainly experience +other sensations which are quite beyond our ken), we can quite +understand the common tendency to locate the seats of certain of +the senses in such easily affected parts as the antennæ. But little, +I believe, has been definitely proved save that the antennæ are +sensitive to touch and to irritants generally.</p> + +<p>While speaking of the senses of insects, I cannot refrain from +mentioning a most remarkable example of a peculiar sensitiveness +that has been observed in certain moths of the family <i>Bombyces</i> +(<a href="#Page_217">page 217</a>)—notably the Oak Eggar, the Emperor, and the Kentish +Glory. Take a newly emerged female of either of these species, +shut her up in a small box, conceal the box in your pocket, and then<!-- Page 11 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_11" id="Page_11">[Pg 11]</a></span> +walk about in some country spot known to you as being one of +the haunts of that species of moth. Then, if any of the males of +the same species happen to be in the neighbourhood, they will +settle or hover about close to the female which, although still +concealed and quite out of their reach, has attracted them to the +spot.</p> + +<p>What a marvellously acute sense this must be, that thus enables +the insects to scent out, as it were, their mates at considerable +distances, even when doubly surrounded by a wooden box and the +material of a coat pocket! You would naturally expect that +entomologists have turned this wonderful power to account. Many +a box has been filled with the beautiful Kentish Glories of the male +kind, who had been led into the snare by the attractions of a virgin +Glory that they were never to behold. Many an Emperor has also +been decoyed from his throne to the place of his execution, beguiled +by the imaginary charms of an Empress on whom he was never to +cast one passing glance. And these and other similar captures +have been made in places where, without the employment of the +innocent enchantress, perhaps not a single male could have been +found, even after the most diligent search.</p> + +<p>Speaking of this surprising sense, I am again tempted to revert +to the antennæ; for it is a remarkable fact that the males of those +species of moths which exhibit the power of thus searching out their +mates, are just those that are also remarkable for their very broad +and deeply pectinated antennæ—a fact that has led to the supposition +that the power in question is located in the antennæ, and is +also proportional to the amount of surface displayed by these organs.</p> + +<p>Up to the present time we have been considering the butterfly +and moth in their perfect forms, but everybody knows that +the former is not <i>always</i> a butterfly, nor is the latter always a +moth; but that they both pass through certain preparatory stages +before they attain their final winged state.</p> + +<p>We shall now notice briefly what these earlier stages are, leaving +the detailed descriptions of each for the following chapters.</p> + +<p>The life of the perfect butterfly or moth is of very short +duration, often only a few days, nearly the whole of its existence +having been spent in preparing itself for the brief term to be enjoyed</p> + +<p class="poem"> +<span class="i4">... in fields of light,</span><br /> +And where the flowers of Paradise unfold. +</p> + +<p>It may be interesting to consider of what use the metamorphoses<!-- Page 12 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_12" id="Page_12">[Pg 12]</a></span> +of insects are, and to what extent these metamorphoses render them +fit for the work they have to do.</p> + +<p>It is certain that the chief work of insects, taken as a whole, is +to remove from the earth the excess of animal and vegetable matter. +If they are to do this work effectually, it is clear that they must +be very voracious feeders, and also be capable of multiplying their +species prodigiously. Now each of these powers requires the special +development of a certain set of organs, and an abnormal development +of one set must necessarily be produced at the expense of the +other. Hence we find insects existing in two distinct stages, with +or without an intermediate quiescent state, during the first of which +the digestive apparatus is enormously developed, while the reproductive +organs occupy but very little space; then, during the other +stage, the digestive apparatus is of the simplest possible description, +and the organs of reproduction are in a perfect state of +development.</p> + +<p>Allowing, then, that the chief work of the insect is the removal +of surplus organic matter, we can see that a large share of its life +should be spent in the larval or grub stage, and that the perfect +state <i>need</i> not occupy any more time than is necessary for the +fertilisation of the eggs that almost completely fill the body of the +female at the time of her emergence from the chrysalis shell.</p> + +<p>Many insects undergo their metamorphoses by slow degrees, +but the <i>Lepidoptera</i>, after existing for some considerable period +without any important visible change in structure, pass by a rapid +transition into the next state. Thus, a caterpillar, that has not +altered in general form for several weeks, changes into a chrysalis +within the course of a few days; and again, after a period of quiescence +that may extend throughout the whole of the colder months, +becomes a perfect butterfly or moth within twenty minutes of the +moment of its emergence.</p> + +<p>But this suddenness is more apparent than real, as may easily be +proved by internal examinations of the insect at various stages of +growth; showing that we are led astray by the rapidity of <i>external</i> +changes—the mere <i>moultings</i> or castings of the skin—while the +gradual transformations proceeding within are not so readily +observed.</p> + +<p>We have already said that the life of the perfect butterfly or +moth is short. A few days after emergence from the chrysalis case, +the female deposits her eggs on the leaves or stems of the plant +that is to sustain the larvæ. Her work is now accomplished, and<!-- Page 13 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_13" id="Page_13">[Pg 13]</a></span> +the few days more allowed her are spent in frolicking among the +flowers, and sucking the sweet juices they provide. But males +and females alike—bedecked with the most gorgeous colours and +overflowing with sportive mirth when first they take to the wing—soon +show the symptoms of a fast approaching end. Their colours +begin to fade, and the beauty-making scales of the wings gradually +disappear through friction against the petals of hundreds of flowers +visited and the merry dances with scores and scores of playful +companions. At last, one bright afternoon, while the sun is still +high in the heavens, a butterfly, more weary than usual, with heavy +and laborious flight, seeks a place of rest for the approaching +night. Here, on a waving stalk, it is soon lulled to sleep by a gentle +breeze.</p> + +<p>Next morning, a few hours before noon, the blazing sun calls +it out for its usual frolics. But its body now seems too heavy to +be supported by the feeble and ragged wings, and, after one or two +weak attempts at play, incited by the approach of a younger and +merrier companion, it settles down in its final resting place. On +the following morning a dead butterfly is seen, still clinging by its +claws to a swinging stem, from which it is eventually thrown during +a storm.</p> + +<p>The tale of the perfect moth is very similar to the above, except +that it is generally summoned to activity by the approach of +darkness.</p> + +<p>We see, then, that butterflies and moths exhibit none of that +quality which we term parental affection. Their duty ends with +the deposition of the eggs, and the parents are dead before the +young larvæ have penetrated the shell that surrounds them.</p> + +<p>Yet it is wonderful to see how unmistakably the females +generally lay their eggs on the very plants that provide the +necessary food for their progeny, as if they were not only conscious +of and careful concerning the exact requirements of their offspring, +but also possessed such a knowledge of botanical science as +enabled them to discriminate between the plant required and all +others.</p> + +<p>Has the perfect insect any selfish motive in this apparently +careful selection of a plant on which to lay its eggs? Does the +female herself derive any benefit from the particular plant chosen +for this purpose? In most cases, certainly not. For it often +happens that the blossom of this plant is not by any means one of +those that supply the sweets which insects love, and still more<!-- Page 14 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_14" id="Page_14">[Pg 14]</a></span> +frequently does it occur that the eggs are deposited either before +the flowers have appeared or after they have faded.</p> + +<div class="figleft" style="width: 226px;"> +<a name="FIG_10" id="FIG_10"></a><a href="images/i_031.jpg"><img src="images/i_031_tn.jpg" width="226" height="400" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of figure 10." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 10.—The Four Stages of the +Large White Butterfly (Pieris +Brassicæ).</span> +<p><i>a</i>, larva; <i>b</i>, pupa; <i>c</i>, imago; <i>d</i>, egg.</p> +</div> + +<p>Neither can we easily impute to the insect an acquired knowledge +of the nature and wants of her offspring, or an acquaintance +with botany sufficient to enable her to distinguish plant +forms. Our only solution of the problem (which is really no solution +at all) is to attribute the +whole thing to that inexplicable +quality which we are pleased +to term <i>natural instinct</i>. It +is to be observed, however, that +it is not <i>all</i> butterflies and +moths that display this unerring +power. Some few seem to +deposit their eggs indiscriminately +on all kinds of herbage. +But, I believe, the larvæ of +these species are generally +grass feeders, and would seldom +have to travel far from +any spot without meeting with +an acceptable morsel.</p> + + + +<p>But we must now pass on +to a brief consideration of the +other stages of the insect's +existence. After a time, varying +from a few days to several +months, the young caterpillars +or larvæ make their appearance. +They soon commence +feeding in right earnest. Their +period of existence in this state +varies from a few weeks to +several months, and even, in +some cases, to years. During this time their growth is generally +very rapid, and they undergo a series of <i>moults</i> or changes of skin, +of which we shall have more to say in a future chapter. Then, +when fully grown, they prepare for an apparently quiescent form, +which we speak of as the <i>pupa</i> or chrysalis, and in which they +again spend a very variable period, extending over a few days, +weeks, or months. Now, inclosed in a protective case, each pupa<!-- Page 15 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_15" id="Page_15">[Pg 15]</a></span> +is undergoing a remarkable change. Some of its old organs are +disappearing, and others are developing; and, after all the parts of +the future insect have been developed as far as its narrow shell will +permit, it bursts forth into the world as a perfect insect or <i>imago</i>.</p> + +<p>Its wings at first are small, shapeless, and crumpled in a most +unsightly fashion; but it is not long before they assume their full +size, beautiful form, and gorgeous colouring. Then, in about +another hour or two, the wings, at first soft and flaccid, have +become sufficiently dry and stiff to bear their owner rapidly +through the air.</p> + +<p>We have thus observed some of the more striking features in +the structure of the butterfly and moth in its most perfect state; +and alluded in a very brief manner to the various stages through +which these creatures must necessarily pass before finally reaching +this stage. But now we must study these earlier stages more +closely, and watch the insects during the marvellous transitions +they are destined to undergo. This we shall do in the following +chapters.</p> + + + +<hr /> +<p><!-- Page 16 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_16" id="Page_16">[Pg 16]</a></span></p> +<h3>CHAPTER II +<br /> +<i>THE EGG</i></h3> + + +<p>I suppose you are all acquainted with the general structure of the +hen's egg, having dissected several, in your own way, many a time.</p> + +<p>Its outer covering, which you speak of as the 'shell,' you have +observed is hard and brittle. It is composed of a <i>calcareous</i> or limy +substance, known chemically as <i>carbonate of lime</i>. If you put +some pieces of it into an egg cup, and throw over them a little +vinegar or any other liquid acid, you will see them gradually +dissolve away, and small bubbles of carbonic acid gas will rise into +the air. Then again, if you take a long and narrow strip of the +shell, and hold one end of it in a gas or lamp flame, after a short +time that end will become softer, and will glow brightly in the +flame, for it is converted into lime—the same substance that is +used by the builders for making their mortar—and the bright glow +is really a miniature <i>lime light</i>, such as is always produced when a +piece of lime is made intensely hot.</p> + +<p>Just inside this shell you have seen a thin membrane or skin +that is easily peeled off the substance of the egg itself. Next to +this comes the 'white' of the egg, which is really colourless while +liquid, but turns white and more or less solid in the cooking. Last +of all, in the centre of this, you have noticed the oval yellow mass +that is termed the 'yoke' or 'yolk,' and which contains the +embryo of the future chick.</p> + +<p>Now if you imagine this egg to be reduced in size till two or +three dozen of them would be required to form a single line about +one inch long, the outer calcareous shell to be entirely removed, the +skin or membrane to be converted into a firmer substance of a +horny nature, and, finally, the yolk to be absent and the whole +internal space to be filled with the 'white,' you will then have some +idea of the nature of the egg of a butterfly or moth.<!-- Page 17 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_17" id="Page_17">[Pg 17]</a></span></p> + +<p>To put the matter more briefly, then, we will say that the eggs +of these insects are simply little liquid masses, usually of a colourless +substance, surrounded by a horny and flexible covering.</p> + +<p>Such a description may certainly give you some idea of +the nature of the eggs of insects, but no amount of book reading +will serve the purpose so well or be so pleasant as the examination +of the eggs themselves. During the summer months +very little difficulty will be experienced in finding some eggs +in your own garden. Turn over some leaves and examine their +under surfaces, choosing especially those plants which show, by +their partially eaten leaves, that they are favourites with the insect +world. Or you may amuse yourself by catching a number of butterflies—common +'Whites' are as good for the purpose as any—and +temporarily confine them in a wooden or cardboard box, containing +a number of leaves from various plants, and covered with gauze. +In this way you are sure to obtain a few females that have not yet +laid all their eggs; and if you watch your prisoners you will soon +see them carefully depositing the eggs on the under surfaces of +leaves, bending their abdomens round the edges if there is not sufficient +room to get themselves completely under. And then, when +you are satisfied with the number of eggs thus obtained for your +examination, you can have the pleasure of seeing all your liberated +captives flying joyfully in the free air.</p> + +<p>In giving these simple instructions I have assumed that the +reader has not yet learnt any of the characters by which female +butterflies are to be distinguished from their lords and masters; but +I hope that he will know soon, at least with regard to a good many +species, from which individuals he may most reasonably expect to +obtain eggs, and so be able to avoid the imprisonment, even though +only temporary, of insects which cannot satisfy his wants.</p> + +<p>Again, it is not necessary, after all, that butterflies should be +captured for the purpose of obtaining eggs. Watch them as they +hover about among your flowers. Some, you will observe, are intent +on nothing but idle frolicking; and you may conclude at once that +<i>these</i> have no immediate duty to perform. Others are flying without +hesitation from flower to flower, gorging themselves with the +sweets of life: these are not the objects of your search. But you +will descry certain others, flying round about the beds and borders +with a steadier and more matronly air, taking little or no notice of +their more frivolous companions, and paying not the slightest heed +to the bright nectar-producing cups of the numerous flowers. These<!-- Page 18 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_18" id="Page_18">[Pg 18]</a></span> +are seriously engaged with family affairs only. Watch one of them +carefully, and as soon as she has settled herself on a leaf, walk steadily +towards her till you are near enough to observe her movements. +She will not move unless you approach too closely, for, like busy +folk generally, she has no time to worry about petty annoyances. +You will now actually witness the deposition of the eggs exactly as +carried on in the perfect freedom of nature; and the eggs themselves +may be taken either for examination or for the rearing of the +caterpillars.</p> + +<p>Some species of <i>Lepidoptera</i> lay some hundreds of eggs, and it +is seldom that the number laid by one female is much below a +hundred.</p> + +<p>As already stated, the under surfaces of leaves are generally +chosen for the deposit of eggs, but a few of the insects we are considering +always select the upper surface for this purpose. Thus +the Puss Moth (<a href="#Page_235">page 235</a>), and two or three others resembling it, +though much smaller, known as the Kittens (<a href="#Page_234">page 234</a>), invariably +lay them on the upper surface. And this is the more surprising +since the eggs of these moths are brown or black, and consequently +so conspicuous on the green leaves as to be in danger of being +sighted by the numerous enemies of insects.</p> + +<p>The Hairstreak Butterflies (<a href="#Page_183">page 183</a>) afford another exception to +the general rule, for their eggs are deposited on the <i>bark</i> of the trees +and shrubs (birch, sloe, elm, oak, and bramble) on which their +larvæ feed.</p> + +<p>At the moment each egg is laid it is covered with a liquid +sticky substance, so that it is immediately glued to the leaf or stem +as soon as it is deposited. The sticky substance soon dries, causing +the egg to be so firmly fastened in its place that it is often impossible +to force it off without destroying it completely.</p> + +<p>Some of the <i>Lepidoptera</i> deposit their eggs singly, or in small +irregular clusters; but by far the larger number set them very +regularly side by side, in so compact a mass that it would be +impossible to place them on a smaller area without piling one on +top of another. This is not accomplished with the aid of the sight, +for the insect performing her task with such precision often has her +head on one side of a leaf or stem while arranging her eggs on the +other. If you take the trouble to watch her, you will see that she +carefully <i>feels</i> out a place for each egg by means of the tip of her +abdomen immediately before laying it.</p> + +<p>The eggs are laid by moths and butterflies at various seasons<!-- Page 19 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_19" id="Page_19">[Pg 19]</a></span> +of the year. In some cases they are deposited early in the spring, +even before the buds of the food plants have burst; and the young +larvæ, hatched a few weeks later, commence to feed on the young +and tender leaves. Then, throughout the late spring, the whole of +the summer and autumn, and even till the winter frosts set in, the +eggs of various species are being laid.</p> + +<p>Those deposited during the warm weather are often hatched in +a few days, but those laid toward the autumn remain unchanged +until the following spring.</p> + +<p>In this latter case the frosts of the most severe winter are not +capable of destroying the vitality of the eggs. In many instances +the perfect insect or the larva would be killed by the temperature +of an average winter day, but the vitality of the eggs is such that +they have been subjected to a temperature, artificially produced, of +fifty degrees below the freezing point, and even after this the young +larvæ walked out of their cradles at their appointed time just as if +nothing unusual had occurred.</p> + +<p>Experiments have also been performed on the eggs with a view +of determining how far their vitality is influenced by high temperatures. +We know that the scorching midsummer sun has no +destructive influence on them, but these experiments prove that +they are not influenced by a temperature only twenty degrees below +the boiling point—actually a considerably higher temperature than +is <i>necessary</i> to properly cook a hen's egg.</p> + +<p>Let us now examine a number of eggs of different species, that +we may note some of the many variations in form and colour.</p> + +<p>With regard to colour, we have already observed that the eggs +of a few species are black; but more commonly they are much +lighter—pearly white, green, yellow, and grey being of frequent +occurrence.</p> + +<p>The great variety of form, however, will provide a vast amount +of enjoyment to anyone who possesses a good magnifying lens or +a small compound microscope. Some are globular, others oval; +while many others represent cups, basins, and domes. Then we +have miniature vases, flasks, bottles with short necks, and numerous +figures that must remind a juvenile admirer of the sweet +cakes and ornamental jellies that have so often gladdened his +longing eyes.</p> + +<p>Again, the beautifully sculptured surfaces of a large number are +even more striking than their general shapes. Some are regularly +ribbed from top to bottom with parallel or radiating ridges, and at<!-- Page 20 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_20" id="Page_20">[Pg 20]</a></span> +the same time marked with delicate transverse lines. Others are +beautifully pitted or honeycombed, some ornamented with the +most faithful representation of fine wicker-work, while a few are +provided with a cap, more or less ornamental, that is raised by the +young larva when about to see the world for the first time. A few +of these beautiful forms are here illustrated and named, and another +has already appeared on <a href="#Page_14">page 14</a>, but an enthusiastic young +naturalist may easily secure a variety of others for his own +examination.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_11" id="FIG_11"></a><img src="images/i_037a.jpg" width="300" height="169" alt="" title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 11.—Egg of +the Meadow +Brown Butterfly.</span> +</div> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_12" id="FIG_12"></a><img src="images/i_037b.jpg" width="300" height="173" alt="" title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 12.—Egg of +the Speckled +Wood Butterfly.</span> +</div> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_13" id="FIG_13"></a><img src="images/i_037c.jpg" width="300" height="178" alt="" title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 13.—Egg of +the Vapourer +Moth.</span> +</div> + +<p>It may be surmised from the accompanying illustrations that +the form of the egg is always the same for any one species. +This is really the case, and consequently an experienced entomologist +can often decide on the name of the butterfly or moth that +deposited a cluster of eggs he happens to find in his rambles and +searchings; but in such decisions he is always greatly assisted by a +knowledge of the food plants of the various insects, and sometimes +also by the manner in which the eggs are arranged.</p> + +<p>We have seen that the period during which the <i>Lepidoptera</i> +remain in the egg stage is very variable, and depends largely on +the season in which they were laid; but it is often possible to tell +when to expect the young larvæ by certain changes which take +place in the appearance of the egg. As the horny covering of +the egg is transparent, the gradual development of the caterpillar +from the clear fluid can be watched to a certain extent; but +if you have a microscope, and would like to witness this development +to perfection, proceed as follows.</p> + +<p>Arrange that some butterflies and moths shall lay their eggs on +strips of glass of convenient dimensions for microscopic work—three +inches long by one wide is the usual size for this kind of work. +This is easily accomplished by placing a proper selection of female +insects in a rather small box temporarily lined with such 'slips.' +When a few eggs have thus been secured, all you have to do is<!-- Page 21 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_21" id="Page_21">[Pg 21]</a></span> +to examine them at intervals with your microscope, always using +the reflector so as to direct a strong light <i>through</i> the eggs +from below.</p> + +<p>But even without such an arrangement some interesting +changes are to be observed. As a rule, the colour of the egg +turns darker as the time for the arrival of the infant larva approaches, +and you will often be able to see a little brown or +black head moving slightly within the 'shell.' You may know +then that the hatching is close at hand, and the movements of +the tiny creature are well worth careful watching. Soon a small +hole appears in the side of the case, and a little green or dark +cap begins to show itself. Then, with a magnifier of some kind, +you may see a pair of tiny jaws, working horizontally, and not +with an up-and-down motion like our own, gradually gnawing +away at the cradle, till at last the little creature is perfectly free to +ramble in search of food.</p> + +<p>Strange to say, the young larva does not waste a particle of +the horny substance that must necessarily be removed in securing +its liberty, but devours it with an apparent relish. Indeed, it appreciates +the flavour of this viand so highly that it often disposes +of the whole of its little home, with the exception of the small +circular patch by which it was cemented to the plant. When the +whole brood have thus dispensed with their empty cradles, there +remains on the stem or leaf a glittering patch of little pearly +plates.</p> + +<p>After the performance of this feat the young caterpillar starts +off in life on its own account with as much briskness and confidence +as if it had previously spent a term in the world under the same +conditions; but we must reserve an account of its doings and sufferings +for our next chapter.</p> + + + +<hr /> +<p><!-- Page 22 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_22" id="Page_22">[Pg 22]</a></span></p> +<h3>CHAPTER III +<br /> +<i>THE LARVA</i></h3> + + +<p>In almost every case the young caterpillar, on quitting the 'shell' +of the egg, finds itself standing on and surrounded by its natural +food, and immediately commences to do justice to the abundant +supply. It will either nibble away at the surface of the leaf, removing +the soft cellular substance, so that the leaf exhibits a number of +semi-transparent patches when held up to the light, or it will +make straight for the edge, and, closing its horizontal +jaws on either side, bite the leaf completely +through, and thus remove a small piece each time.</p> + +<div class="figleft" style="width: 226px;"> +<a name="FIG_14" id="FIG_14"></a><img src="images/i_039.jpg" width="226" height="400" alt="" title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 14.—The +Caterpillar of +the Clouded +Yellow Butterfly.</span> +</div> + +<p>Several naturalists have amused themselves by +performing experiments and making calculations +on the efficiency of the masticating and digesting +powers of the caterpillar. The illustrious Réaumur, +for example, proved that some of the cabbage +eaters disposed of more than twice their own +weight of food in twenty-four hours, during which +time their weight increased one-tenth. Let us see +what this would be equivalent to in human beings: +A man weighing eleven stone would devour over +three hundred pounds of food in a day, and at the +end of that day weigh about fifteen pounds more +than he did at the beginning!</p> + +<p>So the young caterpillar eats, and rests, and +grows, till, while still young, its body has become too large for the +already tightened skin. It evidently feels very uncomfortable. Its +appetite fails, and it remains for a time perfectly quiet in one spot, +having previously spun a little carpet of silk to form a firm foothold +during its temporary indisposition. Its colours have also +become dingy, and anyone, not understanding the character of its<!-- Page 23 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_23" id="Page_23">[Pg 23]</a></span> +growth, might easily be led to suppose that the poor creature was +displaying the earlier symptoms of a serious and perhaps fatal +illness.</p> + +<p>But soon an encouraging symptom is observed. The caterpillar +begins to get restless. Its front segments are turned alternately +right and left, and are also made to swell out much beyond their +normal size. Then in a very short time—often less than a minute +from the first appearances of restlessness—the skin, which has +become somewhat dry and brittle, splits along the back over the +second, third and fourth segments, revealing a new and bright coat +beneath. The caterpillar continues its struggles and, in addition +to the previous movements, causes the swelling to move backward +along the body. This, acting like a +wedge, causes the rent in the old coat +to extend in that direction.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_15" id="FIG_15"></a><img src="images/i_040.jpg" width="300" height="273" alt="" title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 15.—The Caterpillar of +the Dark Green Fritillary +Butterfly.</span> +</div> + +<p>The caterpillar now draws its head +backward, and, with a few convulsive +struggles, pulls the front segments +out of their old skin, and passes its +head out of the rent in the back. +With its foremost segments thus +rendered perfectly free, it walks +straight out of the old garment, +which is left still fixed by the legs to +the silken carpet.</p> + +<p>The larva, although now fresh and smart in its appearance, is +exhausted by these struggles and its prolonged fast. The new skin, +moreover, is very soft and tender, even to the cases of the head +and legs, which are normally very hard. But a short period of +rest suffices to dry its skin and sharpen its appetite, and then it +eats more vigorously than ever.</p> + +<p>We will now leave the caterpillar for a moment while we look +at its cast-off clothes. They are still clinging to a stem so firmly +that they can scarcely be removed without injury. The hard shell +that covered the head and jaws is perfect in form, and so are the +claws and cases of the legs. All the hairs or spines that happened +to adorn the previous owner still retain their positions; and the +whole skin, although always more or less shrivelled, is sometimes +so slightly altered in form that it might be mistaken for a living +caterpillar if not closely examined.</p> + +<p>But this is not all. For, according to the accounts of some<!-- Page 24 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_24" id="Page_24">[Pg 24]</a></span> +authoritative observers, the lining of the digestive organs, which is +really a continuation of the outer skin, is cast off (or rather cast +<i>out</i>) at the same time, as are also the linings of the larger breathing +tubes which are presently to be described.</p> + +<div class="figleft" style="width: 245px;"> +<a name="FIG_16" id="FIG_16"></a><img src="images/i_041.jpg" width="245" height="400" alt="" title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 16.—The Caterpillar +of the +Purple Emperor +Butterfly.</span> +</div> + +<p>We have seen that some caterpillars, on quitting their egg cases +(which may really be regarded as the first moult), make their first +meal of the old covering. So also some of them, in their future +moultings, exhibit an apparently useless economy (seeing that they +are surrounded by an abundance of their +natural vegetable diet) by devouring their +old coats! In the face of this fact we can +hardly describe them as strict vegetarians.</p> + +<p>Having thus passed through its first hardship, +the caterpillar has by no means seen +the end of the troubles and dangers that beset +it; for, during its existence in the larval state, +it has to go through a series of three, four, five, +or even six moults, all of which are periods +of considerable inconvenience, and perhaps +even pain, and frequently prove fatal. And +it is by no means an uncommon thing to +meet with the lifeless body of an unfortunate +individual who, as shown by its shabby +appearance and the silken carpet under its +feet, has evidently fallen a victim to the +dangerous process of ridding itself of an old garment.</p> + +<p>But this is only one of the many dangers to which caterpillars +are exposed. Throughout every hour of the day the sharp and +hungry eyes of the numerous insect-eating birds are searching the +leaves for such delicacies to satisfy the wants of themselves and +their broods. The lively little lizards, too, during the sunny +hours are busily engaged in searching them out among the foliage +of heaths and banks.</p> + +<p>Very formidable enemies also exist in the form of Ichneumon +and other species of flies, which pierce the skins of caterpillars with +their sharp <i>ovipositors</i>, and lay their eggs within the bodies of +the unfortunate victims. As soon as the young larvæ are hatched +from these eggs, they commence feeding on the fatty substance +stored beneath the caterpillar's skin. They carefully avoid, at +first, attacking the vital organs of their host's body, and in this +way secure for themselves a more lasting supply of fresh food.<!-- Page 25 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_25" id="Page_25">[Pg 25]</a></span> +When the fatty substance is nearly all gone, they eat their way +into the more important structures, of course steadily growing all +the time; and so, even though the body of the caterpillar is rapidly +diminishing, the total bulk shows often no very appreciable decrease +in size. When the larvæ of the flies are fully fed, they either +change to the pupa within the carcase of their host, or eat their +way out of its body and construct for themselves a cocoon in which +to undergo the transformation.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 350px;"> +<a name="FIG_17" id="FIG_17"></a><img src="images/i_042a.jpg" width="350" height="351" alt="" title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 17.—An Ichneumon Fly +(Cryptus Migrator).</span> +</div> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 350px;"> +<a name="FIG_18" id="FIG_18"></a> +<img src="images/i_042b.jpg" width="350" height="283" alt="" title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 18.—Another Ichneumon +Fly (Pimpla Instigator).</span> +</div> + +<p>As for the caterpillar itself, it sometimes dies before the time +for its metamorphosis has arrived; but it often changes to the +chrysalis before its fate is sealed. In this latter case, a number of +flies, having undergone their final transformation within the +chrysalis shell (there being but little else than shell remaining +of the victim's body), break forth from the remains of the carcase +somewhere about the time at which the butterfly or moth should +have appeared.</p> + +<p>Caterpillars have also their nocturnal enemies and devourers, +among which may be mentioned frogs, toads, newts, and insect-eating +mammals.</p> + +<p>We must now learn something of the structure of caterpillars; +and then become acquainted with their habits, and the change to +the chrysalis or pupa.</p> + +<p>Take a caterpillar from your garden, preferably a full-grown +one of a rather large species, that is not very densely covered with +hair, and examine it carefully as we note the main points in its<!-- Page 26 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_26" id="Page_26">[Pg 26]</a></span> +structure. The first point that strikes our notice is the division of +its body into segments or rings, separated from each other by a +more or less distinct line or slight constriction of the body.</p> + +<p>There are thirteen of these segments, reckoning, as is usual, the +head as the first.</p> + +<p>The head is usually very hard, and often of a much darker +colour than the rest of the body. It is also frequently divided into +two lobes by a couple of oblique lines, between which the parts of +the mouth are situated. The two powerful horizontal jaws, to +which we have already referred, are very hard and sharp, and +curved like a sickle, and therefore splendidly adapted for biting from +the edges of leaves. The head is also provided with a pair of +antennæ, usually very short and inconspicuous and protected by a +horny covering.</p> + +<p>Unlike the perfect insect, the caterpillar has no large compound +eyes, but twelve very small simple eyes, situated on the cheeks, +very near the mouth—six on each +side.</p> + +<div class="figleft" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_19" id="FIG_19"></a><img src="images/i_043.jpg" width="300" height="83" alt="" title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 19.—The Caterpillar of +the Angle Shades Moth +(Meticulosa).</span> +</div> + +<p>If you examine them with a magnifier, +you see that each one is provided +with a small and very convex +lens—a lens of very <i>short focus</i>, such +as would be used for the examination +of small objects held very near to +the eye. From this arrangement we should be inclined to conclude +that the caterpillar can see only those objects that are +close to its mouth; and this idea is strengthened if you place +one in a box containing a number of leaves, one of which is +that of its own food plant. It will wander about the box, apparently +looking at every part of every leaf it passes, after the +manner of a very short-sighted individual, and never taking a +general look round. A butterfly or a moth can see a flower in +the distance, for it flies unhesitatingly from one to another in +the straightest and shortest path, but if you place a caterpillar +in the centre of a ring composed of a leaf of its food plant and +nine others from other plants, the chances are (nine to one) that it +will <i>not</i> walk towards what it would like to have.</p> + +<p>Again, the eyes are situated on the <i>lower</i> part of the cheek, +directed slightly downward, and are therefore adapted for seeing +what is just under its jaws as it walks along. Had we no knowledge +whatever of the caterpillar's twelve little eyes, we should probably<!-- Page 27 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_27" id="Page_27">[Pg 27]</a></span> +have thought that it sought out its food by some sense other than +that of vision.</p> + +<p>Another important and interesting feature of the head is the +silk-spinning apparatus, situated under cover of the lower lip. This +consists of two tubular glands, corresponding to our own salivary +glands, the special purpose of which is to secrete a viscid fluid that +solidifies on exposure to air. The opening by which the fluid +escapes is so situated that the caterpillar can easily apply it to the +surface of any object over which it is walking, and then, by drawing +or turning away its head, cause a silken fibre to be produced.</p> + +<p>Some caterpillars make use of this spinning apparatus only on +a few special occasions, but others, more especially some of the +smaller species, seem to have it always in use, so that if at any +time you suddenly start them into the air by giving a smart tap to +the plant or twig on which they rest, they invariably fall slowly on +the end of a growing web, the spinning of which they stop as soon +as they consider they have fallen far enough. Sometimes, as you +are walking through a wood, you will see hundreds, nay, thousands +of little caterpillars thus suspended, swinging gently in the +breeze. Not long since, after only a few minutes' walk among the +trees of Epping Forest, I found I was decorated with several dozens +of these swingers with which I had come into collision—in this +case consisting chiefly of the larvæ of the Green Tortrix Moth +(<i>Tortrix viridana</i>).</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_20" id="FIG_20"></a><img src="images/i_045a.jpg" width="300" height="199" alt="" title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 20.—Walking Leg +of a Caterpillar.</span> +</div> + +<p>Now let us examine the caterpillar's limbs. Attached to each +of the second, third, and fourth segments is a pair of true walking +legs, corresponding with those of the perfect insect. These are +covered with a hard and shining substance, and are also each +provided with a hook. The fifth and sixth segments have no limbs +at all, nor have the eleventh and twelfth, but some or all of the +others (seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, and thirteenth) are furnished +with a pair of claspers which we shall presently describe.</p> + +<p>First, as regards the number of claspers, it will be seen from +what has just been said that this is not always the same. Some +caterpillars possess five pairs, thus making up the total number of +walking appendages to sixteen. In fact, we must regard this as the +<i>usual</i> number. But there are at least a few hundred exceptions to +the rule. Many of the <i>Bombyces</i> (<a href="#Page_217">page 217</a>), for example, have only +four pairs of claspers; and in others of the same group the fifth +pair is present, but only partially developed, and quite useless for +walking.<!-- Page 28 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_28" id="Page_28">[Pg 28]</a></span></p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_21" id="FIG_21"></a> +<img src="images/i_045b.jpg" width="300" height="94" alt="" title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 21—Larva of the Yellow Underwing +Moth (Pronuba).</span> +</div> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_22" id="FIG_22"></a><img src="images/i_045c.jpg" width="300" height="400" alt="" title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 22.—Larva of the +Crimson Speckled +Moth (Pulchella).</span> +</div> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_23" id="FIG_23"></a><img src="images/i_045d.jpg" width="300" height="400" alt="" title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 23.—Larva of the Lobster Moth +(Fagi).</span> +</div> + +<p>Look at the peculiar caterpillar of the Lobster Moth (<a href="#FIG_23">fig. 23</a>)—a +creature that differs from most other caterpillars not only in its +claspers, but in many other respects too. Observe its long and +slender legs, its humped middle segments, and its upturned hindermost +segment, of enormous size and mounted with a pair of +clubbed 'horns.' This last segment you will observe, has no +claspers.</p> + +<p>Another allied caterpillar is that of the Iron Prominent Moth +(<a href="#FIG_24">fig. 24</a>). This one also has humped segments, and the claspers of +the thirteenth segment are imperfectly developed.</p> + +<p>A large number of other exceptions to the general rule are to be +found in the caterpillars of the Geometer Moths (<a href="#Page_268">page 268</a>), one of +which is here represented. These have generally only two pairs of<!-- Page 29 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_29" id="Page_29">[Pg 29]</a></span> +claspers, one pair on each of the tenth and last segments, so that +there is a distance equal to the combined length of six segments +between the hindermost true leg and the first pair of claspers. But +even among the Geometers there are variations to be observed in +the number of claspers, and some of these will be pointed out in our +brief descriptions of the commoner species.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_24" id="FIG_24"></a> +<img src="images/i_046a.jpg" width="300" height="308" alt="" title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 24.—Caterpillar of +the Iron Prominent +Moth (Dromedarius).</span> +</div> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_25" id="FIG_25"></a> +<img src="images/i_046b.jpg" width="300" height="150" alt="" title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 25.—Larva of the Brimstone +Moth (Luteolata).</span> +</div> + +<p>These limbs which we have been calling claspers are known by +several other names. Thus they are termed 'pro-legs,' 'temporary +legs,' 'false legs,' and 'abdominal legs;' but if you watch a +caterpillar as it walks up a stalk or along the edge of a leaf, +you will certainly agree that the term 'clasper' is everything that +could be desired. But why not call them legs, seeing that they +are used in walking? The reason is that they differ in many +respects from the three foremost pairs of +limbs as regards structure, persistency, and +function. The true legs, as we have called +them, continue to exist, though concealed, in the chrysalis state, +and again appear, far more perfectly developed, in the butterfly +or moth, but the claspers are no more to be seen after the +caterpillar has passed into the quiescent stage. We have noticed, +too, that the true legs are pointed and clawed, also that they are protected +by a hard and horny covering; but examine a large caterpillar, +holding it between the fingers and thumb with its under side +uppermost, and you will soon see that the claspers are not at all hard, +but soft and fleshy; not pointed, but often terminating in a broad +flat circular surface. You will also observe, as the creature struggles +to escape from your grasp, and tries to get a hold on something with +its claspers, that these limbs, if we may so call them, are retractile, +and are sometimes completely drawn into the body. Finally, +examine the broad end of a clasper with a magnifier, and you will<!-- Page 30 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_30" id="Page_30">[Pg 30]</a></span> +see it surrounded by a circle of little hooks, turning in all directions. +You will no longer wonder how it is that a caterpillar can hold so +tenaciously to a piece of twig that it is often almost impossible +to remove it without injury.</p> + +<p>Now put your caterpillar down, so that you may observe its gait. +If it happens to be one with the full complement of sixteen limbs, +you see that at each stride it makes but little progress. The +segments contract and relax alternately and in succession, thus +sending a series of wave-like motions along the body, and urging +onward the front segments while the claspers keep the hinder +portion firmly fixed.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_26" id="FIG_26"></a><img src="images/i_047.jpg" width="300" height="400" alt="" title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 26.—The Claspers +of a Caterpillar.</span> +</div> + +<p>But if your caterpillar is one of the Geometers, with only two, +or perhaps three, pairs of claspers, the mode of procedure is very +different. The creature stretches its body out at full length, often +raising its head high in the air, and swinging +its long body right and left with a most +furious motion, as if to hastily scan the +neighbourhood. Then, having satisfied +itself as to the <i>direction</i> of its proposed +course (which, by the way, is often changed +considerably at almost every stride), it +holds on by the true legs and pulls its +hinder quarters forward till the body forms +almost a closed loop, with the fourth segment +nearly touching the ninth. The +claspers now become the holdfasts. The +little hooks with which they are provided +are firmly fixed to the surface on which it is walking; and the +body being again straightened out to its utmost length, the same +manœuvre is repeated. So, you see, the insect progresses by +strides equal in length to about six segments of the body, and +these the longest segments generally; and the rate at which the +strides succeed each other, especially in some of the smaller species, +is really astonishing.</p> + +<p>We have seen the caterpillar in the act of taking its walk, and +now we will give it a twig of its food plant so that we may see it +feed. It walks up the twig without hesitation—for caterpillars +(excepting those which feed on roots) always seem to move upward +when in search of food—and soon finds itself on a leaf. Over this +it walks till it reaches the edge; and, grasping the edge firmly +between the claspers, so as to give perfectly free play to its legs and<!-- Page 31 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_31" id="Page_31">[Pg 31]</a></span> +head, it stretches its body at full length, and takes a series of bites +as it brings its head backward in a curve. When the head has +thus been brought close to its fore legs, the body is again extended, +and the same ground is gone over again.</p> + +<p>If the caterpillar is a fairly large and hardy one, it will bite +through the smaller veins, and perhaps even the larger ones; but +the smaller species often change their position on reaching a +moderately thick vein, and so devour little else than the soft cellular +substance of the leaf. In any case, it is astonishing to see how +rapidly the leaf disappears under the influence of the powerful jaws +and marvellous digestive apparatus of the hungry grub.</p> + +<p>Those who take a delight in watching the <i>movements</i> of caterpillars +are sure to be interested in observing them when at rest; +for at such times the various attitudes assumed are as pleasing +and instructive as are their active moments. And these attitudes +are all the more interesting on account of the mimicry by which +the creatures often baffle their numerous enemies. We may +profitably spend a little time in studying a few cases in point.</p> + +<p>Many species, when at rest, fix themselves by means of their +claspers to a small twig or leaf stalk, or on the midrib of the leaf +itself. Here they remain perfectly still, with their bodies perfectly +straight or with head slightly raised. I need hardly say that these +generally fix themselves on the <i>under</i> side of the leaves and stalks, +thus securing themselves against the attacks of the feathered foes +above. But some birds are equal to the caterpillars in this matter; +and it is really amusing to see them hopping about beneath the +leaves in our gardens, every now and again slyly turning one +eye upward, and smartly plucking an unwary grub from its resting +place.</p> + +<p>The precautions of the caterpillar, however, do not end merely +with the selection of an under surface. You will find that the +bright green species invariably settle on a leaf or a <i>green</i> stalk, +while the darkly coloured insects often choose a twig covered with +a brownish bark. Some even make for the <i>trunk</i> of the tree on +which they feed, and here remain quite still in a vertical position, +so that they look just like a ridge in the bark, the colour of which +is faithfully imitated by their skin. Further, many of the caterpillars +that resort to this stratagem have bodies that are notched +or knotted and spotted in such a manner that the resemblance to +their surroundings is so perfect as to defy any but the most +experienced eye. And even this is not all, for a number of these<!-- Page 32 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_32" id="Page_32">[Pg 32]</a></span> +mimics of the insect world never venture to feed by day, but take +in their quantum of provisions during the dark hours, and practise +their deceptions throughout the day.</p> + +<p>Most of the Geometer caterpillars, of which we have already +spoken, are well trained in the art of deception. You are out +on a caterpillar hunt, and engaged in carefully turning over the +twigs of the hazel or some other shrub, so that you may the more +readily examine the under surfaces of the leaves. At last you lay +hold of a small broken twig for this very purpose. To your +astonishment it is very soft, and readily bends between your +fingers. You look more closely at this peculiar piece of stick, and +find, to your surprise, that you have grasped a looper caterpillar +that was standing out at an angle just like a broken twig, +supported by its two pairs of claspers, and coloured and knotted +exactly like the little branch on which it rested.</p> + +<p>At other times you meet with little green caterpillars of the +same group, supporting themselves in exactly the same manner on +a small twig, and looking just like a leaf stalk from which the +blade had fallen or been devoured.</p> + +<p>What a wonderful power is exhibited in the grasp of the +claspers and the tension of the muscles, enabling the caterpillar to +fix itself and retain its position for so long a time! Imagine an +acrobat fixing himself by his hands on an upright pole, throwing +out his body at an angle, and without any further support retaining +his position motionless for several hours!</p> + +<p>Other experiences of the larva hunter are equally interesting +and, perhaps, even more tantalising. He is engaged in very +cautiously turning over the leaves of a certain food plant from +which he hopes to obtain the larva of a much-coveted species. +Then, just as his eye catches a glimpse of the very object of his +search, down falls the caterpillar, rolled up into a little ball, among +the herbage below. This latter is diligently and patiently examined. +But no, the anticipated prize is nowhere to be seen. +It is probably a green one, and this adds to the difficulty of the +patient entomologist. Then, as he carefully separates the low +herbs, hoping to find the spot where the larva had fallen, the +insect, rolled up into a compact little ball, only sinks deeper and +deeper into the maze.</p> + +<p>Many caterpillars avoid capture in this manner, while others +seek to avoid detection by remaining perfectly motionless, even +when roughly handled. They allow themselves to drop from their<!-- Page 33 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_33" id="Page_33">[Pg 33]</a></span> +resting place on the slightest sign of danger, and, when the alarm +is over and all is quiet again, they ascend the food plant and +resume their position.</p> + +<p>Some caterpillars not only rest, but even feed under cover, +quite secure from most, if not all, of their enemies. Several of +them feed on roots, and many a farmer can relate sad experiences +of the havoc committed by these caterpillars on his turnips and +other crops. Then there are those which feed on flowers and buds, +completely burying themselves in the dense mass of food.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"> +<a name="FIG_27" id="FIG_27"></a><img src="images/i_050.jpg" width="400" height="334" alt="" title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 27.—The Homes of Leaf Miners and Leaf Rollers.</span> +</div> + +<p>We must conclude this brief account of resting and hiding +places and attitudes of caterpillars by a few observations on the +leaf miners and leaf rollers.</p> + +<p>The former are very small caterpillars—the larvæ of certain +small moths—that eat burrows into leaves without doing any considerable +injury to the outer <i>epidermis</i>, and thus prepare a safe +resting place within the substance of their food.</p> + +<p>The latter, also mostly of small size, make themselves secure +by curling a leaf or a portion of a leaf into a cylinder, and holding +it in position by means of a number of silken threads.</p> + +<p>If you examine a leaf thus curled you will soon be convinced<!-- Page 34 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_34" id="Page_34">[Pg 34]</a></span> +that a considerable number of the extremely delicate threads must +be necessary to hold it in position; but, if you would like to know +how a very small and feeble caterpillar can manage to roll up a +comparatively large and rigid leaf, you must watch the little creature +at its work.</p> + +<p>You need have but little difficulty in finding a willing worker, +for such caterpillars are extremely numerous. Take a few out of +their self-made homes, place them on a sprig of the food plant, +and you will soon have the pleasure of seeing one start its extraordinary +work.</p> + +<p>At first it spins a number of threads stretching from the edge of +a leaf to about the middle of the surface. These threads are not +tight by any means, and the leaf is, as yet, unchanged in position. +But now the little mechanic exhibits a tact that almost seems to +prove a knowledge of the principles of its art. Each thread in turn +is pulled <i>at right angles</i> at its middle, and then fastened by means +of the creature's spinneret. Each time this is done the edge of +the leaf is bent round <i>a little</i>; and when at last the cylinder is +completed, a number of other threads are stretched across from the +scroll to the flat part of the leaf to secure it firmly in its place.</p> + +<p>Many caterpillars are solitary in their habits: that is, they are +always found singly, whether walking, resting, or feeding. But a +large number of species are gregarious, living in dense clusters +either throughout their larval state or, perhaps, only while young. +In many such cases it is difficult or even impossible to find any +reason for this gregarious tendency—to discover any advantage +that the insects may derive from the habit. Many species, however, +are true co-operators in the defence of their communities. +The caterpillars of such live in clusters, sometimes several scores +in each, and all help in the spinning of a complicated mass of silk +fibres, which, with the leaves and twigs they join together, form a +safe home in which they can rest, feed, or change to the chrysalis +state. In early summer hundreds of such caterpillar 'nests' are +to be seen in many of our hawthorn and other hedgerows.</p> + +<p>Before closing our general account of the caterpillar we must +have a word to say about the breathing apparatus, more especially +as in our future descriptions we shall frequently have to mention +the colours and markings which surround the openings in its body +through which the air supply is admitted.</p> + +<p>If you examine the sides of the segments of a caterpillar, using +a lens if the insect is a small one, you will observe some little<!-- Page 35 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_35" id="Page_35">[Pg 35]</a></span> +round holes, often inclosed in a ring or a patch of some prominent +colour. These are the <i>spiracles</i> or openings of a series of air tubes +called <i>tracheæ</i>. These latter divide and subdivide within the body +of the caterpillar, the branches of one often uniting with those of +another, thus forming a really complicated arrangement of air pipes +by which the supply of oxygen is distributed.</p> + +<p>A microscopic examination of a portion of one of the tracheæ +will show that its walls are supported by an elastic spiral of a firm +substance. This arrangement serves to keep the air passages open, +and secures for the caterpillar a free supply of air at times when a +contraction of the segments would otherwise cause the tubes to +collapse.</p> + +<p>There are nine spiracles on each side of the caterpillar's body, +and never more than one in the side of the same segment. The +head, which we have been regarding as the first segment, has no +spiracles. The second segment has a pair—one on each side. +There are none in the third and fourth; but all the segments, from +the fifth to the twelfth inclusive, have each a pair; the last +(thirteenth) segment has none.</p> + +<p>We have already observed the general arrangement of the caterpillar's +limbs; but perhaps it may be interesting and even convenient +to the reader to give here a little table that will show at a +glance the disposition of both limbs and spiracles.</p> + + + +<div class="center"> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="Disposition of caterpillar limbs and spiracles."> +<tr><td align="left">First</td><td align="left">segment—head</td><td align="left">Two short antennæ, two jaws, and twelve eyes.</td></tr> +<tr><td align="left">Second</td><td align="left"> "</td><td align="left">Legs and spiracles.</td></tr> +<tr><td align="left">Third</td><td align="left"> "</td><td align="left">Legs only.</td></tr> +<tr><td align="left">Fourth</td><td align="left"> "</td><td align="left">Legs only.</td></tr> +<tr><td align="left">Fifth</td><td align="left"> "</td><td align="left">Spiracles only.</td></tr> +<tr><td align="left">Sixth</td><td align="left"> "</td><td align="left">Spiracles only.</td></tr> +<tr><td align="left">Seventh</td><td align="left"> "</td><td align="left">Spiracles, and sometimes claspers.</td></tr> +<tr><td align="left">Eighth</td><td align="left"> "</td><td align="left">Spiracles, and sometimes claspers.</td></tr> +<tr><td align="left">Ninth</td><td align="left"> "</td><td align="left">Spiracles, and sometimes claspers.</td></tr> +<tr><td align="left">Tenth</td><td align="left"> "</td><td align="left">Spiracles, and generally claspers.</td></tr> +<tr><td align="left">Eleventh</td><td align="left"> "</td><td align="left">Spiracles only.</td></tr> +<tr><td align="left">Twelfth</td><td align="left"> "</td><td align="left">Spiracles only.</td></tr> +<tr><td align="left">Thirteenth</td><td align="left"> "</td><td align="left">Claspers only, and these occasionally absent.</td></tr> +</table></div> + +<p><!-- Page 36 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_36" id="Page_36">[Pg 36]</a></span></p> + +<p>We must now watch the caterpillar through its later days, to +see how it prepares for passing into the pupal stage, and to +witness the various interesting changes that take place at this +period.</p> + +<p>When fully grown, it ceases to eat, and begins to wander about +in search of a convenient spot for the coming event. Its colours +fade, and the body becomes appreciably smaller, especially in length, +as it ejects the whole contents of its digestive apparatus. According +to some accounts, it even evacuates the lining of the intestines +with their contents.</p> + +<p>A great variety of situations are chosen by the different species +at this time. Some will fix themselves on their own food plant, +and there remain till they finally emerge in the perfect state, +suspending themselves from a silken carpet, hiding themselves +in a rolled leaf, or constructing a cocoon of some kind. A large +number walk down the food plants, and undergo their changes +in moss that happens to lie at the foot; or construct a cocoon +on the surface of the ground, utilising for the purpose any decayed +leaves, fragments of vegetable matter, or pieces of earth or small +stones. Many seek a further protection than this, and burrow +into the soil, where they either lie in a little oval cell that they prepare, +or in a cocoon constructed by spinning together some particles +of earth. Again, there are those caterpillars, chiefly of butterflies +that frequent our gardens, which find their way to the nearest wall +or fence, and there secure themselves in a sheltered nook. We +will watch a few of these varied methods of procedure, taking as +our first instance the caterpillar of the common Large White or +Cabbage Butterfly.</p> + +<p>When fully fed, this larva seeks out a sheltered spot, generally +selecting the under surface of some object, or of the ledge of a +wall or fence. Sometimes it will not even leave its food plant, +though it generally walks some considerable distance before a suitable +shelter is found. Having satisfied itself as to the site of the +temporary abode, it sets to work at spinning a silken carpet. At +first the threads spread over a rather wide area, and seem to be +laid in a somewhat irregular and aimless manner; but after a little +time its labours are concentrated on one small spot, where it spins +several layers of silk fibres.</p> + +<p>This done, it fixes the little hooks of the claspers firmly in its +carpet bed, and then proceeds with a highly interesting movement. +It is not satisfied with only the one mode of suspension. In fact,<!-- Page 37 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_37" id="Page_37">[Pg 37]</a></span> +this alone would hardly be safe, for when it casts its skin, as it is +shortly about to do, its claspers will all disappear; and although it +afterwards secures itself by the 'tail,' it would be dangling in such +a manner as to swing with every breeze—a very unsatisfactory +state of affairs, especially with those that pupate late in the summer +and remain in the pupal state throughout the winter storms.</p> + +<p>Its next procedure, then, is to make a strong silk band round the +middle of its body, so as to keep it close to the surface against which +it rests. But how is this to be done? It bends its head round till +the spinning organ can be applied to a point close beside the middle +of its body. Here it fixes one end of a thread; and then, gradually +twisting its body, brings its head round to the other side, still keeping +it close to the same segment, and fastens the other end of the +thread exactly opposite the point at which it started.</p> + +<p>The head is now brought back to its former position, thus +adding another thread to the band; and the process is repeated +several times, till at last the caterpillar is satisfied with the thickness +and strength of the cord formed.</p> + +<p>Now it straightens out its body as if to rest from its labours; +but the work is not yet complete. Soon it exhibits much restlessness. +Its foremost segments are seen to shorten, and consequently +become thicker. Then the skin splits, and the last moult of the +caterpillar commences. The movements that follow are exactly +similar to those we have already described in connection with one +of the earlier moults: the alternate and successive contractions of +all the segments gradually force back the old coat, and this is +finally thrown entirely off by a somewhat vigorous wriggling of the +'tail.'</p> + +<p>Then, for a moment, the creature is supported only by its silken +cord. But this lasts <i>only</i> for a moment. For, as soon as it is +quite free from the old garment, it applies its tail to the densest +part of the carpet it had prepared at the start, and secures its hinder +extremity by means of little hooks.</p> + +<p>But what a change has now come over the creature! It is no +longer a caterpillar. Its head is no longer distinct, although we +can readily make out the positions of the eyes. Its mouth and +jaws have quite disappeared, and the legs and claspers are apparently +gone. The three segments that bore the legs are no longer distinctly +separable, though in reality they still exist. The head and thorax +are peculiarly shaped; and, instead of being cylindrical, are angled +and ridged; but, beneath the soft greenish skin—the new garment—we<!-- Page 38 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_38" id="Page_38">[Pg 38]</a></span> +can discern the outline of a pair of small wings, and see a +proboscis and a pair of long antennæ. Also the six long legs of the +future butterfly can be traced with care.</p> + +<p>The abdomen is conical in form, coming to a sharp point at +the end, and its segments are quite distinct.</p> + +<p>No stranger to the metamorphoses of insects would connect +the present form with that of a caterpillar; they are so very +unlike. And yet the time occupied in the whole change, from the +spinning of the carpet, does not occupy more than about thirty or +thirty-five hours.</p> + +<p>The apparent suddenness of this change is really surprising, but +in reality the transformation is not nearly so sudden as it appears. +Dissection of a caterpillar a few days before the final moult is due +will show that the changes are already going on. In fact, a +simple removal of the skin will prove that the organs of the +future butterfly are developing. Still, in proportion to the short +time occupied, the change is extremely great; and it may reasonably +be inquired, Why so great a change within so short a space of +time?—why is not the change continued steadily and equally +through the larval existence? The reason has already been hinted +at. Caterpillars are living eating machines, whose office is to +remove excess of vegetable matter. Consequently they must have +their jaws and bulky digestive apparatus in full development to the +end. If these organs were to <i>gradually</i> disappear as the caterpillar +reaches its non-eating stages, it would simply be starved to death. +So the change from the larval to the pupal state, which we may +regard as the final moult of the caterpillar, is a far greater change +than any of the preceding ones, and occupies a proportionately +longer time, although it is principally confined to the last few days +of the caterpillar life.</p> + +<p>A number of caterpillars, and especially those of the butterflies, +suspend themselves when about to change; and the peculiarities of +the modes adopted must be left for our descriptions of species in a +future chapter; but we will find room here for one more interesting +example, taking this time the larva of one of the commonest of the +Vanessas (<a href="#Page_166">page 166</a>)—the Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly.</p> + +<p>The caterpillars of this insect are gregarious when young; and +if ever you meet with one, you are almost sure to be able to obtain +a hundred or so without much searching. But as they grow older +they feed singly, yet generally without straying very far from their +birthplace.<!-- Page 39 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_39" id="Page_39">[Pg 39]</a></span></p> + +<p>When full grown they sometimes stray to a neighbouring plant +or fence to undergo the change to a chrysalis, but more commonly +they are perfectly satisfied with the protection afforded by the leaves +of their food plant. We will now watch one of these as we did the +larva of the Large White Butterfly.</p> + +<p>Of course the under side of the leaf is chosen. Here a silken +carpet is spun as before described; but the caterpillar, instead of +clinging with <i>all</i> its claspers, suspends itself in a vertical position +by its hindermost pair only.</p> + +<p>Here it hangs, head downwards, awaiting the coming events. +The splitting and casting of the skin goes on just as in the case of +the Large White, but there is this puzzle to be solved: how +can the insect shuffle itself out of its old coat without falling to the +ground, leaving the cast-off garments still hanging by the hooks +of the claspers? This really seems a matter of impossibility, since +the little hooks which alone suspend the insect are thrown off with +the skin of the claspers.</p> + +<p>The thing is managed in this way. As the skin slowly splits +through the wrigglings of the apparently uncomfortable occupant, +it is gradually pushed backward—that is, upward—till it is in a +shrivelled condition, and the body of the insect is nearly free. But +the chrysalis thus brought to light is provided with little hooks on +the end of its 'tail' by which it can attach itself to the irregularities +of the crumpled coat. Its conical abdomen is also very flexible, +and it can, by bending this, seize hold of a ridge in the skin, +holding it between the segments. Thus, although practically quite +free from the old garb, it never falls to the ground.</p> + +<p>There is now, however, another point to be attended to. The +newly formed chrysalis desires to be entirely independent of its +cast-off skin, and to suspend itself directly from the silky carpet it +has prepared. To this end it works steadily for a time, alternately +bending its supple abdomen from side to side, gripping the folds of +the skin between the segments, pulling its body a little higher at +each movement, and securing itself at each step by the little hooks +at its extremity.</p> + +<p>So it climbs, and at last it reaches the network of silk fibres, and +thrusts the tip of its abdomen among them till some of the hooks +have taken hold. Not satisfied with this, it turns its body round +and round to get the little hooks so entangled between the silk +fibres that a fall is impossible, and in so doing it frequently pushes +the old skin out of its place so that it falls to the ground.<!-- Page 40 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_40" id="Page_40">[Pg 40]</a></span></p> + +<p>Although the caterpillars of this species do not show any great +gregarious tendency when nearly full fed, yet it is not an uncommon +thing to find several hanging from the under surface of +one leaf, all being attached to the one common carpet at which all +had worked. And when bred in confinement, a number will often +spin in company in a corner of their cage. I have thus obtained a +cluster of thirty-seven pupæ, all hanging by the 'tails' to the +same mass of silk, which was so small that they formed quite a +compact mass of beings with their tails close +together.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_28" id="FIG_28"></a> +<img src="images/i_057a.jpg" width="300" height="190" alt="" title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 28.—The Cocoon of the +Emperor Moth.</span> +</div> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_29" id="FIG_29"></a><img src="images/i_057b.jpg" width="300" height="400" alt="" title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 29.—The Cocoon +of the Six-spotted +Burnet (Filipendulæ).</span> +</div> + +<p>We have seen that the Large White Butterfly +makes itself secure by a silk band round its +middle, while the 'Tortoiseshell' is fixed only +by its tail. But the extra provision for the safety +of the former is not so necessary in the case of +the latter, as it never spends more than two or +three weeks in the pupal state. Here it is the perfect insect that +braves the winter, and not the chrysalis.</p> + +<p>There is a great variety in the means taken by the caterpillars +of moths to protect themselves during their metamorphoses, but we +shall have space for only a few illustrations.</p> + +<p>A clever cocoon is spun by the larva of the Emperor Moth +(<i>Pavonia</i>). It is pear-shaped, and composed of a brownish silk; +and is so constructed that the newly emerged moth can easily walk +out of the small end without breaking a fibre, while the entry of an +insect enemy from without is impossible.</p> + +<p>This is managed as follows. A number of rather stiff threads +are made to project from the small end of the cocoon, and these +converge as they pass outward so that the ends are all near<!-- Page 41 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_41" id="Page_41">[Pg 41]</a></span> +together. The other portions of the cocoon are of compact silk, +and any insect intruder that ventures to enter by what we may +almost term the <i>open</i> end is met by a number of spikes, as it were, +that play on it at every attempt. Many of these wonderful cocoons +may be found during the winter months attached to the food plants +of this insect.</p> + +<p>Of the silken cocoons spun by various caterpillars some are so +thin and light that the chrysalis can easily be seen through them, +and others are so densely woven as to be quite opaque. A +great difference is also to be observed in the adhesive power of the +silk fibres. In some cases little threads of silk can be pulled off +the cocoon; but some of them, that of the Oak Eggar (<a href="#Page_229">page 229</a>) for +example, look as if they had been constructed of paper rather than +of silk, because, at the time of spinning, the moist silk fibres stuck +so closely together.</p> + +<p>An extreme case of this character is to be met with in the +cocoon of the Puss Moth (<a href="#Page_235">page 235</a>); for here the fluid from the +spinneret of the caterpillar does not harden at once on exposure to +air, and so the threads become thoroughly united together, thus +forming a solid gluey cocoon.</p> + +<p>When the Puss caterpillar is about to change, it descends the +tree (poplar, willow, or sallow) till it is within a few feet of the +ground. Then it commences gnawing away at the bark, at the +same time cementing all the pieces together with the gluey substance +from its spinning glands. In this way it surrounds itself +with a very hard cocoon, which so closely resembles the surrounding +bark in colour that detection is difficult indeed.</p> + +<p>But how will the caterpillar proceed if it is removed from its +native tree and has no bark to gnaw? That you can easily answer +for yourself, or rather Puss will answer it for you. Go and search +among the poplars, willows and sallows in the month of July. You +may possibly come across a caterpillar that is just in the act of +creeping down the bark in search of a resting place; but if not you +may be successful in obtaining a few either by examining the twigs, +or you may start them from their hiding places by smartly tapping +the smaller branches with a strong stick.</p> + +<p>Having secured one or more larvæ, take them home, and they +will give some rather novel performances. If they are not fully +grown, you must supply them with fresh leaves every day till they +refuse to eat; and then is the time for your experiments. Shut one +in a little wooden box, and you will have the pleasure of watching it<!-- Page 42 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_42" id="Page_42">[Pg 42]</a></span> +construct a cocoon of chips of wood that it has bitten out with its +powerful jaws, all joined together into a hard shell by means of +transparent glue. Shut another Puss in a glass vessel—a tumbler, +for instance—either by placing it under the inverted vessel, or by +covering over the top. Perhaps it will not be superfluous to mention +that, should you place it under an inverted vessel, this vessel +should not stand on a polished table, for, whatever be the material, +unless <i>extremely</i> hard, it is sure to be utilised in the manufacture +of the cocoon.</p> + +<p>Let us suppose, then, that the caterpillar is under an inverted +tumbler that stands on a plate or saucer. Now it is for <i>you</i> to +decide what material shall be used in the construction of the new +home. Give Puss some fine strips of brightly coloured ribbon, +and it will construct a very gaudy house by gluing them together. +Or, provide it with sawdust, pieces of rag, glass beads, sand, paper, +anything in fact; and the material will be 'made up' into a +cocoon more or less ornamental according to the nature of the supply.</p> + +<p>But what if you give it <i>nothing</i> with which to work, and so +inclose it that nothing its jaws can pierce is within its reach? +For instance, shut it in with tumbler and saucer as before, inverting +the former on the latter, and give it no material whatever. +What will it do now? We will watch and see.</p> + +<p>At first it is very restless, and walks round and round the edge +of the tumbler, evidently a little dissatisfied with the prospects. +Then, after a little while, the events of nature transpiring in their +fixed order regardless of trivial mishaps, the glutinous fluid begins +to flow from the creature's spinning glands, and it moves about in +a somewhat aimless fashion, applying the transparent adhesive +matter both to tumbler and saucer.</p> + +<p>It seems now to become a little more reconciled to its unnatural +surroundings; and, making the best of bad matters, keeps its +body in one place, and starts the construction of a ridge or barrier +all round itself. By the continued application of the creature's +spinneret this barrier is made gradually thicker and higher, till at +last the overhanging sides meet and the caterpillar is inclosed in +its self-constructed prison. But the walls of this prison are so +transparent that every movement can be watched; and, after the +insect has spent a few days in completing the cocoon, we can see +it cast off its old skin, and appear in the new garb of a fine +greenish chrysalis.</p> + +<p>Its soft green skin soon hardens and turns to a rich dark brown<!-- Page 43 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_43" id="Page_43">[Pg 43]</a></span> +colour, and it settles down for a long rest lasting till the following +May or June.</p> + +<p>When the whole operation of building is completed, lift up the +tumbler, and up will come the saucer too. The two are firmly +glued together by the substance secreted; and the power of this as +a cementing material will be well illustrated if you endeavour by +mere pulling force to separate the two articles.</p> + +<p>The Puss is not the only caterpillar that works up a foreign +material with the contents of the spinning organs. There are +several others, in fact, that use for this purpose fragments of wood +or other parts of the food plants; and a still larger number bind +together leaves, fresh or dead, or particles of earth or other matter. +Several such cocoons will be described in our accounts of +individual species in another chapter. We shall now devote a +little space to a few general remarks on the chrysalides and the +final metamorphosis of butterflies and moths.</p> + + + +<hr /> +<p><!-- Page 44 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_44" id="Page_44">[Pg 44]</a></span></p> +<h3>CHAPTER IV +<br /> +<i>THE PUPA OR CHRYSALIS</i></h3> + + +<p>As soon as the last moult of the caterpillar is over, the chrysalis +that had already been developing under the cover of the old skin +is exposed to full view; and although the perfect insect is not to +be liberated for some time to +come, yet some of its parts are +apparently fully formed.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_30" id="FIG_30"></a><img src="images/i_061a.jpg" width="300" height="368" alt="" title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 30.—The +Pupa of the +Privet Hawk +(<i>Ligustri</i>).</span> +</div> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_31" id="FIG_31"></a><img src="images/i_061b.jpg" width="300" height="282" alt="" title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 31.—The +Chrysalis of +the Large +White Butterfly +(<i>Brassicæ</i>).</span> +</div> + +<p>The newly exposed skin of +the chrysalis is very soft and +moist, but as it hardens it forms +a membranous or horny covering +that protects and holds +firmly in place the trunk and +the various limbs and appendages +that are distinctly to be +traced on the under surface.</p> + +<p>If, however, you examine a +chrysalis directly after the moult +is over, you will often find that +the wings, antennæ, proboscis, +and legs of the future butterfly +can be easily separated from +the trunk of the body on which +they lie by means of a blunt needle, and can be spread out so as to +be quite free from that surface.</p> + +<p>In form the chrysalides of butterflies and moths are as variable +as the caterpillars. Many of the former are sharply angular like +that of the 'Small Tortoiseshell' already mentioned; but some of +the butterflies—the Skippers (<a href="#Page_197">page 197</a>)—have smooth and tapering +chrysalides, and so have most of the moths.<!-- Page 45 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_45" id="Page_45">[Pg 45]</a></span></p> + +<p>In colour they are equally variable. Some are beautifully +tinted with delicate shades of green, some spotted on a light ground, +some striped with bands more or less gaudy and distinct, but +the prevailing tint, especially +among the moths, is a reddish +brown, often so deep that it is +almost a black.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_32" id="FIG_32"></a><img src="images/i_062a1.jpg" width="300" height="300" alt="" title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 32.—The +Pupa of the +Dark Green +Fritillary (<i>Aglaia</i>).</span> +</div> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_33" id="FIG_33"></a><img src="images/i_062a2.jpg" width="300" height="300" alt="" title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 33.—The +Pupa of the +Black-veined +White Butterfly +(<i>Cratægi</i>).</span> +</div> + +<p>As a rule there is no +marked resemblance between +the different stages of the +same insect. Thus, a brilliantly +coloured caterpillar +may change to a dull and +unattractive chrysalis, from +which may emerge a butterfly +or moth that partakes of the +colours of neither. But in a +few cases there <i>are</i> colours +or other features that remain +persistent throughout the three stages, or show themselves prominently +in two.</p> + +<p>An interesting example in point is that of the Magpie or Currant +Moth (<a href="#Page_279">page 279</a>). The caterpillar of this moth is cream-coloured, +with orange stripes along the sides, and very bold black markings +down the back. The chrysalis, which is at first entirely yellow, +afterwards turns black with the exception of some yellow transverse +bands. Then, the moth exhibits the same colours as these +two earlier stages, with the +same degree of boldness; +for its pale cream-coloured +wings, tinted with patches +of yellow, are marked with +numerous deep black spots. +Thus, in this case, we find +the same general character +of the colouring throughout +the insect's existence.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_34" id="FIG_34"></a><img src="images/i_062b1.jpg" width="300" height="232" alt="" title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 34.—The +Pupa of the +Currant Moth.</span> +</div> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_35" id="FIG_35"></a><img src="images/i_062b2.jpg" width="300" height="299" alt="" title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 35.—Pupa +of the Pale +Tussock Moth +(<i>Pudibunda</i>).</span> +</div> + +<p>Another interesting example, +though not so striking as the last, is to be found in the case +of a group of moths known as the <i>Liparidæ</i>. The caterpillars of +these are remarkable for their very hairy bodies, often ornamented<!-- Page 46 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_46" id="Page_46">[Pg 46]</a></span> +by several bold brush-like tufts. The chrysalides are also hairy; +and several of the moths themselves are not only thickly clad with +shaggy hair, but a bold tuft often tips the abdomen.</p> + +<p>We must not leave these few remarks on the characters of +chrysalides without a mention of the brilliant spots of burnished +gold that decorate the pupæ of certain butterflies. This is the +feature that led to the invention of the term <i>chrysalis</i>, which is +derived from the Greek word <i>chrysos</i>, meaning <i>gold</i>. For the +same reason the term <i>aurelia</i> has been applied to the pupæ of +<i>Lepidoptera</i>, this being derived from <i>aurum</i>—the Latin name for +gold.</p> + +<p>Strictly, then, these two terms apply only to the pupæ of a +certain number of the butterflies; but the former is now generally +used to designate the pupæ of all the <i>Lepidoptera</i>, and is even extended +to the corresponding stages of insects of other orders.</p> + +<p>If you examine one of these gold-speckled chrysalides, the +brilliant metallic lustre seems to belong to the outer surface, just +as if certain spots had been tipped with real gold; but after the +butterfly has quitted its case the beautiful golden spots are gone. +This proves that the metallic appearance is not due to reflection +from the outer surface of the chrysalis, but to a reflection from some +structure beneath it. This latter is a very thin membrane which +lies just under the outer transparent covering of the chrysalis.</p> + +<p>The period during which the <i>Lepidoptera</i> remain in the chrysalis +state varies very considerably in different species, and also +depends more or less on the temperature. As a rule, when a caterpillar +pupates before the end of the summer, it remains dormant +in the pupal condition for only a few weeks; but, if late in the +summer or in the autumn, it remains in this condition throughout +the winter, and emerges in the following spring or early summer.</p> + +<p>Both these conditions are illustrated in the life history of the +Large White or Cabbage Butterfly—an insect with which we have +already become acquainted. We get two distinct broods of this +butterfly every year, the first appearing in May and the second in +August. The eggs of the first brood hatch in about a fortnight, and +the larvæ are full grown about four weeks later. These then change +to chrysalides, from which the perfect insects (the second brood) +emerge in a few weeks—the period varying slightly with the temperature +of the season. From the eggs of this second brood we +get another invading army of cabbage eaters that change to pupæ +late in the summer. These remain dormant till the following<!-- Page 47 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_47" id="Page_47">[Pg 47]</a></span> +April, and may be found in numbers throughout the winter, attached +to the walls and fences of kitchen and market gardens.</p> + +<p>If, then, the pupæ of the same species are so influenced by the +temperatures of the seasons, can we limit or prolong the period +of quiescence by subjecting them to high or low temperatures +artificially produced? Most certainly we can; and every practical +entomologist knows how to obtain the perfect butterflies and +moths of certain species long before their appointed times, or, +if he desires it, to compel them to remain in their dormant stage +long after the natural period has terminated.</p> + +<p>Sometimes an enthusiastic insect hunter obtains a large number +of what we may term 'winter pupæ,' by collecting and breeding +various species. He also anticipates a number of successful captures +of perfect insects during the following summer. Thus, from two +distinct sources, he obtains a goodly assortment of butterflies and +moths, the setting, preserving, and arranging of which entails an +immense amount of home work.</p> + +<p>Under such circumstances he will sometimes endeavour to cause +some of his pupæ to emerge before their accustomed time, so that he +may get some of his insects 'on the boards' before his field work +is in full swing, and so avoid a rush, or prevent the loss of insects +that will be spoiled before he has time to take them in hand.</p> + +<p>This process of hurrying up his pupæ he calls 'forcing,' and +simply consists in keeping them for a time in a warm room or hothouse +where the high temperature is pretty constant.</p> + +<p>On the other hand, the entomologist may desire to try the effect +of a continued <i>low</i> temperature on his pupæ. This he can do by +placing his pupæ in an ice house. Such experiments have often +been performed, and the results are very interesting. In some +cases the emergence of the perfect insect has been delayed for many +months, and even years; and then, after an exposure to a normal +temperature lasting only a week or two, the winged insect has +made its appearance just as if nothing unusual had happened.</p> + +<p>Such are the effects of <i>extreme</i> temperatures on the duration +of the chrysalis state; and we naturally infer, from such results, +that the pupa under natural conditions is influenced, though in a +lesser degree, by the variations experienced with the seasons, +especially in such a fickle climate as our own.</p> + +<p>The insect hunter has always to bear this in mind, and particularly +so when he sets out on a search for certain desired species. +Suppose, for example, he has set his mind on the capture of a<!-- Page 48 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_48" id="Page_48">[Pg 48]</a></span> +certain butterfly that <i>usually</i> appears in the <i>first</i> week in May. +Before finally naming the day, he has to consider what the weather +has been during the last few weeks, and if he finds that this has +been much warmer than the average for the corresponding periods +in the past, he selects a day in <i>April</i>, earlier or later according to +the difference between the present season and the average.</p> + +<p>If he does not pay due attention to such considerations, he will +sometimes find that all the insects netted are shabby and much +worn, even though, under average conditions, he would be catching +newly emerged and brilliant specimens. This, then, will explain +how it is that we so often see in entomologists' periodicals startling +accounts of 'early captures,' and of the appearance of certain insects +late in the season that <i>ought</i> not to have emerged till the following +summer.</p> + +<p>I will give just one illustration of these variations. The beautiful +Orange Tip Butterfly (<a href="#Frontispiece">Plate I</a>, fig. 7) generally appears about the +middle of May in the southern counties. Farther north it is of +course a little later. In the north of England it has been taken in +June; and in Scotland as late as July. On the other hand, I have +taken it in Gloucestershire as early as March, on a rather bleak +day with a cold east wind; and, withal, in a field on the slope of the +Cotswolds fully exposed to the unfavourable breeze; but it was +evident that, in this case, the butterfly had been enticed from +its winter quarters by the milder weather of the few previous +weeks.</p> + +<p>It may be as well, in passing, to observe that it is not only the +pupa that is influenced by temperature. The hatching of eggs may +be forced by high temperatures, or be retarded by exposure to cold; +and in nature the period of incubation varies with the seasons. +The larvæ, too, grow faster or more slowly, or pupate earlier or +later from similar causes. And so no very definite date or period +can be assigned to any one stage of any insect.</p> + +<p>Now let us return to one of the chrysalides that we have already +watched through the earlier stages of its existence, and follow it in +its future development.</p> + +<p>It is now, as we say, in its quiescent or dormant condition, but +we must not suppose that it is always in a profound sleep, nor can +we say that it is insensible to its surroundings. Touch it gently or +surprise it with a puff of air from your mouth, and it will begin to +wag its pointed tail, sometimes with such vigour as to send the +body rolling round and round in its box. Lay it on a bed of cocoa-nut<!-- Page 49 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_49" id="Page_49">[Pg 49]</a></span> +fibre or finely sifted soil and let it remain <i>quite undisturbed</i> for +a few hours or days, and you will probably find that, by occasional +movements of its body, it has made a slight depression in its bed, +and lies partly submerged. I have known some chrysalides to +completely bury themselves in this way during the course of a day +or two, and others to partly expose themselves after having been +lightly covered. Others again, I have observed, will move smartly +if a strong light is suddenly turned on them. Many, too, certainly +appear to have a strong objection to exposure to the direct rays +of a hot sun; for, when thus exposed, they will struggle persistently, +as if to work their bodies into some shady corner. I +would not advise a young entomologist to try this experiment, +however, if he values the pupæ he possesses, for direct sunlight +is undoubtedly very harmful to many species, and perhaps it is +to all.</p> + +<p>Some chrysalides are not nearly so active as has just been +represented; in fact, there are many which seem to show no signs +of life during the greater part of the time spent in that state. But +in all, whether apparently active or not, certain important internal +changes are at work. We have already noticed that, even in the +last days of the <i>larval</i> existence, some of the organs of the future +imago are to be traced. But these are as yet imperfectly developed. +We have also observed that a continuation of these changes, +gradually carried on, would be impossible in a voracious feeder; so +the insect, now fully grown, and no longer requiring a supply of +food, settles down in perfect quiet, submitting itself quite passively +to any further changes that nature may demand.</p> + +<p>It has already suffered the loss of its claspers. Its wonderful +jaws that did so much damage (for good or evil as the case may be) +to the vegetable world are now gone, and the bulky digestive +apparatus has rapidly dwindled to useless dimensions. These and +other changes, already in progress, have to be perfected while the +creature is in a restful and helpless condition, though they may +often be retarded or even suspended during cold weather when +progress would certainly bring it to an untimely end.</p> + +<p>But now the grandest of all these transformation scenes is +nigh at hand. The protective skin is already loosening from the +almost perfect imago, and consequently feels softer and far more +yielding than it did when in close contact with the body: the +swaddled butterfly or moth (for such the pupa is) is slowly preparing +to throw off its imprisoning garb. The wings and large<!-- Page 50 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_50" id="Page_50">[Pg 50]</a></span> +compound eyes are assuming their final colours, which now begin +to show themselves through the more or less transparent skin, +and the long legs, the perfectly formed antennæ, and the slender +proboscis, all of which are folded closely under the creature's thorax, +now begin to move within their loosened sheaths.</p> + +<p>Now let us watch it closely, for one of the most wonderful sights +ever witnessed by a naturalist is about to be presented to our view. +We think we can observe slight movements; and, it may be, we can +actually see the struggling insect endeavouring to set itself free. The +legs and proboscis are moving within the loosened skin; and lo! as +we watch these motions, the prison wall bursts with a slight snapping +noise (at least, such is the case with some of the larger species), +and in a moment out pop a few long legs which immediately +struggle for a foothold. The proboscis also appears, alternately +lengthening itself out and coiling into a spiral, as if impatient to +reach the sweet nectar from the bottom of +some fragrant flower cup.</p> + +<div class="figleft" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_36" id="FIG_36"></a><img src="images/i_067.jpg" width="300" height="224" alt="" title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 36—A Butterfly, +just after +Emerging.</span> +</div> + +<p>All this takes place in less time than one +requires to describe it; and, before many +seconds have passed, the struggling insect +has quite completed its last moult, and is +bidding good-bye to the rent garment that +has done it good service for so long a time.</p> + +<p>But how dreadfully disappointing! Did +we not say only a few minutes since, that a +beautiful butterfly or moth was about to emerge? How, then, is +this? Here is an odd-looking creature, such as we have never seen +before! True, it has the right kind of body, though even that is so +soft and heavy that it is fairly dragged along as the insect walks. +Its antennæ, too, seem to be just the right thing—that is, just +what we were expecting to see. But oh! the wings! Are we +looking at a deformity?—a failure on the part of Nature to produce +what she ought?</p> + +<p>We will not judge hastily, but continue to watch it a little +longer. It seems very restless at first, and, with the fluttering +apologies for wings, drags its heavy body along till it reaches some +surface up which it can climb. If nothing of the kind is close at +hand you may place a <i>rough</i> upright stick in its path, and it +will immediately begin to ascend. Its motto is now 'Excelsior!' +and its ambition to rise may be so great that, on reaching the very +top of the stick provided for it, it struggles for a still higher position<!-- Page 51 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_51" id="Page_51">[Pg 51]</a></span> +in life till, failing to get a foothold in the air itself, it falls to the +ground and has to retrace its steps.</p> + +<p>I once thought I would like to test the perseverance of a large +moth in performing its first upward journey; and as it was one +from a chrysalis to be found in nature at the foot of a tree that +attains some considerable height, I was, of course, prepared to +exercise a little patience myself.</p> + +<p>As soon as the moth had emerged, I placed it at the bottom of +a window curtain that hung from about eight feet high to the +floor. In less than half a minute it had reached the top, and was +struggling hard to get still higher. I took it down, and again +placed it at the bottom. Up it went as fast as before; and this +was repeated nine times with exactly the same result. For the +tenth time I placed the persevering creature at the bottom of +the curtain; and, after it had walked about halfway up, it <i>suddenly</i> +stopped, apparently quite satisfied with having travelled a distance +of over seventy feet in an upward direction. Its six legs were +immediately arranged symmetrically in a business-like manner, +and there it settled quite still, as if it had some definite object in +stopping just exactly in that spot.</p> + +<p>But we must now return to our own insect, which has by this +time settled itself in a similar manner on the stick we provided +for it. The peculiar organs which represent the wings, though so +very small, show distinctly, in miniature, the colour and pattern of +the fully developed wings of the species. An interesting change is +just now commencing. These wings are apparently growing larger, +but the development is very unequal, so that they become curled and +crumpled till they are even more unsightly than before. All seems +to be going amiss. But this lasts only for a short time. The +fluid from the body steadily rushes into the <i>nervures</i>, causing the +wings to expand, and in a few minutes the beautiful pinions are +stretched to the full extent, assume their normal shape, and expose +the full glory of their brilliant colours.</p> + +<p>It may be interesting if I give an example showing the exact +time taken for the full development of the wings of a certain +insect. So I will here quote an entry from my note book; and, by +the way, let me strongly advise all my young readers who follow +up this subject to habitually enter in a book kept specially for the +purpose all facts which strike them as they pursue their study of +nature. The note to which I refer runs as follows:</p> + +<p>'Early on the evening of the 22nd [April] I selected a few<!-- Page 52 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_52" id="Page_52">[Pg 52]</a></span> +chrysalides of Populi [the Poplar Hawk Moth, <a href="#Page_209">page 209</a>] which, +from the looseness of their cases, were thought to be just on the +point of emerging. At 8.46 one of them showed signs of restlessness; +and, after a few vigorous movements, during which it rolled +itself over on the glass [I had placed the pupæ on a piece of plate +glass so that slight movements might be more easily detected], the +front of its case was suddenly thrust off with considerable force; +and in <i>less than four seconds</i> the imago was quite free and +crawling on the table. After trying hard to reach a higher point +than was provided for about four minutes, it rested to expand its +wings—now about seven-sixteenths of an inch long, or one-third +the total length of the body. At 9 o'clock the wings reached +half the length of the body, and were much curled. At 9.12 they +were fully expanded and straightened out.'</p> + +<p>From this extract we see that the whole period from the +bursting of the case to the full expansion of the wings was only +twenty-six minutes; and it will be well to remind the reader that +the process occupies even a much shorter time than this with +many species, both of butterflies and moths. It will be observed, +also, that the <i>evening</i> was chosen as the time for the observation. +There was a reason for this. The Poplar Hawk Moth, as is the case +with many others, almost invariably emerges from the chrysalis in +the evening—usually after dark. But it may be mentioned in +passing that a far larger number of the <i>Lepidoptera</i> as invariably +emerge in the morning.</p> + +<p>Again we will return to our newly emerged insect, for there are +still one or two interesting points to observe. The wings have +fully expanded, it is true, but how very limp they are! Take the +creature on the tip of your finger and hold it so that its body is +in a horizontal position. Immediately the wings bend downward +with their own weight, so soft and flexible are they. The body, too, +is still very soft, and apparently much too heavy for flight. Then, +if you place it on a flat surface, it will immediately try to find +some perpendicular or overhanging surface from which it can +suspend itself by means of its legs, so that the pendant and +straightened wings are in the best possible position for drying. As +the insect walks away in search of such a resting place, the body +still drags as it did before, and the wings bend over, either both on +one side or one on each side of the body.</p> + +<p>It is some time before the wings are sufficiently dry and rigid +for flight, but the period varies greatly with different species.<!-- Page 53 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_53" id="Page_53">[Pg 53]</a></span> +Some of the small butterflies and moths take to flight long before +an hour has passed, but in many cases several hours elapse before +the creature starts from its first resting place. Butterflies that +emerge in the morning spend their first day actively on the wing; +but the nocturnal moths that emerge early in the day do not fly till +evening twilight. When, however, the time arrives, the insect +flutters its wings as if to test their power before committing itself +to the air; and frequently, after only a few seconds spent in this +preparatory exercise, off it darts with astonishing rapidity. But +others seem far more cautious. They vibrate their wings, sometimes +with such rapidity that they are lost in a kind of mist, and +with such power that their bodies would be carried suddenly into +the air were they not firmly anchored by three pairs of hooked +claws. Then, continuing the rapid vibration, they move slowly +along, always holding on firmly by one or more legs, as if to still +further satisfy themselves concerning the efficiency of their wings. +Then they venture on a few short trial trips from one neighbouring +object to another, and at last gain sufficient confidence for a long +voyage.</p> + +<p>How strange must be the feelings of a winged insect during its +first flight! After a long period during which it was a helpless, +crawling grub, and this followed by a term of imprisonment during +which it was almost or quite shut off from the world, it now suddenly +acquires such great powers of locomotion that it is often a +match for ourselves.</p> + +<p>But, alas! this life is short. A few days spent in sporting with +those it meets and in sucking the sweet juices of many flowers; +then a day or two during which the female deposits its eggs; again +a few days employed in pleasures that become less and less attractive, +till, at last, the creature becomes weary of life and settles +down to die.</p> + +<p>We have now traced the complete life history of the <i>Lepidoptera</i> +from the egg to the perfect insect, avoiding descriptions that +apply only to certain species as far as possible, excepting where +such are useful as illustrations.</p> + +<p>Only one thing more remains to be done before we start in real +earnest with our practical work. We shall shortly be giving hints +on the modes of capture, the 'setting' and the preservation of +butterflies and moths. And in so doing we shall often have to +observe important points in which our dealings with these two +great divisions of the order will differ very materially. Hence we<!-- Page 54 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_54" id="Page_54">[Pg 54]</a></span> +must not consider ourselves ready to proceed with the practical +portion of the entomologist's labours till we are perfectly satisfied +that we know the main features that enable us to distinguish +between the butterflies and the moths, and also know just a little +concerning the subdivisions on each side.</p> + +<p>This, then, shall form the subject of the next short chapter.</p> + + + +<hr /> +<p><!-- Page 55 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_55" id="Page_55">[Pg 55]</a></span></p> +<h3>CHAPTER V +<br /> +<i>CLASSIFICATION OF THE LEPIDOPTERA</i></h3> + + +<p>The <i>Lepidoptera</i> are divided into two very unequal groups, to +which we have so frequently alluded as 'Butterflies' and 'Moths.' +And, although these two terms are popularly applied in a fairly +accurate manner, yet, strange to say, very few persons indeed have +any definite knowledge of the differences that entomologists recognise +between the two groups.</p> + +<p>Every entomologist has his circle of sympathetic and, perhaps, +even admiring friends. Consequently, many a little package is +sent round to his abode 'with great care,' accompanied by a note +or a message concerning the fine 'butterfly I have just caught, and +thought you would like to add to your collection.'</p> + +<p>The 'butterflies' that so frequently reach us through these +channels nearly always turn out to be <i>brightly coloured</i> moths, +and this naturally gives one the idea that the popular notion as to +the classification of the <i>Lepidoptera</i> is based on colour or brilliancy +of design, the term 'butterfly' being applied to the gayer species, +and 'moth' to the more dingy members of the race.</p> + +<p>There is really some shadow of a reason in this method of +nomenclature, for butterflies <i>are usually</i> more brightly clad than +moths; but the scientific classification, at least as far as the main +divisions and subdivisions are concerned, has nothing whatever to +do with colour or design; and we must at once acquaint ourselves +with the fact that there <i>are</i> very dingy butterflies, and most +beautiful and highly coloured moths.</p> + +<p>How shall we account for the fact that the specimens so kindly +sent us by our friends are generally moths? Is it because moths +are more numerous and more frequently seen? They are certainly +more numerous; for, while our butterflies do not number seventy<!-- Page 56 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_56" id="Page_56">[Pg 56]</a></span> +species, the other division contains about two thousand. Yet, in +spite of this fact, moths are not generally observed as much as +butterflies, for the former are nearly all night-fliers, and the latter +<i>always</i> fly by day and rest by night.</p> + +<p>Still our question remains unanswered. The reason is this. +The captives sent us are seldom caught on the wing. Most of our +grown-up friends, even though they admire our own pluck and +general carelessness concerning the remarks of the spectators of +our entomological antics, would not themselves like to be seen, hat +in hand, chasing a butterfly; and the night-flying moths are, of +course, less frequently observed. But they often, in the course of +their daily employments, meet with a large moth fast asleep +in some corner of a dwelling house, workshop, or outhouse. Such +moths are easily caught while in the midst of their slumbers, +and, as they often make no attempt to fly by day, are as easily +transferred to a box suitable for transmission by messenger or by +post.</p> + +<p>In the above few remarks we have alluded to some features by +which the two great groups of the <i>Lepidoptera</i> may be distinguished; +but we have already referred (<a href="#Page_5">page 5</a>) to a far more +important one in our description of the various forms of antennæ. +All butterflies—at least all <i>British</i> butterflies—have knobbed or +clubbed antennæ, while the corresponding organs of all our moths +terminate in a sharp point.</p> + +<p>This distinction obtains in all British <i>Lepidoptera</i>, and is so far +regarded as the most important basis of classification that naturalists +have derived from it the two Greek terms that are synonymous +with our two popular names—butterflies and moths. The scientific +name for the former group is <i>Rhopalocera</i>—a term derived from +two Greek words, one signifying a horn, and the other a club, and +thus meaning 'club-horned.' The corresponding name for moths +is <i>Heterocera</i>, derived from the same source, and meaning 'variously +horned.'</p> + +<p>But, although we find embodied in these two long and formidable +names an unerring mark of distinction between British +butterflies and moths, we must not neglect other less important +facts which, though less distinctive, are not without interest.</p> + +<p>Observe a butterfly at rest. Its wings are turned vertically +over its back, and brought so closely together that they often +touch. In this position the 'upper' surfaces of the 'upper' wings +are completely hidden from view, and the 'under' surfaces are<!-- Page 57 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_57" id="Page_57">[Pg 57]</a></span> +exposed on the two sides, except that those of the 'upper' pair are +partly hidden by the other pair.</p> + +<p>Now look at a moth under the same circumstances, and you +will generally find the wings lying over its body, which is almost or +completely hidden beneath them. As a rule the upper pair together +form a triangular figure, and entirely cover the second pair; but +in some cases a portion of each of the under wings extends beyond +the margin of those above them, and in others the upper pair +extend so far forward that nearly the whole of the under wings is +exposed behind them.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_37" id="FIG_37"></a><img src="images/i_074a.jpg" width="300" height="352" alt="" title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 37.—A Butterfly at Rest +(Large Copper).</span> +</div> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_38" id="FIG_38"></a><img src="images/i_074b.jpg" width="300" height="366" alt="" title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 38.—A Moth at Rest +(Gothic).</span> +</div> + +<p>Again, the wings of butterflies are so rigid that they can never +be folded; but you will observe that the under wings of moths are +generally very thin, soft, and pliant, +and are neatly pleated lengthwise when +not in use.</p> + +<p>Another feature deserving notice is +a slight difference to be often observed in the form of the body. +The butterfly, which generally has a slender body, has a distinct +constriction or waist between the thorax and abdomen. This is +not so apparent with moths, and especially with the thick-bodied +species.</p> + +<p>The <i>Rhopalocera</i> or Butterflies are divided into <i>Families</i>, each +of which contains insects that possess certain features in common +by which they may all be distinguished from the members of any +other family.</p> + +<p>The British species represent eight families. They are as +follows:</p> + +<p>1. <i>Papilionidæ.</i>—Containing only one British species—the +beautiful Swallow-tail (<a href="#Frontispiece">Plate I</a>, fig. 1).<!-- Page 58 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_58" id="Page_58">[Pg 58]</a></span></p> + +<p>2. <i>Pieridæ.</i>—Containing ten species. These are often known +collectively as the 'Whites,' but include four butterflies that are +distinguished by beautiful shades of yellow and orange.</p> + +<p>3. <i>Nymphalidæ.</i>—This family contains seventeen insects, +among them being several splendid species. It includes the +Fritillaries and Vanessas.</p> + +<p>4. <i>Apaturidæ.</i>—Of this we have only one representative—the +Purple Emperor (<a href="#Plate_V">Plate V</a>, fig. 1).</p> + +<p>5. <i>Satyridæ.</i>—Including the 'Browns' and 'Heaths,' and +numbering eleven species.</p> + +<p>6. <i>Lycænidæ.</i>—Including the Hairstreaks, 'Coppers,' and +'Blues,' in all seventeen species.</p> + +<p>7. <i>Erycinidæ.</i>—Containing only the 'Duke of Burgundy.'</p> + +<p>8. <i>Hesperiidæ.</i>—This family contains seven British butterflies +commonly known as the 'Skippers.'</p> + +<p>Although all the members of the same family resemble each other +in certain points of structure, or in their habits, yet we can often find +among them a smaller group differing from all the others in one or +two minor particulars. Such smaller groups are called <i>Genera</i>.</p> + +<p>To make this all quite clear we will take an example.</p> + +<p>The Brimstone Butterfly (<a href="#Plate_II">Plate II</a>, fig. 4) belongs to the second +family—<i>Pieridæ</i>, <i>all</i> the members of which are distinguished +from those of the other families by the characteristics mentioned +on <a href="#Page_141">page 141</a>.</p> + +<p>But our Brimstone Butterfly possesses another very prominent +feature in which it differs from all the other British <i>Pieridæ</i>, and +that is the conspicuous projecting angles of both fore and hind +wings. Among the foreign species of the family we are considering +there are several that possess these angles; but as there are no +others among our own members, the 'Brimstone' is placed by +itself in the list of British <i>Lepidoptera</i> as the only member of the +genus <i>Gonopteryx</i> or 'angle-winged' butterflies.</p> + +<p>Thus the full relationship of this butterfly to other insects may +be shown in the following manner:</p> + + +<p><i>The Brimstone Butterfly.</i></p> +<ul> +<li><b>ORDER.</b>—<i>Lepidoptera</i></li> +<li><b>Section.</b>—<i>Rhopalocera</i></li> +<li><span class="smcap">Family.</span>—<i>Pieridæ</i></li> +<li><i>Genus.</i>—<i>Gonopteryx</i></li> +<li>Species.—<i>Rhamni</i></li> +</ul> +<p><!-- Page 59 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_59" id="Page_59">[Pg 59]</a></span></p> + +<p>Now, every butterfly has a Latin or Greek name in addition to +that by which it is popularly known. I should have said <i>two</i> Latin +or Greek names. The first of these is always the <i>generic</i> name, +and the second is the one by which we denote the particular +member or <i>species</i> of that genus. Thus, the scientific name of the +Brimstone Butterfly is <i>Gonopteryx Rhamni</i>.</p> + +<p>'But,' the reader may be inclined to ask, 'why should we not +be satisfied with the one popular name only?' And, 'If we <i>must</i> +have a separate scientific name, could we not find suitable terms +among our English words to build up such a name—one that +might express the principal characteristics of the insect, and also +serve all the purposes of classification?'</p> + +<p>Such questions sound very reasonable, and so they are. But +the entomologist's answer is this. We ourselves may get on well +without the help of the dead languages, but we have brother +naturalists all over the world, speaking a great variety of different +languages. We endeavour to help one another—to exchange notes +and generally to assist one another in our labours; and this can be +greatly facilitated if we all adopt the same system of nomenclature. +The educated of most of the great nations generally know something +of Latin and Greek, and consequently the adoption of these +languages is generally acceptable to all.</p> + +<p>This sounds well, but for my own part I believe that if we are +to make any branch of natural history a popular study, especially +with the young, we must to a certain extent avoid anything that +may prove distasteful. There is no doubt whatever that many a +youngster has been turned away from the pursuit of the study of +nature by the formidable array of almost unpronounceable names +that stretch nearly halfway across a page; and those who desire +to make such a study pleasant to beginners should be very cautious +with the use of these necessary evils. One would think, on glancing +over some of the scientific manuals that are written 'especially +for the young,' that the authors considered our own too mean a +language for so exalted a purpose, for in such works we find all or +nearly all the popular names by which the schoolboy knows certain +creatures he has seen entirely omitted, and the description of a +species appended to a long Latin term that conveys no idea whatever +to the reader, who is studying the description of a well-known +animal or plant and doesn't know it.</p> + +<p>Our plan will be to give the popular names throughout, except +in the case of those few species that are not so well known as to<!-- Page 60 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_60" id="Page_60">[Pg 60]</a></span> +have received one; but the scientific names will always be given +as well for the benefit of those readers who would like to know +them. And the short description of the method of classification +just given will enable the more ambitious of my readers to thoroughly +understand the table of British butterflies and moths +toward the end of the book.</p> + +<p>This table includes <i>all</i> the British species of butterflies and of +the larger moths; and the arrangement is such as to show clearly +the divisions into sections, families, &c. It will therefore be of +great value for reference, and as a guide for the arrangement of +the specimens in the cabinet.</p> + +<p>In the foregoing description of the method of classification +butterflies only are mentioned; but the division and arrangement +of moths is carried out in just the same manner except that the +system is a little more complicated. The number of moths is so +large in comparison, that we are able to select from them some +very large groups the species of which possess features in common. +These groups are termed <i>tribes</i>, and are again divided into families +just like the butterflies. Thus the arrangement of moths includes +<i>tribes</i>, <i>families</i>, <i>genera</i> and <i>species</i>. We will take an example by +way of illustration as we did before, and ask the reader to verify +the same by comparison with our table:</p> + +<p><i>Example.</i>—The 'Common Tiger' (<a href="#Plate_X">Plate X</a>, fig. 3).</p> + +<ul> +<li><b>ORDER.</b>—<i>Lepidoptera</i></li> +<li><b>Section.</b>—<i>Heterocera</i></li> +<li>TRIBE.—<i>Bombyces</i></li> +<li><span class="smcap">Family.</span>—<i>Cheloniidæ</i></li> +<li><i>Genus.</i>—<i>Arctia</i></li> +<li>Species.—<i>Caia</i></li> +<li>Scientific Name.—<i>Arctia Caia.</i></li> +</ul> + +<p>I have already said that the Latin and Greek names of butterflies +and moths are not at all necessary to the young entomologist. +It is quite possible to be well acquainted with the natural history +of these creatures, and to derive all the pleasure and benefits that +the study of them can afford without the knowledge of such names; +but most entomologists go in for them, often to the entire exclusion +of the popular English terms.</p> + +<p>There are those who consider themselves (or would have us +consider them) expert entomologists because they have the power<!-- Page 61 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_61" id="Page_61">[Pg 61]</a></span> +to vomit forth a long list of scientific names of butterflies and +moths which (to them) have no meaning whatever; and it is astonishing +that we meet with so many youngsters who can rattle +away such terms, and, at the same time, are totally ignorant of +the real nature of the creatures they name.</p> + +<p>If you wish to be a naturalist in the true sense of the term, study +your <i>specimens</i>, and take but little pains to commit their hard +names to memory; and you will then find that the latter will +gradually become your own property without any special effort on +your part. Your continued reference to illustrated works and +museum collections will bring them to you almost unconsciously, +and you will generally find your entomological vocabulary extending +as rapidly as your cabinet becomes filled.</p> + +<p>Again, with regard to the <i>meanings</i> of the scientific terms, don't +trouble much about them. It unfortunately happens that in a very +large number of cases these names are ill chosen, and do not in any +way refer to the distinguishing characteristics of the species to +which they are applied. You will observe, too, if you look at the +table, that many insects have <i>two</i> scientific names applied to the +species, one being placed in brackets after the other. In such +cases both these names are in common use, having both been +applied by independent authorities, and the insertion of the +two will prove an assistance at times.</p> + +<p>It is a common practice with entomologists, in their communications, +to use only the second or <i>specific</i> name of insects. Thus, +they would speak of the Brimstone Butterfly as <i>Rhamni</i>, and not +<i>Gonopteryx Rhamni</i>. When <i>writing</i> a communication, however, +they very commonly place in front of the specific name the initial +letter of the first or <i>generic</i> name. Thus the full title of the +butterfly just mentioned would be abbreviated to <i>G. Rhamni</i>.</p> + +<p>Having said so much concerning the principles of classification +and nomenclature, we will pass on to the practical portion of the +entomologist's work.<!-- Page 62 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_62" id="Page_62">[Pg 62]</a></span></p> + + + +<hr class="long" /> +<p><!-- Page 63 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_63" id="Page_63">[Pg 63]</a></span></p> +<h2>PART II<br /> +<br /> +WORK AT HOME AND IN THE FIELD</h2> + + + +<hr /> +<h3>CHAPTER VI +<br /> +<i>CATCHING BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS</i></h3> + + +<p>It is not at all surprising that entomology should prove such a +fascinating study to the young, and more especially that portion +which deals with the department we are now considering. Butterflies +and moths are among the most beautiful and most interesting +of living creatures. The study of their life history is enchanting, +and the creatures themselves are of such a size as to be conveniently +handled and preserved, and withal occupy so little space +that anyone with only moderate accommodation may possess a +fairly typical collection.</p> + +<p>Compare the work of the entomologist with that of one whose +hobby is the study of mammals. The latter has to deal with large +and cumbersome objects, a collection of which requires an enormous +amount of space; and, unless he has the time and means to +travel in foreign countries, he cannot get together a good typical +collection of specimens representing his particular branch, for the +few British mammals contain no representatives of several of the +orders into which the class is divided.</p> + +<p>Entomology is undoubtedly, <i>par excellence</i>, <i>the</i> study for +youngsters. It is equally suited to the studious and to those of an +adventurous turn of mind. It leads its follower into the bright sunshine +and the flowery meadows; and with body and mind pleasantly +occupied, the joy of living is deeply felt. The necessary apparatus +can be made by anyone. No dangerous gun is required, and there +are no precipitous rocks to scale. When the autumn flowers fade +the year's work of the entomologist is not done, for the arranging<!-- Page 64 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_64" id="Page_64">[Pg 64]</a></span> +of his cabinet and the demands of his living specimens keep him +more or less actively engaged until the flowers of the following +spring call both him and the insects he loves once more into the +field. And so, season after season, and year after year, he finds +himself engrossed in labours so fascinating that idleness—the curse +of so many of our youths—is with him an impossibility.</p> + +<p>I assume that the readers of this book have a desire to take up +the study of one branch of entomology—that of butterflies and +moths—in real earnest; that they intend not only to <i>read</i> about +these interesting insects, but to <i>know</i> them. And there is only one +way in which one may really get to know living creatures; that +is by searching them out in their haunts, observing their growth +and habits, and by an occasional close examination in order to +become acquainted with their structure.</p> + +<p>Hence I shall in this, the practical portion of the work, give +such information as will assist the beginner in catching, preserving, +rearing, breeding, and arranging the specimens that are to form his +collection.</p> + + +<h4><i>Catching Butterflies</i></h4> + +<p>There was a time when we would try to capture a butterfly at +rest on a flower by a quick sweep of the hand, or, more commonly, +by a sharp downward stroke of the cap. We were led to this action +by a mere childish love of sport, or by a desire to possess an insect +simply because it was pretty. When we succeeded in securing our +prize, we handled it somewhat carelessly, often passing it from one +hand to the other, or boxing it in our closed and perspiring fist till +our fingers were dusted with the pretty microscopic scales of the +creature's wings, and the wings themselves, stripped of all their +beautiful clothing, were merely transparent and veined membranes. +Having thus carelessly but unintentionally deprived the creature of +its greatest beauty, we set it free, often in such a damaged or +exhausted condition that the poor thing could scarcely fly.</p> + +<p>But our childish ideas and inclinations have vanished. Now +we would rather watch the insect than catch it, for we find much +pleasure and interest in its varied movements. And if for purposes +of study we occasionally require to make one captive, we proceed +in such a manner as to preserve its beauty unimpaired. The cap +now gives place to a well-made and suitable net; and we are +careful to provide ourselves with sufficient and proper accommodation +for our captives.<!-- Page 65 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_65" id="Page_65">[Pg 65]</a></span></p> + +<p>It is probable that many of my readers are as yet unacquainted +with the nature of an entomologist's requirements for field work, +so we shall describe them, confining ourselves at first to those that +are required for a butterfly hunt.</p> + +<p>First and foremost comes the net. This essential portion of your +equipment may be either purchased or constructed by yourself. +Very little skill is required to enable you to do the former. Provided +your pocket is well charged, you may start off at once to the +dealer in naturalists' appliances, and treat yourself to a complete +outfit. But even in this case a little advice may not be out of +place. See that what you purchase is very <i>strongly</i> made. You can +get nicely finished nets constructed on the most convenient principles, +made to fold and go in an ordinary coat pocket, but with +<i>weak joints</i>. See that you have the most convenient form of net +by all means, but do not +go in for convenience and +appearance at the expense +of strength and durability. +Nothing is more annoying +than to find your net give +way just when you are in +the midst of a good day's +sport.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_39" id="FIG_39"></a><img src="images/i_082a.jpg" width="300" height="300" alt="" title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 39.—A Wire Frame +for a Butterfly Net.</span> +</div> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_40" id="FIG_40"></a><img src="images/i_082b.jpg" width="300" height="221" alt="" title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 40.</span> +</div> + +<p>The folding net is certainly +very convenient, for +you can conceal it in your +pocket while you are walking +through town or travelling in a railway carriage, and thus avoid +that contemptuous gaze which certain of the public are prone to +cast on a poor 'bug hunter.' And although such nets are generally +purchased, yet they <i>may</i> be constructed by anyone who has had +experience in the working of metals. But other forms of nets, +equally useful and even stronger, can be made by anybody; and I +will give a few hints on two or three different ways of putting +them together.</p> + +<p>A very simple and strong frame for a net may be made as +follows: Get a piece of stout iron or brass wire about forty inches +in length, and bend it into a circle with the two ends, turned out +about two inches each, at right angles to the circumference as +shown in the accompanying sketch.</p> + +<p>Now take a good tough stick, the length of an ordinary walking<!-- Page 66 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_66" id="Page_66">[Pg 66]</a></span> +stick, and cut out two grooves opposite each other at the end, just +large enough to take the straight ends of the wire. The end of the +stick will now resemble fig. 40 in shape. Place the ends in their +grooves, and bind them tightly to the stick by a good many turns +of rather fine wire.</p> + +<p>A frame well made after this fashion is as strong as anything +you could desire, but it has the disadvantage of being always fixed +to the handle, thus preventing the use of the latter as a walking +stick when you are not directly engaged in your entomological +work.</p> + +<p>A much more convenient frame may be made by thrusting the +ends of a piece of cane into the two narrow arms of a metal <span class="lettershape">Y</span>. +You may purchase the <span class="lettershape">Y</span> at any of the naturalists' stores, or you +can make one yourself if you know how to perform the operation of +soldering. I have always made mine with odds and ends of brass +tubing such as old gas pipes. One piece must be just the size to +fix on the stick; and the other two must fit the cane +tightly. The three pieces must be filed off at the +proper angles, and the doubly bevelled end of the +wider tube must then be flattened down to the +width of the smaller ones before soldering. If you +decide to buy one, give the preference to strong +brass rather than the cheaper and more fragile ones +made of tinned iron.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_41" id="FIG_41"></a><img src="images/i_083.jpg" width="300" height="275" alt="" title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 41. +The Metal <span class="lettershape">Y</span>.</span> +</div> + +<p>The advantage of such an arrangement over the +last frame is evident at once. The cane, with net attached, can +be pulled out of the <span class="lettershape">Y</span> when not in use, and bent small enough to +go in the pocket or a satchel; and the <span class="lettershape">Y</span> can also be separated +from the stick, thus allowing the latter to be used as a walking +stick.</p> + +<p>Some entomologists speak very favourably of what is known +as the 'umbrella net'—a large and light net that will shut up like +an umbrella, and may even be made to look very much like this +useful protector, but the possession of such an imitation is somewhat +tantalising in a pelting shower. The ring of this net consists +of two steel springs attached to a couple of brass hinges, one of +which is fixed near one end of the handle, while the other slides up +and down in the gamp fashion.</p> + +<p>One other form of net—'the clap net'—although still occasionally +seen, has had its best days. Two sticks are provided to this +one, so that the two sides of the net may be brought together on<!-- Page 67 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_67" id="Page_67">[Pg 67]</a></span> +the insect; but as both hands are required to manage it, it is almost +surprising that it ever had any advocates at all.</p> + +<p>When your frame is completed, sew round it a strip of strong +calico, to which the net itself may be afterwards sewn, for the lighter +material of the net is too delicate to stand the constant friction +against the metal or cane frame.</p> + +<p>The material usually employed in making the 'bag' is called +leno. It can be purchased at most of the drapers' shops, and three +colours—white, yellow and green—are usually kept in stock. +Measure the circumference of your net frame, and see that you get +sufficient leno to make a good full net. Suppose, for instance, that +the circle of your frame measures thirty-six inches round, then your +leno should be at least forty inches in length. Fold this double, +and then cut out two pieces of the shape shown in fig. 42, letting +the depth of the net be nearly or quite equal to the width of the +material. There is nothing to be done now but to +stitch the bag together and sew it to the calico on +the ring.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_42" id="FIG_42"></a><img src="images/i_084.jpg" width="300" height="300" alt="" title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 42.</span> +</div> + +<p>At first you will find the leno rather stiff and +harsh, but a damping and good rubbing between +the hands will soften it down; or, if you prefer it, +you may soften the material by a slight washing +before cutting out the net. The latter is perhaps +the better plan, for the washing will remove the +objectionable 'dressing' that renders the material +rather hard and stiff.</p> + +<p>Of the three colours mentioned above, green is the one most +generally chosen, because it is more in harmony with the surroundings +of a butterfly catcher; but many prefer the white leno +to the green, as the insects are more easily seen in a net of this +colour. Yellow is certainly not a desirable tint.</p> + +<p>As a rule it will be necessary to kill an insect as soon as it is +captured. This is always the case with butterflies unless you +require to keep them alive either to watch their movements or to +obtain eggs. For this purpose you will require a killing bottle or +box containing some volatile substance.</p> + +<p>The selection of this necessary piece of apparatus is a point +deserving of much consideration, for so many different forms are in +use by different entomologists, and so many advocates each declare +that his own plan is far superior to that of any of the others, that +the final decision is not to be worked out in a moment. The best<!-- Page 68 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_68" id="Page_68">[Pg 68]</a></span> +thing for a beginner is to try as many as he can, and then, after +some considerable experience of his own, he will be able to decide +which apparatus suits himself best.</p> + +<p>I recommend this because it is impossible to say of any one +plan that it is the best, for that which gives perfect satisfaction to +one individual will often fail to give anything but annoyance in +the hands of another.</p> + +<p>To enable my young readers to follow the advice I have just +given, I will describe some of the commonly used killing arrangements +and show how they should be used.</p> + +<p>I will take first the 'cyanide bottle.' This is a wide-mouthed +bottle, containing a very poisonous substance called <i>cyanide of +potassium</i>. It is fitted with a good sound +cork. The 'cyanide' is a solid substance, and +must be fixed in some way or other at the +bottom of the bottle so that it cannot shake +about and damage the butterflies.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_43" id="FIG_43"></a><img src="images/i_085.jpg" width="300" height="300" alt="" title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 43.—The Cyanide +Bottle.</span> +</div> + +<p>A cyanide bottle can be purchased ready +for use at the cost of a shilling or thereabouts; +but if you are old enough to be trusted with +deadly poisons, you may buy the 'cyanide' of +a chemist who knows you well and is satisfied +as to your intentions, and then prepare your +own. Every entomologist should know how +to do this, for the poison loses its power after +some time, and it is not always convenient to +leave your bottle in the hands of a chemist or +a 'naturalist' to have it recharged. This will +cost you more than it would to do it yourself, +but that is nothing compared with the annoyance that may result +when, the night before an anticipated butterfly hunt, you are calmly +told that 'your bottle will be ready in a few days.' You can charge it +yourself in a few minutes if you can manage to keep a small supply +of 'cyanide' in stock, and it is ready for use very shortly after.</p> + +<p>Here is the <i>modus operandi</i>.—Purchase an ounce or two of the +cyanide of potassium, and immediately put it into a stoppered or +well-corked bottle. Label it at once, not only with the name, +but also with the word <span class="smcap">Poison</span> in very large and conspicuous +letters. This dangerous chemical is often sold in sticks that look +much like certain 'sugar sticks' I was acquainted with in my +younger days; but whether this is or is not the case with your<!-- Page 69 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_69" id="Page_69">[Pg 69]</a></span> +cyanide, see that the bottle is kept quite out of the reach of the +inquisitive and sugar-loving juveniles of the house.</p> + +<p>The quantity above mentioned is more than you will require for +the first 'charge,' but you will soon experience the convenience of +having a supply always at hand for recharging when your cyanide +bottle fails to do its work expeditiously, or when an accident calls +for the somewhat sudden appearance of a new one.</p> + +<p>Now procure a bottle for your work. Its mouth must be wide +enough to take the largest insect you hope to catch, and the widest +part of the bottle need not be much larger. Get a perfectly sound +cork to fit it tightly; and, to insure the more perfect exclusion of +air, paint over the top of the cork with melted paraffin wax.</p> + +<p>Dissolve a few drams of the cyanide in a little water, using a +glass rod to stir up the mixture till the solid has all disappeared; +and be careful that neither the solid nor the solution touches +the skin if it should be in the slightest degree scratched or +broken. Now sprinkle plaster of Paris into the solution, a little +at a time, and stir all the while. As soon as the mixture begins +to set, pour it into your bottle as cleanly as you can—that is, without +touching the sides—and press it down with the flat end of a +stick if it is not level. Now cork it, and put the bottle away in a +cool place till required for use.</p> + +<p>This is, I think, the best way of charging the bottle; but there +are two other common methods that may, perhaps, be regarded as a +little more simple. One is this: put a few small lumps of the +'cyanide' into your bottle, and then cover them with a stiff mixture +of plaster of Paris and water, and press down as before. The other +plan is to cover the 'cyanide' with a few thicknesses of blotting +paper, cut just a little larger than the inside of the bottle. The first +of these two methods is fairly satisfactory, but I have always found +that the charge, when made in this way, has a tendency to become +wet and pasty, in which condition it will spoil the wings of the +insects. The other is very objectionable, especially for field work, +for the blotting paper fails to keep its place while you are on the +chase. If the plaster is used, the mixing must be done quickly and +without hesitation, or the mixture will become solid before you can +press it into your bottle.</p> + +<p>We will not enter now into the <i>pros</i> and <i>cons</i> of the cyanide +bottle, but will consider the advantages and disadvantages of the +various methods of killing the insects after we have noticed a few +more.<!-- Page 70 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_70" id="Page_70">[Pg 70]</a></span></p> + +<p>The 'laurel box' has had many devoted advocates, although it +does not seem to be much in use now. It is a very good arrangement, +however, but is a little more troublesome than the cyanide +bottle, as it requires frequent replenishing.</p> + +<p>A very good laurel box may be prepared as follows. Get a +small tin box of cylindrical form, measuring about five inches by +two, and cut a circle of perforated zinc or wood just the size to +fit it snugly as a false bottom without any danger of falling out of +its place. Now gather some of the young leaves of the green laurel +bush, and beat them almost to a pulp with a mallet or hammer. +Place this in your tin box, and press down the perforated false +bottom on it. The bruised laurel leaves give off +a very powerful odour, which stupefies butterflies +immediately.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_44" id="FIG_44"></a><img src="images/i_087.jpg" width="300" height="300" alt="" title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 44.—Section +of the Laurel +Box.</span> +<p><i>a</i>, space for insects; +<i>b</i>, perforated partition; +<i>c</i>, bruised +laurel leaves.</p> +</div> + +<p>Of course the reader may be able to think +of various other ways in which the laurel box +may be made. Any arrangement will do providing +the vapour can come to the insects without +allowing the leaves to touch their wings; +and any ingenious youth could manufacture a +more satisfactory article than the one I have +mentioned. My desire is, as far as possible, to +give instructions that may easily be carried out +by anyone, even if he has not the slightest +mechanical skill, leaving the clever youth, sometimes, +the opportunity of displaying his own inventive +power. But in this case I will give a +few suggestions concerning other ways in which +a laurel killer may be constructed. A firm and <i>fixed</i> false bottom +is a decided advantage. This is easily managed by fixing a circular +piece of perforated zinc or 'tin' by means of a little solder; or even +a wood partition may be used, fixed with a few brads, driven into +it from the outside. With the fixed partition, however, you must +have a lid at each end of the box. This is easily managed if you +get two tins of the same size, knock out the bottom of one, and fit +the lid of the other in its place.</p> + +<p>I have heard of laurel boxes without any partition save a piece +of rag in which the bruised leaves are wrapped. The whole is +<i>pressed</i> into the box so firmly that it is not likely to be displaced +while you are on the chase. I do not recommend this, for in addition +to the chance of its slipping there is a danger of the sap of the<!-- Page 71 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_71" id="Page_71">[Pg 71]</a></span> +leaves exuding through the rag and spoiling the insects' wings. +But if the reader should prefer to try this on account of its simplicity, +it will probably occur to him that a bottle may be used instead +of a tin box.</p> + +<p>A well-made laurel box, with a fixed metal partition, is a piece +of apparatus strongly to be recommended to all young entomologists +who desire to test the relative value of the various poisons +that are used by the different experts; for with it any one of these +substances can be used. In the poison compartment you can place +pieces of 'cyanide' wrapped in blotting paper, or any kind of +porous substance moistened with liquid ammonia, chloroform, +benzole, or any other volatile liquid insecticide. All the above-named +substances are declared to be 'the best,' so they must all +be worth the trial.</p> + +<p>'Cyanide' is valued on account of its lasting powers. A cyanide +bottle well charged will retain its efficiency throughout a whole +season. I always recharge two in the spring, one for active service +in the field and the other as a reserve force; and these kept in a +cool place do good execution throughout the year. If they should +exhibit a slight failing, a few minutes' warming before a fire will +improve them; but for field work it is better to recharge. At +the same time see that the corks are in good condition.</p> + +<p>Next to the 'cyanide,' the bruised laurel takes the first rank for +permanency; but you must not expect this to last many days. +For a few days' continuous work one charge will suffice, but if the +laurel box has not been in use for some time you must have a fresh +supply.</p> + +<p>The liquid poisons, such as ammonia, chloroform, and benzole, +are so volatile that they are very powerful for a short time, but so +much vapour is lost each time the box is opened that it is absolutely +necessary to carry a bottle of the one you use into the field with +you. Also see that you have sufficient of the blotting paper or +other absorbent to prevent the liquid from leaking through the +perforations of the partition.</p> + +<p>If you choose ammonia—a substance that is not regarded as a +poison, and is therefore easily obtained from any chemist—always +get the strongest, and see that it is labelled 'Liq. Ammonia, S.G. +·880' as a guarantee. A small bottle such as you can conveniently +carry in the waistcoat pocket will contain sufficient for a day's +work. Use only a few drops at a time, but renew frequently. +Although the ammonia corrodes cork, yet a good cork is far preferable<!-- Page 72 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_72" id="Page_72">[Pg 72]</a></span> +for the pocket to a glass stopper, for its elasticity prevents +it from losing its hold, and the liquid from saturating your pocket +and its surroundings; but a glass stopper is certainly better for the +stock solution kept at home.</p> + +<p>Most of the above remarks apply equally well to benzole and to +chloroform, but the latter is so powerful a poison that a very little +is required for a day's work, and consequently a very small +bottle is more convenient. The dealers in naturalist's appliances +supply metal 'chloroform bottles' with screw stoppers and a small +nozzle that will allow the liquid to run out only in drops. This is +a very good arrangement, since it enables you to avoid the 'drop +too much' which is not only unnecessary and therefore wasteful, +but saves you from experiencing the disappointment +of an empty bottle before your work is half done.</p> + +<div class="figleft" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_45" id="FIG_45"></a><img src="images/i_089.jpg" width="300" height="300" alt="" title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 45.—The +Chloroform +Bottle.</span> +</div> + +<p>Some entomologists recommend the solid carbonate +of ammonium instead of liquid ammonia, but this is +not so powerful. It must be remembered that we +have the butterflies to consider, as well as our own +convenience, in the selection of the poisons we use. +It is the opinion of many well-known entomologists +that 'insects cannot feel pain,' and that we are therefore +at liberty to deal with them in any way we please. +Still it is as well to save all possible suffering, and be +satisfied with no killing box that is not practically +instantaneous in its effects.</p> + +<p>Among other poisons used by entomologists I may +mention sulphur fumes and tobacco smoke. The former may be +obtained by burning a little sulphur or a sulphured lucifer match +under the perforations of a killing box of the pattern described, and +the latter—well, every smoker knows that. I should at once condemn +the former method, at least for field work, as troublesome +and inconvenient; and as to the other, I have tried the effect of a +puff (and many puffs) of tobacco smoke on an imprisoned insect, +but was so dissatisfied with the result that I am not likely to do so +again.</p> + +<p>We have now considered a good many insecticides more or less +suitable to our purpose, but there still remains the unsolved problem +as to which is the best. Each one has its advantages. For +<i>convenience</i> nothing beats the cyanide bottle. It is very speedy in +its action, and the use of a bottle is a little preferable to a metal +box, for you can always satisfy yourself as to its efficiency without<!-- Page 73 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_73" id="Page_73">[Pg 73]</a></span> +opening it. Cyanide, chloroform, benzole, and some others render +the insects more or less brittle and stiff, so that it is not so easy to +'set' them for the cabinet. Perhaps, if you happen to have a +supply of growing laurel close at hand, you cannot do better than +stick to the laurel box. The time taken in bruising up a few leaves +is inconsiderable, and the moisture given off from them will keep +your insects moist and supple, or will even 'relax' them if they +have become rigid. But try various plans for yourself, and you +will be able to settle a question which all the entomologists in the +world cannot answer for you—which method answers best in <i>your</i> +hands.</p> + +<p>The next item for our consideration is the 'collecting box.' +This is merely a box in which the butterflies are pinned as soon as +they are dead. Here, again, we shall note a few variations from +which a selection can be made according to the means or the +ingenuity of the reader. For a couple of shillings you can obtain +a good zinc collecting box, lined with cork, of oval form (a most +convenient shape for the pocket), and quite large enough for one +day's captures; and half that modest sum will purchase a wooden +box, also lined with cork, adapted to the same purpose.</p> + +<p>As with many other things, so with collecting boxes, the cheapest +is often the dearest in the end. You may feel inclined to save a +shilling by buying a wooden box, but you are sure to discard it after +a little practical experience for a metal one. We shall speak a little +later on concerning the advisability of 'setting' the butterflies as +soon as possible after capture; but this is not always practicable, +especially after a good day's catch. Now, if the insects are pinned +in a wooden box, they soon become dry and rigid, and consequently +cannot be 'set' till they have been put through the more or less +tedious process of 'relaxing.' If you use a wooden collecting box +you will often find, on a hot and dry day, that all or nearly all your +butterflies are rigid before you arrive home; but a metal box will +keep them moist and supple, so that you can even put off the +setting till the following day if you are unable to do it immediately +after your return.</p> + +<p>Another point worth considering is the best economy of space. If +your collecting box is only about one inch deep inside, you have +room for only one layer of pinned insects; but a box only a little +deeper may be lined with cork both at top and bottom, and thus be +made to accommodate double the number. The zinc boxes sold by +the dealers are generally lined with cork in this manner, and are,<!-- Page 74 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_74" id="Page_74">[Pg 74]</a></span> +of course, deep enough for the double layer of specimens; but the +wooden boxes are sometimes lined on the bottom only. After these +few remarks you will at once see the economy of expending the +extra shilling on the former.</p> + +<p>Although the prices of collecting boxes are low, yet there are +many who would prefer making their own, and there is much to be +said in favour of this. A great deal of pleasure is to be derived +from the construction of your own apparatus, especially when that +apparatus is afterwards to be used in the pursuit of a delightful +hobby. During the whole of the time thus engaged, you are looking +forward with the most pleasurable feelings to the glorious treat +before you, and every joint you make seems to bring you nearer to +the realisation of your joys. During the bleak winter months there +is no better employment for an entomologist who has a little spare +time than the preparation for the next outing. It is just one of +those artful schemes by which he seeks to get as much pleasure out +of life as it is capable of affording. How many there are who, +for the lack of a pleasant and instructive hobby, find their leisure +hours the most dismal of all, and who complain of the toil and +wearisomeness of their lot! The mournful thought with them is, +'Is life worth living?' but who ever heard such an expression from +the lips of an active entomologist?</p> + +<p>But I must have done with moralising and proceed to business. +The question is—How shall we set to work about the construction +of a collecting box? If it is to be a wooden one, select or make a +box of such a size as to suit your pocket or satchel, and cover the +bottom, and lid too if the depth allows of it, with sheet cork or +slices of good wine corks, about one-eighth of an inch thick, fixed +on with glue.</p> + +<p>The metal box is not quite so easy, but even here you may +save yourself much work by keeping your eyes open. Very neat +little collecting boxes can be made out of the flat metal boxes in +which are sold certain favourite brands of tobacco. Some of these +are just the right depth, and also of a very convenient size for the +coat pocket. Beg one of these boxes from a smoking friend, and if +the lid is not held by a hinge (a great advantage, by the way), you +can easily solder on a brass one.</p> + +<p>All that remains now is the fixing of the cork. Buy a sheet +of cork at a naturalist's shop, this being a commodity always in +stock, and cut out two pieces just the size to cover the bottom +and the lid.<!-- Page 75 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_75" id="Page_75">[Pg 75]</a></span></p> + +<p>Gum and glue are not very satisfactory as fixing agents, for, as +you will presently learn, there are times when it will be necessary +to keep the box moist, and moisture softens both these substances. +The cork must be fixed by means of little strips of metal. Here +are two ways of doing this:</p> + +<p>First.—Cut a few little strips of sheet tin, each about two inches +long and one-eighth wide. Double and bend them as shown in +<a href="#FIG_46">fig. 46</a>, and solder them to the surfaces which the cork is to +cover (<a href="#FIG_47">fig. 47</a>). As the cork is pushed in its place, these little +slips are allowed to force themselves through slits in it made by +means of a penknife, and then the ends are bent over as shown in +<a href="#FIG_48">fig. 48</a>. Two or three such fasteners will be quite sufficient to hold +down each sheet of cork.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_46" id="FIG_46"></a> +<img src="images/i_092a.jpg" width="300" height="134" alt="" title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 46.</span> +</div> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_47" id="FIG_47"></a> +<img src="images/i_092b.jpg" width="300" height="138" alt="" title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 47.</span> +</div> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 400px;"> +<a name="FIG_48" id="FIG_48"></a> +<img src="images/i_092c.jpg" width="400" height="93" alt="" title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 48.</span> +</div> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_49" id="FIG_49"></a> +<img src="images/i_092d.jpg" width="300" height="83" alt="" title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 49.</span> +</div> + +<p>Second.—Put the sheets of cork in their places <i>first</i>, then +make a few little slits through both metal and cork with the +point of a penknife, and then bind the two together with a +few ordinary paper fasteners. This arrangement is shown in +section in <a href="#FIG_49">fig. 49</a>.</p> + +<p>Just one point more concerning the metal collecting box. You +will often call moisture to your aid in keeping the butterflies +flexible and soft. This will have but little action on zinc, but will +sooner or later cause the 'tin' (really tinned iron) box to rust. +Here, then, is a point in favour of zinc, but still a home-made 'tin' +collector will last a long time if kept dry when not in use.</p> + +<p>As already hinted, there are times when it is desirable to take +home certain butterflies alive, either for a study of their movements +or for the purpose of securing eggs for breeding. To this end you +must provide yourself either with a number of 'chip boxes' with a +few small holes pricked in the cover, or with some metal boxes +with perforations for the admission of air. If the latter, you will<!-- Page 76 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_76" id="Page_76">[Pg 76]</a></span> +have no difficulty in securing a few 'tin' boxes of suitable size, +but, as the surface of the metal is very smooth, you should always +introduce a few leaves or something else that will provide a foothold +for the inmates.</p> + +<p>The last item of the outfit is the pins. Ordinary draper's pins +are quite out of the question. They are far too thick and clumsy for +the collector's work. If you are not already acquainted with the +'entomological pins,' you had better ask a dealer to give you a +sample card. This will be very useful for reference until you +become well acquainted with the various lengths, thicknesses, +numbers and prices. The card will contain one of each kind, with +price and number attached.</p> + +<p>If you fix a butterfly with the ordinary pin, you may find the +latter partly covered over with verdigris after a time. This bright +green substance is formed by the action of decomposing animal +matter on the copper of the pin, and gives a very unsightly appearance +to the specimen. To avoid this the entomological pins are +either silvered, blackened or gilded. The silvered pins tarnish +after a time, but the two other kinds keep their colour well, and +are therefore better. The gilded ones are rather expensive and unnecessary, +and perhaps the black ones are to be preferred to the +silvered, although they are rather more costly.</p> + +<p>Most dealers will supply you with a box of mixed pins, each box +containing about six different sizes. This is very convenient for +those who work in a rather small way; but if you intend to make +entomology a prolonged study you had better get an ounce or so of +each of the more useful sizes.</p> + +<p>Butterflies vary much in size, and Nos. 3 to 8 are the most +useful sizes of pins to fix them; No. 3 being for the largest, and 8 +for the smallest.</p> + +<p>Supposing all the foregoing requisites to be quite ready, still you +are really by no means prepared for all your work. The butterflies +captured should be set as soon as possible after your return, and +everything required for <i>this</i> part of the work must be in perfect +trim. Yet I think it will be more convenient just now to confine +our attention to the subject of 'Catching Butterflies,' leaving all +the indoor work to form the substance of another chapter. Our +next point, then, shall be the consideration of seasons, times, and +localities.</p> + +<p>The earliest of the butterflies make their appearance on the +wing in April, or, if the weather is mild, towards the end of March;<!-- Page 77 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_77" id="Page_77">[Pg 77]</a></span> +and from this time you can find employment up to the end of +September or the beginning of October—a period of about seven +months. But it must not be supposed that all parts of this long +season are equally prolific, and will yield equally valuable catches. +Remember the short term of a butterfly's life, and bear in mind +that each one has its own regular season in which to spend the +winged state; you will then see that anyone who wishes to 'work' +as many species as possible must arrange his outings in accordance +with the insects' own times.</p> + +<p>Some butterflies are double-brooded, and the two broods may +not come forth at certain fixed times. Hence they seem to be on +the wing almost without cessation for several months together, and +therefore need not have a special day set apart for them. But +others are more uniform in their date of appearance, and die off at +about the same time. To catch such as these you must be careful +to watch the weather, make allowance for any severities that may +tend to cause a delay, or an unusually high temperature that may +hasten their emergence, and then select a day in which you may +expect to find them fresh and unworn. A week too early, and none +are to be seen; a week too late, and nearly all you catch are worn +and worthless.</p> + +<p>A glance at our Calendar (<a href="#APPENDIX_II">Appendix II</a>) will give you a few +illustrations in point. Thus you will observe that May is a month +for the 'Whites,' early 'Blues' and certain of the Fritillaries; +July for most of the Hairstreaks and Browns, and so on. Before +you have been long collecting you will have captured the very +common species, and then you will find that your butterfly hunts +are very unproductive unless you make it a point to try for certain +species at the proper times.</p> + +<p>Time, however, is not the only thing to take into account when +preparing for a day with the butterflies. It is equally important +that we should carefully select our locality in accordance with the +known haunts of the various species. As long as you are simply +working up the common kinds, you may wander almost at random +in waste places, flowery meadows, corn fields, railway banks, &c.; +but when you have secured a few specimens of each of these, you +must search out the favoured resorts of the more local and the +rarer species. For instance, wooded spots must be visited if you +are to take certain of the Fritillaries, oak woods for the Purple +Emperor and the Purple Hairstreak, fenny districts for the beautiful +Swallow-tail, and so forth. In some cases the butterflies are<!-- Page 78 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_78" id="Page_78">[Pg 78]</a></span> +closely restricted to certain isolated localities, to which you must +travel if determined to obtain them.</p> + +<p>There yet remains another important matter to consider, and +that is the kind of day you shall select for your outing. Butterflies +are not only strictly day-fliers, but most of them venture out only +on bright days. Always choose as hot a day as possible, with a +very bright sun. If you are to be out for a full day's collecting, +manage to be on the hunting ground at about ten o'clock in the +morning. As a rule there are not many out before this time, and +some do not appear to stir till an hour later: still there are a few +'early birds' among them, one of which—the Wall Butterfly—I +have seen on the wing before eight.</p> + +<p>If your season, your day, and your locality are all well chosen, +you may reckon on a good six hours' work. At about four the +butterflies begin to lag, and then drop into their hiding places, one +by one, till only a few of the late stragglers remain on the wing.</p> + +<p>So far I have furnished some general instructions that may be +regarded as preparatory to the start; but I will now give a few +hints as to the mode of procedure when the day for field work has +come.</p> + +<p>First, see that you have secured <i>all</i> your apparatus, and that it +is in perfect condition. What is more annoying than to find, after +you have travelled some miles to get to your hunting ground, that +you have left your screw ferrule at home, or that the soldering of +your metal <span class="lettershape">Y</span> is just giving way? If you are troubled with a short +memory, it will be advisable to make out a list of every requisite +for your field work, and keep this for reference on all field days.</p> + +<p>Here is a list of your equipment for a day with the butterflies. +Net, ferrule or <span class="lettershape">Y</span>, stick, collecting box (the cork of which should be +damped if the box is a metal one), a few 'chip boxes' for live +insects, killing apparatus, a good supply of pins of several sizes, a +piece of string, needle and cotton, and your penknife.</p> + +<p>You observe in this list one or two items not previously mentioned, +since they hardly come under the category of apparatus, +but a moment's thought will convince you of their usefulness, especially +in the case of a breakdown. If your net catches in a thorn—a +very common occurrence—and a big rent is made, the needle and +cotton will save you a deal of agony, and perhaps loss of temper. +If your stick breaks under your exertions, the knife or the string +may prove a most valuable companion. Your pins may be stuck +in the cork of your collecting box, certainly the most convenient<!-- Page 79 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_79" id="Page_79">[Pg 79]</a></span> +spot for immediate use; but you may also have a reserve store in +a small pocket cushion, or arranged neatly on a strip of flannel +which can be rolled up in the waistcoat pocket.</p> + +<p>At last you are on the hunting ground, fully equipped but inexperienced, +and at first find yourself just a little awkward in the +use of your new gear. Your experience with the cap has been a +very wide one, and you are possibly an expert at knocking down +'Whites' in the streets and in your neighbour's kitchen gardens. +Now you have to wield the net, and coax your captives into your +killing bottle; hence a slight feeling of incompetence at first.</p> + +<p>You soon get over this, however, and within five minutes you +may be seen furiously slashing away at all the poor butterflies that +come within range, common 'Whites' and dingy 'Browns' receiving +as much attention at your hands as any rare gem that +may happen to cross your path.</p> + +<p>How different are the movements of an experienced collector! +He walks stealthily along the route he has chosen, apparently +taking but little notice of the majority of butterflies that approach +and pass him. He has already secured his 'series' of nearly all +the species, and is carefully on the watch for the gems that are +required to complete his cabinet. His actions are slow and deliberate +rather than rash; and he trusts more to his eyes than his +legs.</p> + +<p>The beginner may take to his field work quite to his own satisfaction, +and may travel homeward with a feeling of great pride over +his first day's catch; but yet there are a few points in which a little +advice may not be quite out of place, particularly so with regard to +the management of the net, and the killing and pinning of the +insects.</p> + +<p>Most of the butterflies may be caught on the wing, and it is far +better to net them in the air than to sweep them off the herbage +and flowers. If these are rather low, you should strike the net +smartly <i>upwards</i> from below them, but of course this movement is +impossible with insects that happen to be almost above your reach. +If a butterfly is busily engaged in searching out its sweet food, +flying from flower to flower, don't think of giving chase, but follow +it up stealthily, and you will sooner or later get an opportunity of +striking at it while in the air. Sometimes, however, you will see a +powerful flier making a straight dash across your field, taking no +notice whatever of the fragrant blossoms, but evidently engaged on +some important errand. If such happens to be a species you<!-- Page 80 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_80" id="Page_80">[Pg 80]</a></span> +require, then you must run for it, but you will probably be satisfied +with only a few chases of this kind, particularly if the sun is very +hot, and the ground diversified with clumps of furze, heather, +'molehills,' and ditches.</p> + +<p>There are times when your only plan of netting a butterfly is +to sweep it from a flower or leaf on which it has settled. If the +vegetation is very low, you have simply to bring the net down upon +it, and then, holding up the apex of the net with the other hand so +as to give it room to fly, you can inclose it by grasping the lower +part of the net as soon as the butterfly has fluttered upward. If +the herbage is tall it is advisable to strike either upward or sideways +at the insect, starting it from the leaf or flower on which it rests; +for if you bring <i>down</i> the net you will have to inclose the whole or +part of the plant on which the butterfly has settled—a procedure +that often ends in a torn net, or in the insect becoming damaged +through being rubbed against the plant.</p> + +<p>Whenever you capture a butterfly by a sweep of the net +through the air, you immediately turn the ring into a horizontal +position, so that the bag of the net closes itself as it falls over the +edge. This gives you an opportunity of examining the insect before +you introduce your killing bottle. This is a very necessary precaution, +for you are generally unable to judge of the condition of a +butterfly while on the wing, and in some cases you cannot even be +certain of the species. If, then, you were to call the killing bottle +into requisition for every capture you make, you would certainly +find yourself taking the life of many an insect that is of no use +whatever to you. Always examine your specimens at the moment +they have been secured, at least as far as it is possible to do so, by +looking through the gauze; and let your examination be as brief as +possible, or some of the butterflies that were at first in splendid +condition will render themselves useless to you during their +struggles to get away.</p> + +<p>When satisfied that an insect is likely to be of value to you, keep +it in the apex of the net by grasping the bag beneath it with the +left hand, and then introduce the opened killing bottle with the +other hand. As a rule you will experience not the slightest difficulty +in coaxing it into its trap, and then you quickly cover the +mouth of the killing bottle with the gauze, then apply your left +hand, using it as a temporary stopper for a few seconds, and now, +the insect having been quieted, replace the cork.</p> + +<p>A good killing bottle is almost instantaneous in its action, not<!-- Page 81 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_81" id="Page_81">[Pg 81]</a></span> +only stupefying, but immediately killing the insects; and as soon as +you are sure that each specimen is quite dead, you may pin it in +your collecting box.</p> + +<p>You must be cautious, however, on the one hand, that you do +not take it out too soon. If you do you may find that it recovers +from the mere stupefying effect of the poison, even after it has been +pinned, and when you open your collecting box for the next butterfly, +you are horrified at the sight of the poor victim struggling to +free itself.</p> + +<p>On the other hand, don't keep the insects in the killing bottle +too long. If you do you will soon have a number, one lying on +another, and all tumbled about together while you are on the chase. +Of course, under such circumstances you are sure to damage them +more or less.</p> + +<p>Many collectors, although they may always use a killing bottle for +moths, never employ one for butterflies, but kill them by pinching +the thorax. It is well to know how to do this, for it sometimes +turns out to be a really quicker process than that we have just been +considering; and, more than this, you can resort to it should you +break or lose your bottle while in the field. It is done in this +manner: Bring the two opposite sides of the net together, closing +them on the insect so that it cannot flutter. If now the wings are +brought together over the back, all is right, but if not, give it just +a little room to flutter till you have the opportunity of closing the +gauze upon it with the wings in the desired position. Now pinch +the thorax smartly between the finger and the thumb, applying the +pressure outside the net, but be careful not to squeeze the abdomen. +In a moment you will find the insect quite dead, and not in the +least damaged unless you performed the operation clumsily.</p> + +<p>Now as to pinning. Hold the dead butterfly between the finger +and thumb of the left hand, and pass a pin of convenient size through +the centre of the thorax above, and push it through so that the point +appears centrally on the under surface. It is now ready for your +collecting box.</p> + +<p>So you work on till the sun begins to get low, and the butterflies +become fewer and fewer, till only a few stragglers of common species +are to be seen. Still there are a few hours of daylight and perhaps +even of bright sunshine before you, and if you are not weary with +the work done, you may very profitably spend these hours in the +collection and study of the habits of moths.<!-- Page 82 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_82" id="Page_82">[Pg 82]</a></span></p> + + +<h4><i>Catching Moths by Day</i></h4> + +<p>The reason for choosing the sunny hours for butterfly collecting +is obvious, all these lovers of brightness being then actively on +the wing; and although many may be driven out of their hiding +places by beating the herbage with the handle of your net, or even +be searched out as they rest on stalks and leaves during dull days +or at morning and evening twilight, yet such methods are comparatively +tedious and unproductive.</p> + +<p>Some moths also are lovers of sunshine, and while engaged in +butterfly hunting you will often meet with a moth flying briskly +from flower to flower and taking its fill of both sweetness and +brightness. Again, as you wade among flowery herbs in quest of +butterflies you will certainly disturb a number of moths, causing +them to take a short flight in search of a safer spot. Thus you will +almost invariably find a few moths among the contents of your +collecting box even though you made no special effort to seek +them out. But we shall now see how we may set to work to +obtain a successful catch of moths at times when butterflies are +not so much in demand, or during the less brilliant hours of the +day, when butterflies are at rest.</p> + +<p>The apparatus required for this work need not differ in any important +respect from that recommended for butterflies. The same net is +used, any reliable killing bottle will do, and the pins and collecting +box used for butterflies are equally serviceable. But your mode +of procedure is very different.</p> + +<p>As you walk towards your proposed hunting ground you will +do well to examine the trunks of trees, old walls, and wooden fences. +In this way you will meet with moths fast asleep, which are +consequently easily taken. All you have to do is to hold the open +killing bottle obliquely just below the insect, and then push it +gently downward with a small twig or stalk. As a rule the moth +will drop direct into the bottle and make no attempt to fly away; +but some are very light sleepers, ready to take flight at the slightest +disturbance; and when dealing with these you must be careful to +bring the mouth of the killing bottle so closely round them that +there is no room for flight except into the bottle itself. It is well, +however, not to take long at this kind of searching, but to reserve +as much as possible of your time for what you consider to be a +very favourable locality.</p> + +<p>Speaking generally, a good locality for butterflies is a favourable<!-- Page 83 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_83" id="Page_83">[Pg 83]</a></span> +one also for moths, and you will do well to give special attention +to well-grown hedges, especially those that surround clover fields; +also overgrown banks, the borders of woods, open spaces in woods, +the trunks of isolated trees, gravel pits, and old chalk quarries.</p> + +<p>Walk beside or among the undergrowth of woods, or among the +tall herbage of waste places, tapping the branches and twigs with +the handle of your net as you go. Then, if your locality is well +selected, you will rouse moths to flight at almost every stroke. +Some of these will shoot upward among the lofty branches and +disappear quite beyond your reach; others will fly rather low and +somewhat heavily, giving you favourable opportunities to try your +skill with the net; others, again, will fly only a yard or so, and +alight on a neighbouring leaf, often remaining so quiet that the +killing bottle is easily made to inclose them.</p> + +<p>There are moths that show a decided preference for large trees. +These may be seen hovering about high branches during the evening +twilight, and sometimes even in sunshine. In many such +cases the chance of a capture seems hopeless, but occasionally one +will descend so low that a watchful collector is able to secure it by a +sweep of the net.</p> + +<p>If at any time you are in a locality by day where you suspect +the presence of certain species of moths at rest among the upper +branches of trees, such branches should be beaten if possible to dislodge +the insects they may shelter. A long stick will often serve +this purpose well, and, failing this, a few stones thrown among +the branches may prove effectual. In the case of small and rather +slender trees, a kick against the trunk will set the whole in vibration +sufficient to surprise all the lodgers; and the same effect may +be produced with larger trees by giving each a good sound blow +with a mallet or some other suitable implement.</p> + +<p>This or any other plan of 'beating' for moths is much more +conveniently worked by two collectors together than by one alone; +for one engaged in beating the herbage cannot be at the same +time fully on the alert with the net. If two persons are together, +one may take the lead, armed with the beating stick only, while +the other, only very slightly in the rear, is always ready to +strike.</p> + +<p>We have said that butterflies should always be killed in the +field, but this plan is not so universally adopted with moths. Many +collectors carry a large supply of pill boxes when going out for the +latter and then take as many as they possibly can by boxing them<!-- Page 84 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_84" id="Page_84">[Pg 84]</a></span> +direct in these. This method of 'pill-boxing' is very simple in +the case of the lazy and soundly sleeping moths. It is only +necessary to hold the open box below the insect, and then cause +it to fall by pressing the lid down gently on it from above.</p> + +<p>Many of the moths so caught will remain quiet in the boxes +and can be taken home alive without much fear of damage. All +may then be killed at the same time by packing all the pill +boxes in some vessel of sufficient accommodation, and shutting +them in with a little chloroform, ammonia, benzole, or other +suitable poison. The vapour will soon find its way through the +pores of the pill boxes, but, in order to make its action speedy, +each one should have a few perforations in the lid.</p> + +<p>Whatever advantages this method may give to the collector +who works at night, when the process of pinning would be more +or less tedious, there is no necessity for its adoption during the +day. The large number of pill boxes required is certainly far +more bulky than the single collecting box that would accommodate +all the day's captures; and although most of the insects boxed +alive may be none the worse for the shaking they get, and may not +damage themselves by fluttering in their small prisons, yet there is +often a little loss on this score.</p> + +<p>If you do adopt the pill-boxing method, be very careful +that you do not mix the occupied boxes with the empties; and unless +you fix on some definite plan for the prevention of such an +occurrence, you will often find yourself releasing a prisoner from a +box you have just opened to receive a new-comer.</p> + +<p>Suppose that you start with all your empties in your right +pocket. Then each one, as soon as it is tenanted, might be placed +in the <i>left</i>, with the name of the insect, or any particular concerning +it you would wish to note, pencilled on the lid.</p> + +<p>When examining the trunks of trees you will be continually +meeting with specimens of very small Moths—<i>Pyralides</i>, <i>Crambi</i>, +<i>Tortrices</i>, and <i>Tineæ</i>—and at first may find some difficulty in +boxing or bottling such small and delicate creatures. A grass +stalk will enable you to tip some of them into your killing bottle, +but some are so snugly packed in crevices of the bark that it is +almost impossible to get them out without damage, even with a +thin and slender stalk. But a sudden puff of wind from your +mouth will often be sufficient to dislodge them and blow them +into your net, and from this they are easily transferred to a box or +bottle.<!-- Page 85 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_85" id="Page_85">[Pg 85]</a></span></p> + +<p>These few hints will prove sufficient to start you on moth-hunting +expeditions during the daytime, and will enable you to +make good use of the dull days and cloudy hours when the butterflies +are quiet; but we must now turn our attention to the night +work of the entomologist, and see how we may attract and catch +moths during their hours of work and play.</p> + + +<h4><i>Searching for Moths at Night.</i></h4> + +<p>It is a well-known fact that the night-flying moths are attracted +by lights, a characteristic of these insects that it is difficult to +explain. Their love of darkness is in many instances so decided +that they absolutely refuse to take flight while the fading light of +day still lingers on the horizon, and even display a great aversion +to the rays of the moon; and yet these very same species will +often rush madly into the fierce glare of a naked artificial light, or +fly with an energy almost amounting to fury against the glass of a +street lamp or lighted window.</p> + +<p>Puzzling as this peculiar tendency is, we can profitably turn +it to our own account by making it a means of luring a number of +moths into our presence.</p> + +<p>The simplest way of putting this mode of capture into effect is +to post yourself at your open window, with net and cyanide bottle +at hand, while the brightest light you can command casts its rays +as far and as wide as possible into darkness outside. If you use +an oil lamp for the purpose, let it stand just inside the window +frame, or, if a jointed gas bracket happens to be situated beside the +window, bend it round so that the rays may pass over a wide area +outside.</p> + +<p>Two such lights are sometimes a very decided advantage—one +quite outside the window to attract the moths from all possible +points, and then another near the middle of the room to invite +them inside. Whether you use either one or two lights, always +see that it or they are so surrounded by a screen that the moths +cannot by any possibility rush into the flame. There is nothing +better for this purpose than a covering of light gauze, for this is +not only a barrier for the prevention of the suicidal tendencies of +the insects, but it also gives a good foothold to those who would +like to rest and enjoy the luminous feast.</p> + +<p>You will soon begin to learn that moths, like ourselves, exhibit +great differences in their ways of enjoying their festal moments.<!-- Page 86 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_86" id="Page_86">[Pg 86]</a></span> +Some will satisfy themselves by flying <i>near</i> the light in almost a +straight course, hardly slackening their speed as they pass; or will, +perhaps, make a hurried curve round the light and then pass on at +once about other business. To catch these you must be always on +the alert, with net in hand, ready to make a dash at the right +moment. But many will make straight for the flame, and then, +finding a barrier in the form of gauze or glass, will either flutter +round and round as if dissatisfied with your attempt to save them +from an untimely end, or else settle quietly on the screen to enjoy +the brightness for a long period. The flutterers are usually easily +covered by a glass or the open cyanide bottle, and as for those that +settle down quietly, you can take them at your leisure.</p> + +<p>It will not do for a collector to depend solely on this method of +obtaining moths, but at times when either his duties or the bad +weather keeps him at home it affords him a means of capturing a +few specimens that otherwise would have been missed. He may +be even so busily engaged in other matters that he cannot afford +the time to stand and watch with net in hand, but the insects that +fly into his room and dance round the gas jet or inquisitively +examine the white surface of the ceiling are easily netted or boxed +without much loss of time.</p> + +<p>The chances of success at this kind of work will vary considerably +with the aspect, the season, and the weather. If your +window opens on a large flower or fruit garden, on a patch of +wooded country with plenty of underwood, a piece of waste ground +overgrown with rank vegetation, or a stretch of heath or moor, +then you may expect a very large number of visitors; but if you +are situated on a level and barren country, or in the dense +atmosphere of a thickly populated district, you must not reckon on +many intruders.</p> + +<p>As regards the season, this is more extended than that of the +butterflies. A few species of moths may give you a call during +the bleak nights of October and November, and also during the +somewhat less dismal nights of February and March; but from +April to September you may rely on a goodly number of captures. +Of course you will not expect many of the 'rarities' and 'gems' +to find you out; these are to be searched for in the open field in +the manner to be presently described; but your lights will attract a +large number of the commoner species of <i>Geometræ</i> and <i>Noctuæ</i>, +the former <i>chiefly</i> during the early summer, and the latter more +or less throughout the season.<!-- Page 87 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_87" id="Page_87">[Pg 87]</a></span></p> + +<p>A little experience will show you that the atmospheric conditions +form a very important consideration. The dark and warm +nights are the most productive. Very little luck is to be anticipated +when the full moon is throwing down her silvery rays from a clear +sky; nor will you see many while a cold east or north-east wind is +blowing. Under these conditions many moths prefer to keep in the +sheltered nooks where they slept away the sunny hours of the day. +They love a warm and moist air such as calls forth the odours of +the fragrant blossoms that provide their sweets, and show no dislike +to a fine drizzling rain that you yourself would prefer to avoid. A +pelting shower will generally keep them under cover, but they +delight in the fresh and moist air that immediately +succeeds the passing storm.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_50" id="FIG_50"></a> +<img src="images/i_104.jpg" width="300" height="400" alt="" title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 50.—Frame +of Net for Collecting +Insects +on Lamps and +Windows.</span> +</div> + +<p>If you reside on the outskirts of a town an +occasional tour of inspection of street lamps +may add a few specimens to your collection, and +some entomologists attach so much importance +to the value of these luminaries that they provide +themselves with a special net for the removal of +moths from the glass and rails (<a href="#FIG_50">fig. 50</a>). The +straight side marked <i>a</i> is applied to the panes +of glass when flutterers or settlers are to be +taken, and the bend on the opposite side is to +secure those that rest on the rail. Such a frame +is easily made by bending a piece of stout wire +to the required shape, and then soldering it to a +ferrule to receive a long stick. The net itself +should not be deep.</p> + +<p>Many different forms of traps are now made for catching +moths, and these are deservedly coming rapidly into favour. They +are generally constructed on a 'catch-'em-alive-oh' principle, and +have the advantage that, after having been set, they may be left alone +all night without any watching, and give an ambitious collector the +opportunity of taking insects in his garden and searching in the +open field both at the same time.</p> + +<p>One of these traps may be constructed as follows at the cost +of only a few pence over the price of a small paraffin lamp. Put +together a square box, the sides about two feet and the front open, +or procure a suitable one from your grocer. Place a paraffin lamp +with a bright tin reflector at the back of this, and make a hole in +the top just over the chimney to allow the heated air to pass out<!-- Page 88 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_88" id="Page_88">[Pg 88]</a></span> +freely. Three sheets of glass are now to be placed as shown in the +sketch (<a href="#FIG_51">fig. 51</a>), one upright piece completely shutting off the lamp, +and two others placed obliquely with a space between them just +large enough to allow admission. These must be exactly the +width of the box, and should not be permanently fixed, but simply +resting on small wooden supports nailed on to the sides. When required +for use, it is only necessary to light up the lamp, strew some +dead leaves on the bottom of the box, and put the sheets in their +places. It will be seen at once that the angles at which they are +placed will direct all light-seekers into the lower compartment, +whence they are not at all likely to find their way out again; and +after vain endeavours to reach the light they finally settle down on +the sides of the box or seek shelter among the dead leaves.</p> + +<div class="figleft" style="width: 400px;"> +<a name="FIG_51" id="FIG_51"></a> +<img src="images/i_105.jpg" width="400" height="313" alt="" title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 51.—A Trap for Catching Moths.</span> +</div> + +<p>Occasionally it happens +that an entomologist +is lucky enough to claim +the friendship of a person +who, from the nature of +his calling, is peculiarly +well qualified to render +him great assistance. +Thus a friendly lamplighter, +expert and patient +in the use of the cyanide +bottle or pill box, is capable +of giving valuable aid at +times; and the keeper of a +lighthouse has it in his power to capture many a gem that is seldom +seen on the wing; but, although much may be done by means of +these and other stationary lights, this kind of work does not compare +favourably with the night rambles of a naturalist in the very +haunts of the objects of his search.</p> + +<p>For such out-door work in search of moths a good lantern is +essential. An ordinary 'bull's-eye' is almost useless, for, although +it concentrates a good light on certain objects, the narrow range of +its rays constitutes a strong objection to its use for entomological +work. For this purpose it is necessary that the rays of light not +only pass in front of you, but also shoot off right and left to warn you +of the approach of a moth before it is too late to wield the net. +This wide range may be obtained by means of three flat glass sides, +or, better still, by a bent plate glass front.<!-- Page 89 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_89" id="Page_89">[Pg 89]</a></span></p> + +<p>In addition to this you must go out provided with your net, +killing bottle, and a number of pill boxes. Choose your night +according to the hints already given, and if you are on the look-out +for any particular species, be careful that the date of your outing is +well timed, making any necessary allowances for the forwardness +or backwardness of the season, for a moth that is generally due on +a certain <i>average</i> time of the year may appear some weeks sooner +if the preceding weeks have been unusually warm, or its emergence +may be delayed considerably by the prevalence of cold east +winds or a late frost.</p> + +<p>Make up your mind as to the field of your operations before you +start, and if possible choose a route that will carry you through a +variety of situations, so that you may pass the favourite haunts of +a number of different species. Clearings in woods with an abundant +undergrowth, waste places with plenty of tall and rank vegetation, +overgrown railway banks, clover fields, the flowery borders of corn +fields, plantations in parks, heaths and moors, sheltered and overgrown +hollows such as chalk pits and old disused quarries, reed and +marsh land, all these are good localities, each one inhabited by its +own peculiar species, and if your route runs through a fair variety +of such places you may, other things being equally favourable, +depend on a good catch.</p> + +<p>See that your time also is well chosen. Of course you cannot +say exactly what the night will be till it actually comes, and, as +you have to start off before it is dark, you must consider the +probabilities of the future from the present condition of the air. Let +it be a night when a bright moon is not due, and if it follow a +warm and moist day with a south or south-west wind, or if drizzly, +so much the better; but let your feet be shod with boots that will +permit you to wade through moist herbage without danger, and +take a waterproof if necessary.</p> + +<p>It is always advisable to be on your hunting ground before +twilight sets in, as a number of moths venture out before the sun +has disappeared; and then you can work on till midnight if you +feel inclined, or even extend your labours till the early hours of the +morning.</p> + +<p>Before dusk you will meet with many of the little <i>Tortrices</i> +(<a href="#Page_298">page 298</a>) in sheltered spots, and a little later the <i>Geometræ</i> and +Hawks will be on the wing. Thus, before dark, you may make +good use of your net, dealing with your captures just in the same +way as recommended in the case of butterflies.<!-- Page 90 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_90" id="Page_90">[Pg 90]</a></span></p> + +<p>After a time, however, the lantern will have to be brought to +your assistance in making known the whereabouts of the later +species, consisting chiefly of the <i>Noctuæ</i>, many of which do not +make their appearance till it is quite dark. If now you carry your +lantern in your left hand, your work will be rendered somewhat +difficult and tedious, for, although one hand is sufficient to manage +the net properly, you are compelled to rest your light on the ground +every time you make a capture, as it is impossible to box your +specimens unless both hands are quite free. This difficulty is easily +overcome by suspending the lantern by means of a string or strap +placed round your neck, allowing it to hang on your chest; and a +further advantage is gained by having a second strap round your +chest to prevent it from swaying about with every movement of +your body. This arrangement gives you both hands perfectly free +during the whole time, and also prevents the necessity of continually +bringing yourself into a stooping or kneeling posture +while you are examining or boxing the specimens you have +netted.</p> + +<p>There are now two courses open to you. Either you can kill +and pin the moths as you catch them, fixing each one securely in +the collecting box, or you may simply shut each one in a separate +pill box and leave the remainder of the work to be done at home. +If the ordinary collecting box only is used, a little of your time is +necessarily occupied in pinning and transferring, and if many +insects are about such an occupation may appear to you to be a +waste of valuable time. But this is not all. Often and often will +you find that while thus engaged a splendid moth will come and +flutter round your light; and, before you have time to drop your +collecting box and pick up the net, the fine creature you would +have prized has darted off again. This certainly seems to speak in +favour of the pill-boxing method, but it must be remembered that +a few of the moths will continue to flutter after they have been +boxed, so that when you arrive home they are more or less +damaged, a large number of the scales that once adorned the wings +now lying on the sides and bottom of the boxes. Perhaps the best +plan is to take both the collecting box and also a quantity of pill +boxes, and a little experience will soon show you which is the +better accommodation for certain kinds.</p> + +<p>Particular attention must be paid to flowers, some of which are +very attractive to the <i>Noctuæ</i> especially. Sallow blossom in spring +and ivy bloom in autumn should be carefully and frequently<!-- Page 91 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_91" id="Page_91">[Pg 91]</a></span> +watched, and at other times the blossoms of heather, ragwort, +bramble, clover, and various other flowers must be searched.</p> + +<p>As you cast the rays of the lantern on the feasting moths some +will prove themselves very wary, and dart away at your approach; +but others will take but little notice of your advance, and will +continue to suck the sweet nectar, their eyes glaring like living +sparks.</p> + +<p>As a rule the <i>Noctuæ</i> thus engaged are easily pill-boxed or +caught direct in the cyanide bottle; but a few of the more restless +species are to be made sure of only by a sweep of the net. Some +will feign death as soon as disturbed, and allow themselves to drop +among the foliage, where further search is generally fruitless.</p> + +<p>Another common difficulty arises +from the inconvenient height of many +of the attractive blossoms—often so +great that it is impossible to reach +them with the net, and very difficult +to direct the rays of your lantern on +them. This is particularly the case +with sallow and ivy, the +flowers of which are two +rich sources of supply +to the entomologist.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_52" id="FIG_52"></a> +<img src="images/i_108a.jpg" width="300" height="299" alt="" title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 52.</span> +</div> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_53" id="FIG_53"></a><img src="images/i_108b.jpg" width="300" height="344" alt="" title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 53.—Net and Lantern +for Taking Moths from +High Blossoms.</span> +</div> + +<p>Those who intend +giving special attention +to these blossoms should +be provided with some +form of apparatus that +will enable them to extend their operations as high as possible. +Perhaps the most effective arrangement is the well-known combination +here figured. It consists of a long and stout stick, at the top of +which is a tubular joint (<a href="#FIG_52">fig. 52</a>) that might be termed a <span class="lettershape">T</span>-piece +were it not that the smaller part does not stand out at right angles +to the other. In this is fixed, in a straight line with the stick, a +short rod on which hangs a lantern—an ordinary bull's-eye answers +well here; and in the smaller tube is another short rod carrying a +shallow basin-shaped net, and of such a length that the net is just +in advance of the lantern.</p> + +<p>At first sight this arrangement will strike you as being very +unsatisfactory, there being no kind of trap to prevent the escape of +the insects. But it must be remembered that moths are more or<!-- Page 92 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_92" id="Page_92">[Pg 92]</a></span> +less addicted to habits of intemperance—that they will hold on to +the supply of the sweet fluid they enjoy till they are ready to drop +with intoxication. This being the case, some will fall into your +net as soon as they are startled by the sudden and near approach +of the glare of your lamp, and others are easily <i>made</i> to fall therein +by gently tapping the flower-bearing stems from below with the +edge of the ring.</p> + +<p>Having become acquainted with this very sad propensity, which +thus brings ruin to so many unfortunate moths, can we not yet +further turn their evil doings to our own profit in our endeavours +to become acquainted with their structure and history? Most +certainly we can. All we have to do is to distribute in their haunts +a bountiful supply of some artificial intoxicant such as they love, +and then lie in wait for the victims that fall a prey to our snare. +This process is known to entomologists as 'sugaring,' and is a +splendid means of securing an abundance of species, often including +some rare ones that are scarcely to be obtained by any other plan. +Let us now inquire into the <i>modus operandi</i> of this interesting +operation.</p> + +<p>The first thing to do is to prepare the luring sweetmeat. Supply +yourself with a quantity of strong, dark treacle, and also some dark +brown sugar; always remembering, in the selection of these viands, +that odour rather than purity is to be the guide. The best kinds of +sugar are those very dark and moist brands imported in a raw state +from the West Indies, nothing being better than that known as +'Jamaica Foots.'</p> + +<p>Mix about equal quantities of these with a little stale beer, and +boil and stir till all the sugar is dissolved. The consistency of the +mixture should be such that it will work well with a brush when +used as a paint—not too thick, nor so thin that it is easily +absorbed by the substance on which it is 'painted,' nor must it be +in such a fluid condition that it easily runs.</p> + +<p>When satisfied on these points, transfer the mixture to a tin +canister, see it properly covered, and set it aside as your 'stock' +from which you can draw supplies as required. Now secure an +ordinary painter's brush of convenient size, and a number of strips +of linen or other rag, each one of which is fastened to a hook formed +of bent wire. These items, together with the usual lantern, collecting +box, pill boxes, and killing bottle, complete your outfit for the +sugaring expedition.</p> + +<p>When the selected time for operations has arrived, take sufficient<!-- Page 93 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_93" id="Page_93">[Pg 93]</a></span> +'sugar' for your night's work, mix it well with sufficient +strong rum to give it a very decided odour, and start off at dusk +with this and the other requisites just mentioned.</p> + +<p>The night chosen should be warm and calm, with a rather damp +atmosphere, and no moon preferred. Let your locality be a well-wooded +one; abounding, if possible, with giant oaks and other trees, +and containing open spaces with plenty of underwood and rank +herbage. Such localities are to be met with at their best in forest +lands, and if you would do wonders at sugaring you cannot do better +than arrange for spending your holidays in such a spot as the New +Forest, taking with you sufficient 'sugar' for several nights' work.</p> + +<p>Having reached a likely spot of no very great extent, you prepare +for real work. Light up the lamp, and get out your sugaring +tin and brush ready for action. Take your course along some +definite track that you are sure to remember, painting vertical strips +of sugar, about a foot long, on the trunks of trees or on palings, +and hanging strips of rag that have just been steeped in the sugar +on the branches of small trees and shrubs where you do not find +good surfaces for the brush.</p> + +<p>After satisfying yourself concerning the amount of sugar distributed, +retrace your steps, examining every patch of sugar as you +go. It will not be long before signs of life appear. Earwigs, spiders, +centipedes and slugs will soon search out the luscious feast, but +unless the time and the locality are ill chosen, the lantern will soon +reveal a goodly number of moths, with eyes glaring like little balls +of fire, greedily devouring the bounteous repast. These will consist +chiefly of <i>Noctuæ</i>, but <i>Sphinges</i>, <i>Geometræ</i> and numerous small +species also join the company.</p> + +<p>Some will exhibit a restless disposition, either darting off before +you make a close approach, or keeping their wings in rapid vibration +as if to be fully prepared for a hasty retreat when occasion demands. +These must receive your attention first; and, having secured them, +proceed to box as many as you require of the more lazy and +gluttonous species.</p> + +<p>As a rule, moths thus engaged are easily pill-boxed, but the +livelier ones will not submit to such treatment without attempting +to escape. The best way to secure these is either to cover them +with the opened cyanide bottle (or its substitute), and replace the +cork as soon as a favourable opportunity occurs; or to perform the +same feat with a glass-bottomed pill box.</p> + +<p>The advantage of the latter over the ordinary boxes will be<!-- Page 94 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_94" id="Page_94">[Pg 94]</a></span> +seen at once. After the insect is covered, its movements can be +watched, and so a favourable opportunity can be seized for snapping +on the lid.</p> + +<p>As already stated, some moths feign death when in danger, +allowing themselves to fall in places where they are often quite safe +from capture. Others allow themselves to fall simply because they +have so gorged themselves with the intoxicating sweet that they +can no longer maintain their hold. Both these classes of sugar +seekers may easily be secured by means of a net commonly known +as the 'sugaring net.'</p> + +<div class="figleft" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_54" id="FIG_54"></a> +<img src="images/i_111.jpg" width="300" height="300" alt="" title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 54.—Frame +for the Sugaring +Net.</span> +</div> + +<p>This implement is so simple in its construction that anyone can +easily make his own. The frame may consist of two straight +wires or canes fixed in a metal <span class="lettershape">Y</span>, and the other ends joined by a +piece of strong string or catgut as shown in <a href="#FIG_54">fig. 54</a>. The net itself need +not be deep. As soon as you reach a tree where moths are feeding +on the sugar, press the string of the net against +the bark just below them. The string at once +assumes the form of the trunk so well that you +may be sure of every insect that falls while you +are boxing.</p> + +<p>For this work both hands must be free, and +this is easily managed in spite of the number of +appliances called into service. The lantern is +slung round your neck and secured by a strap +round the chest. The 'sugaring net' has a very +short stick, and just while you are engaged in +boxing specimens, it may be gently held against the trunk by a +slight pressure of the body. But such precautions as these are +necessary only when the night worker is out alone. There are +many circumstances, however, that render the work of two or more +in company much more enjoyable than that of a single-handed +entomologist. The labours are considerably expedited where a +division enables each one of the night ramblers to take a particular +portion of the work; and if there is such a person as a nervous +entomologist, that individual should on no account go a sugaring in +lonely spots on dark nights. Every rustling leaf gives such a one +a start; all footsteps are those of approaching disturbers of the +peace; and when at last the invisible landowner or his keeper, +attracted by the mysterious movements of the lamp, greets him +with his gruff 'What's your business here?' then for the moment +he forgets his enchanting hobby and wishes he were safely at home.<!-- Page 95 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_95" id="Page_95">[Pg 95]</a></span></p> + +<p>It is certainly advisable to take a friend, whether an entomologist +or not, on such expeditions; and if you intend working on private +grounds, always make previous arrangements with the property +owner, that you may fear no foes and dread no surprises; for a +sugarer is far more sure of success in his work if he keeps a cool +head and has nothing to think about for the time being but his +moths and his boxes.</p> + +<p>A few hours at this interesting employment pass away very +rapidly, and when midnight arrives there is often no great desire to +leave off, especially when it is known that some species of moths +are not very busy till very late at night. Still it is not advisable +to surfeit oneself with even the sweets of life. Perhaps it is better +as a rule to work the early species only on one night, and reserve +another for the later ones. The searchings are then always carried +on with vigour throughout, and the labours that are thus never +made laborious ever retain their attractiveness in the future.</p> + +<p>It has often been observed that, when sugaring has been carried +on for a few successive nights in the same locality, the success is +greater each night than on the one preceding it. Hence it is a +common practice to work a chosen 'run' for two, three, or more +nights in succession; and some collectors even go so far as to lay on +the bait for a night or two previous to starting work. For the same +reason it is often advisable to continue the use of a fairly productive +beat rather than to wander in search of a new one.</p> + +<p>In the neighbourhood of large towns one may often meet with +patches of sugared bark that mark the course and extent of a +brother entomologist's beat, and such are valuable to an inexperienced +amateur in that they give him some idea of the nature of +the localities that are chosen by more expert collectors. But it +must be remembered that each entomologist has a moral right to a +run he has baited, and that it is considered ungentlemanly, if not +unjust, to take insects from sugar laid by another. I have sometimes +seen cards, bearing the names of the collectors and the date of +working, tacked on to baited trees and fences, thus establishing +their temporary exclusive rights to the use of their runs. Such +precautions are not necessary in large tracts of forest land, where +the choice of runs is practically unlimited.</p> + +<p>There are two other modes of capture available to the moth +collector—the use of decoy females, and the employment of 'sugar +traps'—and both these may be used on the sugaring run, or at other +times either in the woods or in your own garden.<!-- Page 96 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_96" id="Page_96">[Pg 96]</a></span></p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_55" id="FIG_55"></a><img src="images/i_113a.jpg" width="300" height="300" alt="" title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 55.—Cage for +Decoy Females.</span> +</div> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_56" id="FIG_56"></a><img src="images/i_113b.jpg" width="300" height="300" alt="" title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 56.—A Sugar +Trap.</span> +</div> + +<p>The wonderful acuteness of the sense by which the males of +certain species are enabled to seek out the females has already been +alluded to, and the possession of a suitable decoy will often bring +you a number of beautiful admirers without the least trouble, except +that taken in securing the decoy and preparing her temporary abode. +It is absolutely necessary that the female moth be one that has +recently emerged, and consequently you had better secure her in +one of her earlier stages, either by previous rearing or by collecting +the pupæ.</p> + +<p>A little cage composed of a framework of wire covered with gauze +must now be made. Perhaps the simplest pattern is that illustrated. +Here the gauze is attached to two wire rings, only a few inches in +diameter, and suspended by a string. Such a cage answers every +purpose in the field, and has the advantage of folding into an +exceedingly small space when not in use. It may be suspended in +your garden or taken into the field whenever you have a suitable +decoy at your disposal.</p> + +<p>The sugar trap may be of much the same pattern as that in +which a light is used, but if intended for field work it should be of a +convenient size for portability. A lighter and far more convenient +form may be constructed as follows:</p> + +<p>Procure a large cylindrical tin box, and cut a circular piece of +perforated zinc just small enough to drop into it. Then make two +wire rings, one a <i>little larger</i> than the top of the tin, and the other +only about an inch in diameter. Next make a conical net of leno, +open at both ends, and of such a size that the two rings may form +the frames of its two extremities. When the trap is required for<!-- Page 97 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_97" id="Page_97">[Pg 97]</a></span> +use, cut a circular piece of flannel or other absorbent, steep it in +sugar that has just been flavoured with rum, and place it in the +bottom of the tin. Then place a few pebbles of equal size around +the sides to support the zinc partition, drop in the partition, and +then allow the net to hang on the rim as shown in the sketch.</p> + +<p>This arrangement will explain itself. The moths, attracted by +the sweet perfume, flutter about in the net till at last they find their +way through the small ring. Once in, they make further attempts +to reach the sugar; and, at last, finding all efforts fruitless, +and, like Paddy at the fair, not being able to discover the 'entrance +out,' they finally settle down in a disappointed mood awaiting your +pleasure.</p> + +<p>Perhaps another word of explanation is necessary here. Why +not allow the poor creatures to reach the sugar that attracted them +to the spot? The reason is this. They sometimes gorge themselves +to such an extent that their bodies, dilated to the fullest capacity +with syrup, are a bit troublesome when the insects are placed in the +cabinet. It is therefore advisable to see that the zinc is so far above +the sugar that the moths are unable to reach the latter by thrusting +their extended proboscides through the perforations. A few dead +leaves scattered on the zinc is also a useful addition, since it affords +shelter to such of the insects as prefer it.</p> + +<p>This is a very useful trap to keep in one's garden throughout the +season. It may not attract large numbers, but it has the advantage +that it requires no watching. It is simply necessary to set it at +dusk, and remove the captives in the morning or at your leisure.</p> + + + +<hr /> +<p><!-- Page 98 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_98" id="Page_98">[Pg 98]</a></span></p> +<h3><a name="CHAPTER_VII" id="CHAPTER_VII"></a>CHAPTER VII +<br /> +<i>COLLECTING OVA, LARVÆ, AND PUPÆ</i></h3> + + +<p>We have already observed that insects should, as a rule, be set as +soon as possible after their capture; and it would therefore seem +that this is the proper place for instructions in this part of the work. +But it so happens that butterflies and moths are to be obtained by +means other than those already described, and we shall therefore +consider these previous to the study of the various processes +connected with the setting and preserving of our specimens.</p> + +<p>Were we to confine our attention to the capture of the perfect +forms only, our knowledge of the <i>Lepidoptera</i> would be scanty +indeed, for we should then be ignorant of the earlier stages of the +creatures' lives, and have no opportunity of witnessing the wonderful +transformations through which they have to pass.</p> + +<p>Such an imperfect acquaintance with butterflies and moths will, +I hope, not satisfy the readers of these pages; so it is intended, in +the next two chapters, to give a little assistance to those who would +like to know how to set to work at the collection of their eggs and +larvæ, how to search for the pupæ, and how to rear the insects +from the stage at which they are acquired till they finally emerge +in the perfect form.</p> + +<p>These portions of an entomologist's work certainly take up a +great deal of his time, and also require much patience and perseverance; +but the advantages derived cannot be over-estimated, for +in addition to the knowledge gained of the early stages of insect +life, this kind of work will enable him to place in his cabinet a +number of gems he would otherwise have not and probably know +not. Occasionally a prize may be obtained in the form of a cluster +of eggs (<i>ova</i>) of a rare species, in many instances the larvæ are to +be obtained with comparative ease, while the perfect insects of the +same species are not often seen or not easily captured, and many a<!-- Page 99 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_99" id="Page_99">[Pg 99]</a></span> +rare pupa has been dug out of its hiding place during a season +when the entomologist had but little other work to occupy his time.</p> + +<p>These and other similar subjects we shall now consider in turn.</p> + + +<h4><i>Collecting Ova</i></h4> + +<p>The collection of ova may be carried on more or less throughout +the year. A number of moths are out in February, and even +in January if the weather is mild. These soon lay their eggs, +which are hatched about the time that the buds of the food plant +are breaking. From this time till late in the summer the ova of +various species are being deposited, the average period from laying +to hatching being from two to three weeks. Then, during the +autumn, when the leaves of food plants are turning brown and +crisp, ova are still being laid, but these remain unchanged till the +new buds of the following spring are bursting.</p> + +<p>Of course if you intend searching for the ova of particular species +you must previously ascertain the favourite haunts of those species, +become acquainted with their food plants, and also with the season +or seasons during which the eggs are laid. But the few following +hints will suffice as general instructions for the search.</p> + +<p>In nearly all cases we must expect to find ova on the food plants +of the respective species, but at times, especially with certain +moths, we may come across them in the most unlikely spots. +Thus, it sometimes happens that a moth settles on a street lamp, +and lays her eggs on the framework round the glass, or even on +the glass itself. The same thing may take place on the sash or +glass of a brightly lighted window.</p> + +<p>Such occurrences, however, we must regard as accidental and +comparatively rare, and therefore we confine our searchings for ova +to the food plants of the species we require.</p> + +<p>As a rule the under sides of the leaves will yield the most, but +we have already noticed (<a href="#Page_18">page 18</a>) that some moths leave their eggs +exposed on the upper surface. Again, some larvæ feed on flowers +and seeds and fruit, and the eggs of such are deposited on these +parts. Those insects which feed on the leaves of shrubs and trees +often lay their eggs on trunks, branches and twigs. Sometimes +these are laid singly, sometimes in dense clusters; and it is not +unusual to find them arranged in rings or spirals with great regularity. +When examining the trunks of trees for ova it is necessary +to look well into the crevices of the bark, for some insects take<!-- Page 100 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_100" id="Page_100">[Pg 100]</a></span> +particular care to lay them in deep sheltered chinks; but others +take no such precautions, and deposit them on exposed ridges or +plain surfaces where they are easily discovered.</p> + +<p>One difficulty of the ova collector lies in the fact that many +insects lay on the upper branches of large trees. Of course a search +for these is out of the question; but in places where the trees have +been cut down a few years previously, and where a consequent +undergrowth has developed, there are considerable chances of +success with these species. Young saplings of trees often yield +well, especially in places where tall trees of the same species are +absent. It may be mentioned, too, that some moths (<a href="#Page_294">page 294</a>) +actually lay their eggs beneath the surface of water, depositing +them on the under surfaces of floating pond weeds; and others +(<a href="#Page_298">page 298</a>) even enter the nests of wasps and bees for the same purpose. +It is clear, then, from these few remarks, that the work of +an ambitious collector of insects' eggs is by no means a monotonous +task; for his employment takes him into the meadows and +woods, leads him to the banks of ponds, and even compels him to +tear down banks and hedges for the nests of <i>Hymenoptera</i> at the +risk of a sting or two.</p> + +<p>One of the most productive sources of eggs is undoubtedly the +possession of captured females. When you are out netting butterflies +you often see a female that is evidently engaged in her +matronly duties. Instead of seeking food from the various flowers +in her path, she pays attention only to the foliage, looking out a +suitable leaf on which to deposit her eggs. Should you meet with +an insect thus engaged which you would like to rear at home, or of +which you would like to know the egg, secure it in a perforated +pill box with a leaf of the proper plant; and it will often supply +you with abundance of eggs for your purpose, in many cases depositing +them in the box before you arrive home. The eggs of +numerous species of moths are also to be easily obtained from +captured females.</p> + +<p>Some insects do not seem inclined to deposit their eggs in captivity +as freely as when at large, and in order to induce them to do +so we must, as far as possible, put them in their natural conditions. +Let them have plenty of room, and supply them with fresh twigs +of their food plants, kept green by standing them in vessels of +water. It is also advisable, supposing you are not well acquainted +with the dispositions of the species you have, to keep a portion of the +box well shaded from direct sunlight, and allow another part to be<!-- Page 101 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_101" id="Page_101">[Pg 101]</a></span> +as bright as possible; for some species will not lay in a bright light, +while others will not do so without it.</p> + +<p>Again, while some deposit their eggs within a few hours of +quitting the pupa case, others do not lay for several days. With +regard to the latter, it is frequently necessary to feed them while +in captivity, by placing in the box a piece of rag or sponge that has +been dipped in honey or syrup.</p> + +<p>Each batch of ova should be carefully examined with a view to +knowing them by sight on a future occasion. A sketch should be +made in your note book, showing every detail that you can make +out with the aid of a good lens. Then observations concerning the +season, colour of the eggs, the situation in which deposited, arrangement, +and any other useful particulars, should be entered.</p> + +<p>In the next chapter some hints will be given concerning the +management of ova and the rearing of the larvæ from the time of +hatching.</p> + + +<h4><i>Collecting Larvæ</i></h4> + +<p>This occupation is generally far more productive to the +entomologist than searching for ova. The latter are very small, +usually well concealed, and to be detected only by a careful +scrutinising use of the eyes; but the superior size of the larvæ, +the frequent bright colouring, and the fact that they are easily +beaten from their hold, render the searchings of their hunters +comparatively easy and fruitful.</p> + +<p>Before setting out on a larva-hunting expedition, there are a few +requisites to prepare. These include not only the implements for +your work in the field, but also the cages in which you intend to +rear your little captives. The latter are described a little later on +under the head 'Rearing Lepidoptera,' and the former we will now +briefly summarise.</p> + +<p>The outfit must consist of a quantity of suitable boxes, a stout +hooked stick, a strong net, and a white material to place under the +herbage while you are 'beating.'</p> + +<p>'Larva boxes' are usually made of zinc, and have little sliding +doors in the lids, so that the lids need not be removed while out of +doors after the fragment of the required food plant has been +inserted. Such boxes are not by any means essential. Small tin +boxes will answer all purposes nearly as well, providing a number +of small holes be made in them for the admission of air. Chip +boxes are also fairly satisfactory, but these also should be perforated.<!-- Page 102 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_102" id="Page_102">[Pg 102]</a></span> +The best way to do this is to push a red-hot iron wire +through the chip, making about half a dozen small holes in each +box. This method will give you clean holes of a uniform size +without otherwise injuring the boxes.</p> + +<p>Metal boxes possess the advantage that they keep the food +plants moist for a long time, while chip boxes allow them to dry +rather rapidly. Yet there are some larvæ that do far better in the +latter, since such a quantity of moisture exudes through their skins +that they soon become uncomfortably wet if their apartment is not +well ventilated. Under these circumstances perhaps it is better to +take a supply of both, so that changes may be made as found +necessary.</p> + +<p>One grave objection to chip boxes, however, is the weakness of +the material. They are easily crushed by pressure, and a bottom +or a top disc of wood often falls out; but this is easily overcome by +gluing narrow strips of calico round the top and bottom edges. +Chip boxes should always be treated in this way, and they will +then last five or six times as long.</p> + +<p>Your supply of boxes should always include one large one of +metal in which to bring home a supply of food for the larvæ. If +you have a botanist's vasculum, by all means take it, for nothing +can serve this purpose better. If not, any rather large square tin +box will do, and this may be carried in your satchel, or a couple of +hooks may be soldered to it so that a leather strap can be fixed for +slinging it over your shoulder.</p> + +<p>The net required is that commonly known as the 'sweep net.' +It must be very strong, for it has to submit to rather rough usage. +The frame must be made of thick wire; and the bag, which need +not be more than a foot deep, should be of strong calico or holland.</p> + +<p>Now with regard to the white material previously mentioned. +This may be a square of calico, hemmed round the edges. Nothing +is more convenient than this, as it occupies but little room in the +pocket when not in use, if neatly folded. The material need not +be thick, but the larger it is the better. Many prefer a white +umbrella or an ordinary umbrella with a white lining, but as this +is only a matter of taste and convenience you must decide for yourself +as to which you will use.</p> + +<p>If your field of operations is only a little way from your head +quarters, and quantity of luggage therefore not a serious consideration, +you may provide yourself with a heavy mallet, loaded if +necessary with a pound or two of lead. This will prove very useful<!-- Page 103 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_103" id="Page_103">[Pg 103]</a></span> +in shaking larvæ from trees and large branches. Lastly, take a +pencil and a note book or writing paper for your observations in +the field.</p> + +<p>Now for the choice of the season. Larvæ are to be found all +the year round. Early in the spring, as soon as the buds are +bursting, some break out of the eggs recently laid by the moths +that appear in February and March. Later on, during April and +May, a host of both butterflies and moths are busy arranging for +their broods. Then, throughout the whole of the summer, thousands +of caterpillars of all sorts and sizes are to be met with everywhere. +And finally, during the bleak winter months, you may +amuse yourself by digging the hybernators out of their hiding +places where they rest themselves till the spring sun again calls them +out to refresh them with the young and tender leaves of a new +year. Thus, unless you are merely intending to search out certain +species you happen to require, there is not much difficulty in +settling on the season.</p> + +<p>The day selected should be dry, for your work lies among the +herbage of banks, meadows, and woods, and nothing is more unpleasant +than wading through a wet and dense vegetation, or beating +down on yourself a shower of large drops from the branches of +trees and shrubs.</p> + +<p>Having reached the hunting ground, the first thing to do is to +look out for <i>signs</i> of the presence of larvæ rather than for the +larvæ themselves. Healthy vegetation with sound leaves must be +passed by as untenanted; but the presence of partly eaten foliage +immediately arouses suspicion.</p> + +<p>A little experience will soon enable you to distinguish between +the ravages of larvæ and of slugs, snails, wasps, &c. Some of +the smaller larvæ certainly eat out clean holes like those cut by +<i>Hymenopterous</i> insects, but as a rule they bite away at the edges, +leaving the midrib and the larger veins standing out almost naked.</p> + +<p>By looking well into the edges of the eaten leaves, it is easy to +see whether the marauders have been recently at work. If they +are dried up and discoloured, it is not of much use to search; but if +still green and moist, you may feel almost sure that the hungry +larvæ are not far off.</p> + +<p>In this case you will carefully turn over the leaves to examine +the under sides, and also the leaf stalks and branches or stems; +but you must be prepared for all kinds of protective mimicry. +Little green caterpillars will be seen lying on the midrib or<!-- Page 104 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_104" id="Page_104">[Pg 104]</a></span> +veins, so straight and so still that they are scarcely perceptible. +Others are snugly tucked in a depression of a leaf with the same +result. Then we must also be prepared for the artful little tricks +of the larvæ of <i>Geometræ</i> (<a href="#Page_268">p. 268</a>), by which they imitate stalks +and twigs so closely that a sharp eye is necessary to discriminate +between the two.</p> + +<p>While thus searching we may meet with the cast skin of a caterpillar. +This gives us fresh hopes, and so we continue our careful +examination. At last, on grasping a leaf in order to turn it over for +inspection, we feel something hairy or something soft and smooth. +But lo! it is gone. It is one of those numerous caterpillars that +feign death and drop to the ground on the slightest sign of danger. +We search below for it, but the density of the vegetation renders +this hopeless, and we are just about to start off in search of a more +productive locality when we espy a quantity of the excrement of +larvæ lying on a little bare patch of ground close by. This gives +us a new idea. Here is another indication of the presence of the +creatures we require, one that we can put into practice; and by-and-by +we learn that in many cases this is really the surest sign +of their whereabouts.</p> + +<p>We look at these little pellets of excrement, and gain at once +some idea of the <i>size</i> of the larvæ that produce them. Then we +observe whether they are fresh and moist, or dry and stale. If the +latter, it is not of much use to examine the leaves above; but if +otherwise, there is little doubt of our meeting with larvæ, as the +present position they occupy is so truly marked. The leaves just +over them are carefully examined, either by turning them over as +before described, or, if the height of the foliage admits of it, +by placing our heads below and looking upward.</p> + +<p>If we find that the larvæ are some of those that endeavour to +escape by feigning death and allowing themselves to drop at the +slightest disturbance, the net is always kept beneath the leaves we +are touching in order to intercept them in their downward journey.</p> + +<p>Continuing the search, we meet with leaves that are rolled up +and bound with silk threads, and others that are drawn together +and similarly bound. These are carefully uncurled and pulled +asunder with the result that active little larvæ are exposed to view, +or, it may be, pupæ are discovered. In some cases flowers are +drawn together in just the same way, and an examination reveals +one or more of the species that prefer petals and other parts of +flowers to the green leaves.<!-- Page 105 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_105" id="Page_105">[Pg 105]</a></span></p> + +<p>Silken threads always arouse our suspicions. These may be seen +lying on the surfaces of leaves, and passing from one leaf to another, +or they may be hanging perpendicularly from the branches of trees +above. In the latter case a larva may be frequently seen on the +lower extremity of the fibre, swinging gently in the breeze, and, +should we require it, we have only to place the open box below for +its reception.</p> + +<p>Hawthorn and other trees are sometimes seen almost devoid of +leaves, nearly every bit of green having been greedily devoured by +a host of small larvæ. In such cases we often meet with dense +clusters of silk fibres that may easily be mistaken for spiders' nests. +But when we look more closely into the structure we observe that +we have discovered instead nests of gregarious larvæ, such a large +number being in each little community that the deplorable appearance +of the tree is at once explained.</p> + +<p>A little farther on we meet with a sickly-looking plant in the +midst of a number of flourishing individuals of the same species, +and stop to make inquiries into the cause of this strange occurrence. +Is it due to a poorness of the soil? No, this cannot be the case; +for intermingled with its roots are those of its flourishing companions. +We pluck a stunted and half-shrivelled leaf and examine +it. At first we do not notice the cause of its peculiar condition; +but, holding it up to the light, and looking <i>through</i> it, we see a +number of little galleries that have been eaten out of its internal +soft substance, leaving the thin skin (<i>epidermis</i>) almost entirely +intact. But nothing more is to be seen. Another leaf is examined +in exactly the same way; and here we see the little destroyer, lying +motionless in its burrow till a gentle pressure applied against it +from outside causes it to wriggle along its narrow passage. This is +the larva of one of the little leaf miners mentioned again on +<a href="#Page_303">page 303</a>.</p> + +<p>Reaching a little marshy spot we see a number of water-loving +reeds, most of them beautifully green and in a flourishing condition, +but here and there in their midst is a poor stunted specimen—another +result of the ravages of the larvæ of one or more moths. +An examination of the blades reveals nothing; but on splitting +open the stalk we discover some larvæ that have already devoured +a quantity of the internal pith, and thus endangered the life of the +plant. On inspecting other similar reeds we are at first puzzled as +to how the larvæ could get inside the stems without damaging the +outer portion; but at last we see in each one a little discoloured<!-- Page 106 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_106" id="Page_106">[Pg 106]</a></span> +hole that was eaten out by the young caterpillar just after its escape +from the egg. Once within the reed, it found a plentiful supply of +food, and there grew at the expense of the plant without doing any +further external damage save by causing a stunted growth.</p> + +<p>It may be that the stem eaters we have found are just about +full grown. If so we examine a number of the stems with a hope +that we may find one or two that are just about to change to the +chrysalis state, or even a pupa already formed. By this means we +may secure one of the perfect insects without the necessity of feeding +larvæ at home. Such a consideration becomes a most important +one when it happens that the required food plant is one that cannot +be easily obtained.</p> + +<p>Close by the reeds is another water-loving plant in the form of +an old willow tree. This is always an attractive object to the +entomologist, so it comes in for a share of our inspection. On its +leaves we may find several species of the larvæ of <i>Lepidoptera</i>, +including those of some of our largest insects. But a strange feature +catches our eyes as we happen to glance at the bark of the tree. +Here we see a few holes of different sizes, about which are a number +of little fragments of wood that remind us of 'sawdust;' and, +examining the ground below, we see quite a little heap of this +dust, looking just as if a carpenter had been at work on the spot.</p> + +<p>This is not the effect of a saw, however; it is a sure sign of the +ravages of wood-eating larvæ (<a href="#Page_224">p. 224</a>), whose powerful jaws gain +them admittance into the very hearts of trees, and the application +of the nose to one of the larger holes leaves no doubt of the presence +of the large and beautiful caterpillar of the Goat Moth +(<a href="#Page_224">p. 224</a>).</p> + +<p>If we require any of these wood-eaters, either for rearing or for +preservation, we must be prepared for a little rather heavy work. +A strong pocket knife is not sufficient, but with a good chisel the +wood can be gradually cut away, and the galleries traced, till at +last we come to the larvæ snugly resting in their burrows.</p> + +<p>It often happens that the tree thus tenanted is half decayed, and +consequently the work is rendered much easier. Also, while tearing +away the wood, we often meet with a number of cocoons that +have been constructed by the caterpillars for their winter quarters, +or as a resting place while undergoing their transformations. These +are composed of the wood dust bound together by strong silk fibres, +and are often in such a good state of preservation that they form +useful illustrations for the cabinet.<!-- Page 107 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_107" id="Page_107">[Pg 107]</a></span></p> + +<p>As further aids to larvæ searching we may mention that many +species—chiefly of the <i>Noctuæ</i>—hide under the surface of the ground +or among dense and low herbage during the day, and come out to +feed only by night; that many others feed on roots, and are therefore +seldom seen above the surface of the soil; also that a good +number burrow into fruits, in the interior of which they spend the +whole of their larval stage. The best way to secure the latter is to +examine the 'windfalls' that lie scattered on orchard lands, for it +is a well-known fact that the fruits that are infested with larvæ +generally fall earlier than others—a result that must be attributed +to the damaging work of the larvæ themselves.</p> + +<p>All the larvæ collected should be carefully boxed at once, a +separate compartment being used for each species, and a few fragments +of the food plant being introduced in each case. It is also a +good plan to have each box previously lined with moss as a further +addition to the comfort of the captives. Without such a precaution +some of the more delicate species are liable to injury during their +transmission from field to home.</p> + +<p>Hitherto we have obtained our larvæ by <i>searching</i> only, but +there are times and occasions when our boxes may be far more +rapidly filled by methods that are not such a tax on our time and +patience. Suppose, for instance, that we reach a bush, the mutilated +leaves of which seem to show that larvæ are present on its +branches. We spread our white cloth or open out the white-lined +umbrella just under a selected branch, and then tap that +branch very smartly with our stick.</p> + +<p>Down comes a host of living creatures! Spiders, larvæ, beetles, +aphides, earwigs, and what not, struggling and running about on +our white fabric in all directions, and all mingled with bits of stick, +leaves, and fragments of all kinds. We leave the cloth or the umbrella, +as the case may be, quite still for a few seconds to allow all +the living creatures to get a good foothold, and then, raising it into +a vertical position, allow all the rubbish to drop off.</p> + +<p>We can now put the cloth down again, and select as many of +the larvæ as we require, giving our first attention to the nimble +runners and loopers that are already near the edge and just on the +point of making their escape. This productive method of larva +hunting is known as 'beating,' and is particularly applicable to tall +herbs and the lower branches of trees and shrubs.</p> + +<p>The same principle may be employed in the case of branches +that are quite out of the reach of the stick, but the blows are here<!-- Page 108 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_108" id="Page_108">[Pg 108]</a></span> +applied to the trunk, a mallet or some other rather heavy implement +taking the place of the stick.</p> + +<p>Another splendid method of securing larvæ where mere searching +would be tedious and unproductive, lies in the use of the sweep +net described on <a href="#Page_102">page 102</a>. This implement comes into service in +waste places that are covered with rank vegetation, in clover and +hayfields, and in all spots covered with low herbs.</p> + +<p>Walking among the vegetation, the net is swept right and left +before you, and the contents examined at frequent intervals. It is +advisable to work the different species of herbs separately as far as +possible, otherwise there may be some difficulty in the determination +of the food plants of the mixed larvæ that the net will +contain. If, however, this plan is impracticable, you may save +time by turning out all the 'sweepings' into one large box, leaving +the sorting to be done at home in leisure hours.</p> + + +<h4><i>Collecting Pupæ</i></h4> + +<p>We have seen that ova and larvæ may be obtained in greater or +less abundance at all times of the year, so variable are the seasons +of the different butterflies and moths. The same remark applies +equally well to pupæ; but so many of the Lepidoptera spend the +winter months in the chrysalis state that this period may be +regarded as the harvest time of the pupa hunter.</p> + +<p>A large number of caterpillars undergo their change to the +quiescent state during the months of August and September, and, +of course, remain in this state until the warm days of the following +spring or summer. And as insects even in the pupal stage have a +number of enemies and dangers to contend with, it is advisable to +start your search for them as soon as possible after they have +changed.</p> + +<p>If you set your mind on searching for particular species, you +should endeavour to ascertain the <i>usual</i> time at which such species +pupate; make any necessary allowances for the forwardness or +backwardness of the season, and then allow a week or two for the +change to be completed, for insects should never be disturbed at +times when their metamorphoses are in progress.</p> + +<p>For general pupa hunting the best season is undoubtedly from +the end of August to the end of October, but there is no reason +why the work should not be carried on throughout the winter. If, +however, you continue your work so late, you must not expect<!-- Page 109 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_109" id="Page_109">[Pg 109]</a></span> +nearly as much success as time advances. You must remember +that entomologists are not the only pupa hunters. Many hungry +birds are always on the look-out for insects, and seem to enjoy +them equally well in all their stages. Those that hybernate on or +under the ground are liable to fall a prey to moles and beetles. In +addition to these dangers, all pupæ are subject to the effects of +extreme cold, dampness, or floods.</p> + +<p>As regards the choice of a day, very little need be said. Any +day that is sufficiently genial for yourself will do for your work, +except that periods of hard frost render the ground too hard for +digging—the most profitable part of the pupa hunter's task.</p> + +<p>The apparatus required is extremely simple: A satchel or +large pockets full of small metal or chip boxes, a small garden +trowel, and a strong chisel.</p> + +<p>If metal boxes are used they should be perforated; in fact, +nothing is better than the ordinary larva boxes of the dealers. +All the boxes, of whatever kind, should be lined with moss previous +to starting work.</p> + +<p>The trowel and chisel do not pack well with a number of small +boxes, therefore it is a good plan to fix them in a couple of +leather sheaths attached to your belt. In this position they are far +more handy for use, and the boxes are also in less danger of being +crushed or damaged, as they probably would be if in contact with +hard and heavy tools.</p> + +<p>A note book is also a valuable addition to your outfit, as it +enables you to make memoranda concerning the trees and localities +from which you obtain your pupæ.</p> + +<p>The best localities for pupa hunting are clearings in woods, +parks with numerous large timber trees, and meadows in which +large isolated trees are scattered; and the best trees include willows, +poplars, oaks, beeches, birches, elms, and hawthorns.</p> + +<p>The best thing you can do on arriving at the selected hunting +ground is to make at once for isolated trees of large size, and work +each one as follows:</p> + +<p>First examine well the crevices of the bark, for many caterpillars +descend the tree to within a short distance of the ground, +and then seek out a snug little crevice in which to spend the +winter, often protecting themselves with silken cocoons, or constructing +a neat little shelter of gnawed fragments of the wood +cemented together.</p> + +<p>If there is any loose bark, very carefully force it out with your<!-- Page 110 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_110" id="Page_110">[Pg 110]</a></span> +chisel, and examine both its inner surface and the wood from which +it was removed. The wood thus exposed may reveal openings +of the galleries of wood-eating larvæ, in which case, unless the +material is too hard to be broken up with the chisel, you may be +able to trace out a few pupæ. Where these exist, they are usually +to be found very near the entrance, sometimes even protruding +slightly from the opening, for the larvæ generally place themselves +in this position of easy escape when about to change.</p> + +<p>Next give your attention to the moss, if any, covering the lower +portion of the trunk. This affords a very favourite shelter to +many species. Tear it off very carefully, beginning at the top, and +watch for loose pupæ and cocoons as you do so. Then hold the +clumps you have removed over a patch of bare ground or over a +spread handkerchief, and pull it to pieces, in order that any pupæ +it contains may fall out; also examine the fragments carefully for +others that may remain attached.</p> + +<p>This done, the surface of the ground must be examined. +Remove all dead leaves, and watch for pupæ that may be sheltered +beneath them. If any loose stones lie on the ground, turn them +over. Search well into the angles between the roots, and if there +are any holes or hollows beneath them or in the trunk itself, pull +out all loose matter within, and <i>feel</i> gently above and around for +cocoons.</p> + +<p>After all loose matter has been removed, there still remains the +soil for examination. If this is very hard and clayey, it is probably +useless to carry the search any farther; also if very wet you +need not expect much; but if comparatively dry and friable there +are more hopes of success.</p> + +<p>As a general rule the north and east sides of the trunk are +drier than those which are exposed to the heavy rains brought +by the south and south-west winds, and are consequently more +favoured by larvæ that are seeking a resting place for the winter.</p> + +<p>Most larvæ seek shelter in the angles between the roots of the +trees on which they fed, but a few species seem to prefer the +edges rather than the corners; and in cases where no such angles +are formed at the surface, you will do well to examine the earth +and turf all round the trunk; but it is generally useless to extend +the search more than a few inches from the tree.</p> + +<p>After having searched every available nook and corner as far +as possible without digging, thrust the trowel obliquely into the +soil a few inches from the tree, turn over the sod, and then examine<!-- Page 111 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_111" id="Page_111">[Pg 111]</a></span> +the spot from which it was removed. Now give your attention +to the sod itself. If loose and friable, break it up gently, +keeping a sharp eye for falling pupæ, and also for earthen cocoons +that are easily mistaken for little lumps of soil.</p> + +<p>If the soil is held together by roots, it must be pulled to pieces, +and the fragments shaken over a bare piece of ground where the +fall of a pupa or cocoon could be easily seen; and if you have +removed a grassy turf, it will be necessary to look between the bases +of the blades as well as among the roots.</p> + +<p>In this way you may search round tree after tree, wherever the +soil is of such a character as to allow of the admittance and shelter +of larvæ. But the variability of your success will be quite beyond +your comprehension. Sometimes you will sight a grand old oak +with the most favourable anticipations, and consider yourself quite +certain of a good find when you discover, on a nearer approach, +the liberal coating of moss that clothes its trunk and the dry sandy +soil at its foot; and yet the most careful search ends in nothing +but disappointment. At other times you try your luck at tree +after tree without ever seeing a single pupa or even a cast-off case, +and then, when just on the point of despairing, you search round +another that is apparently much less promising, and, to your great +surprise and delight, a dozen or two are turned out in a few minutes. +Such an occurrence as this is not at all uncommon, and cannot be +satisfactorily explained, but we must take things as they come and +make the best of them, remembering that pupa searching is one of +the best of all entomological operations wherewith to test one's +perseverance and patience.</p> + +<p>It may be mentioned, in conclusion, that the pupæ of <i>Lepidoptera</i> +are never to be found far below the surface of the soil. Generally +they exist, if buried at all, only an inch or two down, and very +rarely at a greater depth than four inches.</p> + +<p>In our next chapter we shall learn how to rear the perfect +insects from the earlier stages we have been considering.</p> + + + +<hr /> +<p><!-- Page 112 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_112" id="Page_112">[Pg 112]</a></span></p> +<h3>CHAPTER VIII +<br /> +<i>REARING LEPIDOPTERA</i></h3> + + +<h4><i>Management of Ova</i></h4> + +<p>In the management of insects in all stages the strictest attention +must always be paid to one general rule on which the success of +the work almost entirely depends; and that is—keep every specimen +as far as possible under the same conditions as those in which you +find it in nature.</p> + +<p>Applying this principle to ova, we store them in airy and light +places, protected from the direct rays of the sun, and avoid handling +and rough treatment of any kind. It is also advisable in most +cases to maintain a slight amount of dampness corresponding with +that of the open air at the particular season of the year.</p> + +<p>They do not require much space, and it is certainly desirable +not to give much, otherwise the newly hatched larvæ, when their +time arrives, will actively wander all round their premises in search +of food, and give you no end of trouble in gathering them up.</p> + +<p>Chip boxes are, as a rule, very good and very convenient +receptacles for ova. After placing the eggs in these, cover them +over with very fine muslin, held in place by elastic bands; and label +each as far as you can with the name of the species contained, and +other particulars worth remembering. The boxes may then be +put in front of a window facing north, or in any situation within +or out of doors where rain and sun cannot reach them. A greenhouse +is an admirable place in which to keep them, the natural +dampness of the atmosphere being apparently a considerable +assistance to the tiny larvæ just as they are striving to escape from +their shell.</p> + +<p>Whatever place is selected, it is absolutely necessary that the +ova be carefully watched, so that each brood may be supplied with +the required food plant within a few hours of quitting the shells.<!-- Page 113 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_113" id="Page_113">[Pg 113]</a></span></p> + +<p>When ova are kept in a warm room, very great inconvenience +and even loss is sometimes caused by the appearance of larvæ before +the necessary food plant shows its buds. Yet, on the other hand, +it is sometimes a great gain to the entomologist to get certain +broods off early in the season, providing the food is at hand; for +in this way he can not only get some of his work over during a +slack season, but also, if he desires it, secure an additional brood; +that is, one brood more than the usual number. Thus, supposing +a certain species he is rearing is naturally double-brooded, he can, +by judicious management, secure three successive broods before the +food plant casts its last leaves.</p> + +<p>This hastening of the natural events of insect life is known as +<i>forcing</i>, and merely consists in subjecting the species concerned to +a reasonable amount of artificial heat, such as that of a room in +which a fire is always kept, or of a hothouse.</p> + +<p>It is interesting at all times to note the dates on which eggs are +laid or collected, and the times at which the young larvæ appear. +In addition to this all changes that take place in the colours or +forms of eggs should be carefully observed; for such changes will +assist you in distinguishing between fertile and sterile ova, and +also enable you to judge approximately as to the date of the +appearance of future broods.</p> + + +<h4><i>Rearing Larvæ</i></h4> + +<p>The main point in connection with the rearing of larvæ is certainly +the selection and construction of the cages or their substitutes. +For newly hatched and all very small caterpillars a small bottle +with a wide mouth makes a very fair abode. Put a layer of sand +or sifted soil in the bottom, fix in this a small twig of the food plant +or lay a few leaves on the top, and then, after the larvæ have been +introduced, cover the top with a piece of muslin, held in place by an +elastic band.</p> + +<p>The great drawback with this arrangement is the lack of any +provision for keeping the food moist and fresh, thus rendering a +change necessary at very frequent intervals; but this may be +obviated by using damp sand as a foundation for the little twig +of food plant. With this improvement, if you cover the top of the +bottle with apiece of glass, a saucer, or any impermeable substance, +you may keep the twig fresh for several days, generally until the +disappearance of the last leaf calls for a fresh supply; but it is<!-- Page 114 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_114" id="Page_114">[Pg 114]</a></span> +very doubtful whether the damp atmosphere resulting from this +inclosure is not injurious to the larvæ. It certainly does not seem +to have much influence on some, but the unhealthy conditions that +result must be detrimental to the inmates. It must also be remembered +that many species require a <i>dry</i> soil in which to burrow +when about to change.</p> + +<p>When the time comes for the change of food, great care must be +taken not to injure young and small larvæ. In many cases they +need never be touched, for if a fresh twig be placed beside the stale +one, they will readily find their way to it; and to facilitate this, and +also to afford a convenient foothold to those larvæ that accidentally +fall from the twig, the layer of sand at the bottom of the bottle +should be covered with moss or cocoa-nut fibre.</p> + +<div class="figleft" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_57" id="FIG_57"></a><img src="images/i_131a.jpg" width="300" height="379" alt="" title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 57.—A Larva Glass.</span> +</div> + +<div class="figleft" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_58" id="FIG_58"></a> +<img src="images/i_131b.jpg" width="300" height="304" alt="" title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 58.—A Larva Glass.</span> +</div> + +<p>If you find it necessary to +move the larvæ yourself from +the stale food, never touch +them with your fingers, but lift them gently by means of a small +camel-hair brush. Larger larvæ need never be moved at all. They +will always search out fresh food for themselves, and the stale may +be removed after they have quitted it.</p> + +<p>For rearing larger species ordinary bottles are hardly satisfactory, +and we must either use large jars or construct cages of some kind.</p> + +<p>An ordinary bell jar such as is used for covering ferns or for +aquaria makes a very useful 'larva glass.' Place a small bottle of +water at the bottom, and then introduce sufficient dry clean sand or +sifted soil to reach up to its neck. On the top of this place a layer +of moss or cocoa-nut fibre. Next introduce the food plant, fixing it +firmly in the bottle of water, and plugging up the space between<!-- Page 115 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_115" id="Page_115">[Pg 115]</a></span> +the stem and the rim with cotton wool. This precaution is to +prevent the larvæ from falling into the water as they attempt to +pass up or down the stem, and the wool also helps to keep the +twig in a vertical position. The glass is now ready for the caterpillars, +but it is advisable to keep a covering of muslin or gauze +over the top in all cases even though the larvæ contained are unable +to creep up the surface of glass, for the great enemies of caterpillars—the +ichneumon flies—are always on the alert, and will often take +advantage of an open window to 'sting' the larva rearer's pets.</p> + +<p>Another form of larva glass can easily be made out of a large +glass jar if you know how to cut off the bottom, or of a chemist's bell +jar which is open both at top and bottom. In this case the bottle +of water and the soil are arranged as +before in a pan of unglazed earthenware, +and then covered over with the +glass. This is shown in <a href="#FIG_58">fig. 58</a>, and is +an exceedingly convenient larva house, +since the lifting of the glass enables +you to get at the insects without any +trouble.</p> + +<div class="figleft" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_59" id="FIG_59"></a><img src="images/i_132.jpg" width="300" height="300" alt="" title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 59.—A Larva Cage.</span> +</div> + +<p>Wood larva cages are very commonly +used for the larger species after +they have attained a fair size and require +more food than can be stocked +in bottles and glasses. These cages +have glass fronts, either sliding or in +the form of a hinged door, and sides +of perforated zinc. They are kept in +stock by all dealers in entomologists' requisites, but equally useful +ones are easily constructed. If you select a box of suitable size at +the grocer's, cut out large pieces from the lid and sides with a fret +saw, and fix in the glass and zinc, you will have a cage that will +answer all purposes.</p> + +<p>The internal arrangements consist of a shallow tray filled with +soil, in which stands the bottle of water for the food, and a layer of +moss sufficiently high to cover the bottle completely.</p> + +<p>A series of such boxes standing on end on a shelf, or hanging on +a wall, will form a very satisfactory nursery for your pets, and will +occupy but little space.</p> + +<p>We have already observed that some larvæ burrow into soil +when about to change, while others creep to a sheltered corner, or<!-- Page 116 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_116" id="Page_116">[Pg 116]</a></span> +suspend themselves from the food plant itself. It will be seen that the +larva cage just described supplies all these demands, and care must be +taken not to disturb the occupants while they are undergoing their +metamorphoses. Those that suspend themselves on the food plant +should be allowed to remain where they have fixed themselves, and +when it is necessary to remove the stale food in order to give a fresh +supply to the later larvæ, let it be fixed in an airy place where it can +be watched till the perfect insects emerge. Those which suspend +themselves on the sides or top of the cage, or spin cocoons in the +corners, should never be disturbed unless you are greatly in want of +the same cage for the accommodation of another brood; and even +then it is possible that their presence will not in any way interfere +with the new species. But if their removal becomes a necessity, let +it be carried out as carefully as possible, and not until the change +to the pupal stage is known to be complete.</p> + +<p>The species that burrow into the soil or bury themselves in the +moss need never be disturbed till the rearing season is quite over, +and then they may be transferred to a box specially kept for the +accommodation of pupæ.</p> + +<p>There is yet another method of rearing larvæ to which we must +refer—a method known as 'sleeving'—particularly useful when +you happen to have the required food plants in your own garden. +The ova or larvæ are placed on the plant, the whole or part of +which is then covered with a bag or 'sleeve' of gauze. The larvæ +thus imprisoned have the full benefit of fresh air and light, and +are also free from the attacks of ichneumon flies. They have a +fair amount of liberty, and yet cannot get beyond your reach; +also abundance of fresh food without further trouble on the part of +the rearer.</p> + +<p>But even this arrangement is not perfection. It will not suit +the night feeders that like to hide beneath the soil during the day, +and it interferes somewhat with the burrowing tendencies of those +which pupate underground. These little difficulties, however, can +be overcome by placing the food plants in large pots or tubs of +soil, and tying the mouth of the 'sleeve' round the outside of this +utensil. If this cannot be done, those insects that pupate underground +must be removed from the plant when their restless +disposition shows that the changing time has arrived, and then be +transferred to a box of soil where they can find the seclusion they +seek.</p> + +<p>The larvæ that hybernate throughout the winter are rather<!-- Page 117 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_117" id="Page_117">[Pg 117]</a></span> +more troublesome, especially those which are inclined to take a +ramble on certain mild days in search of food when none is at +hand. Still there is no reason why even a beginner should not +attempt the rearing of these. They will require food in the +autumn until the cold weather sets in, and again early in spring +as soon as the new leaves appear; but this is not of much +consequence to those who reside in districts where the required +food plants abound.</p> + +<p>Wood feeders also require some special treatment and precautions, +and the successful rearing of some is a matter of no little +difficulty. A wooden cage is, of course, quite out of the question +with these, unless you wish to test the power of their jaws. They +must be kept in large pots or jars, covered over with wire gauze or +perforated zinc, and supplied with fresh stems or logs of wood, or +with moist sawdust fresh from their favourite tree. A few of them—the +'Goat' (<a href="#Page_224">page 224</a>), for example—will eat dead and rotting +wood, and may be fed on old palings and other waste providing the +right kind is selected.</p> + +<p>The troubles and disappointments of larva rearers are numerous +and varied, and commence with the earliest moments of the +young insects. Even the hatching period sometimes proves a +trial, for it occasionally happens that the young larva has not +sufficient strength to bite its way through the shell that surrounds +it, and dies with nothing but the surface of its head exposed to +view. This may be the result of keeping the ova in too dry a spot, +the shell having become too hard and horny for the little creature's +jaws.</p> + +<p>Then the moulting seasons are always periods of trial to the +larvæ, and often of loss to the rearer. Some of the hardier species +may pass through all their moults without appearing to suffer anything +more than a slight inconvenience at each, but in other cases +the greater part of a brood may fall victims to these ailments of +the growing stage.</p> + +<p>Apart from these sources of loss, however, larvæ are subject to +numerous diseases, infectious and otherwise, about which we know +but little. A fever may rage in one of our cages; a fungoid growth +may establish itself on the bodies of our pets, or we may see them +cut down, one by one, through a fatal attack of diarrhœa.</p> + +<p>In many such cases we are at a loss as to what to do. Blue +pills and black draughts are not to be prescribed, and the modern +practices of surgery and inoculation have not yet been applied to<!-- Page 118 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_118" id="Page_118">[Pg 118]</a></span> +insect patients with very great success; but we must do our best +to adopt hygienic principles, paying the greatest attention to +proper means of ventilation and to a regular and wholesome dieting. +In the case of diarrhœa—a very common insect malady—the +best we can do is to avoid the young and juicy leaves of the food +plant, and substitute the older, and drier foliage.</p> + +<p>Ichneumon flies have already been mentioned as great enemies +of larvæ. These flies either deposit their eggs on the skins of +caterpillars, or thrust their sharp <i>ovipositors</i> into the creature's +flesh and lay their eggs beneath the skin. When the young +ichneumons are hatched, they immediately begin to feed on the +fatty matter that is usually stored in comparative abundance under +the skin of the caterpillar, and thus they grow at the expense of +their host, within whose body they lie completely hidden from +view.</p> + +<p>The poor caterpillar, though being eaten alive, often shows no +external signs of the mischief wrought within, and, even though +its substance is really decreased by the hungry internal parasites, +yet the rapid growth of these robbers maintains the general plumpness +of a healthy larva. But the ichneumons, having at last +devoured the store of fat, and avoided the vital organs of the +caterpillar, as if with a view to preserve their living home to the +latest moment, now commence to attack the latter, speedily +reducing the vitality of their host to the lowest ebb, and finally +causing its death.</p> + +<p>This untimely end may come before the caterpillar is full grown, +or the insect may change to the pupa before the ichneumons have +done their worst, but it rarely occurs that the unfortunate creature +has sufficient strength to carry it on to the final stage.</p> + +<p>A large number of the collected larvæ will have been 'stung,' +much to the disgust and disappointment of the rearer; and hence +the advantage of rearing your specimens from ova wherever possible, +providing you keep them so well under cover that the ichneumons +cannot visit your broods.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Management of Pupæ</i></h4> + +<p>The disappointments connected with the rearing of <i>Lepidoptera</i> +are by no means at an end when all have passed successfully into +the pupal condition, and the number of perfect insects obtained +will often fall far short of the number of pupæ in your boxes; but<!-- Page 119 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_119" id="Page_119">[Pg 119]</a></span> +we must now see what can be done to minimise the death rate of +the captives.</p> + +<p>One or more suitable boxes must be prepared for the reception +of the pupæ, and the following suggestion will answer all +purposes:</p> + +<p>Get a wooden box, quite rough and unplaned inside, large enough +to accommodate your pupæ with ease, and not less than eight +inches deep. Make several holes in the bottom, or else knock the +bottom completely out, and nail in its place a sheet of perforated +zinc. Also make a lid consisting of gauze attached to a light wood +frame.</p> + +<p>Place a layer of clean gravel, about an inch deep, in the bottom, +and over this a few inches of sifted soil or cocoa-nut fibre.</p> + +<p>Now take all the pupæ that are 'earthed' in your cages, and +arrange them on the prepared bed; also add to them the pupæ +you may have dug out during your various excursions. Cover all +with a layer of the material selected for the bed, and then add a +layer of moss.</p> + +<p>Next come the pupæ that are suspended by silky fibres, or are +inclosed in cocoons. These should be fixed with pins around +the sides of the box, running the pins either through the tuft of +silk at the 'tail,' or the outer layer of the cocoon, or through the +portion of the dried food plant to which they are attached.</p> + +<p>Here your pupæ will remain till they emerge, and the box may +be kept in any airy place where it is not likely to be forgotten, for +it is essential that the perfect insects should be removed as soon +as possible after quitting their cases. It does not matter much +whether the pupæ be kept in or out of doors, providing they are +sheltered from rain and very severe frosts; but of course, if the +former, the imagines will emerge a little earlier, even if the room +in which your specimens are stored has no fire.</p> + +<p>Even when protected in boxes such as that described the pupæ +are subject to enemies and dangers. The soil and moss employed +may contain slugs, mites, or other creatures which prey on insects, +and the amount of moisture present in these materials and in the +atmosphere may prove too little for some species or too much for +others.</p> + +<p>The remedy for the former evil is a simple one. Bake the soil +or fibre well before fitting up the box, and boil and afterwards dry +the moss. You may then be sure that all life previously contained +is quite destroyed.<!-- Page 120 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_120" id="Page_120">[Pg 120]</a></span></p> + +<p>But the degree of humidity is a point not so easily settled, and +so variable are the experiences and opinions of different entomologists +that it is difficult to advise a beginner on the subject. The +fact that some strongly advise a perennial dampness, while others +recommend no attempt at the application of water, would seem +to show that there are probably important points to be urged on +both sides.</p> + +<p>Nothing can be better than a very careful observation of pupæ +in their natural conditions. When engaged in pupa digging you +will observe that the larger number are to be found on the east and +north sides of trees where the soil is protected from the heaviest +rains; on the other hand a good many are certainly found in very +moist and sometimes even in wet situations.</p> + +<p>Particular notice should be taken of such experiences, making +every allowance for the exceptions that prove the rule, and then let +the natural conditions be maintained in your nurseries at home. +To carry this out two pupa boxes should be kept, one for those +species that seem to require dry situations, and the other for the +species that apparently do best with moist surroundings.</p> + +<p>But when it is desired to maintain the pupæ in a moist condition, +great care must be taken not to allow any accumulation of +stagnant water. The box we have described, with its bottom of +perforated zinc, is well adapted for this purpose. Let it stand on +a couple of strips of wood, so that any excess of moisture may +readily drain through. The perforated bottom will also allow of a +free circulation of air, thus securing the ventilation that is desirable +in all boxes, whether wet or dry.</p> + +<p>If you have any insects that have pupated within moist stems, +they should be kept in a moist condition till they emerge. The +simplest way of doing this is to support the stems in a layer of +wetted but well-drained silver sand.</p> + +<p>Forcing may be resorted to when it is required to obtain the +imagines for early setting in order to get them in the cabinet before +the busy season begins. The method is simple. Place the pupa +box on a shelf in a room where a fire is kept every day. By this +means you may get all your specimens out within a few weeks, +even when you start the forcing at the beginning or middle of the +winter. If, however, you require the imagines for breeding, you +must be careful that the eggs are not laid long before the buds of +the necessary food plants are due.</p> + +<p>When you are expecting the appearance of perfect insects, the<!-- Page 121 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_121" id="Page_121">[Pg 121]</a></span> +pupa boxes should be examined every day. A morning visit to +your pupæ (for most insects emerge in the morning) may reward +you with the sight of a newly emerged imago, clinging to the +rough surface of the box, thus affording you an opportunity of +observing the wonderful expansion of the wings. But the greeting +is not always of such a pleasant character, for your disappointed +eyes will sometimes be cast on a host of horrid ichneumons that +have just quitted a shell from which you were expecting a prize +of some specially valued species.</p> + + + +<hr /> +<p><!-- Page 122 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_122" id="Page_122">[Pg 122]</a></span></p> +<h3>CHAPTER IX +<br /> +<i>SETTING AND PRESERVING</i></h3> + + +<h4><i>Setting and Preserving Butterflies and Moths</i></h4> + +<p>Up to the present we have been dealing only with living forms—learning +how to catch and rear the Lepidoptera that fall to our +lot; but now we have to become acquainted with the methods of +preparing our dead specimens in such a way that they may form a +useful collection for future study and reference. Our first attention +shall be given to the apparatus necessary for this work.</p> + +<p>The most important requirement is the setting boards, of which +several are necessary, the sizes varying according to the dimensions +of the different insects to be 'set.' The <i>lengths</i> of all the boards +should be the same, not only for the convenience of packing when +not in use, but also in order that they may, if required, be arranged +neatly in the 'drying house' to be presently described. The widths +only will vary, and in this respect the boards must be adapted +to the measurements of the insects from tip to tip when the +wings are fully expanded. Thus, a set of a dozen boards, ten +or twelve inches long, and from one to five inches wide, will do +for a good start. Of course you may commence with a smaller +number than twelve, but if you really mean to do the thing well, +you will eventually require a good stock of boards.</p> + +<p>Here, again, it may be mentioned that all the necessary requisites +may be purchased ready for use, a set of boards and a drying +house complete costing from ten to twenty shillings according to +size and quality; but as the reader, like myself, may prefer to construct +his own, I will supply him with hints and suggestions sufficient +for the work.</p> + +<p>Each board is constructed in this way. Cut out and plane up +a piece of wood of the required length and breadth, and about one-eighth +of an inch thick. Glue on the top of this a layer of cork<!-- Page 123 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_123" id="Page_123">[Pg 123]</a></span> +about half an inch in thickness, leaving the whole under a moderate +pressure until the glue is quite hard. The sheets of cork for this +purpose may be bought at any naturalist's stores; but slices cut +from good large bottle corks may be made to answer equally well +if you don't mind the extra time expended in cutting and fixing.</p> + +<p>When the glue has well set, trim off the edges of the cork flush +with the sides of the wood, +and then cut out a groove +down the whole length of +the cork, of course in the +middle, and of such a size +that it will just contain +the bodies of the insects for which it is intended.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_60" id="FIG_60"></a> +<img src="images/i_140a.jpg" width="300" height="60" alt="" title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 60.—Section of a Setting Board.</span> +</div> + +<p>The satisfactory cutting of this groove is not a very easy matter, +but if its position is first carefully marked, a long rat-tail file may +be made to plough it out neatly and regularly. As an alternative +the following plan is good. First cover the wood with a layer of +cork about a <i>quarter</i> of an inch thick, and then glue on the top of +this <i>two</i> narrower strips, about as thick as the bodies of the insects +for which the board is intended, +leaving a space of the required +size between them, as shown in +<a href="#FIG_60">fig. 60</a>. In this way you get a +groove of square section, that is +in some respects preferable to +the round one cut out by means +of the rat-tail file.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_61" id="FIG_61"></a><img src="images/i_140b.jpg" width="300" height="294" alt="" title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 61.—Sections of Setting +Boards.</span> +</div> + +<p>Now comes a question about +which there is a difference in the +tastes or fancies of entomologists. +Shall the boards be perfectly +flat on the top, or shall the sides +slope from the groove, or shall +the surface be rounded? A +glance at the three sections of +setting boards will show clearly what is meant. The rounded board +is most commonly used, and the graceful curve thus given to a +butterfly or moth set on such is certainly attractive; but it is not +natural. The wings of these insects are rigid, and are never seen +bent into such curves in a living specimen. For this reason I +much prefer a perfectly plane surface on each side of the groove.<!-- Page 124 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_124" id="Page_124">[Pg 124]</a></span> +Then, as to whether there shall be a slope or not, this is a matter +of less importance. A very decided sloping of the wings is certainly +not so convenient for future examination; nor does it, to my mind, +look nearly so well as both sides in the same plane, or at a very +gentle inclination. But perhaps this subject had better be left to +the taste of the reader, remembering, however, that, whatever plan +be adopted, all the boards should be alike in this respect, so that +there may be a degree of uniformity in the cabinet.</p> + +<p>The surface of the cork must, in all cases, be nicely smoothed +down with glass paper, and then covered with thin white paper, +fixed to its surface with ordinary paste.</p> + +<p>When insects are on the boards, they should be placed in an +airy spot, as free as possible from dust, while they are drying. +Hence the advisability of some form of 'drying house.' This is +simply a box, standing on end, +and provided with a hinged door +consisting of a sheet of perforated +zinc in a wooden frame. +The boards may slide in this on +little slips of wood nailed or +glued on to the sides, or the +wooden bases of the boards may +project beyond the cork at the +ends, and slide into grooves in +the side of the house.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_62" id="FIG_62"></a><img src="images/i_141.jpg" width="300" height="263" alt="" title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 62.—A Butterfly on the +Setting Board.</span> +</div> + +<p>Beyond these requirements +nothing is wanted save a good +stock of pins, thin card or ordinary +writing paper, and a 'setting needle.' The last-named item +is simply a needle mounted in a handle, and a good one may be +made by thrusting the head of a darning needle into a piece of twig. +The pins used for setting—that is, for fixing the pieces of paper or +card to keep the parts in position—may be of the ordinary kind; +but entomological pins are far preferable, even for this purpose; +for, being much thinner, they do not damage and disfigure the +setting boards so much.</p> + +<p>Now as to the setting. First see that the pin with which you +are to fix your dead insect passes centrally through the thorax. +Then fix it firmly on the setting board, its body lying neatly in the +groove of the cork. Cut out some little pointed strips of card or +paper, and, after bringing the wings into position with the setting<!-- Page 125 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_125" id="Page_125">[Pg 125]</a></span> +needle, fix each one by a pinned strip. In spreading out the wings, +care must be taken not to pierce them at all, but simply to push +them into their place by pressing the needle at their bases, or by +putting the needle beneath and <i>lifting</i> them out.</p> + +<p>Instead of pointed pieces of card, uniform strips of paper may +be used, as shown in <a href="#FIG_63">fig. 63</a>, each strip passing over both wings.</p> + +<p>After the four wings have been properly arranged, a few extra +pins may be used to keep other parts in position. Thus, the +antennæ may be placed at equal angles, the proboscis may be extended, +and a couple of pins may be used to support the abdomen +if it is inclined to bend downward.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"> +<a name="FIG_63" id="FIG_63"></a> +<img src="images/i_142.jpg" width="400" height="400" alt="" title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 63.—Another Method of Setting +Butterflies and Moths.</span> +</div> + +<p>As before mentioned, +insects should +be set soon after they +are dead, while the +parts are still soft and +supple. But where +this cannot be done, +and the specimens have +become stiff, brittle, +and rigid, they must be +'relaxed' before any +attempt is made at +setting them out.</p> + +<p>This process of relaxing +consists in placing +the specimens in a +very moist atmosphere +for a few days. There +are several simple +ways of doing this, many of which will readily suggest themselves +to the reader. Your collecting box, if a zinc one, may also be +used as a relaxer. Pin your stiff insects in it, after well moistening +the cork, and simply shut them up for a day or two. Any metal box +will serve the same purpose providing you put into it a piece of +sheet cork on which to fix the insects, and this cork may rest on a +bed of moist sand.</p> + +<p>Another plan is to float the pinned specimens on corks in a +shallow vessel of water, and cover them over with a bell glass.</p> + +<p>Insects that are being relaxed should be examined from time +to time, and the degree of flexibility acquired tested by a gentle<!-- Page 126 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_126" id="Page_126">[Pg 126]</a></span> +pressure of the setting needle or by blowing on them. If not +sufficiently supple, give another day in the damp cell, but never +allow them to be forgotten till they are covered with mildew.</p> + +<p>The time occupied in thoroughly drying butterflies and moths +will vary considerably according to their sizes and the condition of +the atmosphere. In hot and dry summer weather four or five days +will prove quite sufficient for the <i>very</i> small and thin-bodied species. +From one to two weeks, however, may be looked upon as the +average period; but the large and thick-bodied moths may require +more than this.</p> + +<p>Perhaps the best test of their condition is the gentle pressing of +the setting needle against the abdomen—the last part of the body +to become dry and stiff. If the abdomen seems quite firm and +rigid, you are pretty safe in removing the specimen from the +board; but if it bends at all under a slight pressure of the needle +let it remain for a day or two longer.</p> + +<p>If your cabinet is quite ready for the reception of new-comers, +the insects may be put in their proper places immediately after +their removal from the setting boards; but if not, they may +be pinned temporarily in a 'store box' till the time comes when +you have proper accommodation provided. The full consideration +of these matters will be dealt with in another chapter.</p> + +<p>It is possible that the setting of some of your specimens will not +exactly please you. If such is the case, put them in a relaxing box +for a day or two, and then reset them more to your fancy.</p> + +<p>We have now to deal with a matter that applies more +particularly to moths, especially the very large and thick-bodied +species. The abdomens of these become more or less contracted +and shrivelled on drying, sometimes to such an extent as to look +most unsightly.</p> + +<p>There is a remedy for this, and the time and patience required +in working it out will be well repaid by the superior results +obtained.</p> + +<p>While the abdomen is still in a soft condition, make a slit +throughout its length with a very sharp knife or a sharp-pointed +pair of scissors. This slit should be made down the centre of the +under surface, or, if the insect is to be placed in the cabinet with +the under side exposed, down the middle line of the back. Then +remove all the contents of the abdomen, scraping them out with a +piece of hooked wire, or removing them with a fine pair of forceps, +and leaving the skin as clean as possible both within and without.<!-- Page 127 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_127" id="Page_127">[Pg 127]</a></span> +Now introduce a packing of cotton wool, just sufficient in quantity +to maintain the natural form of the body as the specimen +dries.</p> + +<p>There is another good method of stuffing moths that possesses +a decided advantage over the one just described, since it leaves the +specimen in such a perfect condition that it shows no appearance +of having been stuffed when viewed from either side. This consists +in snipping off the abdomen at the waist, clearing out the contents +with a hooked wire, lightly stuffing it with cotton wool pushed in +at the waist, and then setting it aside to dry, while the other part +of the insect is undergoing the same process on the setting board. +When both parts of the moth are thoroughly dry, the stuffed +abdomen is easily fixed in its place with a little coaguline; and this, +if neatly done, will not show the slightest sign of the treatment to +which the insect has been submitted.</p> + +<p>Even after your insects are finally housed in the cabinet, they +are subject to two other dangers, both of which are more destructive +to moths than to butterflies. One is technically known +as 'grease,' and the other is the invasion of certain museum pests +that feed on the specimens, causing them to fall to pieces.</p> + +<p>Examine the moths that have been for a time in the cabinet, +and some are sure to exhibit an oily or greasy appearance, the hairs +of the abdomen, and perhaps also of the thorax, being clogged +together just as if the specimen had been dipped in oil, the +same miserable condition perhaps being shared also by parts of +the wings.</p> + +<p>This is due to the gradual oozing out of the fatty matter that +is always present to a greater or less extent in the bodies of the +insects, and which must necessarily show itself more sparingly in +specimens that have been carefully stuffed.</p> + +<p>The old saying, 'Prevention is better than cure,' applies well in +the present case; but as there are times when a knowledge of the +'cure' is the only means of saving a valuable specimen from +destruction, we will study both.</p> + +<p>To deal with the two in the order of the well-worn proverb, we +will consider the prevention first. Always carefully clean out and +stuff the abdomens of large-bodied insects; and as a rule, treat them +with some substance that will either absorb or dissolve out all oily +matter. I think the best plan is to remove the abdomen, clean it +out if its size permits of such an operation, and then, after labelling +it to prevent its future application to the wrong body, either let it<!-- Page 128 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_128" id="Page_128">[Pg 128]</a></span> +remain in a bottle of magnesia for several weeks, or soak it in benzole +or ether for a few hours or longer.</p> + +<p>If magnesia has been employed as an absorbent, you have +simply to blow or lightly brush off the loose powder that clings to the +body, and then fix it in its place with coaguline. A body dipped in +ether or benzole will look as if completely spoilt at first, for the furry +coat that clothes it will lie matted and almost entirely robbed of its +beautiful colours, reminding one forcibly of the proverbial 'drowned +rat.' But take no notice of this change. Let the body have at +least a few hours in the liquid, extending the time to a day or two +in the case of very large ones and those which experience has +proved to be particularly liable to 'grease;' and, immediately on +withdrawing it, fix it with a pin in a good strong draught, such as +you may obtain by opening a window about an inch, or, if a breezy +day, in the open air.</p> + +<p>These liquids are so volatile (and for that reason should never +be left exposed in an open vessel) that they rapidly evaporate, +leaving the dry hair to be loosened by the breeze, thus bringing +back the natural appearance almost perfectly.</p> + +<p>It is probable that many of the smaller insects that were not +considered to require the stuffing or grease-removing operations +will sooner or later exhibit a greasy tendency in the cabinet. At +first the abdomen is affected, and the oily matter then gradually +creeps over the rest of the body, finally spreading over the wings, +and giving the insect a most deplorable aspect. But these are not +irreparably lost, and the following cure will often bring them back +to their former beauty.</p> + +<p>If the abdomen only shows signs of grease, cut it off and soak +it in one of the above-named liquids for a day or so, replacing it as +above after the drying operation. If, however, the oily matter +has spread to the thorax and the bases of the wings, the whole +specimen must be soaked, using a basin or jar of suitable size, +covered with a plate of glass. A good draught during the drying +operation will do much to prevent the hair from sticking in matted +tufts close against the surface of the body and wings, and a gentle +brushing with a very soft camel-hair brush will loosen and reset +the fur.</p> + +<p>The other danger to which we have referred is the invasion of +certain 'mites' and other museum pests that pay periodical visits +to our cabinet drawers and store boxes, often committing such +havoc as to severely try the patience of an interested naturalist.<!-- Page 129 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_129" id="Page_129">[Pg 129]</a></span></p> + +<p>The way to prevent such intrusions is to make the atmosphere +of the compartments so obnoxious (to them) that they dare not +enter; and, further, to so spice up your specimens that they are +no longer safely edible to the invaders.</p> + +<p>The first object can be attained by always keeping camphor or +naphthaline (albo-carbon) in each division. A lump of either substance +may be secured by pins or a little perforated cell in the +corner of each drawer or box, or the bottom of each may be dusted +with finely powdered naphthaline; but as both these solids are +volatile, care must be taken to renew the supply as occasion +requires.</p> + +<p>Then, with regard to the second precaution, perhaps nothing +is more effectual than corrosive sublimate. A little of this may be +dissolved in a small bottle of alcohol (spirits of wine), labelled with +the name and the word <span class="smcap">Poison</span>, and kept ready for use. All the +skins of stuffed specimens should be painted with this solution, and +the stuffing itself may be moistened with it before insertion.</p> + +<p>There is yet another circumstance that renders a watchful care +of your cabinet specimens necessary, if you happen to possess +many that were captured 'at sugar.' Some of these will have so +gorged themselves with syrup that they are literally full of it, and +this will sometimes find its way to the outside, often dropping on +the surface beneath. In such cases the sugar should be removed +as completely as possible, and the bodies stuffed, before they are +quite dry; but if the specimens have been in the cabinet so long +that they are stiff and hard, the under sides of the abdomens may +be completely cut out with a very sharp knife and thrown away, +and then the sugar cleaned out from the upper shell as neatly as +possible.</p> + + + +<hr /> +<p><!-- Page 130 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_130" id="Page_130">[Pg 130]</a></span></p> +<h3>CHAPTER X +<br /> +<i>PRESERVING OVA, LARVÆ AND PUPÆ</i></h3> + + +<p>Many young entomologists give their attention almost solely to the +perfect forms of insects, often collecting and studying a very large +number of species without regard to their earlier stages and metamorphoses. +This is decidedly a very great mistake. Although +the lifeless form pinned in a cabinet may be a most beautiful object +in itself, yet a study of this alone is uninteresting compared with +that of the wonderful changes it has undergone since the time it +was a very young larva.</p> + +<p>The different stages of the insects should be known as far as +possible, and these, as well as the perfect forms, should be included +in the collection for future study and reference. A good cabinet, +according to my own opinion, is one that possesses, among other +good features, a number of complete sets illustrative of the life +history of at least the more typical forms; and as it is not a +difficult matter to preserve the earlier stages, there is really no +excuse for their omission from the collection.</p> + +<p>The empty shells of ova are in themselves sometimes interesting +objects, especially when they illustrate some peculiar instinct +on the part of the parent. Sterile eggs, also, often fall into the +hands of breeders and rearers, and these, though in other respects +unprofitable, are useful in the cabinet.</p> + +<p>If fertile eggs are to be prepared for a collection, they must be +killed. This is easily done by thrusting into each one the point of +a very fine needle, or by immersing them for a moment in boiling +water, or by shutting them up in a bottle with camphor. In drying +they often contract more or less, and frequently change their +colour; still these are useful, providing notes have been taken of +the characters thus lost. The larger eggs are capable of special +treatment where the owner has the necessary time and patience, +and where the highest results are desired. By means of a surgeon's<!-- Page 131 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_131" id="Page_131">[Pg 131]</a></span> +injector of small size the contents of the eggs can be removed; and +then, by the same instrument, a warm solution of gelatine, coloured +in such a way as to restore the natural tint, may be forced into the +empty shell. As the gelatine cools and hardens, it prevents any +shrinking of the shell, and thus both form and colour are well +preserved.</p> + +<p>For the preservation of larvæ you will require one or two +simple appliances.</p> + +<p>The first of these is a suitable glass blowpipe, one form of which +is here illustrated. It consists of a glass tube, one end of which +has been drawn out very fine; a piece of watch spring tied to it in +such a manner that it will hold the skin of a larva at the small end, +and a piece of india-rubber tubing at the other end, pressed by +means of a brass spring clip.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"> +<a name="FIG_64" id="FIG_64"></a><a href="images/i_148.jpg"><img src="images/i_148_tn.jpg" width="400" height="80" alt="" title="[Larger image of Figure 64.]" /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 64.—A Blowpipe for Larvæ.</span> +</div> + +<p>A little drying oven is also very useful, but not absolutely necessary. +If you decide to have one, any square box of sheet iron (not +soldered tinned iron) may be readily converted into one. It must +be provided with a hinged door in the front with a ventilator at the +bottom, a hole for the escape of hot air at the top, and a tripod wire +stand inside on which to rest the specimens while drying. The +whole should be supported on a wire stand, so that heat may be +applied below.</p> + +<p>Each larva to be preserved should be dealt with in this way. +First kill it by means of any one of the killing bottles or boxes already +described, or by immersion in spirit of wine. When quite dead, +enlarge the anal orifice by thrusting a needle into it, and then lay +it on a piece of blotting paper with its head toward you. Now +take a round ruler, previously covered with blotting paper, and roll +the larva gently from head to tail till all the contents of the skin +have been expelled. Next fix the skin on the fine end of the blowpipe, +by thrusting the point of the latter into the opening, and +allowing the spring to press gently on its edge. Gently blow into +the skin till it is inflated just to a <i>little below</i> natural size, then<!-- Page 132 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_132" id="Page_132">[Pg 132]</a></span> +either hold it near a fire or rest it in the drying oven till it is quite +dry and rigid.</p> + +<p>If you have done your work neatly, the skin and blowpipe will +both be quite air-tight when the clip is closed; and the air, finding +no outlet, will still further inflate the skin when it expands on +exposure to heat. This is the reason why you are directed to blow +it out to something short of the natural dimensions. If you find +that this expansion causes the skin to stretch beyond its normal +size, a little of the air must be allowed to escape while it is yet soft +and flexible.</p> + +<p>The front of the larva is generally the last portion to become +dry, and when this is quite rigid the skin may be removed from +the blowpipe. This is a matter that requires the greatest care; for +the skin is so very thin and brittle that a little rough handling will +break it to pieces. As a rule it may be easily pushed off the pipe +by a slight pressure behind, or a gentle twisting motion will loosen +its hold; but this latter method can hardly be applied to hairy +larvæ without breaking off the hairs, now rendered very brittle by +the heat.</p> + +<p>If you find the slightest difficulty in detaching the skin of a +valuable specimen, it is far better to damage the blowpipe than to +risk spoiling the skin. Supposing your blowpipe is a glass one, +you can easily break off the end of it after making a cut with a very +small triangular file, and the portion thus removed may be left +attached to the skin. Then, after softening the glass blowpipe in a +gas flame or the flame of a spirit lamp, it can be drawn out thin +again for future work. Those who can manipulate glass tubing in +this way will find it far better to lay in a stock of suitable material, +drawing it out when required, than to purchase blowpipes ready +made at the naturalist's shop.</p> + +<p>Very fine hollow stems, such as those of the bamboo cane, may +be used instead of glass; and these possess the advantage of being +easily cut with a sharp knife when there is any difficulty in removing +the skin. Again, whether glass or fine stems are used, a little +grease of any kind placed previously on the end will allow the dried +skin to be slid off with less difficulty.</p> + +<p>Preserved larvæ should preferably be mounted on small twigs +or artificial imitations of the leaves of the proper food plants. A +little coaguline applied to the claspers will fix them very firmly on +these twigs or leaves, which are then secured in the cabinet by +means of one or two small pins.<!-- Page 133 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_133" id="Page_133">[Pg 133]</a></span></p> + +<p>It is much to be regretted that the natural colours of many +caterpillars cannot be preserved in the blown skins. Some are +rendered much lighter in colour on account of the withdrawal of +the contents, while others turn dark during the drying. In the +smooth-skinned species the natural tints may be restored by painting +or by staining with suitable aniline dyes, but these artificial imitations +of the natural colours are always far less beautiful than the +hues of the living larvæ.</p> + +<p>Very few words need be said on the preservation of pupæ. +Many of them do not alter much in form and colour, and therefore +they require no special preparation.</p> + +<p>If a pupa has to be killed for the purpose of adding to the value +of the collection, simply plunge it into boiling water, and it is ready +to be fixed in the cabinet as soon as it is quite dry.</p> + +<p>The empty pupa cases, too, from which the perfect insects have +emerged, are often worth preserving, especially if the damage done +by the imago on forcing its way out is repaired with the aid of a little +coaguline.</p> + +<p>Let all larvæ and pupæ be preserved in their characteristic attitudes +and positions as far as possible, so that each one tells some +interesting feature of the life history of the living being it represents. +Further, enrich your collection by numerous specimens of +the various kinds of cocoons constructed by the larvæ, pinning each +one beside its proper species; and never refuse a place to any +object that relates something of the life history of the creatures +you are studying.</p> + + + +<hr /> +<p><!-- Page 134 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_134" id="Page_134">[Pg 134]</a></span></p> +<h3>CHAPTER XI +<br /> +<i>THE CABINET</i>—<i>ARRANGEMENT OF SPECIMENS</i></h3> + + +<p>The selection of a cabinet or other storehouse for the rapidly +increasing specimens of insect forms is often a matter of no small +difficulty to a youthful entomologist. Indeed, there are very many +points of considerable importance to be considered before any final +decision is made. Freedom from dust, the exclusion of pests, the +convenience of the collector, the depth of his pocket, and the +general appearance of the storehouse must be considered, and it is +impossible, therefore, to describe a form that is equally suitable +to all.</p> + +<p>If it is absolutely necessary that the cabinet (or its substitute) +be of a very inexpensive character, and if, at the same time, the +collector has not the mechanical skill necessary for its construction, +then perhaps the best thing he can do is to procure a number of +shallow (about an inch and a half deep) cardboard, glass-topped +boxes, such as are to be obtained at drapers' shops. For the sake +of uniformity and convenience in packing, have them all of one +size. Glue in small slices of cork just where the insects are to be +pinned, and see that each box is supplied with either camphor or +naphthaline. All the boxes may be packed in a cupboard or in a +case made specially to contain them; and a label on the front of +each will enable you to select any one when required without disturbing +the others.</p> + +<p>It may be mentioned here that glass is not necessary, though it +is certainly convenient at times, especially when you are exhibiting +your specimens to admiring non-entomological friends, who have +almost always a most alarming way of bringing the tip of the first +finger dangerously near as they are pointing out their favourite +colours. 'Isn't <i>that</i> one a beauty?' is a common remark, and<!-- Page 135 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_135" id="Page_135">[Pg 135]</a></span> +therewith off snaps a wing of one of your choicest insects. When +glass is used, however, see that the specimens are excluded from +light, or the colours will soon lose their natural brilliancy.</p> + +<p>Anyone who has a set of carpenter's tools and the ability to use +them well will be able to construct for himself either a set of store +boxes or a cabinet of many drawers in which to keep his natural +treasures. In this case a few considerations are necessary before +deciding on the form which the storehouse is to take.</p> + +<p>A cabinet, if nicely made, forms a very sightly article of furniture; +and, if space can be found for it, is the best and most convenient +receptacle. One of about twelve to twenty drawers will be +quite sufficient for a time; and the few following hints and suggestions +may be useful.</p> + +<p>The wood used should be well seasoned, and free from resin. +The drawers should fit well, and slide without the least danger of +shaking. Each one should be lined with sheet cork, about one-eighth +of an inch thick, glued to the bottom, nicely levelled with +sand paper, and then covered with thin, pure white paper, laid on +with thin paste. It is also advisable to cover each with glass, +inclosed in a light wood frame that fits so closely as to prevent the +intrusion of mites.</p> + +<p>The drawers may be arranged in a single vertical tier if the +cabinet is to stand on the floor, or in two tiers if it is to be shorter +for placing on the top of another piece of furniture; and glass doors, +fastened by a lock and key, may be made to cover the front if such +are desired as a matter of fancy, or as a precaution against the +meddlesome habits of juvenile fingers.</p> + +<p>Store boxes are sometimes chosen in preference to cabinets +because they are more portable, and because they can be arranged +on shelves—an important consideration when floor space is not +available.</p> + +<p>These boxes should be cork-lined and glazed like the cabinet +drawers; and if they are made in two equal portions, lined with +cork on both sides, and closing up like a book, they may be arranged +on shelves like books, in which position they will collect but little +dust.</p> + +<p>Both store boxes and cabinets are always kept in stock by the +dealers, the former ranging from a few shillings each, and the latter +from fifteen shillings to a guinea per drawer. Knowing this, you +can decide for yourself between the two alternatives—making and +purchasing.<!-- Page 136 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_136" id="Page_136">[Pg 136]</a></span></p> + +<p>We have now to consider the manner in which our specimens +should be arranged and labelled.</p> + +<p>The table forming <a href="#APPENDIX_I">Appendix I</a> contains the names of <i>all</i> the +British butterflies and larger moths, and shows their division +into <i>Sections</i>, <i>Tribes</i>, <i>Families</i>, and <i>Genera</i>. This table is the +result of most careful study on the part of leading entomologists, +and shows how, in their opinion, the insects can best be arranged +to show their relation to one another; and you cannot do better +than adopt the same order in your collection.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"> +<a href="images/i_153.jpg"><img src="images/i_153_tn.jpg" width="400" height="355" alt="" title="[Linked to larger image of sample display table.]" /> +</a></div> + +<p>Complete label lists can be purchased, printed on one side of +the paper only. These, when cut up, supply you with neat labels +for your specimens.</p> + +<p>If you intend to study the British <i>Lepidoptera</i> as completely +as possible, you may as well start at once with a sufficiently extensive +cabinet, and arrange all the labels of your list before you introduce +the insects. You will thus have a place provided ready for +each specimen as you acquire it, and the introduction of species<!-- Page 137 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_137" id="Page_137">[Pg 137]</a></span> +obtained later on will not compel you to be continually moving and +rearranging the drawers.</p> + +<p>Probably the number of blank spaces will at first suggest an +almost hopeless task, but a few years of careful searching and +rearing will give you heart to continue your interesting work.</p> + +<p>Arrange all the insects in perpendicular rows. Put the names +of each section, tribe, family, and genus <i>at the head</i> of their +respective divisions, and the names of the species below each insect +or series of insects. The opposite plan, in which the circles +represent the insects themselves, will make this clear.</p> + +<p>Three or four specimens of each species are generally sufficient, +except where variations in colouring are to be exhibited. Wherever +differences exist in the form or markings of the sexes, both should +appear; and one specimen of each species should be pinned so as +to exhibit the under side.</p> + +<p>Finally, each drawer or box should have a neat label <i>outside</i> +giving the name or names of the divisions of insects that are +represented within. This will enable you to find anything you +may require without the necessity of opening drawer after drawer +or box after box.</p> + + + +<hr class="long" /> +<p><!-- Page 139 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_139" id="Page_139">[Pg 139]</a></span></p> +<h2>PART III<br /> +<br /> +BRITISH BUTTERFLIES</h2> + + +<p>We have now treated in detail of the changes through which +butterflies and moths have to pass, and have studied the methods +by which we may obtain and preserve the insects in their different +stages. I shall now give such a brief description of individual +species as will enable the reader to recognise them readily. We +will begin with the butterflies.</p> + + + +<hr /> +<h3><a name="CHAPTER_XII" id="CHAPTER_XII"></a>CHAPTER XII +<br /> +<i>THE SWALLOW-TAIL AND THE 'WHITES'</i></h3> + + +<h4>Family—<span class="smcap">Papilionidæ</span> +<br /><br /> +<i>The Swallow-tail</i> (<i>Papilio Machaon</i>)</h4> + +<p>Our first family (<i>Papilionidæ</i>) contains only one British species—the +beautiful Swallow-tail (<i>Papilio Machaon</i>), distinguished at once +from all other British butterflies by its superior size and the 'tails' +projecting from the hind margin of the hind wings.</p> + +<p>This beautiful insect is figured on <a href="#Frontispiece">Plate I</a>, where its bold black +markings on a yellow ground are so conspicuous as to render a +written description superfluous. Attention may be called, however, +to the yellow scales that dot the dark bands and blotches, making +them look as if they had been powdered; also to the blue clouds +that relieve the black bands of the hind wings, and the round reddish +orange spot at the anal angle of each of the same wings.</p> + +<p>It appears that this butterfly was once widely distributed +throughout England, having been recorded as common in various +counties, and has also been taken in Scotland and Ireland; but it +is now almost exclusively confined to the fens of Cambridgeshire,<!-- Page 140 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_140" id="Page_140">[Pg 140]</a></span> +Huntingdonshire, and Norfolk. Occasionally we hear of the capture +of single specimens quite outside these localities, sometimes even +in most unlikely spots, where its food plant does not abound. But +we know that <i>Machaon</i> is a general favourite with entomologists, +and that it is sent in the pupal state, by post, to all parts of the +kingdom; so that the occasional capture of the insect far beyond +the borders of its haunts is probably the outcome of an escape from +prison, or of the tender-heartedness of some lover of nature who +could not bear to see such a beautiful creature deprived of its short +but joyous, sunny flight.</p> + +<p>You cannot hope to see this splendid butterfly on the wing unless +you visit its haunts during its season—May to August; but the +pupæ may be purchased for a few pence each from most of the +entomological dealers; and if you obtain a few of these and watch +them closely, you may be fortunate enough to see the perfect insect +emerge from its case, and witness the gradual expansion of its +beautiful wings.</p> + +<p>The pupa (<a href="#Plate_VIII">Plate VIII</a>, fig. 7) itself is a most beautiful object. +Its colour is a pale green, and it is fixed to its support by the tail, +and further secured by a very strong silk band.</p> + +<p>The larva (<a href="#Plate_VIII">Plate VIII</a>, fig. 1), too, is exceedingly beautiful. Its +ground colour is a lovely green, and twelve velvety black rings +mark the divisions between the segments. Between these are also +black bars, all spotted with bright orange except the one on the +second segment.</p> + +<p>A remarkable feature of this larva is the possession of a forked, +<span class="lettershape">Y</span>-shaped 'horn,' that is projected from the back, just behind the +head, when the creature is alarmed. If it is gently pressed or +irritated in any way, this horn is thrust out just as if it were an +important weapon of defence. And perhaps it is, for it is the source +of a powerful odour of fennel—one of the food plants of the caterpillar—that +may possibly prove objectionable to some of its numerous +enemies.</p> + +<p>The food plants of <i>Machaon</i> are the milk parsley or hog's +fennel (<i>Peucedanum palustre</i>), cow-parsnip (<i>Heracleum sphondylium</i>), +and the wild angelica (<i>Angelica sylvestris</i>); but in confinement +it will also partake of rue and carrot leaves.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar of this species may be found in the fens during +the greater part of the summer. It turns to a chrysalis in the +autumn, and remains in this state throughout the winter, attached +to the stems of reeds in the vicinity of its food plants. The perfect<!-- Page 141 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_141" id="Page_141">[Pg 141]</a></span> +insect is first seen in May, and is more or less abundant from this +time to the month of August.</p> + + +<h4>Family—<span class="smcap">Pieridæ</span></h4> + +<p>This family, though known commonly as the 'Whites,' contains +four British species that display beautiful tints of bright yellow or +orange.</p> + +<p>In many respects the <i>Pieridæ</i> resemble the last species. Thus +the perfect insects have six fully developed legs; the caterpillars +are devoid of bristles or spines; and the chrysalides are attached +by means of silky webs at the 'tails,' and strong cords of the same +material round the middle.</p> + +<p>All the larvæ are also cylindrical or wormlike in shape; and +their skins are either quite smooth, or are covered with very short +and fine hairs, that sometimes impart a soft, velvety appearance.</p> + +<p>The members of this family are remarkable for their partiality +for certain of our cultivated plants and trees; and are, in some +cases, so abundant and so voracious, that they are exceedingly +destructive to certain crops.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Black-veined White</i> (<i>Aporia Cratægi</i>)</h4> + +<p>This butterfly may now be regarded as one of our rarities. At +one time it was rather abundant in certain localities in England, +among which may be mentioned the neighbourhoods of Cardiff and +Stroud, also parts of Kent, Sussex, Hampshire, Huntingdonshire, and +the Isle of Thanet; but it is to be feared that this species is nearly +or quite extinct in this country. It is well, however, not to give up +the search for it, and if you happen to be in one of its favoured +localities of former days, you might net all the doubtful 'Whites' +of large size that arouse your suspicions, liberating them again if, +on inspection, they do not answer to the description of the species +'wanted.' This course becomes absolutely necessary, since the +Black-veined White is hardly to be distinguished from the Common +Large White while on the wing.</p> + +<p>If you examine a number of British butterflies you will observe +that in nearly all species the wings are bordered by a fringe of hair, +more or less distinct. But the case is different with <i>Cratægi</i>. Here +they are bordered by a black nervure, without any trace of fringe, +thus giving an amount of rigidity to the edges (see <a href="#Frontispiece">Plate I</a>, fig. 2).</p> + +<p>The wing rays, or nervures, are very distinct—a feature that<!-- Page 142 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_142" id="Page_142">[Pg 142]</a></span> +gave rise to the popular name of the butterfly. In the male they +are quite or nearly black, but those of the fore wings of the female +are decidedly brown in colour. At the terminations of the wing +rays there are triangular patches of dark scales, the bases of which +unite on the outer margins of the wings.</p> + +<p>Another peculiar feature of this insect is the scanty distribution +of scales on the wings. This is particularly so in the case of the +female, whose wings are semi-transparent in consequence.</p> + +<p>The butterfly is on the wing during June and July, at which +time its eggs are laid on the hawthorn (<i>Cratægus Oxyacantha</i>) +or on fruit trees—apple, pear and plum.</p> + +<p>A vigorous search of these trees in the proper localities <i>may</i> +reveal to you a nest of the gregarious larvæ, all resting under the +cover of a common web of silk. These remain thus under their +silken tent throughout the hottest hours of the day, and venture out +to feed only during the early morning and in the evening.</p> + +<p>When the leaves begin to fall in the autumn, they construct a +more substantial web to protect themselves from the dangers of the +winter, and in this they hybernate till the buds burst in the +following spring. They now venture out, at first during the mildest +days only, and feed voraciously on the young leaves, returning to +their homes to rest. Soon, however, they gradually lose their +social tendencies, till at last, when about half or three-quarters +fed, they become quite solitary in their habits.</p> + +<p>In May they are fully grown, and change to the chrysalis state +on the twigs of their food trees.</p> + +<p>The larva is black above, with two reddish stripes. The sides +and under surface are grey, the former being relieved by black +spiracles.</p> + +<p>The pupa (<a href="#Page_45">page 45</a>) is greenish or yellowish white, striped with +bright yellow, and spotted with black.</p> + +<p>It is probable that the reader will never meet with this insect in +any of its stages. But, though it may have left us, it is still very +abundant on the Continent, where it does great damage to fruit +trees; and the foreign pupæ may be purchased of English +dealers.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Large White</i> (<i>Pieris Brassicæ</i>)</h4> + +<p>We pass now from one of the rarest to one of the most abundant +of British butterflies. Everybody has seen the 'Large White,' +though we doubt whether everybody knows that this insect is not<!-- Page 143 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_143" id="Page_143">[Pg 143]</a></span> +of the same species as the two other very common 'Whites.' The +three—Large, Small, and Green-veined—are so much alike in +general colour and markings, and so similar in their habits and in +the selection of their food plants, that the non-entomological, not +knowing that insects do not grow in their perfect state, may +perhaps regard the larger and the smaller as older and younger +members of the same species. But no—they are three distinct +species, exhibiting to a careful observer many important marks by +which each may be known from the other two.</p> + +<p>On <a href="#Frontispiece">Plate I</a> (fig. 3) will be seen a picture of the female <i>Brassicæ</i>, +in which the following markings are depicted: On each fore wing—a +blotch at the tip, a round spot near the centre, another round +one nearer the inner margin, and a tapering spot on the inner margin +with its point toward the base of the wing. On the hind wings +there is only one spot, situated near the middle of the costal +margin.</p> + +<p>The male may be readily distinguished by the absence of the +black markings on the fore wings, with the exception of those +at the tips. He is also a trifle smaller than his mate.</p> + +<p>This butterfly is double-brooded. The first brood appears in +April and May, the second in July and August; and the former—the +spring brood—which emerges from the chrysalides that have +hybernated during the winter, have <i>grey</i> rather than black tips to +the front wings.</p> + +<p>The ova of <i>Brassicæ</i> may be found on the leaves of cabbages in +every kitchen garden, also on the nasturtium, during May and +July. They are pretty objects (see <a href="#FIG_10">fig. 10</a>), something like little +bottles or sculptured vases standing on end, and are arranged +either singly or in little groups.</p> + +<p>As soon as the young larvæ are out—from ten to fifteen days +after the eggs are deposited—having devoured their shells, they +start feeding on the selfsame spot, and afterwards wander about, +dealing out destruction as they go, till little remains of their +food plant save the mere stumps and skeletons of the leaves.</p> + +<p>The ground colour of the caterpillar is bluish green. It has a +narrow yellow stripe down the middle of the back, and two similar +but wider stripes along the sides; and the surface of the body is +rendered somewhat rough by a number of small black warty projections, +from each of which arises a short hair.</p> + +<p>When fully grown, it creeps to some neighbouring wall or +fence, up which it climbs till it reaches a sheltering ledge. Here<!-- Page 144 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_144" id="Page_144">[Pg 144]</a></span> +it constructs its web and silken cord as already described (page 36), +and then changes to a bluish-white chrysalis, dotted with black. +The butterflies of the summer brood emerge shortly after, but +the chrysalides of the next brood hybernate till the following +spring.</p> + +<p>It is remarkable that we are so plagued with 'Whites' seeing +that they have so many enemies. Many of the insect-feeding birds +commit fearful havoc among their larvæ, and often chase the +perfect insects on the wing, but perhaps their greatest enemy is the +ichneumon fly.</p> + +<p>Look under the ledges of a wall of any kitchen garden, and you +will see little clusters of oval bodies of a bright yellow colour. +Most gardeners know that these are in some way or other +connected with the caterpillars that do so much damage to their +vegetables. They are often considered to be eggs laid by the +larvæ, and are consequently killed out of pure revenge, or +with a desire to save the crops from the future marauders.</p> + +<p>No greater mistake could be made. These yellow bodies are +the silken cocoons of the caterpillar's own foes. They contain the +pupæ of the little flies whose larvæ have lived within the body of +an unfortunate grub, and, having flourished to perfection at the +expense of their host, left its almost empty and nearly lifeless +carcase to die and drop to the ground just at the time when it +ought to be working out its final changes. Often you may see the +dying grub beside the cluster of cocoons just constructed by its +deadly enemies. Should you wish to test the extent of the +destructive work of these busy flies, go into your garden and collect +a number of larvæ, and endeavour to rear them under cover. The +probability is that only a small proportion will ever reach the +final state, the others having been fatally 'stung' before you took +them.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Small White</i> (<i>P. Rapæ</i>)</h4> + +<p>This butterfly closely resembles the last species except in point +of size. The male, represented on <a href="#Frontispiece">Plate I</a> (fig. 4), has a dark grey +blotch at the tip of each fore wing, a round spot of the same colour +beyond the centre of that wing, and another on the costal margin +of the hind wing. The female may be distinguished by an +additional spot near the anal angle of the fore wing.</p> + +<p>Although this and the two other common butterflies (<i>Brassicæ</i> +and <i>Napi</i>) that frequent our kitchen gardens are usually spoken of<!-- Page 145 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_145" id="Page_145">[Pg 145]</a></span> +as 'Whites,' a glance at a few specimens will show that they are +not really white at all, but exhibit delicate shades of cream and +yellow, inclining sometimes to buff. The under surfaces are particularly +noticeable in this respect, for here the hind wings and the +tips of the fore wings display a very rich yellow.</p> + +<p>The species we are now considering is also very variable both in +its ground colour and the markings of the wings. The former is in +some cases a really brilliant yellow; and the latter are in some +cases entirely wanting.</p> + +<p><i>Rapæ</i> is double-brooded, the first brood appearing in April and +May, and the other in July and August.</p> + +<p>During these months the eggs may be seen in plenty on its +numerous food plants, which include the cabbages and horse-radish +of our gardens, also water-cress (<i>Nasturtium officinale</i>), rape +(<i>Brassica Napus</i>), wild mustard (<i>B. Sinapis</i>), wild mignonette +(<i>Reseda lutea</i>), and nasturtium (<i>Tropæolum majus</i>).</p> + +<p>The eggs are conical in form—something like a sugar loaf, with +ridges running from apex to base, and very delicate lines from +ridge to ridge transversely.</p> + +<p>The young larvæ often make their first meal of the shell, and +then attack the food plant so voraciously that they are fully grown +in about three or four weeks. In colour they are of a beautiful +glaucous green, hardly distinguishable at times from the leaves on +which they rest. A yellow stripe runs along the middle of the +back, and lines of yellow spots adorn the sides; and the whole body +is covered with very short hairs, each one arising from a minute +warty projection.</p> + +<p>The pupæ may be found during the same seasons and in the +same situations as those of <i>Brassicæ</i>. They are very variable in +colour. Some are of a very pale grey or putty colour, some are +decidedly brown, and others of a greenish tinge; and they are +often spotted and striped with dark grey or black.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Green-veined White</i> (<i>P. Napi</i>)</h4> + +<p>A non-observant beginner at entomological work may easily +mistake this insect for the last species, for the ground colour and +markings are very similar, even to the features by which the sexes +are distinguished from each other; but an inspection of the under +surface will give a ready means of identification, for here the wing +rays are bordered with black scales which, by contrast with the<!-- Page 146 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_146" id="Page_146">[Pg 146]</a></span> +rich yellow around them, often appear of a greenish hue. The +butterfly receives its popular name from this circumstance.</p> + +<p>A careful observer, however, will readily find distinguishing +marks on the upper side, for here also the chief 'veins' are more +or less accompanied with black scales, especially the extremities of +those of the fore wings, where little triangular blotches are often +distinctly formed; and the dark veining of the under surface of the +hind wings frequently shows through. The under side of this +insect is shown on <a href="#Frontispiece">Plate I</a> (fig. 5).</p> + +<p>This butterfly is not so abundant as the two preceding, but is +widely distributed throughout England, and is in most parts +decidedly plentiful.</p> + +<p>The first brood (for it also is double-brooded) appears during +April and May, and the second in July and August.</p> + +<p>The eggs are very similar to those of <i>Rapæ</i>, resembling ribbed +and striated sugar loaves; and the larvæ are of the same rich glaucous +green, but may be identified by the black spiracles surrounded by +yellow rings. In our gardens we may find both eggs and larvæ on +mignonette and horse-radish; the other food plants of this species +include the water-cress (<i>Nasturtium officinale</i>), winter cress +(<i>Barbarea vulgaris</i>), rape (<i>Brassica Napus</i>), cuckoo-flower +(<i>Cardamine pratensis</i>), and Jack-by-the-hedge (<i>Sisymbrium +Alliaria</i>).</p> + +<p>The pupa is greenish, and marked with small black dots.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Bath or Green-chequered White</i> (<i>P. Daplidice</i>)</h4> + +<p>There is no doubt that many butterflies migrate from one country +to another across the seas; and as the Bath White is very +common on the other side of the Channel, and has been taken very +sparingly in England almost exclusively in the south-east, it is +highly probable that the majority of those that have been captured +here are specimens that have taken a voluntary trip across the +water, or have been blown over during rough weather.</p> + +<p>This butterfly is one of our greatest rarities, and the capture of a +specimen in England is an event that must necessarily be recorded +in our entomological literature. It seems that <i>Daplidice</i> has bred +in England, for its caterpillars have been found at large on one or +two occasions, so I will give a short description of the various +stages of the insect, with a hope that some of my readers may be +fortunate enough to meet with it.<!-- Page 147 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_147" id="Page_147">[Pg 147]</a></span></p> + +<p>The female butterfly is shown on <a href="#Frontispiece">Plate I</a>, fig. 6. From this it +will be observed that each of the fore wings is tipped with a rather +large smoky-black blotch, in which are four white spots. A double +spot of the same colour also occupies a place near the centre of the +wing, and another smaller and round one lies near the anal angle. +The hind wings are clouded with grey, and bordered along the +hind margin with distinct smoky-black spots.</p> + +<p>The male may be distinguished from the female by the absence +of the spot near the anal angle of the fore wings, and of all the +clouds and spots of the hind wings. Nevertheless the latter have +a decidedly clouded appearance, but this is due to the markings of +the under surface showing through them.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_65" id="FIG_65"></a><a href="images/i_164.jpg"><img src="images/i_164_tn.jpg" width="300" height="137" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Bath White." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 65.—The Bath White—Under +Side.</span> +</div> + +<p>The under side of both sexes is most beautifully marked—the +fore wings resembling the upper sides, but the hind pair chequered +with a beautiful soft green on a +pale yellow ground.</p> + +<p>The eggs of this insect are +deposited during April and May, +and again in August or September—for +it is, like the other +'Whites,' double-brooded—on +two species of Wild Mignonette +(<i>Reseda lutea</i> and <i>R. luteola</i>).</p> + +<p>The caterpillars, which are +of a bluish colour, with two +yellow stripes down the back, and +two others along the sides, may be <i>looked</i> for in June and September. +Those of the first brood only have been taken in this +country, while the others on the Continent change to the chrysalis +in the autumn, and hybernate in this state throughout the winter.</p> + +<p>The chrysalis is of a brownish colour, and closely resembles that +of the Small White in form.</p> + +<p>Those in search of this rare British insect should wander along +the south-east coast, and net all the doubtful slow-flying small +Whites (<i>Daplidice</i> is rather slow and heavy on the wing), and +their perseverance <i>may</i> be rewarded with a prize that will ever be +a reminder of a glorious catch and an eventful day. If you fail in +this, and most probably you will, rather than remain a stranger to +this beautiful and interesting insect, fill up the blank in your +cabinet with a foreign specimen, which can be obtained at any time +for a few pence, but be careful to label it 'not British,' in order<!-- Page 148 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_148" id="Page_148">[Pg 148]</a></span> +that your brother collectors may not be deceived, or be led to make +any unnecessary inquiries.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Orange Tip</i> (<i>Euchloë Cardamines</i>)</h4> + +<p>No one could possibly mistake the male of this species for any +other British butterfly, the popular name alone giving quite +sufficient information for its identification, but the female Orange +Tip is <i>not</i> tipped with orange, and its markings, both above and +beneath, resemble those of <i>Daplidice</i> so nearly that the same +written description might apply almost equally well to both.</p> + +<p>On <a href="#Frontispiece">Plate I</a> (fig. 7) is shown the upper side of the male, and +just opposite it (fig. 8) the under surface of the same. The female +is usually a little larger than her mate, and is marked similarly on +both sides except that the bright orange blotch is entirely wanting. +She may always be distinguished from <i>Daplidice</i> by the smaller +size of the white spots that break the dark blotch at the tip of the +fore wing; also by the very small size of the dark spot in the +centre of the same wing. The green chequerings of the under side +of the hind wings are also more sharply defined, and the insect is +generally of a lighter build.</p> + +<p>Like many other butterflies, the Orange Tip is subject to variations +in colouring. Sometimes a pale but bright yellow takes the +place of the white ground, and the orange blotch of the male is +occasionally present on the upper or lower surface only.</p> + +<p><i>Cardamines</i> is a single-brooded insect, and is essentially a +creature of the spring, at which time it may be found in abundance +in lanes, meadows, and clearings in woods throughout the British +Isles. Its flight is so light and airy that even the female may +easily be distinguished from other Whites when on the wing, while +the brilliant orange of the male, intensified by the bright rays of +the spring sun, may be identified at some considerable distance.</p> + +<p>The food plants of <i>Cardamines</i> include the cuckoo-flower +(<i>Cardamine pratensis</i>) and the bitter cress (<i>C. impatiens</i>), after +which the insect is named, also water-cress (<i>Nasturtium officinale</i>), +winter cress (<i>Barbarea vulgaris</i>), rock cress (<i>Arabis perfoliata</i>), +hedge mustard (<i>Sisymbrium officinale</i>), Jack-by-the-hedge (<i>S. +Alliaria</i>), wild mustard (<i>Brassica Sinapis</i>), &c., and the eggs of +the butterfly may be found on these during May and June.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar (<a href="#Plate_VIII">Plate VIII</a>, fig. 2) is green, with a white stripe +on each side, and its body is covered with short hair. In July it is<!-- Page 149 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_149" id="Page_149">[Pg 149]</a></span> +fully grown, and ascends a stem of the food plant to prepare itself +for its long winter sleep.</p> + +<p>The chrysalis (<a href="#Plate_VIII">Plate VIII</a>, fig. 8) is a very peculiar object. Both +ends are much elongated and sharply pointed; and the foremost +extremity stands out at an angle with the stem to which it is +attached.</p> + +<p>This butterfly should be looked for during April and May, but in +mild seasons it may often be met with in March.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Wood White</i> (<i>Leucophasia Sinapis</i>)</h4> + +<p>The distinguishing feature of this butterfly (see <a href="#Plate_II">Plate II</a>, fig. 1) +is the extreme lightness and delicacy of its build. Its wings are +narrow, and rounded at the tips; and the only mark to relieve the +white ground of the upper side is a squarish blotch at the tip of the +fore wing, and even this is either very indistinct or entirely absent +in the female. The under surface is clouded with a pale greenish +tint.</p> + +<p>This insect may be looked for in May and again in August, in +paths and clearings in woods, where it moves along with a slow but +steady flight, hardly ever seeming to rest for a moment. It is not +by any means a common butterfly, but is very widely distributed, +and sometimes appears in considerable numbers in certain favoured +spots. Among the localities recorded may be mentioned Torquay, +Exeter, Plymouth, South Dorset, New Forest, Reading, Darent +Woods, Morecambe Bay, Haslemere, Windermere, &c.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is of a beautiful green colour, and is covered with +short whitish hairs. A darker green stripe runs down the middle +of the back, and a bright yellow stripe along each side. Its food +plants are the tufted vetch (<i>Vicia Cracca</i>), bird's-foot trefoil (<i>Lotus +corniculatus</i> and <i>L. pilosus</i>), bitter vetch (<i>Lathyrus tuberosus</i>), +and the everlasting pea (<i>L. sylvestris</i>).</p> + +<p>The chrysalis is a very beautiful object. Its colour is a delicate +green, tinged with pink; and the wing-cases project in beautiful +curves much beyond the general surface.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Pale Clouded Yellow</i> (<i>Colias Hyale</i>)</h4> + +<p>The ground colour of this butterfly (<a href="#Plate_II">Plate II</a>, fig. 2) is very variable. +It is usually a sulphury yellow, and on this account the insect +is commonly known as the Clouded Brimstone; but sometimes the +yellow is exceedingly pale—almost white—and tinged with green.<!-- Page 150 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_150" id="Page_150">[Pg 150]</a></span></p> + +<p>A very large black blotch, broken by indefinite patches of the +ground colour, fills up the tip of each fore wing, and extends to the +anal angle, becoming narrower as it approaches this point. A black +oval spot lies just above the middle of this wing.</p> + +<p>The hind wings are bordered with black, and a conspicuous spot +of deep yellow lies very near the centre of each.</p> + +<p>The antennæ are rather short, compared with those of the preceding +members of this family, and are distinguished by their +reddish-brown colour.</p> + +<p>The male and female of this species are similarly marked, but +the ground colour of the latter is commonly paler.</p> + +<p>This is not by any means a very common butterfly with us, +though it is very plentiful on the other side of the Channel; but it +has a way of taking us by surprise in certain seasons, and then +almost neglecting us for several years together.</p> + +<p>Its head quarters are certainly the coasts of Kent and Sussex, +but it has been taken in considerable numbers as far west as Cornwall, +and also to a less extent in some of the midland and northern +counties. It is particularly fond of lucerne and clover fields, +especially those that are situated close to the sea cliffs; and often +it may be seen flying over the beach, sometimes even flitting over +the breakers away from land till at last it disappears in the distance. +This maritime tendency of <i>Hyale</i> makes it probable that a +large number of those that are seen on our south-east coasts have +made a passage across the narrow end of the Channel.</p> + +<p>The eggs are laid in spring, by females that have hybernated +throughout the winter, on various leguminous plants, including the +lucerne (<i>Medicago sativa</i>), black medick (<i>M. lupulina</i>), purple and +Dutch clovers (<i>Trifolium pratense</i> and <i>T. repens</i>), and the bird's-foot +trefoil (<i>Lotus corniculatus</i>), and on these plants you may search +for the larva, though it can scarcely be said that you are likely to +find it.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is green, with black dots, and a yellowish stripe +on each side. When fully grown it ascends a stem of its food plant +and changes to a green chrysalis with yellow stripes.</p> + +<p><i>Hyale</i> is single-brooded in England, although two broods +regularly appear on the Continent. In our country the perfect insects +emerge during July and August. Many of these die before +the approach of winter; but, as we have already observed, some +hybernate and deposit their eggs in the following spring.<!-- Page 151 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_151" id="Page_151">[Pg 151]</a></span></p> + + +<h4><i>The Clouded Yellow</i> (<i>Colias Edusa</i>)</h4> + +<p>Not only are this and the last species similarly named, but a +glance at the figures will show that they much resemble each other +in appearance; and we shall also learn presently that in their habits +and life history they have much in common.</p> + +<p>The male <i>Edusa</i> is shown on <a href="#Plate_II">Plate II</a> (fig. 3), and when we +compare it with its relative on the opposite side, we are at once struck +with the superior richness of the brilliant orange or saffron of the +ground colour. The black border of both fore and hind wings is also +denser, wider, and more extensive. The whole of the yellow area +of the hind wings is dusted more or less with black scales, with the +exception of a round central spot of deep orange, corresponding with +the orange spots on the hind wings of <i>Hyale</i>.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_66" id="FIG_66"></a><a href="images/i_168.jpg"><img src="images/i_168_tn.jpg" width="300" height="146" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Clouded Yellow." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 66.—The Clouded Yellow—Female.</span> +</div> + +<p>The female, which is shown in the accompanying woodcut, is +generally larger than the male, and is further distinguished by the +very pale yellow spots +that break the black +border of both pairs of +wings.</p> + +<p><i>Edusa</i> further resembles +<i>Hyale</i> in the reddish +colour of the antennæ; +and, in both the species, +the red legs form a +pleasing contrast with the +yellow furry surface of the +under side of the thorax.</p> + +<p>There is a variety of the female of this butterfly, in which the +ground colour is a <i>very pale</i> yellow, almost white. The hind wings +are more thickly dusted with black scales than in the normal insect, +and the orange spots of these wings show up much more conspicuously +from the contrast with their surroundings.</p> + +<p>It is usual to apply distinct names to constant varieties of species—names +that are to be added to the ordinary title. In this particular +case the distinguishing name is <i>Helice</i>, so that we should speak +of the variety of <i>Edusa</i> above mentioned as:</p> + + +<h4><i>Colias Edusa</i>, var. <i>Helice</i></h4> + +<p>Like <i>Hyale</i>, <i>Edusa</i> is particularly capricious in its appearance. +In certain summers it absolutely swarms in favourite localities,<!-- Page 152 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_152" id="Page_152">[Pg 152]</a></span> +while during the intervals between such remarkable appearances—usually +several years—it is positively scarce. The last favoured +season was the summer of '92, during which (from the beginning of +August to the end of the summer) dozens might easily have been +caught in an hour or two; in fact, so plentiful were they in many +places, that they were continuously in sight, often several at one time.</p> + +<p>Those in search of this insect should repair to the south coast, +especially the south-east, and where lucerne and clover fields are +in flower. It has very decided maritime tendencies, and may often +be seen flying over the cliffs and beaches, and even skipping over the +breakers; but, at the same time, it is more or less plentiful in many +inland districts. It has been taken in many parts of Ireland and +Scotland, particularly along the southern coasts of these countries; +but its head quarters are undoubtedly the southern cliffs of England, +from Cornwall to Kent, and also the hilly inland districts of the +south-eastern counties.</p> + +<p><i>Edusa</i> catching is very lively sport, and is likely to prove +sufficient for any lover of outdoor exercise under a scorching sun; +for this butterfly is not only very powerful on the wing, but its +flights are usually long, so that a good run is often absolutely +necessary in order to capture it. On very hilly ground, such as +<i>Edusa</i> loves, chase is often hopeless, and then it is necessary to +resort to stratagem. In such a case the best plan is to make a +very cautious approach when the insect has been observed to settle, +and then secure it with a sudden down-stroke of the net.</p> + +<p>The eggs are laid during May and June by a few females that +have survived the winter.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar may be found in June and July on its food +plants, the chief of which are the bird's-foot trefoil (<i>Lotus corniculatus</i>), +and the purple and Dutch clovers (<i>Trifolium pratense</i> and +<i>T. repens</i>). Its colour is grass-green, and it is marked with a narrow +whitish stripe on each side, which is broken by the yellow of the +spiracles.</p> + +<p>The chrysalis is of a pale yellowish green, and is marked with +yellow stripes and reddish-brown dots.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Brimstone</i> (<i>Gonopteryx Rhamni</i>)</h4> + +<p>This, the last member of the present family, is remarkable for +the graceful outline of its wings. The costal margins of the fore +pair are most beautifully arched, and both pairs are sharply angled +on the hind margins. This latter characteristic is quite unique<!-- Page 153 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_153" id="Page_153">[Pg 153]</a></span> +among British butterflies, though we shall presently meet with +instances of angular projections on hind wings only.</p> + +<p>The ground colour of the male (<a href="#Plate_II">Plate II</a>, fig. 4) is a rich sulphury +yellow, with a greenish tinge. That of the female is a very +pale greenish yellow. The only conspicuous markings are small +saffron spots, one near the centre of each wing. The antennæ are +red, short, and beautifully curved; but, unlike the two preceding +species, the legs are almost white.</p> + +<p>The eggs of this butterfly are laid in April on the two species of +buckthorn (<i>Rhamnus catharticus</i> and <i>R. Frangula</i>) by the females +that have successfully weathered the winter. They are of a bright +yellow colour, and are usually hatched in about a fortnight.</p> + +<p>The body of the caterpillar is green, and it is thickly covered +with little black wart-like projections. A pale stripe also runs +along each side. During May and June it may be found on its +food plants, and toward the end of the latter month it attaches itself +by a silken carpet and belt to the under side of one of the leaves.</p> + +<p>The chrysalis is of a very peculiar shape, the body being curved, +and the wing cases standing out prominently beyond the general +surface. Its colour is a bright apple green marked with yellow, +and it is so transparent that certain of the structures can be seen +through its skin.</p> + +<p>The perfect insect emerges in about three weeks after the change +to the chrysalis; and may be looked for from July to the end of the +summer. This period may be regarded as the best time in which +to hunt for <i>Rhamni</i>, but it is to be noted that this butterfly makes +its appearance during all months of the year, even though it is single-brooded.</p> + +<p>A large number seem to hybernate, and their winter sleep is so +light that the welcome rays of the sun on a mild day, even during +the bleak months of November to February, will often call them out +from their hiding places. Then, as a rule, the hybernating butterflies +do not live long after depositing their eggs for the future +brood; but the Brimstone often lives on till its offspring have themselves +attained the perfect state, so that it is possible to capture the +insects of two different years both on the same day. In such a case +it is generally easy to distinguish between the two, for the newly +emerged specimens are beautifully bright and fresh in colour, +while those of the previous year are more or less faded and worn, +their wings being often semi-transparent through the loss of scales, +and frequently disfigured by the stains of mildew.</p> + + + +<hr /> +<p><!-- Page 154 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_154" id="Page_154">[Pg 154]</a></span></p> +<h3><a name="CHAPTER_XIII" id="CHAPTER_XIII"></a>CHAPTER XIII +<br /> +<i>THE FRITILLARIES, VANESSAS, AND THE PURPLE +EMPEROR</i></h3> + + +<h4>Family—<span class="smcap">Nymphalidæ</span></h4> + +<p>We now come to a rather large family, which contains some of our +largest and most brilliant butterflies. Some of them display the +most gaudy colours, and others exhibit patches of a beautiful metallic +lustre.</p> + +<p>If you were to see all the members of this family side by side, +they might strike you as being so varied in their appearance that +you would wonder why they are all placed in one family group. +But, were you to see, in addition to the perfect insects, all their +larvæ and chrysalides, the reason would be made clear at once, for +these earlier stages are seen to resemble each other in certain points +at the very first glance. The former are all provided with peculiar +spines, and the latter are all more or less angular, and are all suspended +to a silken carpet by means of hooks at the tip of the abdomen, +and have no belt as we have observed in the case of the +<i>Pieridæ</i>.</p> + +<p>The perfect insects, too, although so varied in colouring, are +alike in that they have only four walking legs, the first pair being +so imperfectly developed as to be useless for this purpose.</p> + +<p>This family includes the Fritillaries and the Vanessas.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary</i> (<i>Argynnis Selene</i>)</h4> + +<p>The interesting group of butterflies known as the Fritillaries +vary considerably in size, but are remarkably uniform in the +ground colour of the wings, which, in all cases, is a rich golden or +sienna brown; and this ground is chequered with darker colours in +such a manner as to remind one of the petals of the wild flower<!-- Page 155 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_155" id="Page_155">[Pg 155]</a></span> +known as the Snake's Head or Fritillary—hence the popular name +of the group.</p> + +<p>The Small Pearl-bordered, our first example, is one of the lesser +Fritillaries, and is shown in <a href="#Plate_II">Plate II</a> (fig. 5).</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_67" id="FIG_67"></a> +<a href="images/i_172.jpg"><img src="images/i_172_tn.jpg" width="300" height="110" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 67.—The Small Pearl-bordered +Fritillary—Under +Side.</span> +</div> + +<p>The arrangement of the black markings on the upper surface +will be readily made out from the coloured plate, but the pattern +of the under side will require a little special notice, for it is here, +as with the other Fritillaries, that we find the chief marks by +which we identify the species. On this side (<a href="#FIG_67">fig. 67</a>) the fore wings +are light orange brown, with a patch of darker brown near the tips, +and spotted with a dull black. The hind wings have the light +brown displaced by a very warm chestnut tint, some yellow, and +bright silvery spots.</p> + +<p>Seven silvery spots of triangular form border the hind margin. +A large one occupies the centre +of the wing, and ten others are +somewhat irregularly scattered +over other parts of the wing—five +between the central spot and +the hind margin, and five between +it and the costa.</p> + +<p>All the spots on these wings, +whether yellow, chestnut, or silver, +are bordered by a narrow black +line.</p> + +<p><i>Selene</i> is not a very abundant butterfly, but is widely distributed +in England, and is also found in parts of Scotland. Its favourite +resorts are clearings in woods, especially those of Kent and other +southern counties.</p> + +<p>It appears in May and June, in which latter month it deposits +its eggs on the dog violet (<i>Viola canina</i>).</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is not fully grown at the end of the summer, +and hybernates during the winter among the roots of its food +plant. In the following spring it emerges again, and feeds till +May, when it changes to the chrysalis on a stem. It is less than +an inch long when fully grown, and is of a dark-brown colour. +Six rows of hairy spines are arranged longitudinally on its +body.</p> + +<p>The chrysalis is greyish brown, and has a number of very short +projections corresponding with the spines of the caterpillar.<!-- Page 156 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_156" id="Page_156">[Pg 156]</a></span></p> + + +<h4><i>The Pearl-bordered Fritillary</i> (<i>Argynnis Euphrosyne</i>)</h4> + +<p>There is very little difference in the size of this and that of the +last species, but <i>Euphrosyne</i> (<a href="#Plate_II">Plate II</a>, fig. 6) is generally a trifle +larger. The two butterflies are also very similar in appearance; +indeed, they are so much alike on the upper side that it is impossible +to decide on the name of either without an examination of the +under surface.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_68" id="FIG_68"></a><a href="images/i_173.jpg"><img src="images/i_173_tn.jpg" width="300" height="107" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Pearl-bordered Fritillary." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 68.—The Pearl-bordered +Fritillary—Under Side.</span> +</div> + +<p><i>Euphrosyne</i> has a border of seven triangular silver spots on +each hind wing, exactly corresponding with those of <i>Selene</i>. It +has also the large central spot of silver. But, beside these, there is +<i>only one</i> other, and that is situated in the basal angle. Thus there +are only nine silvery or pearly +spots on each hind wing of +<i>Euphrosyne</i>, while there are +seventeen on <i>Selene</i>. This +will form a ready means of +distinguishing between the two +species.</p> + +<p>The seasons and localities +of this butterfly correspond +very closely with those of the +last species, but it is much more common, and may be found in +abundance in nearly all our southern woods during May and +June.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar, also, feeds on the same plant (dog violet) as +<i>Selene</i>. It is black, with whitish lines along the sides; and is +provided with a number of bristly spines.</p> + +<p>The chrysalis is of a grey-brown colour, with small dots of a +paler tint on the wing cases; and its body has a number of short +conical projections exactly corresponding with the spines of the +caterpillar.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Queen of Spain Fritillary</i> (<i>Argynnis Latona</i>)</h4> + +<p>We now pass from the commonest to the rarest and most +prized of our wood butterflies—The Queen of Spain (<a href="#Plate_II">Plate II</a>, +fig. 7). This royal personage is not easily mistaken for any of the +meaner Fritillaries even when the upper surface only is examined, +as the concave hind margins of the fore wings serve as an almost +conclusive mark of distinction. The rich tawny brown of this side<!-- Page 157 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_157" id="Page_157">[Pg 157]</a></span> +is boldly marked with black, and the long hairs and scales of the +bases of the wings are tinged with green.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_69" id="FIG_69"></a><a href="images/i_174.jpg"><img src="images/i_174_tn.jpg" width="300" height="140" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Queen of Spain Fritillary." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 69.—The Queen of Spain +Fritillary—Under Side.</span> +</div> + +<p>The under side presents a most beautiful appearance. Here the +ground colour is paler than that of the upper side. The fore wings +are spotted with black, and have a few small patches of silver at the +tips. Each hind wing has no fewer than twenty-four bright silvery +spots. Seven of these, mostly of large size, adorn the hind margin, +and above each of these is a small one in the middle of a little patch +of dark brown. The arrangement of the others is not quite so +easily described, but may be readily made out from our illustration.</p> + +<p>This rare gem among British butterflies has been taken in +many localities, but in very small numbers. Seeing that it is a +common insect on the other side of the Channel, and that the +British captures have been made chiefly in the Isle of Wight and +on the south coast, I am +inclined to believe that +many of the highly valued +genuine Britishers have no +right to their title, but are +visitors that have spent +only a few days within our +shores, having flown or been +blown across the sea.</p> + +<p>It is not likely that +many of my readers will +ever meet with <i>Latona</i> +during their rambles in our +own country, and if they are anxious to have the species represented +in their collections, they will probably have to purchase either a +British or a foreign specimen, the former of which will command +a very high price, while the latter may be obtained for three or four +pence.</p> + +<p>The perfect insect may be looked for in August and September, +during which time the eggs are laid on the leaves of violets and the +heartsease (<i>Viola canina</i>, <i>V. odorata</i>, and <i>V. tricolor</i>).</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is brown, with numerous yellowish spines, and +has three whitish or yellowish stripes—one down the middle of the +back and one along each side. It hybernates during the winter, +and is fully grown in the following June or July. I hope that my +reader will be so fortunate as to secure either this or some other +stage of this rare and beautiful insect. The chances are decidedly<!-- Page 158 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_158" id="Page_158">[Pg 158]</a></span> +against him, but that is no reason why he should abstain from a +vigorous search when he happens to be 'doing' the southern +counties.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Dark-green Fritillary</i> (<i>Argynnis Aglaia</i>)</h4> + +<p>This butterfly is larger than <i>Latona</i>, as will be seen by reference +to <a href="#Plate_II">Plate II</a>, fig. 8. Its colour is, as usual with the Fritillaries, a +tawny brown with black markings. The female is usually larger +than the male, and she is further distinguished by the ground +colour being darker and the black markings larger.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_70" id="FIG_70"></a><a href="images/i_175.jpg"><img src="images/i_175_tn.jpg" width="300" height="157" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Dark-green Fritillary." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 70.—The Dark-green Fritillary—Under +Side.</span> +</div> + +<p>The under side of the fore wings is very similar in colour and +markings to the upper, but there are silvery spots near the tips. +The hind wings are beautifully +tinted with olive +green and brown, and +studded with silver. The +arrangement of the latter +is not easily described, but +is accurately represented +in the accompanying +woodcut.</p> + +<p>The favourite resorts +of this insect are wooded +spots, and also heaths and +downs clad with heather +or ferns, where its food +plant (the dog violet) lies scattered; but it seems to be less partial +to woods than the other Fritillaries. It is very widely distributed +throughout England, and is common in parts of Scotland and +Ireland.</p> + +<p>The perfect insect is on the wing in July and early August.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar first appears toward the end of August, and +commences its period of hybernation among the roots of its food +plant before it has grown to any considerable size. It comes out +again in the spring, and continues to feed till the beginning or +middle of July, and then changes to the chrysalis state, after protecting +itself by binding three or four leaves together.</p> + +<p>Its colour is a velvety black, with dark and glossy grey between +the segments. There is a double yellow line along the back, and a +thin line of orange yellow on each side below the spiracles. It has +a number of black hairy spines, arranged in six longitudinal rows.<!-- Page 159 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_159" id="Page_159">[Pg 159]</a></span></p> + +<p>The chrysalis is of a shiny black colour, with brownish abdomen; +and the conical projections are black with yellow tips.</p> + + +<h4><i>The High-brown Fritillary</i> (<i>Argynnis Adippe</i>)</h4> + +<p>The upper side of this butterfly is so much like that of <i>Aglaia</i> +that it would be difficult indeed to give a written description of +one that did not almost equally well apply to the other; so we look +to the under surface for the chief marks by which we can distinguish +between them.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_71" id="FIG_71"></a><a href="images/i_176.jpg"><img src="images/i_176_tn.jpg" width="300" height="143" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The High-brown Fritillary." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 71.—The High-brown Fritillary.</span> +</div> + +<p>On this side (<a href="#Plate_III">Plate III</a>, fig. 1) the fore wings are much the same +as those of <i>Aglaia</i>. The hind wings, too, are very similarly coloured +and marked, but here we have a distinguishing feature in a row of +rust-red spots with silvery +centres, just inside +the silver border of the +hind margin.</p> + +<p>This butterfly is common +in open spaces of +woods in many parts of +England, more particularly +in the south, and +seems to be also fond of +hilly heaths and moors.</p> + +<p>It is on the wing in +July, and, towards the end of this month and in the beginning of +August, the eggs are laid on the leaves of the dog violet (<i>Viola +canina</i>) and heartsease (<i>V. tricolor</i>).</p> + +<p>The young caterpillar emerges about two weeks later, and feeds +only for a short time before it seeks out its winter quarters among +the dead leaves at the root of its food plant. The feeding is resumed +in the spring, and continued till the month of June, when it is fully +grown. At this time it is about an inch and a half long. Its head +is black, and its body pinkish brown. A white line extends down +the back, but is interrupted by several black marks. The spines, +of which there are six rows, are white, with pinkish tips.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Silver-washed Fritillary</i> (<i>Argynnis Paphia</i>)</h4> + +<p>This beautiful and noble butterfly is the largest of the Fritillaries, +and the most powerful on the wing. During the latter part of June<!-- Page 160 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_160" id="Page_160">[Pg 160]</a></span> +and throughout July it may be seen gracefully sweeping through +the trees and undergrowth of woods, often settling down on a +favourite flower for a short time. So strong is its flight that it is +useless to attempt to pursue it for any distance. Sometimes it will +sail along a wooded path, followed at short intervals by others of +its species, and may be taken in the net as it passes. But perhaps +the most successful method of netting <i>Paphia</i> is to wait till it +has settled, and then secure it by a quick upward or side stroke +of the net. If then you miss your aim, off it will dart, sailing +over the tree tops till, in a very short time, it is quite out of +sight.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_72" id="FIG_72"></a><a href="images/i_177.jpg"><img src="images/i_177_tn.jpg" width="300" height="163" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Silver-washed Fritillary." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 72.—The Silver-washed Fritillary—Under Side.</span> +</div> + +<p>The upper side of this butterfly is shown in <a href="#Plate_III">Plate III</a>, fig. 2, +where the general arrangement of the black spots on the rich +orange-brown ground is carefully marked. There is a considerable +difference between the male and female of this species. The figure +on Plate III represents the male. The female does not possess +the broad black lines that follow the course of the veins of the fore +wings; the basal portions of all four wings are also tinged with a +rich olive-brown colour, often with a decided tendency to green; +and the black spots of all the wings are larger.</p> + +<p>The under side is particularly rich in its decorations. The front +wings are of the usual orange brown, chequered with black. The +hind wings are partly brown and partly orange, and exhibit beautiful +greenish reflections. They have also two bars of silver, and a silvery +spot in the basal angle, all with rather indefinite outlines.<!-- Page 161 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_161" id="Page_161">[Pg 161]</a></span></p> + +<p>The female lays her eggs late in July on the food plants (<i>Viola +canina</i> and <i>V. odorata</i>) or on the moss that surrounds them.</p> + +<p>About two weeks later the young caterpillar is out and feeding; +and then, after a few more weeks, while it is yet very small, it hides +among the dead leaves at the roots. Early in the spring it resumes +its feeding, and is full grown at the end of May.</p> + +<p>The colour of the caterpillar (<a href="#Plate_VIII">Plate VIII</a>, fig. 3) is black, and +there are two yellow lines along the back, separated by a black stripe, +also one yellowish line on each side. Its body is adorned with +reddish-brown spines, two of which, situated just behind the head, +are longer than the others.</p> + +<p>The chrysalis (<a href="#Plate_VIII">Plate VIII</a>, fig. 9) is greyish, marked with +metallic spots, and has a number of angular projections representing +the spines of the larva.</p> + +<p><i>Paphia</i> is to be met with in woods in all parts of England and +Wales. It has also been observed in Ireland, but is rarely seen +in Scotland.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Greasy Fritillary</i> (<i>Melitæa Aurinia</i>)</h4> + +<p>Unlike the other Fritillaries, this species (<a href="#Plate_III">Plate III</a>, fig. 3) +exhibits a variety of shades on the upper surface. A broad band of +sienna brown stretches across each wing, near to and parallel with +the hind margin. The other parts of the wings are marked with +patches of sienna, orange, and yellow, separated by black lines and +bands. The margins are all black, and inside the broader margin +of the hind wing is a row of six very +pale yellow spots. The broad sienna +band of the hind wing is also +divided by narrow black lines into +seven parts, six of which have black +centres.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_73" id="FIG_73"></a><a href="images/i_178.jpg"><img src="images/i_178_tn.jpg" width="300" height="73" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Greasy Fritillary." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 73.—The Greasy Fritillary—Under +Side.</span> +</div> + +<p>The under surface of the fore +wings has indefinite yellowish and +tawny patches, which look as if they +had been greased and smeared. The hind wings are marked with +pale yellow and deep orange; a broad band of the latter, near the +hind margin, is divided into segments, each of which has a yellow +spot with black in the centre.</p> + +<p>This is a very local insect, although it is widely distributed +throughout England and Wales. It also occurs sparingly in Scotland +and Ireland. Its food plants are the honeysuckle (<i>Lonicera</i><!-- Page 162 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_162" id="Page_162">[Pg 162]</a></span> +<i>Periclymenum</i>), devil's-bit scabious (<i>Scabiosa succisa</i>), and the +plantain (<i>Plantago</i>); and its chief resorts are damp meadows +and marshy places, where these plants (more especially the +scabious) abound.</p> + +<p>The butterfly appears about the end of April or in June.</p> + +<p>The caterpillars emerge from the eggs towards the end of the +latter month, and always feed in groups under the cover of a silken +web. Like the preceding species they hybernate during the winter, +and commence feeding again in the spring. They are fully grown +about the end of April.</p> + +<p>In colour the caterpillar is velvety black, dotted with white, and +its body is covered with short bristly spines. When fully fed it +seeks the shelter of a curled leaf or dense herbage, suspends itself +by the hind claspers to a silken carpet, and then changes to a creamy +white chrysalis with black dots.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Glanville Fritillary</i> (<i>Melitæa Cinxia</i>)</h4> + +<p>The pattern of the upper side of this Fritillary (<a href="#Plate_III">Plate III</a>, +fig. 4) is very similar to that of <i>Aurinia</i>, but the ground colour +is a uniform tawny brown, and the fringes of the wings are of a +very pale straw colour, barred with black.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_74" id="FIG_74"></a><a href="images/i_179.jpg"><img src="images/i_179_tn.jpg" width="300" height="88" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Glanville Fritillary." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 74.—The Glanville +Fritillary—Under Side.</span> +</div> + +<p>The under side of the fore wings is tawny brown, with straw-coloured +tips bearing black markings. The hind wings have four +alternate bands of brown and straw +colour, and a patch of straw colour at +the base. The marginal yellow band has +six or seven black spots. The brown +band next to it is divided into six segments +with black borders, each with a +black spot. The next yellow band has +also a row of black spots. The inner +fulvous band is very irregular; and inside +this is the yellow base with six spots.</p> + +<p>This is another local insect—very local indeed, for it seems to +have been found only in a few spots outside its head quarters, the +Isle of Wight. Those in search of it should carefully scan the +rough cliffy parts of the island, wherever the species of plantain +(<i>Plantago Coronopus</i> and <i>P. maritima</i>) are plentiful, these being +the food plants of the larvæ. It first appears on the wing in May, +but may be found till the end of June.<!-- Page 163 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_163" id="Page_163">[Pg 163]</a></span></p> + +<p>The caterpillars, which are black and spiny, with reddish head and +legs, begin to feed in August, and as soon as the chilly weather sets +in they hybernate in groups under the cover of a tent constructed +by binding together leaves or blades of grass. In the spring they +start out again, and feed till the end of April, at which time they +change to dark brownish and smooth chrysalides.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Heath Fritillary</i> (<i>Melitæa Athalia</i>)</h4> + +<p>Both the upper and under sides of this butterfly are shown on +<a href="#Plate_III">Plate III</a> (figs. 5 and 6), and it will be observed from these that its +general appearance is very similar to that of <i>Cinxia</i>.</p> + +<p>The upper surface is of the same tawny brown, barred and striped +with black, and the fringes of the wings are pale yellow, interrupted +by small patches of black.</p> + +<p>The under surface of the fore wings has the same ground colour +with the exception of the tips, which are yellow; and the whole is +marked with black, as in the illustration. The hind wings are pale +yellow, with two broad bands of brown corresponding with those of +<i>Cinxia</i>; but a series of black double arches along the hind margin +and the <i>absence</i> of rows of black spots serve to distinguish this +species from the last.</p> + +<p><i>Athalia</i> is another local butterfly, but is sometimes found in +abundance in the spots which it frequents. It is met with chiefly +in the open spaces of woods along the south coast and for some +distance inland. Devon, Cornwall, Sussex, and Kent seem to be +the most favoured counties; and London entomologists would do +well to search for it in Epping Forest.</p> + +<p>The butterfly deposits its eggs during June and July, on several +different food plants, the chief of which are the greater and narrow-leaved +plantains (<i>Plantago major</i> and <i>P. lanceolata</i>), foxglove +(<i>Digitalis purpurea</i>), two species of cow-wheat (<i>Melampyrum +pratense</i> and <i>M. sylvaticum</i>), wood sage (<i>Teucrium Scorodonia</i>), +and the germander speedwell (<i>Veronica Chamædrys</i>), and the +young caterpillars, after feeding for only a week or two, commence +their period of hybernation. They resume their feeding in April, +and change to the pupal state about the end of May.</p> + +<p>The colour of the caterpillar is velvety black, finely dotted +with white, and the spines are yellow or orange, tipped with +white.</p> + +<p>The chrysalis is creamy white, banded and patched with<!-- Page 164 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_164" id="Page_164">[Pg 164]</a></span> +orange and black, and is suspended by anal hooks from a silken, +carpet which the caterpillar had spun on the leaf of the food +plant.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Comma</i> (<i>Vanessa C-Album</i>)</h4> + +<p>Leaving the Fritillaries, we now come to a genus (Vanessa) +that includes seven most beautiful butterflies, some of which are +so common as to be known to almost everybody.</p> + +<p>It will be observed that this genus belongs to the same family +as the Fritillaries, and we may therefore expect to find that +the two groups possess features in common. A slight examination +of a few in their different stages will show that this is so. +Thus, the perfect insects have only four walking legs, the caterpillars +are all spiny, and the chrysalides are angular.</p> + +<p>There is another feature concerning the chrysalides worthy of +note. Like some of the pupæ of the Fritillaries, they are adorned more +or less with brilliant metallic +spots, sometimes of +a rich golden hue, and +sometimes resembling +burnished silver. Now +the word 'chrysalis,' +which, as we have already +seen, is derived from a +Greek word meaning +'gold,' was originally applied +to the pupæ of some +of the Vanessas, on account +of their metallic decorations, but it has since been extended +to the pupæ of all the Lepidoptera, and also to other orders of +insects, even though the greater number of them display no tints +of the precious metal.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_75" id="FIG_75"></a><a href="images/i_181.jpg"><img src="images/i_181_tn.jpg" width="300" height="123" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Comma." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 75.—The Comma—Under Side.</span> +</div> + +<p>The first member for our consideration is the Comma Butterfly, +of which an illustration is given in <a href="#Plate_III">Plate III</a>, fig. 7. No one could +mistake this beautiful butterfly for any other British species, for +its wings of rich orange brown, with black and dark-brown markings, +are so irregularly scalloped on the hind margins that they +present a somewhat ragged appearance. Its name is derived +from the fact that a white mark something like the letter C, or, +as some have it, like a comma, is distinctly painted on the dark +brown of the under side.<!-- Page 165 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_165" id="Page_165">[Pg 165]</a></span></p> + +<p>This butterfly generally emerges from the chrysalis late in the +summer—August and September, but it is often seen earlier, and +frequently as late as October. It is a great lover of sweets, and +may be found settled on various flowers and fruits. Its chief food +plants are the hop (<i>Humulus Lupulus</i>), red currant (<i>Ribes +rubrum</i>), stinging nettle (<i>Urtica dioica</i>), and the Elm (<i>Ulmus +campestris</i>).</p> + +<p>It is very abundant in certain districts where hops are grown, +but seems to avoid those counties that border the sea. It is widely +distributed in the midland counties, and extends to the north of +England and into Scotland, but is very capricious in its appearance +in many parts.</p> + +<p>The eggs are laid in May by females that have hybernated +through the winter, and the caterpillars may be found feeding +during July and August.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is coloured grey and brown, with a black head, +and a broad white stripe down the back of the hindermost segments. +The body is armed with a number of spines, some of which are +white, and others pale brown.</p> + +<p>The chrysalis is a very peculiar object, having two ear-like projections +extending forwards from the sides of the head. It has a +number of angular projections, and is of an umber-brown colour, +finely netted with black lines, and having several spots of a brilliant +metallic lustre.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Large Tortoiseshell</i> (<i>Vanessa Polychloros</i>)</h4> + +<p>Our two tortoiseshells—large and small—are very similar in +their colour and markings, and moreover are not always to be +distinguished by their size, for specimens of the larger species are +sometimes even inferior in this respect to the largest of the smaller +species; so, to avoid all risks of mistaken identity, we must look for +more reliable marks of distinction between them.</p> + +<p>The present species is figured on <a href="#Plate_III">Plate III</a> (fig. 8), where it will +be seen that the ground colour of dark tawny brown is spotted and +bordered with black. The border of the hind wings contains a row +of crescent-shaped blue spots. The costal margin of the fore wings, +between the black patches, is decidedly lighter than the general +ground, and is yellow rather than brown. It will be noticed, +too, that a black spot lies very near the anal angle of these +wings.<!-- Page 166 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_166" id="Page_166">[Pg 166]</a></span></p> + +<p>The under surface, though by no means brilliant, exhibits a rich +blending of various shades of brown.</p> + +<p>This butterfly is not known to occur in either Scotland or +Ireland, and is by no means common in England. Its chief localities +are in the midland and eastern counties.</p> + +<p>The perfect insect generally appears about the middle of July, +and after spending a month or six weeks on the wing, seeks out a +sheltered spot in which to spend the winter. In the spring—April +or May—it again takes to flight, and during the latter month the +females are busily engaged in the deposition of their eggs.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar feeds on the two species of elm (<i>Ulmus campestris</i> +and <i>U. montana</i>), willow (<i>Salix alba</i>), sallow (<i>S. Caprea</i>), +osier (<i>S. viminalis</i>), aspen (<i>Populus tremula</i>), and certain fruit +trees; and is full grown about midsummer. It is of a tawny grey +colour, with a black stripe on each side, and is covered with very +small wart-like projections, and the spines are branched.</p> + +<p>The chrysalis is of a dull pinkish colour, and may be found on +tree trunks, palings, and walls, about the end of June, suspended +from a silken carpet by means of its anal hooks.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Small Tortoiseshell</i> (<i>Vanessa Urticæ</i>)</h4> + +<p><i>Urticæ</i> (<a href="#Plate_III">Plate III</a>, fig. 9) may be distinguished from <i>Polychloros</i> +by the <i>absence</i> of the black spot in the anal angle of the fore wings +of the latter. It has also a white spot near the tip of each fore +wing-between the black border and the first black costal patch. +The whole of the base of the hind wing is also black, and the ground +colour is decidedly brighter.</p> + +<p>It is one of the commonest of all British butterflies, and is to be +found more or less abundantly in nearly all parts of the British +Isles.</p> + +<p>The hybernated perfect insects come out early in the spring, and +lay their eggs in close irregular clusters on nettles (<i>Urtica dioica</i> +and <i>U. urens</i>). Shortly after the gregarious caterpillars may be +found on these plants in dense masses. They change to the +chrysalis state about the end of May, and from this time there is a +continuous succession of butterflies till the end of the summer.</p> + +<p>The later specimens, which do not emerge till September or +October, spend only a short time on the wing, and then hybernate +till the spring, giving rise to the first brood of the following season.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar of this species is black above and greyish beneath.<!-- Page 167 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_167" id="Page_167">[Pg 167]</a></span> +It is thickly covered with yellow dots, which are so close together +on the back as to form two yellowish stripes, separated only by a +fine black line. There are also two yellowish stripes along each +side; and the body, as with the rest of this genus, is spiny, the +spines in this case being black or very dark green.</p> + +<p>The chrysalis is brownish, and spotted with burnished gold in +variable quantity—sometimes so plentifully as to cover the greater +part of the surface.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Peacock</i> (<i>Vanessa Io</i>)</h4> + +<p>This is another of our commonest and most beautiful butterflies. +Its general appearance is such that it cannot possibly be mistaken +for any other. The upper side (<a href="#Plate_IV">Plate IV</a>, fig. 1) is rendered conspicuous +by the beautiful eye-like marks at the costal angles of all +four wings; and the under surface is very richly decorated with a +fine arrangement of black and dark-brown patches and streaks.</p> + +<p>Io is very abundant in all parts of England, and is well known +in many parts of Scotland and Ireland, but seems to be rare in the +extreme north of both of these countries.</p> + +<p>Its food plant is the stinging nettle (<i>Urtica dioica</i>), and on this +the eggs are laid in April by females that have hybernated during +the winter.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is full grown at the end of June or beginning of +July. It is black, with numerous minute white wart-like projections. +Its spines also are black, and its claspers brown.</p> + +<p>The chrysalis may be found suspended by the tail on some +object in the neighbourhood of the food plant, or sometimes on the +food plant itself. It is of a greenish colour, with yellowish patches, +but turns darker as the time approaches for the emerging of the +perfect insect.</p> + +<p>This event takes place in August, and the butterfly, after a brief +period on the wing, seeks out a sheltered spot for its winter nap.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Camberwell Beauty</i> (<i>Vanessa Antiopa</i>)</h4> + +<p>The reader will be fortunate if he succeeds in netting a specimen +of this highly prized British butterfly. It derives its popular name +from the fact that a few were taken in Camberwell about a hundred +and fifty years ago; and since that time it has been seen and taken +in variable numbers in several parts of England. So widely distributed,<!-- Page 168 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_168" id="Page_168">[Pg 168]</a></span> +indeed, are its localities, and so few, comparatively, its +appearances, that it would be useless to attempt to give any hints +as to where it may be looked for. It is, however, a very common +butterfly in many continental countries, and foreign specimens may +be obtained from any dealer in entomological wares for a few pence +each.</p> + +<p>This rare British gem is illustrated in fig. 2 of <a href="#Plate_IV">Plate IV</a>. Here +it will be seen that nearly the whole of the surface is covered with +a rich velvety purple brown, bordered with a black band containing +blue spots; and outside this is a border of white, finely dotted and +streaked with black. The continental specimens may be easily distinguished +from the genuine Britishers by a darker border with a +decidedly yellow tinge.</p> + +<p>The eggs of this species are generally laid on the young leaves of +the willow (<i>Salix alba</i>), in the spring, by females that have hybernated, +but sometimes the nettle (<i>Urtica dioica</i>) and the birch +(<i>Betula alba</i>) are selected for the food of the larvæ.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is black and spiny, and has a row of seven rather +large reddish-brown spots on the back, commencing at the fifth +segment.</p> + +<p>The chrysalis, like those of the other members of this family, +is angular and suspended by the 'tail.' The perfect insect appears +in August, and may be seen from that month till October.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Red Admiral</i> (<i>Vanessa Atalanta</i>)</h4> + +<p>There seems to be a tendency with many to under-estimate the +beauty of certain natural objects because they happen to be so very +common, and this is particularly the case with some of our most +familiar butterflies. The beautiful Red Admiral (<a href="#Plate_IV">Plate IV</a>, fig. 3) +may possibly suffer in this respect; for, not only is it one of the +commonest of our butterflies, but it fearlessly hovers among the +flowers of our gardens, often venturing into the very heart of thickly +populated towns.</p> + +<p>The bright scarlet bands and white blotches of this gorgeous +insect stand out boldly on the rich velvety black ground of the +wings, and the additional touches of blue in the anal angles of the +hind wings add to the effect. The under side of the fore wings is +somewhat similar to the upper surface, but is relieved by brown +and blue; and this side of the hind wings presents most beautiful +and indescribable blendings of various shades of brown, grey, and<!-- Page 169 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_169" id="Page_169">[Pg 169]</a></span> +pink. The female may be distinguished by the presence of a small +white spot on the scarlet band of the fore wing.</p> + +<p>The eggs are deposited singly on the nettle (<i>Urtica dioica</i>) in +spring by females that have hybernated through the winter.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar always feeds under the cover of a tent made by +drawing leaves together. It is spiny, and its colour is usually a +greenish or yellowish grey, spotted with black, and striped along +the sides with white or yellow. When fully grown it bites the stem +of the nettle nearly through a few inches from the top, so that the +upper part of the plant bends over the withers. It then constructs +a commodious tent by binding the leaves of this drooping portion +together, and suspends itself from the roof of this strange home to +undergo its metamorphoses.</p> + +<p>The change to the chrysalis state takes place in July or August, +and the perfect insect may be seen during August, September, +and October in almost every part of the British Isles.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Painted Lady</i> (<i>Vanessa Cardui</i>)</h4> + +<p>Although the time of appearance of this butterfly generally +corresponds with that of the last species, yet it is exceedingly +variable, so much so that it is impossible to give any fixed period +as its season. It is, moreover, very capricious with regard to its +localities and its numbers. Sometimes it will turn up unexpectedly +in positive abundance in certain localities where +previously it had been a mere straggler; and then, for some +unaccountable reason, become comparatively scarce for several +successive seasons.</p> + +<p>The upper surface of this beauty (<a href="#Plate_IV">Plate IV</a>, fig. 4) is adorned +with pale red, orange, and black, and with five white spots near +the tip of each fore wing. The under side of the fore wings is +marked something like the upper, but much of the black is replaced +by shades of brown. The hind wings are beautifully variegated +beneath with greys and browns, and have a row of eye-like spots +near the hind margin.</p> + +<p>The eggs of this butterfly are laid singly on various species of +thistles, particularly the common field thistle (<i>Cnicus arvensis</i>), +generally in the month of June.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar, which is black above and red beneath, with +yellowish stripes along the back and sides, feeds under the cover of a +silken web which it constructs among the leaves. It is full grown<!-- Page 170 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_170" id="Page_170">[Pg 170]</a></span> +in July or August, when it suspends itself after the manner of the +other Vanessas previous to undergoing its changes.</p> + +<p>The chrysalis is angular, coloured with brown and grey, and +adorned with brilliant gold spots.</p> + +<p>The perfect insect may be seen at large throughout late summer +and the autumn, and the eggs are laid by females that survive the +winter.</p> + + +<h4><i>The White Admiral</i> (<i>Limenitis Sibylla</i>)</h4> + +<p>The White Admiral (<a href="#Plate_IV">Plate IV</a>, fig. 5) is neither so pretty nor so +common as its red namesake, but it is nevertheless a fine insect, +although the chief beauty is reserved for the under surface. Above, +the ground colour is a very dark rusty brown, relieved by bands +and spots of white. The under surface is beautifully marked with +silvery blue, bright orange brown, and white, the latter being +arranged just like the corresponding colour on the upper side.</p> + +<p>It will be observed that this butterfly does not belong to the +<i>Vanessa</i> genus; so, while we may look for <i>family</i> resemblances, +we shall observe a few features in which it differs from the preceding +species.</p> + +<p>It is not by any means abundant, being unknown in Scotland +and Ireland, and confined in England almost exclusively to the +oak woods of the south, where its food plant—the honeysuckle +(<i>Lonicera Periclymenum</i>)—abounds. Here it may be seen during +July, gracefully sailing among the trees and across the open spaces.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is very different from those of the Vanessas. +Its colour is dark green, with a narrow white stripe along each +side. There are very conspicuous branched spines on the third and +two following segments, also on the eleventh and twelfth; and +smaller spines on most of the others. All the spines are of a +brownish colour, with pink tips. While it is yet very small it prepares +its winter quarters by bending round the remains of a leaf on +which it has been feeding, securing the edges by silken threads, +and then binding it to the stem of the plant. Soon after, the petiole +becomes detached from the stem, and the little caterpillar then +rests suspended in its snug swinging cradle, where it remains +perfectly secure till the following April, when the warm sun calls +it out to feed on the opening leaves. It continues at this till about +the beginning of June, and then changes to a beautiful angular and +eared chrysalis, of a bright green colour, marked with brown, and +having brilliant silvery spots and streaks.<!-- Page 171 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_171" id="Page_171">[Pg 171]</a></span></p> + + +<h4>Family—<span class="smcap">Apaturidæ</span><br /> +<br /> +<i>The Purple Emperor</i> (<i>Apatura Iris</i>)</h4> + +<p>This grand insect is the only British member of its family, and +richly deserves its popular title. The male, which is figured on +<a href="#Plate_V">Plate V</a> (fig. 1), exhibits a most gorgeous imperial purple, which is +reflected at certain angles only from the upper surface of his large +and powerful wings. His flight is lofty and vigorous, and among +the topmost branches of majestic oaks, where he defies the efforts +of would-be capturers. Unlike our other butterflies, he is also a +very quarrelsome creature, and will not hesitate to fiercely attack +a brother Emperor who dares approach the branch he has selected +for his throne.</p> + +<p>Many attempts have been made to capture this prized creature +by means of a large net mounted on the end of a pole twenty or +thirty feet in length, but the wielding of such a cumbersome implement +against so powerful an insect is no mean task, and but few +fall a prey to such a snare. But it so happens that this imperial +personage has a very depraved appetite, the indulgence in which +has often brought him to ruin. Instead of searching out the sweets +so bounteously supplied by the blossoms that are so attractive to +other lepidopterous insects, he delights in sipping the waters of the +filthiest puddles, and imbibing the odoriferous moisture of dung and +the decomposing carcases of animals. So deeply seated is this depravity +of taste that the Emperor may be netted with ease while +indulging in his sumptuous feast, and is even to be taken at times +with the fingers.</p> + +<p>The knowledge of this peculiarity of the imperial palate has led +entomologists to abandon the awkward net, and to bait the woods +with viands that alone can entice his highness from his lofty seat; +and many a splendid specimen has been easily captured while +enjoying the luxurious juice of a dead cat, stoat, or rabbit, or of a +seething mass of pig's dung.</p> + +<p>The female is larger than her mate, and does not display the +beautiful purple reflections that adorn the male. She is very +different, too, in her habits, for she sits nearly all day on high +branches of trees, giving her attention to the graver duties of an +imperial mother, and is consequently but seldom seem. She lays +her eggs in July on the sallow (<i>Salix Caprea</i>) or the poplar (<i>Populus</i>), +and in less than a fortnight the young caterpillars are hatched.<!-- Page 172 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_172" id="Page_172">[Pg 172]</a></span> +They feed on till the leaves are falling, and then fix themselves by +their claspers to a silken carpet which they construct on a twig. Here +they remain, exposed to all the wintry blasts and frosts, till the new +leaves are out in the spring, when they again commence feeding, and +continue to do so till they are full grown—in May or June.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 304px;"> +<a name="FIG_76" id="FIG_76"></a> +<a href="images/i_189.jpg"><img src="images/i_189_tn.jpg" width="304" height="203" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Purple Emperor." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 76.—The Purple Emperor—Under Side.</span> +</div> + +<p>The under side of this species is shown in <a href="#FIG_76">fig. 76</a>, in which will +also be observed the eye-like spots of the fore wings which have +given rise to its specific name (<i>Iris</i>).</p> + +<p>The caterpillar (<a href="#Plate_VIII">Plate VIII</a>, fig. 5) is a very peculiar creature. +Its body is green, with seven oblique yellowish stripes on each +side, and it has a pair of horns attached to its head.</p> + +<p>The chrysalis (<a href="#Plate_VIII">Plate VIII</a>, fig. 10) may be found in June, suspended +to the under side of a leaf. It is of an apple-green colour, +and still exhibits the oblique stripes which we observed in the +caterpillar.</p> + +<p>This insect is not to be found in either Scotland or Ireland, but +is more or less abundant in many of the oak woods of the midland +and southern counties of England. Among the numerous favoured +localities, we may mention Colchester, Forest of Dean, Northamptonshire, +Ipswich, Huntingdonshire, Buckinghamshire, Epping, +Lyndhurst, and the Isle of Wight.<!-- Page 173 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_173" id="Page_173">[Pg 173]</a></span></p> + + + +<hr/> +<h3><a name="CHAPTER_XIV" id="CHAPTER_XIV"></a>CHAPTER XIV +<br /> +<i>THE BROWNS AND HEATHS</i></h3> + + +<h4>Family—<span class="smcap">Satyridæ</span></h4> + +<p>This family contains eleven British species, often spoken of +collectively as the 'Browns,' since in most of them the prevailing +tints are various shades of brown. They are decidedly dingy in +comparison with the beautiful butterflies we have been previously +observing; but to this statement we must allow one marked +exception, for the family includes the beautiful Marbled White, +which stands out prominently among its fellows for brilliancy and +boldness of colour.</p> + +<p>The caterpillars of the 'Satyrs' have no spines, but their bodies +are covered with very minute hair-bearing warts that give them a +soft velvety appearance. The hinder extremity tapers off considerably, +and terminates in two points.</p> + +<p>The chrysalides are not angular like those of the preceding +species, and though generally suspended by the tail, are sometimes +found quite free among leaves and grasses on the ground.</p> + +<p>The perfect insects are rather feeble fliers, and generally take so +little notice of intruders that they are easily caught in the hand. +Their wings are devoid of angles, and they have only four perfectly +developed legs.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Marbled White</i> (<i>Melanargia Galatea</i>)</h4> + +<p>Our first member of this family is the exception to which we +have already alluded as a relief to the general dinginess of the +'Browns.' Its colours above are cream and black, arranged +as shown in <a href="#Plate_V">Plate V</a>, fig. 2. The under side (<a href="#FIG_77">fig. 77</a>) is marked +with white, black, and greenish grey, with a row of eye-like +spots parallel with the hind margin of the hind wings.<!-- Page 174 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_174" id="Page_174">[Pg 174]</a></span></p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_77" id="FIG_77"></a> +<a href="images/i_191.jpg"><img src="images/i_191_tn.jpg" width="300" height="123" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Marbled White." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 77.—The Marbled White—Under +Side.</span> +</div> + +<p>This butterfly is not known in Scotland or Ireland, nor is it to +be found in several of the northern counties of England. Its chief +haunts are the waste cliffy grounds of the southern and some of +the midland counties of England, where it is usually restricted to certain +small districts. In some places it is really a common insect, +and among these may be mentioned Brighton, Horsham, Dover, +Folkestone, Margate, +Gravesend, New Forest, +parts of Gloucestershire, +Cambridgeshire, and +Devonshire, also in the +Isle of Wight and South +Wales.</p> + +<p>The perfect insect is +out in July, during which +month the eggs are deposited +on various grasses, +or indiscriminately on +leaves and stems in grassy +spots.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar feeds on grasses; and, being still small at the +end of the autumn, hybernates during the winter among the stems of +grass. It feeds again in April, and is fully grown by the end of May. +Its colour is a dull green or brownish, with a darker stripe down +the back, and lighter stripes along the sides. Its spiracles are black.</p> + +<p>The chrysalis is pale brown, marked with lines of a slightly +darker shade. It may be found among grass stems, without any +attachment, during the month of June.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Small Ringlet</i> (<i>Erebia Epiphron</i>)</h4> + +<p>On account of the very limited range of this butterfly, only those +who have the opportunity of visiting its haunts can have any +practical acquaintance with its natural history. It is almost +exclusively confined to the lake district in England, to a few +mountainous localities in Scotland, and to one or two similar +localities in Ireland. Its strong partiality for elevated situations +has earned for it the popular name of Mountain Ringlet.</p> + +<p>The colour of the upper surface (<a href="#Plate_V">Plate V</a>, fig. 3) is a dark +brown, with a broad band of rusty brown, parallel with the hind +margin of each wing, and broken by the wing rays. Each division<!-- Page 175 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_175" id="Page_175">[Pg 175]</a></span> +of these bands has often a black central spot, but frequently these +are entirely absent. The colouring of the under side is very +similar but less defined, and the rusty spots of the hind wings are +very small.</p> + +<p>The butterfly is out in June and July. The caterpillars, which +are green, with white stripes along the sides, feed on various +grasses. They hybernate during the winter, and change to the +chrysalis state in the following May or June.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Northern Brown</i> (<i>Erebia Æthiops</i>)</h4> + +<p>The colour of this species (<a href="#Plate_V">Plate V</a>, fig. 4) is a rich dark brown, +with rust-coloured and black spotted bands arranged something +like those of the last. The markings, however, are very variable. +There are usually four black spots on the band of the fore wings, +but the first two of these are always united, and centred with +white. The third is often very small or entirely wanting.</p> + +<p>The under side of the fore wings is marked something like the +upper, but the hind wings on this side are grey, with two broad +bands of a darker colour.</p> + +<p>As its popular name implies, this butterfly is a northerner. It +is common in Scotland, where it flies in elevated spots. In +England it is confined to the mountainous districts of the +north.</p> + +<p>The perfect insect is at large in July and August, during which +time the eggs are deposited on various grasses or on low-growing +herbage in grassy spots.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is of a brown colour, and has a narrow black +stripe down the middle of the back, and two other stripes, lighter +than the ground colour, one on each side. At about the end of +June it turns to a chrysalis of a brownish colour.</p> + +<p>The food plants of this species include a number of common +grasses.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Speckled Wood or Wood Argus</i> (<i>Pararge Egeria</i>)</h4> + +<p>Most of our butterflies delight in the hot sun, and are to be +seen on the wing only when it is shining brightly. This fact is +particularly noticeable on a bright day with occasional heavy +clouds. While the sun's rays are pouring uninterruptedly on the +landscape, numbers of these light-lovers are to be observed flitting<!-- Page 176 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_176" id="Page_176">[Pg 176]</a></span> +about; but when the dense shadow of a passing cloud creeps over +the ground they rapidly disappear from view, having settled down +to rest on leaves and stems. Then, as soon as the shadow passes +away, the air is again enlivened with their sports and flittings.</p> + +<p>The Wood Argus is a marked exception to this rule. It +delights in the cool shade of the narrow paths of woods, where it +slowly flies up and down the lonely footpath, taking but little heed +of strangers that intrude on its haunts, and seldom venturing into +the full blaze of the sun unless pursued. Even on dull days it +continues its solitary flight, and may even be seen on the wing +while a soft rain is bathing the dripping foliage.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_78" id="FIG_78"></a><a href="images/i_193.jpg"><img src="images/i_193_tn.jpg" width="300" height="101" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Wood Argus." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 78.—The Wood Argus—Under +Side.</span> +</div> + +<p>The upper surface of this pretty butterfly is shown on <a href="#Plate_V">Plate V</a>, +fig. 5, and the under side in the accompanying woodcut. Both +sides are prettily marked with various shades of brown and buff, +and adorned with white-centred +dark eye-spots which have earned +for it the name of Argus.</p> + +<p>It first appears on the wing in +April, and may be seen from this +month continuously to the end of +August.</p> + +<p>The food plants probably consist +of many species of grasses, the +cock's-foot (<i>Dactylis glomerata</i>) +and couch grass (<i>Agropyron repens</i>) +being among the number, and the +eggs are laid on or in the neighbourhood of these during the summer +months.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar of this species is of a dull greenish or brownish +colour, and it has two whitish stripes (sometimes three) down the +middle of the back, and similar stripes along each side. It +hybernates during the winter, and is full grown in March, when it +changes to a dull green or brownish chrysalis, which is streaked +with black, and has a few white dots on the back.</p> + +<p>It has been stated that the butterfly is on the wing from April +to August, and, according to some authorities, there are no less +than three broods during this time, following each other in rapid +succession. It is common throughout England and Ireland, and is +known in parts of Scotland.<!-- Page 177 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_177" id="Page_177">[Pg 177]</a></span></p> + + +<h4><i>The Wall Butterfly</i> (<i>Pararge Megæra</i>)</h4> + +<p>Belonging to the same genus is another very familiar butterfly +—the Wall—which receives its popular title from its peculiar habit +of frequently resting on walls and stony banks. It is one of the +first, if not <i>the</i> first, to take to the wing in the morning, and is +generally the last to seek its hiding place in the evening. I have +seen it actively flying about during August, as early as 7.30 in the +morning, and found it still flitting from one spot to another along +the western side of a wall as late as 8 in the evening, as if in search +of a convenient shelter for the fast approaching night.</p> + +<p>This pretty 'Brown' must be familiar to the reader, and the +coloured drawing on <a href="#Plate_V">Plate V</a> (fig. 6) will at once serve for purposes +of identification without the necessity of a wordy description. It +may be mentioned, however, that the male (the sex figured) is +smaller than the female, and is further distinguished by a broad dark +oblique band passing across each fore wing.</p> + +<p>The Wall is a double-brooded butterfly, the first brood appearing +in May, and the second in August. The caterpillars which produce +the latter may be found on the cock's foot (<i>Dactylis glomerata</i>) +and other grasses in June, while those of the former are hybernators; +and the chrysalides of the two broods may be found in April +and July respectively.</p> + +<p>The colour of the caterpillar is green, with a slightly darker +stripe down the middle of the back, a pale stripe along each side, +and another similar stripe about midway between these two.</p> + +<p>The chrysalis is green with the exception of the more prominent +parts of its surface, which are almost white.</p> + +<p>This species is very common in almost every locality in Britain.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Grayling</i> (<i>Satyrus Semele</i>)</h4> + +<p>The Grayling is the largest of our 'Browns,' and, although a +powerful flier, it seldom takes long flights. The female, which is +shown in fig. 7, <a href="#Plate_V">Plate V</a>, is really a beautiful creature, the light +markings of which stand out in bold contrast with the deep brown +ground colour; but the male is comparatively dingy, there being +much less contrast between the ground and the markings. He is +also smaller than his mate.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_79" id="FIG_79"></a> +<a href="images/i_195.jpg"><img src="images/i_195_tn.jpg" width="300" height="115" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of Figure 79." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 79.—The Grayling—Under Side.</span> +</div> + +<p>The under side of both sexes is similar (<a href="#FIG_79">fig. 79</a>), the pattern of +the fore wings being much like that of the other side, but considerably<!-- Page 178 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_178" id="Page_178">[Pg 178]</a></span> +lighter, and the hind wings are beautifully marbled with various +greys and browns.</p> + +<p>This species is not nearly so common as the two preceding, but +it is very widely distributed, and is exceedingly abundant in some +parts. On some of the heathery cliffs and downs of the south and +south-west coasts it is so +plentiful that the butterflies +are started into the air at +almost every step, for it +seldom flies except when disturbed. +It is a common +insect in Ireland, and also in +parts of Scotland.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is a hybernator, +and may be found +feeding on grasses in the +autumn and the spring. It +changes to the chrysalis in June, and the perfect insect is on the +wing from June to the beginning of September.</p> + +<p>The colour of the caterpillar is pinkish drab above, and greenish +drab beneath. A dark brown stripe, edged with a lighter colour, +passes down the middle of the back, and a dark line on each side. +It changes to a dark reddish-brown chrysalis on the surface of the +ground, or, according to some observers, a little beneath the surface.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Meadow Brown</i> (<i>Epinephele Janira</i>)</h4> + +<p>Although this very common butterfly is usually considered to be +the dingiest of its family, yet it must be admitted that the colour of +a freshly emerged specimen is really very rich.</p> + +<p>The male is of a dark brown colour, with an indistinct patch of +a lighter tawny brown near the outer margin of the fore wings, and +a white-centred black eye-spot near the costal angle of the same +wings. The female (<a href="#Plate_V">Plate V</a>, fig. 8) is of a lighter colour, the eye-spot +on her fore wings is larger and far more conspicuous, and an +irregular patch of light orange brown occupies a large area of each +of the same wings. She is, moreover, larger than her mate, and in +every way a more attractive insect.</p> + +<p>The Meadow Brown abounds everywhere, from June to September, +and may be seen on grass land and waste grounds where +other butterflies are seldom found.<!-- Page 179 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_179" id="Page_179">[Pg 179]</a></span></p> + +<p>The caterpillar is green, and is rendered slightly rough by a +number of minute warts. There is also a white stripe on each side. +It feeds on various grasses in the autumn, hybernates during the +winter, and is full grown in May.</p> + +<p>The chrysalis is apple green, spotted with a lighter green, and +has several black markings.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Large Heath</i> (<i>Epinephele Tithonus</i>)</h4> + +<p>This butterfly is sometimes called the 'Small Meadow Brown,' +and is certainly much like the last species, both in colouring and +habits.</p> + +<p>The fore wings of the male (<a href="#Plate_V">Plate V</a>, fig. 9) are light orange +brown, bordered with dark brown, and having a broad patch of the +same across the middle; and near the costal angle is a round black +spot with two white dots. +The hind wings are dark +brown with a patch of light +orange brown near the centre, +and a small eye-spot near the +anal angle. The female is +exactly similar, except that +she does not possess the broad +bar on the fore wings.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_80" id="FIG_80"></a> +<a href="images/i_196.jpg"><img src="images/i_196_tn.jpg" width="300" height="101" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Large Heath." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 80.—The Large Heath—Under +Side.</span> +</div> + +<p>The under side is shown +in <a href="#FIG_80">fig. 80</a>, and is coloured +with various shades of brown.</p> + +<p>This is a very common butterfly, and may be seen during July +in most English counties, also in the south of Scotland, and in a +few localities in the south of Ireland. It frequents meadows, +heaths, downs, and lanes, like <i>Janira</i>, but is not nearly so abundant +as that species.</p> + +<p>The young caterpillar is hatched in August, and is still very +small when it seeks its winter shelter among the stems of grasses. +It resumes feeding in the following May, and is full grown towards +the end of June. Its colour is very variable—pale green, olive +green, or dull brown, with five longitudinal stripes at about equal +distances from each other. These consist of a dark one down the +middle of the back, a pale line along each side, and another pale +line midway between these.</p> + +<p>The chrysalis may be found at the end of June, attached by<!-- Page 180 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_180" id="Page_180">[Pg 180]</a></span> +the tail to blades of grass. It is of a very light colour, almost +white, but adorned with numerous black lines and patches.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Ringlet</i> (<i>Epinephele Hyperanthus</i>)</h4> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_81" id="FIG_81"></a><a href="images/i_197.jpg"><img src="images/i_197_tn.jpg" width="300" height="106" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Ringlet." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 81.—The Ringlet—Upper Side.</span> +</div> + +<p>This is another rather plainly dressed insect, though somewhat +prettily adorned on the under side. The upper surface is of a very +deep sepia brown, almost black, with a few indistinct black eye-like +spots near the margins. The under side (<a href="#Plate_V">Plate V</a>, fig. 10) is of a lighter +umber brown, with corresponding eye-spots generally very conspicuous. +These spots are black, with white centres, and generally +surrounded by light rings. They are subject, however, to considerable +variation. Those on the upper surface are sometimes quite +absent in the male, but are nearly always readily perceptible in the +female. On the under side, too, they are occasionally quite absent, +while in other varieties they +are minute white-centred +dots, without any surrounding +light ring. Our coloured +drawing represents the most +usual form.</p> + +<p>The favourite haunts of +the Ringlet are the borders +of woods, and the sheltered +sides of flowery hedgerows. +It is not so widely distributed +as some of the common +'Browns,' but is usually very abundant where it occurs, sometimes +appearing in such numbers that several may be taken with a single +stroke of the net. It does not seem to be a frequenter of Scotland, +and is known in Ireland only in the south. Its head quarters are +the southern and south-midland counties of England.</p> + +<p>The eggs are laid in July on various grasses, on which the young +caterpillars feed from about the middle of August till the cold weather +sets in. They hybernate at the roots of the grasses till the beginning +of the following May, and change to the chrysalis state about +the middle of June, suspending themselves to grass blades by +means of their anal hooks.</p> + +<p>The colour of the caterpillar is dull green or brown, and is +marked with five longitudinal stripes much like those of the +Large Heath.<!-- Page 181 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_181" id="Page_181">[Pg 181]</a></span></p> + +<p>The chrysalis is pale brown, spotted and striped with a darker +shade of the same colour.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Marsh Ringlet</i> (<i>Cænonympha Typhon</i>)</h4> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_82" id="FIG_82"></a><a href="images/i_198.jpg"><img src="images/i_198_tn.jpg" width="300" height="85" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Marsh Ringlet." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 82.—The Marsh Ringlet—Under +Side.</span> +</div> + +<p>The upper surface of this butterfly is shown in the first figure +of <a href="#Plate_VI">Plate VI</a>, and the under side in the accompanying woodcut; +but it must be remembered that the species is a very variable one, +so much so that it is almost impossible to give anything like a short +and, at the same time, a satisfactory description. The female may +usually be distinguished by a pale patch across the middle of the fore +wings; and the eye spots of the same wings, always more or less +indistinct when present, are sometimes entirely wanting. The +markings of the under side are even more variable, the transverse +bars and the eye spots being often +particularly conspicuous, and at +other times hardly discernible.</p> + +<p>This is generally spoken of as a +northerner, its chief localities being +in the mountainous parts of Scotland +and the elevated districts of +the north of England, but in Ireland +it extends to the southern +ranges. Its haunts are elevated +moors and marshy heaths, where +its food plant—the beak-rush (<i>Rhyncospora alba</i>)—abounds, and it +is on the wing from the end of June to August or September.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is green, with five longitudinal stripes—one dark +one, bordered with yellow, down the middle of the back, and two +pale yellow ones on each side. It is a hybernator, and is full grown +about the end of May, when it suspends itself by the hindmost +claspers to a silken carpet, and changes to a green chrysalis with +pale brown wing cases.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Small Heath</i> (<i>Cænonympha Pamphilus</i>)</h4> + +<p>The last member of the family <i>Satyridæ</i> is the well-known Small +Heath, that may be seen almost all over the British Isles on heaths, +meadows and moors, from May to September.</p> + +<p>The upper surface of this butterfly (<a href="#Plate_VI">Plate VI</a>, fig. 2) is a tawny +yellow, with a dark brown border, and a spot of the same dark tint<!-- Page 182 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_182" id="Page_182">[Pg 182]</a></span> +near the tip of each fore wing. The under side is much like that +of the last species, but there are no eye spots on the hind wings.</p> + +<p>The eggs of the first brood are laid during May and June on the +various grasses on which the caterpillar feeds.</p> + +<p>The caterpillars that emerge from these are fully grown in July or +early August, and go through their changes during the latter month; +but the later ones hybernate during the winter, and are not full +fed till the following May.</p> + +<p>The colour of the larva is pale apple green, with a wide darker +stripe down the back, two others along the sides, and two more +between the latter and the dorsal stripe. All these five stripes are +bordered with a whitish colour.</p> + +<p>The chrysalis is bright apple green, dotted with white, and the +wing cases are striped with a purple-brown line edged with white.<!-- Page 183 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_183" id="Page_183">[Pg 183]</a></span></p> + + + +<hr /> +<h3><a name="CHAPTER_XV" id="CHAPTER_XV"></a>CHAPTER XV +<br /> +<i>THE HAIRSTREAKS, COPPERS AND BLUES</i></h3> + + +<h4>Family—<span class="smcap">Lycænidæ</span></h4> + +<p>This is a large family, including as it does no less than nineteen +of the British species. These are all of small size, and are characterised +by their short and jerky flights. They seldom rise much +above the ground, and are consequently very easily caught.</p> + +<p>The caterpillars of this family have all short and rather thick +bodies, shaped very much like that of the wood louse—flattened +beneath and very convex above.</p> + +<p>The chrysalides are generally attached by the 'tail,' and further +secured by a silken cord round the body, as we have already observed +in the case of the <i>Pieridæ</i>.</p> + +<p>The perfect insects differ from the preceding species in that all +six legs are perfectly developed and adapted for walking.</p> + +<p>There are only three genera in this large family:</p> + +<ol> +<li><i>Thecla</i>—The Hairstreaks, with 'tailed' wings.</li> +<li><i>Polyommatus</i>—The 'Coppers.'</li> +<li><i>Lycæna</i>—The 'Blues,' with wings either blue or brown.</li> +</ol> + + +<h4><i>The Brown Hairstreak</i> (<i>Thecla Betulæ</i>)</h4> + +<p>The five Hairstreaks which constitute the genus <i>Thecla</i> are all +pretty insects, characterised by hair-like streaks on the under +surface.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_83" id="FIG_83"></a><a href="images/i_201a.jpg"><img src="images/i_201a_tn.jpg" width="300" height="103" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Brown Hairstreak." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 83.—The Brown Hairstreak—Male.</span> +</div> + +<p><i>Betulæ</i> is the largest of these. Its upper surface is of a deep +brown colour, with orange-brown marks at the anal angles of the +hind wings, and, in the female, a large patch of orange on the fore +wings. The under side (<a href="#Plate_VI">Plate VI</a>, fig. 3) is orange brown, much +lighter in the male than in the female. On the fore wings are two<!-- Page 184 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_184" id="Page_184">[Pg 184]</a></span> +white lines, the inner one of which is indistinct; and on the hind +wings are two others, the outer one being longer and more distinct +than the inner.</p> + +<p>This butterfly is by no means an abundant insect, though it is +widely distributed, and in some places +plentiful. Its chief haunts are woods, +and we may mention among its +favoured localities Epping Forest, +Monk's Wood in Cambridgeshire, the +wooded parts of South Devon and +Dorset, New Forest, Colchester, and +Peterborough.</p> + +<p>The perfect insect is on the wing +from July to October, and the eggs are +deposited in the autumn on the twigs +of its food plant—the blackthorn +(<i>Prunus spinosa</i>). These do not hatch till the following spring. +Toward the end of June the caterpillar is fully fed.</p> + +<p>The colour of the caterpillar is light green, with two white stripes +down the back, and two others along the sides. There are also two +small oblique whitish lines on each side of each segment.</p> + +<p>The chrysalis is smooth, and of a pale brown colour.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Black Hairstreak, or White-letter Hairstreak</i> +(<i>Thecla W-album</i>)</h4> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_84" id="FIG_84"></a><a href="images/i_201b.jpg"><img src="images/i_201b_tn.jpg" width="300" height="75" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The White-letter Hairstreak." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 84.—The White-letter +Hairstreak.</span> +</div> + +<p>The first of the above two popular names has been applied to +this species on account of the very deep brown colour of the upper +side, which colour is often a near approach +to black. The second is due to the <span class="lettershape">W</span>-shaped +bend of the white streak of the hind wings. +The ground colour of the under side (<a href="#Plate_VI">Plate +VI</a>, fig. 4) is greyish brown, with a bright +orange band, spotted with black near the +hind margin of the hind wings.</p> + +<p><i>W-album</i> is a somewhat rare insect, but +is occasionally seen in plenty in a few localities, +Cambridgeshire, Berkshire, Epping, +Colchester and Suffolk being among its chief resorts. It is out +on the wing in July, and should be looked for in wooded country +where the common elm (<i>Ulmus campestris</i>) and the wych elm +(<i>U. montana</i>), its food plants, exist.<!-- Page 185 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_185" id="Page_185">[Pg 185]</a></span></p> + +<p>The eggs are laid on the twigs of these trees late in the summer, +and the young caterpillars do not appear till the following spring. +The chrysalis may be found attached to an elm twig or leaf about +the end of June.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is pale green. The ridges along the back are +tinged with yellow, and there are two fine oblique white lines on each +side of each segment.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Dark Hairstreak</i> (<i>Thecla Pruni</i>)</h4> + +<p>The upper side of this butterfly is very much like that of +<i>W-album</i>, but it may be distinguished by the presence of a few +orange spots near the anal angle of the hind wings. The colouring +of the under side (<a href="#Plate_VI">Plate VI</a>, fig. 5) is also very similar, except that +the white lines of the wings are thinner and less distinct than in the +last species, and do not exhibit the <span class="lettershape">W</span>-shaped bend. The orange +band of this surface is bordered on each side with a row of black +spots, each of which is touched with a bluish white or a metallic +blue.</p> + +<p>This insect is not by any means common, but has been seen in +considerable numbers in certain localities. It is not found in +either Scotland or Ireland, and its chief haunts in England seem +to be in Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire. +It frequents wooded country, and flies during June and July.</p> + +<p>The eggs are laid late in the summer on the twigs of the blackthorn +(<i>Prunus spinosa</i>), and are not hatched till the following +spring.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar, which is pale green, with rows of yellow spots, +may be found in May.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Purple Hairstreak</i> (<i>Thecla Quercus</i>)</h4> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_85" id="FIG_85"></a><a href="images/i_203a.jpg"><img src="images/i_203a_tn.jpg" width="300" height="96" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Purple Hairstreak." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 85.—The Purple +Hairstreak—Male.</span> +</div> + +<p>This pretty butterfly, by far the commonest of the Hairstreaks, +though comparatively very small, reminds one forcibly of the noble +Purple Emperor. Its haunts are the same oak woods, and its upper +surface, though only a dull dark brown in certain lights, exhibits +the same imperial purple reflections when viewed at certain angles. +The purple of the male extends over the whole of the wings, but +that of the female is confined to a <span class="lettershape">V</span>-shaped patch at the base of +the fore wings. In the latter case, however, the purple is much +richer than in the male sex.<!-- Page 186 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_186" id="Page_186">[Pg 186]</a></span></p> + +<p>The under side (<a href="#Plate_VI">Plate VI</a>, fig. 6) is coloured with a delicate +grey ground, adorned with a white streak on each wing, and a +couple of orange spots near the anal angle of the hind wings.</p> + +<p>This species is very widely distributed, +being common in oak woods +in most parts of England, and also in +many parts of Scotland and Ireland. +It flies around the branches of the +trees, and often disappoints the collector +by keeping far beyond the reach +of his net.</p> + +<p>Those in search of this pretty insect +should ramble in oak woods, preferably +in the south of England, during July +and August. The eggs may be found glued to the twigs throughout +the winter, and the larvæ may be beaten from the branches of the +oak in June.</p> + +<p>The colour of the caterpillar is brownish or pinkish green, with +a row of <span class="lettershape">V</span>-shaped marks down the back.</p> + +<p>The chrysalis is of a brown colour, short and thick, and may be +found either attached to oak leaves, or under the surface of the +earth at the foot of the tree on which the caterpillar fed.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Green Hairstreak</i> (<i>Thecla Rubi</i>)</h4> + +<p>Next to <i>Quercus</i>, this is the most plentiful of the genus. It +frequents woods and heaths in nearly every county in England, and +is also found in parts of Scotland and Ireland. It is peculiar +among British butterflies as being the only +one that exhibits a bright green colour. It +also differs from the other Hairstreaks in two +important particulars, for the hind wings, +though angled at the hind margin, are not +'tailed,' and the characteristic hairstreak +which gives the popular name to the genus is +here represented only by a series of white +dots across the wings, or, in some cases, by +one or two dots on the hind wings only.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_86" id="FIG_86"></a><a href="images/i_203b.jpg"><img src="images/i_203b_tn.jpg" width="300" height="67" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Green Hairstreak." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 86.—The Green +Hairstreak.</span> +</div> + +<p>The upper side is dark brown, displaying metallic reflections +when viewed in a strong light. The under side is represented in +fig. 7 of <a href="#Plate_VI">Plate VI</a>.<!-- Page 187 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_187" id="Page_187">[Pg 187]</a></span></p> + +<p>The chief food plants of this species are the bramble (<i>Rubus +fruticosus</i>), the birch (<i>Betula alba</i>), and the broom (<i>Cytisus +scoparius</i>).</p> + +<p>The perfect insect flies in May and June, and the eggs are +deposited during the latter month on the above plants. The +caterpillars are full fed in July, and change to the chrysalis state +towards the end of the summer.</p> + +<p>The colour of the caterpillar is pale green, with a yellow stripe +and several white oblique lines along the sides, also a yellowish +stripe down the back.</p> + +<p>The chrysalis is short and thick, and of a dark brown +colour.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Large Copper</i> (<i>Polyommatus Dispar</i>)</h4> + +<p>Our next genus contains only two British species. The first of +these—the Large Copper—was once a common insect at Whittlesea +in Cambridgeshire, and in some of the fens of Huntingdonshire, +but is now feared to be quite extinct, as none have been seen for +many years. The last capture was made in 1847 in Huntingdonshire. +However, it <i>may</i> turn up again; and even if it does not, it would +be a pity to allow the memory of so fine an insect to die out; so +we find room to figure it (<a href="#Plate_VI">Plate VI</a>, fig. 8), and append a few +remarks.</p> + +<p>There is a very great difference between the male and the +female. The former is of a brilliant copper hue, and all the wings +have a black margin and a black streak near the middle. The female +is larger; and the coppery colour is much redder. The black border +of the fore wings is wider, and there are also several large black +spots on these wings. The hind wings are almost entirely covered +with black, with the exception of a broad coppery band near the +hind margin.</p> + +<p>The food plant of the caterpillar appears to have been the water +dock (<i>Rumex Hydrolapathum</i>), on which the eggs were laid late +in the summer. It is probable that the caterpillar was a hybernator, +seeking its winter shelter while still very young; and it was +full fed in June.</p> + +<p>Its colour was green, with a darker stripe of the same colour on +the back; and the chrysalis was attached by anal hooks and a cord +round the body.<!-- Page 188 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_188" id="Page_188">[Pg 188]</a></span></p> + + +<h4><i>The Small Copper</i> (<i>Polyommatus Phlæas</i>)</h4> + +<p>The only other British member of the genus <i>Polyommatus</i>—the +Small Copper—is one of the commonest of our butterflies. It may +be found in nearly all parts of the British Isles from April to September, +more particularly in April, June, <i>and</i> August, for it is +apparently triple brooded.</p> + +<p>This brilliant and lively little insect is shown on <a href="#Plate_VI">Plate VI</a> +(fig. 9), and, being so very familiar, needs no description.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar feeds on different species of dock—the broad-leaved +dock (<i>Rumex obtusifolius</i>), the fiddle dock (<i>R. pulcher</i>), +the sorrel (<i>R. acetosa</i>), and the sheep sorrel (<i>R. acetosella</i>); also on +the ragwort (<i>Senecio Jacobæa</i>). It is full fed about three weeks +after hatching, and then changes to a small and stout chrysalis, of +a pale brown colour, on the leaf of its food plant.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar itself is green, with a reddish line on the back +and on each side; and it glides over the surface of the leaves something +after the manner of a slug, without exhibiting any very +apparent motion of its short legs and claspers.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Tailed Blue</i> (<i>Lycæna Bætica</i>)</h4> + +<p>We now come to a genus containing no less than ten species of +beautiful little butterflies, known commonly as the 'Blues;' but +one of them exhibits no trace of the colour so characteristic of the +group, although it resembles the others in structure and habits.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_87" id="FIG_87"></a><a href="images/i_205.jpg"><img src="images/i_205_tn.jpg" width="300" height="77" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Tailed Blue." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 87.—The Tailed +Blue—Under Side.</span> +</div> + +<p>Our first example is the Tailed Blue, +known also as the Pea-pod Argus. The upper +side of this insect (<a href="#Plate_VI">Plate VI</a>, fig. 10) is of a +dull smoke colour, exhibiting purple-blue reflections, +which are, in the female, confined +to distinct blotches on the bases of the wings, +but in the male are less noticeable, and +extend over the whole surface. The hind +margin of the hind wings has a row of spots, +more or less distinct, and much more prominent +in the female than in the male. The under side is beautifully +marked with bands of fawn and grey, and with two spots of brilliant +metallic green in the anal angle of the hind wings.</p> + +<p>This butterfly abounds in the countries of South Europe, where +the caterpillar feeds on the pods of certain leguminous plants; but<!-- Page 189 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_189" id="Page_189">[Pg 189]</a></span> +only a few stragglers have been taken in England, so that its reputation +as a true Britisher is very uncertain. It is highly probable +that the two or three specimens caught on our south coast were +blown over from the Continent, and that the insect has never bred +on this side of the Channel.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Silver-studded Blue</i> (<i>Lycæna Ægon</i>)</h4> + +<p>The upper surface of the male (<a href="#Plate_VI">Plate VI</a>, fig. 11) of this species +is purple blue, with a black border on the hind margins of all wings. +The female (fig. 12 of the same plate) is of a very dark smoky-brown +colour, often with a bluish tinge, and has generally a row of orange +spots near the hind margin of the hind wings.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_88" id="FIG_88"></a><a href="images/i_206.jpg"><img src="images/i_206_tn.jpg" width="300" height="67" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Silver-studded Blue." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 88. +The Silver-studded +Blue—Under Side.</span> +</div> + +<p>The under side of both sexes is similar, and is illustrated in the +accompanying woodcut. The ground colour is bluish grey, and is +marked with a number of black spots +surrounded by light rings. Along the +hind margin of the hind wings is a row +of orange spots, each bordered with black +on the inner side, and with a silvery +blue on the outer.</p> + +<p>This insect appears in July, and is +common in many dry, sandy, or chalky +spots in various parts of England, and +also in a few localities in Scotland and +Ireland. It has been reported as abundant at Darlington and in +certain localities in Lancashire, but its head quarters are undoubtedly +the chalk downs and dry gravelly banks of the southern +counties.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar feeds on the bird's-foot (<i>Ornithopus perpusillus</i>), +and is full grown towards the end of June. Its colour is yellow or +grey, with a brown dorsal stripe, a white line on each side, and +pale oblique lines near the former. About the end of June it changes +to a dull green chrysalis, with projecting wing cases.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Brown Argus</i> (<i>Lycæna Astrarche</i>)</h4> + +<p>Neither male nor female of this species exhibits any trace of +blue. The upper surface, shown in fig. 13 of <a href="#Plate_VI">Plate VI</a>, is coloured +with a warm brown, and all four wings have a row of orange spots +near the hind margin. The fore wings have also a central black<!-- Page 190 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_190" id="Page_190">[Pg 190]</a></span> +spot. The under surface, drawn on the same plate (fig. 14), is +bluish grey, with a border of orange spots on each hind margin as +on the other side. There are also numerous black spots in light +rings, the arrangement of which will be seen in the figure.</p> + +<p>Some species of butterflies and moths are so variable in their +colouring and markings that varieties have often been mistaken for +distinct species; and, in other cases, distinct species are sometimes +so similar in character that they are looked upon as identical.</p> + +<p>A butterfly that closely resembles the normal Brown Argus in +many points, and named <i>Artaxerxes</i>, has often been described as a +distinct species, but is now, I believe, recognised by most entomologists +as a constant variety of the present species.</p> + +<p>It differs from the normal type in having a <i>white</i> instead of a +<i>black</i> spot in the centre of the fore wings, and the border of orange +spots is often very indistinct. On the under side, too, instead of +black spots in white rings, it has white spots, with little or no trace +of a black centre.</p> + +<p>The ordinary Brown Argus is a southerner, and is particularly +abundant on the chalk downs of the south coast and the Isle of +Wight, but <i>Artaxerxes</i> is to be found only in Scotland and the +north of England; and it is interesting to note that, between these +northern and southern districts, intermediate varieties are to be met +with.</p> + +<p>Again, <i>Astrarche</i> is a double-brooded butterfly, appearing on +the wing in May and August; while <i>Artaxerxes</i> is single brooded, +flying at midsummer. This fact has lent support to the opinion +that the two are distinct species; but it must be remembered that +several insects that are single brooded in one country are double +brooded in a warmer climate.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar of <i>Astrarche</i> feeds on the hemlock stork's-bill +(<i>Erodium cicutarium</i>). It is of a pale yellow colour, with a +brownish line on the back; and is full fed in April and July.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Common Blue</i> (<i>Lycæna Icarus</i>)</h4> + +<p>Although this pretty little butterfly is so common that it is +almost sure to be known to all who take any interest in insect life, +yet it is important to observe it carefully, since it is an easy matter +to confound it with other species of the same genus.</p> + +<p>The upper surfaces of the two sexes are very different, that of +the male (<a href="#Plate_VI">Plate VI</a>, fig. 15) being a beautiful lilac blue; and that of<!-- Page 191 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_191" id="Page_191">[Pg 191]</a></span> +the female (<a href="#Plate_VI">Plate VI</a>, fig. 16) a dark brown, powdered with blue at +the bases of the wings, and having <i>generally</i> a border of orange +spots, more or less defined, on the hind margins of all wings.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_89" id="FIG_89"></a><a href="images/i_208a.jpg"><img src="images/i_208a_tn.jpg" width="300" height="77" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Common Blue." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 89.—The Common +Blue—Under Side.</span> +</div> + +<p>The under side, shown in the accompanying woodcut, is ashy +brown; warm in the female, but paler in the male. The hind +wings, and sometimes all four, are +bordered with orange spots; and this +species may be distinguished from +<i>Astrarche</i> by the presence of two black +spots, in white rings, near the base of +the fore wings.</p> + +<p>There will be no need to name localities +for this insect, as it is abundant +everywhere, frequenting meadows, +heaths, and all waste places. It is +double brooded, and is on the wing continuously from May to +September, the first brood enduring from May to July, and the +second from July to the end of the warm weather.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is green, with a dorsal line of a darker tint, and +a row of white spots on each side. It feeds on clover (<i>Trifolium +pratense</i> and <i>T. repens</i>), bird's-foot (<i>Ornithopus perpusillus</i>), +bird's-foot trefoil (<i>Lotus corniculatus</i>), and the rest-harrow (<i>Ononis +spinosa</i>).</p> + +<p>The chrysalis is short and rounded, of a dull green colour, tinged +with brown on the under surface.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Clifden Blue</i> (<i>Lycæna Bellargus</i>)</h4> + +<p>Our coloured representations of this beautiful blue (<a href="#Plate_VI">Plate VI</a>, +figs. 17 and 18) show that here also +there is a great difference between +the male and female. The former is +a most lovely and brilliant sky blue, +bordered by a fine black line; and the +latter is a dull dark brown, with a more +or less distinct border of orange spots, +and the bases of the wings are powdered +with scales of a tint corresponding with +those of the male. In both sexes the +fringe is very distinctly barred with dark brown.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_90" id="FIG_90"></a><a href="images/i_208b.jpg"><img src="images/i_208b_tn.jpg" width="300" height="78" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Clifden Blue." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 90.—The Clifden +Blue—Under Side.</span> +</div> + +<p>The under side (fig. 90) is similar in both sexes—greyish brown,<!-- Page 192 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_192" id="Page_192">[Pg 192]</a></span> +with a border of reddish spots, and a number of black spots in white +rings, the arrangement of which is here represented.</p> + +<p>The butterfly frequents chalky downs, chiefly in the south of +England, and seems to be unknown in Scotland and Ireland. The +Isle of Wight, and the chalky downs and banks of Sussex, Surrey, +and Kent, are its favourite localities; and even in these it is generally +very local, sometimes swarming on a grassy bank of no great extent, +when the surrounding neighbourhood, though apparently equally +suitable to its requirements, does not harbour a single specimen. +It is on the wing in May and June, and again in August.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is green, with two rows of yellow streaks on the +back, and a yellow stripe on each side. It feeds on the Dutch clover +(<i>Trifolium repens</i>), horse-shoe vetch (<i>Hippocrepis comosa</i>), and +various other leguminous plants.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Chalk-Hill Blue</i> (<i>Lycæna Corydon</i>)</h4> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_91" id="FIG_91"></a><a href="images/i_209.jpg"><img src="images/i_209_tn.jpg" width="300" height="95" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Chalk Hill Blue." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 91.—The Chalk Hill +Blue—Under Side.</span> +</div> + +<p>The male of this species (<a href="#Plate_VII">Plate VII</a>, fig. 1) is readily to be distinguished +from all other members of the genus by its pale glossy +blue, but the female (fig. 2 of <a href="#Plate_VII">Plate VII</a>) so closely resembles that +of <i>Bellargus</i> that it is often a somewhat difficult matter to discriminate +between them. The following, however, are a few points +worthy of observation: The upper +side of the female <i>Corydon</i> has the +bases of the wings more or less +sprinkled with the pale silky blue that +characterises the male; and the black +bars of the fringe are <i>usually</i> broader +in <i>Corydon</i> than in <i>Bellargus</i>. The +black-centred spots of the under side +are also usually more conspicuous in +the former species than in the latter.</p> + +<p>The difficulty of identification is +increased by the fact that both these butterflies frequent similar +localities, and are often on the wing at the same time; but although +<i>Corydon</i> is certainly a frequenter of chalky districts, yet it +is often found plentifully in districts far removed from the chalk, +notably at Arnside in Lancashire, and in Epping Forest.</p> + +<p>The butterfly is out in June and July. The caterpillar is green, +with two rows of short yellow streaks on the back, and a yellow +stripe on each side. It feeds on the purple and Dutch clovers<!-- Page 193 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_193" id="Page_193">[Pg 193]</a></span> +(<i>Trifolium pratense</i> and <i>T. repens</i>), bird's-foot trefoil (<i>Lotus +corniculatus</i>), horse-shoe vetch (<i>Hippocrepis comosa</i>), and lady's +fingers (<i>Anthyllis vulneraria</i>).</p> + + +<h4><i>The Holly Blue</i> (<i>Lycæna Argiolus</i>)</h4> + +<p>While all the other Blues delight to sport on low flowery banks +in the full blaze of the summer's sun, the Holly Blue prefers to flit +among the branches of trees, often many feet from the ground. +The larva feeds on the flowers of the holly (<i>Ilex Aquifolium</i>) in +the spring, and on those of the ivy (<i>Hedera Helix</i>) late in the +summer; also on the alder buckthorn (<i>Rhamnus Frangula</i>); and it +is in localities where these grow that we may find this lovely Blue +sporting among the branches, or resting on a leaf with its wings +folded together, thus making itself conspicuous among the dark +foliage by exposing the pale silvery blue of its under surface.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_92" id="FIG_92"></a> +<a href="images/i_210.jpg"><img src="images/i_210_tn.jpg" width="300" height="73" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Holly Blue." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 92.—The Holly +Blue—Under Side.</span> +</div> + +<p>The upper sides of both the male and female are shown on +<a href="#Plate_VII">Plate VII</a> (figs. 3 and 4 respectively), where the beautiful lilac +blue will be seen to have a border of black, wider in the latter than +in the former.</p> + +<p>The under surface is spotted with +black, as shown in <a href="#FIG_92">fig. 92</a>, and has no +border of orange spots.</p> + +<p>This is a double-brooded butterfly, +appearing first in April and May, and +then again in August. It is not at all +uncommon in the south of England, +and extends northward as far as the +Lake District, but is not found in +Scotland. It is generally distributed throughout Ireland.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar may be looked for in June and October. It is +light green, with a line of dark green down the back.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Mazarine Blue</i> (<i>Lycæna Semiargus</i>)</h4> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_93" id="FIG_93"></a><a href="images/i_211a.jpg"><img src="images/i_211a_tn.jpg" width="300" height="79" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Mazarine Blue." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 93.—The Mazarine +Blue—Under Side.</span> +</div> + +<p>The male (<a href="#Plate_VII">Plate VII</a>, fig. 5) is deep purple blue, with a narrow +dark-brown border, and the female (fig. 6 of the same plate) dark +brown. The under side of both sexes is light greyish-brown or +drab, with a row of black spots in white rings parallel with the +hind margin of each wing, and no reddish or orange spots.<!-- Page 194 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_194" id="Page_194">[Pg 194]</a></span></p> + +<p>This pretty butterfly seems to have been plentiful in several +localities some years since, but has not been seen for a long time; +and it is probable that its reckless +slaughter by those who catch all +the pretty butterflies they can secure +either for ornament or for gain has +caused its name to be permanently +removed from our list of natives.</p> + +<p>It was formerly abundant in Dorset, +Hereford, Glamorganshire, and +near Shirley, and was on the wing in +June and July, but it disappeared +from our view before a full account of its life history had been +prepared.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Small Blue</i> (<i>Lycæna Minima</i>)</h4> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_94" id="FIG_94"></a><a href="images/i_211b.jpg"><img src="images/i_211b_tn.jpg" width="300" height="51" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Small Blue." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 94.—The Small +Blue—Under Side.</span> +</div> + +<p>We now come to the smallest of all British butterflies—a little +insect that measures less than one inch from tip to tip when its +wings are expanded. Its upper surface is of a dull and dark-brown +colour, the bases of the wings being dusted with blue in the case of +the male. The under side is pale drab, tinged with greenish blue +at the bases of the wings, and marked with black spots in light +rings as shown in the accompanying figure. +The upper side is represented in fig. 7 of +<a href="#Plate_VII">Plate VII</a>.</p> + +<p>This butterfly is on the wing in May +and June, and during the latter month +the eggs are deposited on the flowers of +the lady's fingers (<i>Anthyllis vulneraria</i>).</p> + +<p>The caterpillars are hatched in about a +week, and commence feeding on the calyx of the buds, and soon +burrow into them till they are quite concealed.</p> + +<p>The colour of the caterpillar is brownish, with a darker stripe +on the back, and a row of oblique brown streaks on each side.</p> + +<p>This species is widely distributed in England, and is plentiful +in most chalky and limestone districts. It is also found in parts of +Scotland and Ireland.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Large Blue</i> (<i>Lycæna Arion</i>)</h4> + +<p>The last of our Blues is the largest of the genus, and is, with +the exception of <i>Semiargus</i>, the rarest. It is a very local insect,<!-- Page 195 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_195" id="Page_195">[Pg 195]</a></span> +appearing in small numbers, during June and July, in parts of +South Devon, Gloucestershire, Northamptonshire, and a few other +counties.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 302px;"> +<a name="FIG_95" id="FIG_95"></a> +<a href="images/i_212.jpg"><img src="images/i_212_tn.jpg" width="302" height="98" alt="" title="Linked ot larger image of The Large Blue." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 95.—The Large Blue—Under +Side.</span> +</div> + +<p>The colour of the upper side +is a dark and rich blue, with a +broad dark border on the hind +margins, and a group of black spots +near the centre of the fore wings. +The under side (<a href="#FIG_95">fig. 95</a>) is of a +pearly grey, without any red spots, +but having a double border of +black spots, and also an irregular +row of black spots in white rings +across the middle of each wing.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar feeds on thyme (<i>Thymus Serpyllum</i>), on which +plant the eggs are laid singly, generally on the flower heads.<!-- Page 196 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_196" id="Page_196">[Pg 196]</a></span></p> + + + +<hr /> +<h3><a name="CHAPTER_XVI" id="CHAPTER_XVI"></a>CHAPTER XVI +<br /> +<i>THE DUKE OF BURGUNDY AND THE SKIPPERS</i></h3> + +<h4>Family—<span class="smcap">Erycinidæ</span> +<br /><br /> +<i>The Duke of Burgundy</i> (<i>Nemeobius Lucina</i>)</h4> + +<p>The family <i>Erycinidæ</i> has only one British representative, commonly +known as the Duke of Burgundy Fritillary, but although +this butterfly certainly resembles the Fritillaries in general appearance +(see figs. 9 and 10 of <a href="#Plate_VII">Plate VII</a>), its habits and life history +present many points of difference from these.</p> + +<p>The upper side is chequered with black and tawny brown, the +fringe is white and barred with dark brown, and a row of tawny +spots with black centres border the hind margins. The under side +has two rows of white spots, one near the base, and the other across +the centre of each wing.</p> + +<p>The male has only four legs adapted for walking, but the female +has six.</p> + +<p>The butterfly is out in May and June, and frequents the paths +and open spaces of woods, chiefly in the south of England, but it +has been taken in some of the northern counties.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar (<a href="#Plate_VIII">Plate VIII</a>, fig. 6) is not spiny like those of the +true Fritillaries, but more closely resembles those of the Blues, +being somewhat of the form of a woodlouse. It is reddish brown, +with tufts of hair, black spiracles, and a dark line down the back. +It feeds on the primrose (<i>Primula acaulis</i>) and the cowslip +(<i>P. veris</i>), and may be found during June, July and August.</p> + +<p>When fully grown, the caterpillar secures itself to a leaf or stem +by means of its anal claspers and a silken cord round its body, and +changes to a short, thick, hairy and light-coloured chrysalis (<a href="#Plate_VIII">Plate +VIII</a>, fig. 11), which is marked with several black spots. In this state +it spends the winter, and emerges early in the following summer.<!-- Page 197 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_197" id="Page_197">[Pg 197]</a></span></p> + + +<h4>Family—<span class="smcap">Hesperiidæ—The Skippers</span></h4> + +<p>This family contains eight small species, none of which are +remarkable for brilliancy of color. They are, nevertheless, very +interesting creatures, for they exhibit peculiarities of structure and +habit that render them singular among the butterflies, and seem to +show a sort of cousin relationship with the moths. They have +thick bodies that remind us somewhat of the <i>Noctuæ</i>. Their heads +are broad, so that the antennæ, which are slightly hooked at the +tips, are rather wide apart at the bases. When at rest, they +neither press their wings together over their back like the other +butterflies, nor do they set them horizontally after the manner of +the moths, but seem to lay claim to an intermediate position in the +scale of Lepidopterous insects by holding them in a half elevated +position. Their flight, too, is not graceful like that of most other +butterflies, nor even so steady as that of the little flitting blues, but +brisk and erratic, and resembling the fitful motions of moths disturbed +from their slumberings at unwonted hours. Thus they have +earned their popular title of skippers from their habit of skipping +rather than flying from flower to flower. All the three pairs of legs +of these butterflies are fully developed for walking.</p> + +<p>The caterpillars have rather large heads, and their bodies taper +from the middle toward both extremities. Like the larvæ of many +moths, they hide themselves in leaves which they have rolled and +secured with silken threads; and when about to change to the +chrysalis state, they also spin silken cocoons for their further +protection.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Grizzled Skipper</i> (<i>Syrichthus Malvæ</i>)</h4> + +<p>The ground color of this species is a very dark brown, relieved +by a number of square white spots arranged as shown in fig. 11 +of <a href="#Plate_VII">Plate VII</a>. The fringe is wide, and barred with the same two +colours, arranged alternately. The pattern of the under side is +similar, but the dark brown of the upper surface is replaced by a +lighter olive tint.</p> + +<p>The butterfly may be looked for in May in the open spaces of +woods, particularly in damp places. It is common all over England, +and is found also in the south of Scotland.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is either green or brownish, with a darker dorsal +stripe of the same color, and two white lines on each side. It +feeds on the raspberry (<i>Rubus idæus</i>), the bramble (<i>R. fruticosus</i>),<!-- Page 198 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_198" id="Page_198">[Pg 198]</a></span> +and the strawberry-leaved cinquefoil (<i>Potentilla Fragariastrum</i>), +and is full fed about the end of June.</p> + +<p>The chrysalis is greyish, spotted with black. It is rather elongated, +and without angles, but has a short and sharp projection +extending backwards from the 'tail.'</p> + + +<h4><i>The Dingy Skipper</i> (<i>Nisoniades Tages</i>)</h4> + +<p>Colour—a dingy brown, indistinctly barred and spotted with a +darker tint, and having a row of small white spots just inside the +fringe of the hind margins. Under side—a paler brown, with rows +of small white spots.</p> + +<p>This butterfly is common in all parts of England, and is found +in a few localities in Scotland and Ireland. It frequents dry +banks, and is particularly partial to the chalky districts of the +south-eastern counties. It is on the wing in May, and a second +brood appears in lesser numbers in August.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is pale green, with two yellow stripes on each +side, and a row of black spots above each stripe. It feeds on the +bird's-foot trefoil (<i>Lotus corniculatus</i>), and may be found in June, +and again in September.</p> + +<p>The chrysalis (<a href="#Plate_VIII">Plate VIII</a>, fig. 12) is shaped something like that +of the last species, and is coloured green on the front segments, +and a rose red on the abdomen.</p> + +<p>The perfect insect is represented in fig. 12 of <a href="#Plate_VII">Plate VII</a>.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Small Skipper</i> (<i>Hesperia Thaumas</i>)</h4> + +<p>In briefly describing the various British butterflies no mention +has been made, except in a few cases, of the shape of the wings, +this matter having been left to the reader's own observations of +our illustrations. We will, however, call attention to the somewhat +square-cut form of the wings of <i>Thaumas</i> and the following +species.</p> + +<p>The above-named butterfly (<a href="#Plate_VII">Plate VII</a>, fig. 13) is a lively-looking +little insect, its wings being of a bright tawny orange +colour, bordered with black, beyond which is a light fringe. The +male, which is the sex figured, is distinguished from the female by +an oblique black streak across the middle of the front wings. +The under side is orange, with a decidedly greenish tinge.</p> + +<p>The butterfly is out in July, and is very abundant and widely +distributed. It lays its eggs on various grasses, particularly the +meadow soft-grass (<i>Holcus lanatus</i>).<!-- Page 199 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_199" id="Page_199">[Pg 199]</a></span></p> + +<p>The caterpillar hybernates through the winter, and is full fed +in the following June, when it changes to a green chrysalis after +spinning a light silken cocoon among the blades of grass. The +colour of the caterpillar is green, with six longitudinal white +stripes—two on the back, and two on each side.</p> + + +<h4><i>The New Small Skipper</i> (<i>Hesperia Lineola</i>)</h4> + +<p>A few years since (1888) a butterfly was taken in one of our +south-eastern counties that closely resembled the well-known +<i>Thaumas</i> (or <i>Linea</i>), but which turned out to be a species not previously +known in Britain. When, however, the distinguishing features +of the new butterfly were made known, several entomologists +discovered that they had already secured the new prize, but that, +being ignorant of its characteristics, they had placed it in their +series over the label <i>Thaumas</i>.</p> + +<p>Since the above date, this new insect (<a href="#Plate_VII">Plate VII</a>, fig. 18), +which is named <i>Lineola</i>, has been taken in considerable numbers +at Leigh, Harwich, Southend, and near Shoeburyness in Suffolk, +as well as in the Fens of Huntingdonshire; and it is highly probable +that it may turn up in various other localities where it has +not yet been observed.</p> + +<p>It appears on the wing about the first week of July, a little +later than <i>Thaumas</i>, but the two kindred species are often found +flying together.</p> + +<p>The chief points by which we distinguish <i>Lineola</i> from the last +species are these: The general appearance of the wings is a bit +dingier than in <i>Thaumas</i>; the inner portion of the hind wings is +of a bright tawny colour in <i>Thaumas</i> but not in <i>Lineola</i>; the tips +of the antennæ are yellow beneath in <i>Thaumas</i>, but black in +<i>Lineola</i>; and the black streak across the fore wings of the latter +species is short and generally broken.</p> + +<p>The eggs of <i>Lineola</i> are laid at the end of July or beginning of +August on various grasses, chiefly the various species of <i>Triticum</i>, +but do not hatch till the following April.</p> + +<p>The larva is full fed about the end of June or beginning of July, +and then changes to a long yellowish-green chrysalis, from which +the perfect insect emerges in two or three weeks.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Lulworth Skipper</i> (<i>Hesperia Actæon</i>)</h4> + +<p>Although this species is somewhat similar to the two preceding, +it may be readily distinguished by the heavy clouding of dull<!-- Page 200 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_200" id="Page_200">[Pg 200]</a></span> +greenish brown that almost covers the wings. The male, which is +shown in fig. 14 of <a href="#Plate_VII">Plate VII</a>, has a black streak across the fore +wings, and the female possesses a semicircular row of tawny +spots near the tip of the same wings, and also a tawny streak near +the centre.</p> + +<p>This is a very local species, having been found only in a few +localities. At Lulworth Cove and 'Burning Cliff' in Dorset it has +been met with in profusion. In Devon it frequents the rough +ground near the cliffs at Sidmouth and Torquay; and it has also +been reported as appearing at Stratford-on-Avon, Shenstone near +Lichfield, and the neighbourhoods of Swanage and Tyneham.</p> + +<p>One can scarcely hope to see this insect at large without making +a special trip to one of its favourite haunts, in which case a day +should be chosen toward the end of July or early in August.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Large Skipper</i> (<i>Hesperia Sylvanus</i>)</h4> + +<p>During May, June, and August this butterfly may be seen on +grassy banks in nearly every part of England, as well as in certain +localities of Scotland and Ireland.</p> + +<p>The wings are all of a bright orange-brown colour, with a narrow +black border, inside which is a broad shading of brown. The latter +colour usually completely covers the hind wings with the exception +of about half a dozen squarish spots; and the same colour, together +with the dark brown wing rays, breaks up the light ground of the +fore wings, often forming several squarish and triangular patches, +most distinct near the tips. The male (<a href="#Plate_VII">Plate VII</a>, fig. 15) may be +readily distinguished from the female by the presence of a thick +dark brown streak across the fore wings.</p> + +<p>The under side of both sexes is pale tawny brown, with a +greenish tinge; and has several rather indistinct yellowish spots.</p> + +<p>The larva is of a dull green colour, with a dark line on the back. +Its upper surface is dotted with black, and there are white spots on +the under side of the tenth and eleventh segments. It feeds on +several kinds of grasses, some of its favourites being the meadow +soft grass (<i>Holcus lanatus</i>), the cock's-foot (<i>Dactylis glomerata</i>), +and couch grass (<i>Agropyron repens</i>).</p> + + +<h4><i>The Silver-spotted Skipper</i> (<i>Hesperia Comma</i>)</h4> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_96" id="FIG_96"></a> +<a href="images/i_218.jpg"><img src="images/i_218_tn.jpg" width="300" height="65" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Silver-spotted Skipper." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 96.—The Silver-spotted +Skipper—Under +Side.</span> +</div> + +<p>This species is very similar on the upper side to the last, except +that the squarish spots of both fore and hind wings are much paler<!-- Page 201 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_201" id="Page_201">[Pg 201]</a></span> +and much more distinct; and here, too, the male (<a href="#Plate_VII">Plate VII</a>, fig. 16) +is to be distinguished from the female by a black streak crossing +the front wings obliquely. The under surface has a greenish tinge, +more particularly on the hind wings; +and this side is conspicuously marked +with a number of <i>white</i> square spots +with sharp outlines, arranged as shown +in <a href="#FIG_96">fig. 96</a>.</p> + +<p>Although common in some localities, +this butterfly is not widely distributed. +It is confined to some of the +southern and midland counties of England, +and is particularly partial to the +chalk districts of the south-east. On the chalk downs of Kent, +Surrey, and Sussex it is moderately common. It is on the wing +during July and August.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar feeds on certain leguminous plants, among which +are the bird's-foot (<i>Ornithopus perpusillus</i>) and the bird's-foot +trefoil (<i>Lotus corniculatus</i>).</p> + + +<h4><i>The Chequered Skipper</i> (<i>Carterocephalus Palæmon</i>)</h4> + +<p>This is another local insect, more so even than the last, but +it sometimes appears in profusion in certain limited districts. +Kettering, Oundle in Northamptonshire, and Monk's Wood in +Huntingdonshire are places where it has been taken freely. It +appears in June.</p> + +<p>The wings are chequered with very dark brown and orange. +The fore wings are bordered with small rounded yellow spots, and +beside these there are about nine very conspicuous yellow spots on +the fore wing and three on the hind wing. The arrangement of +these markings may be seen in fig. 17 of <a href="#Plate_VII">Plate VII</a>.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar feeds on the greater plantain (<i>Plantago major</i>).<!-- Page 203 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_203" id="Page_203">[Pg 203]</a></span></p> + + + +<hr class="long" /> +<h2><a name="PART_IV" id="PART_IV"></a>PART IV<br /> +<br /> +COMMON BRITISH MOTHS</h2> + +<hr /> +<h3>CHAPTER XVII +<br /> +<i>SPHINGES</i></h3> + + +<p>We have already observed the chief features by which we are able +to distinguish between butterflies and moths (<a href="#Page_56">page 56</a>), so we shall +devote the present division to a description of the characteristics +and life histories of some of the latter insects.</p> + +<p>The number of British butterflies is so limited that space could +be found for a brief description of every species, but with moths +the case is very different. There are about two thousand known +British species of this division of the Lepidoptera, and every year +adds some newly discovered insects to this long list; we shall +therefore have to content ourselves with making a selection of these +for individual mention.</p> + +<p>In doing this I shall endeavour to provide the young entomologist +with a fairly representative list—one that will enable him to +become more or less intimately acquainted with all the principal +divisions of the <i>Heterocera</i>; and his attention will be drawn +especially to many which may be described as 'common' or +'generally distributed,' so that during his first few seasons at +collecting he may be enabled to identify and study a fair +proportion of his captures. Occasionally, however, one of the +rarer species will be described in order to illustrate some striking +characteristic.</p> + +<p>We shall commence with the tribe of <i>Sphinges</i> or <i>Hawk +Moths</i>.<!-- Page 204 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_204" id="Page_204">[Pg 204]</a></span></p> + +<p>This group consists of three families—the <i>Sphingidæ</i>, including +the largest of the 'Hawks,' and the 'Bee Hawks,' the <i>Sesiidæ</i> or +'Clearwings,' and the <i>Zygænidæ</i>, including the 'Foresters' and the +'Burnets'—numbering in all about forty species.</p> + + +<h4>Family—<span class="smcap">Sphingidæ</span></h4> + +<p>This family is named from a fancied resemblance of the larvæ +to the celebrated Egyptian sphinx. The perfect insects have very +thick bodies, generally tapering toward the tail, and their wings are +rather narrow in proportion to the length, but are exceedingly +powerful, and the flight is, with one or two exceptions, very rapid. +The antennæ terminate in a small and thin hook.</p> + +<p>Most of these insects fly at dusk, but a few delight in the brightness +and heat of the midday sun. In either case the velocity of +their flight is generally so great that it is a difficult matter to +follow them with the eye, and a still more difficult matter to secure +the insects in the net; consequently, the best way to study them is +to search out the larvæ on their food plants, and rear them till they +attain their perfect form.</p> + +<p>The larvæ of the <i>Sphingidæ</i> are large and smooth, and most of +them have a horn projecting from the top of the last segment but +one. They all undergo their metamorphoses under the surface of +the ground.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Death's-Head Hawk</i> (<i>Acherontia Atropos</i>)</h4> + +<p>Our first example of the Sphinges is the beautiful Death's-Head +Hawk Moth—an insect that often attains a breadth of five inches +from tip to tip when the wings are fully expanded. Its popular +title has been applied on account of the peculiar markings of the +thorax, which are said to resemble a human skull; and this feature +has certainly some connection with the superstitious beliefs of +ignorant country folk concerning this moth. But this characteristic +is probably not the only one that has caused the creature to +be regarded with superstitious alarm. Both its superior dimensions +and nocturnal habits serve to intensify the unfounded fear; but, +what is particularly striking and unique about it is its power of +uttering a squeaking sound, which it does when disturbed. Even +the earlier stages of the insect possess this strange power. The +caterpillar makes a peculiar snapping noise when irritated, and the<!-- Page 205 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_205" id="Page_205">[Pg 205]</a></span> +chrysalis has been observed to squeak shortly before the emergence +of the perfect form.</p> + +<p>The fore wings of this moth are of a very rich dark brown, +beautifully mottled with lighter tawny shades, and with a small +but conspicuous yellow dot near the centre. The hind wings are +yellow, with a black band and margin; and the body is yellow, +with six broad black bands, and six large blue spots down the +middle.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 420px;"> +<a name="FIG_97" id="FIG_97"></a> +<a href="images/i_222.jpg"><img src="images/i_222_tn.jpg" width="420" height="237" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Death's-Head Hawk Moth" /> +</a><span class="caption">Fig. 97.—The Death's-Head Hawk Moth.</span> +</div> + +<p>The moth is rather widely distributed, and even common in +some parts, but is not nearly so often met with as the larva. It is +on the wing during August and September.</p> + +<p>It is probable that the reader will never have an opportunity of +capturing the perfect form of this remarkable species, but he may +with a little perseverance obtain some caterpillars and rear them. +These larvæ feed on the potato, the deadly nightshade (<i>Atropa +Belladonna</i>), and the woody nightshade (<i>Solanum Dulcamara</i>); +and they are well known to potato growers in some parts of the +country.</p> + +<p>The colour of the caterpillar is generally pale yellow, with +numerous small black dots, and seven oblique violet stripes on each<!-- Page 206 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_206" id="Page_206">[Pg 206]</a></span> +side. The horn is yellowish and rough, and is bent downward, but +recurved again at the tip.</p> + +<p>It feeds during the night, and remains hidden throughout the +daytime. In August it is fully grown, and then retires into the +ground to undergo its transformations.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"> +<a name="FIG_98" id="FIG_98"></a><a href="images/i_223.jpg"><img src="images/i_223_tn.jpg" width="400" height="255" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of Figure 98." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 98.—The Larva of Atropos.</span> +</div> + + +<h4><i>The Privet Hawk</i> (<i>Sphinx Ligustri</i>)</h4> + +<p>This is another fine moth, measuring nearly four and a half +inches from tip to tip. It is represented in the centre of <a href="#Plate_IX">Plate IX</a> +in its natural colours, so that it need not be described.</p> + +<p>The perfect insect flies in June and July, and, although common, +is not frequently seen at large. The larvæ, however, are to be met +with in abundance in privet hedges. Even in the centres of large +towns we may see them resting on the topmost twigs of a privet +hedge, their beautiful green tint closely resembling that of the +surrounding leaves. After a little experience they may be readily +discerned by a careful observer, but there are certain signs by which +their presence may be proved before they have been actually +seen. Sometimes a number of the twigs are completely stripped +of their leaves, even the midribs and the leaf stalks being almost<!-- Page 207 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_207" id="Page_207">[Pg 207]</a></span> +or entirely devoured; and beneath the bushes are the large black +masses of excrement that tell of the marauders above. When +found, these larvæ should always be removed on a piece of the +twig to which they are attached, for they hold on so firmly by +their claspers that it is sometimes almost impossible to remove +them from their hold without injury.</p> + +<p>These caterpillars may easily be distinguished from those of +the other 'hawks' by the seven oblique stripes which adorn the +sides. These are each composed of two colours, white and lilac, +and form a pretty contrast with the bright green of the rest of the +body. The horn is smooth and curved, and is black with the +exception of part of the under side, which is yellow.</p> + +<p>They are fully grown in August, and from the end of this month +till the following June the chrysalides may be dug out from under +privet and lilac bushes, both of which are attacked by the larva.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Spurge Hawk</i> (<i>Deilephila Euphorbiæ</i>)</h4> + +<p>This is a very rare British species; in fact, it has never been +seen in this country in its perfect state, but the larva has been found +plentifully at Appledore and +Braunton Burrows, in North +Devon, feeding on the sea +spurge (<i>Euphorbia Paralias</i>).</p> + +<p>The perfect insect is shown +on <a href="#Plate_IX">Plate IX</a> (fig. 2).</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"> +<a name="FIG_99" id="FIG_99"></a><img src="images/i_224.jpg" width="400" height="161" alt="" title="[Not to scale.]" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 99.—The Caterpillar of +Euphorbiæ.</span> +</div> + +<p>The caterpillar is black, +with a large number of small +yellowish white dots, and two rows of spots of the same colour on +each side. There is also a red line on each side, and another down +the middle of the back. The horn is rough and red with a black +tip. It feeds during August and September.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Small Elephant Hawk</i> (<i>Chærocampa Porcellus</i>)</h4> + +<p>This pretty insect is one of the smallest of our hawk moths. +It is widely distributed, being met with in many parts of England +and in the south of Scotland. It flies in June.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_100" id="FIG_100"></a><a href="images/i_225.jpg"><img src="images/i_225_tn.jpg" width="300" height="98" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Small Elephant Hawk Moth." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 100.—The Small Elephant +Hawk Moth.</span> +</div> + +<p>The fore wings are of a dull yellow colour, with rosy-red +hind margins, and a broad border of the same tint on the costal +margin. The hind wings have also a rosy-red hind margin,<!-- Page 208 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_208" id="Page_208">[Pg 208]</a></span> +and are smoky black along the costæ, and yellow in the anal +angle. The body is coloured with bright rose-red, tinged with +olive on the foremost and hindmost segments.</p> + +<p>The popular name of this +and the following species has +been applied because of the +power which the caterpillar +has of extending and retracting +its front segments, a peculiarity +which has given the +idea of a semblance to the +elephant's proboscis. The +colour of the caterpillar is +light-brown or green, mottled +with dark-brown, dark-green, or black. It has a conspicuous eye-like +spot on each side of the fifth and sixth segments, and has no +horn.</p> + +<p>This larva may be found in July and August, feeding on species +of bedstraw (<i>Galium verum</i>, <i>G. Mollugo</i>, and <i>G. palustre</i>), willow +herb (<i>Epilobium hirsutum</i>), or the purple loosestrife (<i>Lythrum +Salicaria</i>).</p> + + +<h4><i>The Large Elephant</i> (<i>Chærocampa Elpenor</i>)</h4> + +<p>This species (<a href="#Plate_IX">Plate IX</a>, fig. 3) is very similar to the last in +form and markings; but is, as its name implies, larger.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar, too, is very like that of the last species, but may +be distinguished from it by the possession of a short black horn, +tipped with white, on the 'tail.' Its colour is green or brown, +mottled and spotted with black. The eye-like spots on its fifth +and sixth segments are black, and each contains a brown spot +surrounded by a white line.</p> + +<p>Its chief food plants are the hairy willow herb (<i>Epilobium +hirsutum</i>), three species of bedstraw (<i>Galium verum</i>, <i>G. Mollugo</i> +and <i>G. palustre</i>), the purple loosestrife (<i>Lythrum Salicaria</i>), +and the enchanter's nightshade (<i>Circæa lutetiana</i>). It will also +feed on the vine and the apple in confinement.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Eyed Hawk</i> (<i>Smerinthus Ocellatus</i>)</h4> + +<p>Our next genus (<i>Smerinthus</i>) contains three well-known moths, +all of which have the hind margin of the fore wings angulated or +indented.<!-- Page 209 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_209" id="Page_209">[Pg 209]</a></span></p> + +<p>The first is the Eyed Hawk, represented in fig. 4 of <a href="#Plate_IX">Plate IX</a> +and named after the beautiful and conspicuous eye-like spot near +the anal angle of each hind wing.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar has a rough green skin, sprinkled with white +dots, and marked with seven oblique white lines on each side, each +of which is bordered with dark green above. The spiracles are +pinkish, surrounded by violet rings; and the horn is blue.</p> + +<p>The moth flies during May, June, and July; and the caterpillar +may be found in plenty during August, feeding on the apple, willow +(<i>Salix alba</i>), sallow (<i>S. cinerea</i> and <i>S. Caprea</i>), poplar (<i>Populus alba</i> +and <i>P. nigra</i>), aspen (<i>P. tremula</i>), and the blackthorn (<i>Prunus +spinosa</i>).</p> + +<p>As with many other <i>Sphinges</i>, the larvæ are much more commonly +seen than the perfect insects; but the latter may often be +met with resting on tree trunks and fences in the neighbourhood of +their food plants.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Poplar Hawk</i> (<i>Smerinthus Populi</i>)</h4> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_101" id="FIG_101"></a><a href="images/i_226.jpg"><img src="images/i_226_tn.jpg" width="300" height="144" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Poplar Hawk moth." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 101.—The Poplar Hawk.</span> +</div> + +<p>This moth is very common and very widely distributed, and may +be easily found in any of its stages. The perfect insect flies during +May, June, and July; and being rather heavy on the wing, it is easily +taken with a net as it hovers round the branches of its favourite +trees or among the flowers of gardens at dusk. The larva may be +beaten from the boughs of poplars and sallows during August and +September, and during the latter month may often be seen creeping +down and around the trunks of these trees, searching for a suitable +spot in which to undergo its changes. The pupa may be dug out<!-- Page 210 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_210" id="Page_210">[Pg 210]</a></span> +of the soil at the foot of the same trees during the autumn, winter, +and spring months.</p> + +<p>The fore wings are ashy grey or greyish brown, marbled with +darker tints, with a conspicuous white spot near the centre. The +hind wings are similarly coloured except at the base, where there is +a large patch of brick-red.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is rough, of a pale green colour dotted with yellow, +with seven oblique yellow stripes on each side. The spiracles +are white, edged with red; and the horn is yellow on the upper, +and reddish on the under side. Its chief food plants are the +poplar, the Lombardy poplar (<i>Populus pyramidalis</i>), aspen +(P<i>. tremula</i>), and sallow (<i>Salix Caprea</i> and <i>S. cinerea</i>).</p> + + +<h4><i>The Lime Hawk</i> (<i>Smerinthus Tiliæ</i>)</h4> + +<p>This beautiful moth (fig. 5, <a href="#Plate_IX">Plate IX</a>) is easily identified by its +rich olive green and brown wings, the fore pair of which have very +conspicuous patches of deep olive, sometimes uniting to form a +continuous central bar. It flies in May and June.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is rough, of a pale green colour, dotted with yellow, +with seven oblique yellow stripes on each side. Thus it is very +like the larva of <i>Populi</i>, but may be distinguished from that species +by the orange spiracles, and by the horn, which is rough, blue above, +and yellow beneath. Behind the horn, too, there is a flat purple or +violet scale with an edging of orange.</p> + +<p>The food plants of this species are the lime (<i>Tilia vulgaris</i>), +elm (<i>Ulmus campestris</i>), and the hazel (<i>Corylus Avellana</i>), from +which the larvæ may be beaten in August and September, and +from under these the pupæ may be dug out during the winter +months.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Humming-Bird Hawk</i> (<i>Macroglossa Stellatarum</i>)</h4> + +<p>The genus to which this insect belongs contains three interesting +British species. Their antennæ are thickened toward the end, +but terminate in a small curved bristle. Their wings are rather +short and broad; their bodies are very thick, terminating in a broad +tuft of hair; and the perfect insects fly during the daytime, +delighting in the hottest sunshine. The larvæ feed principally on +low-growing plants, and undergo their metamorphoses on the ground +among the foliage.</p> + +<p>On <a href="#Plate_IX">Plate IX</a> (fig. 6) one of these pretty moths is shown. It is<!-- Page 211 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_211" id="Page_211">[Pg 211]</a></span> +the Humming-bird Hawk, so called on account of its exceedingly +rapid humming-bird-like flight, accompanied by a soft humming +sound.</p> + +<p>This insect is very common; and, being very partial to the attractions +offered by many of our favourite garden flowers, it ought to +be well known to all observers of nature.</p> + +<p>Take your stand near a bed of petunias or verbenas, or close to +a honeysuckle in bloom, on any hot summer's day, and you are +almost sure to be rewarded by a peep at the wonderful flight and +interesting ways of this moth. It makes its appearance so suddenly +that you first view it as an apparently motionless insect, suspended +in the air, and thrusting its long proboscis into the tube of an attractive +flower. Its wings vibrate so rapidly that they are quite +invisible, and give rise to the soft hum already mentioned. Then +it darts from one flower to another, making a similar brief stay +before each while it sucks the grateful sweets. Raise your hand as +if to strike, and suddenly it vanishes you know not where. But it +is as bold as it is wary, and will often return to the selfsame flower +as if to defy your power. A sharp sweep of your net in a horizontal +direction, or a sudden downward stroke, <i>may</i> secure it; but if you +miss it, as you probably will, it will disappear like a phantom, and +give you no opportunity of making a second attempt.</p> + +<p>This moth is on the wing throughout the hottest months of the +year—May to September, and will often greet you as you roam over +flowery banks in search of butterflies.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar feeds on the lady's bedstraw (<i>Galium verum</i>), +hedge bedstraw (<i>G. Mollugo</i>), and the goose grass (<i>G. Aparine</i>), +and may be searched for in August and September. It is rough, +green or brownish, and dotted with white. Along each side are two +light lines. The horn is thin and short, rough, and points upwards.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Broad-bordered Bee Hawk</i> (<i>Macroglossa Fuciformis</i>)</h4> + +<p>The two other moths of this genus are called Bee Hawks from +their resemblance to the humble bee. They are very much alike, +but may be distinguished by a difference in the width of the dark +border of the wings; and are named Broad-bordered and Narrow-bordered +respectively.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_102" id="FIG_102"></a> +<a href="images/i_229.jpg"><img src="images/i_229_tn.jpg" width="300" height="120" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Broad-bordered Bee Hawk." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 102.—The Broad-bordered +Bee Hawk.</span> +</div> + +<p>The former is illustrated in the woodcut appended. The fore +wings are transparent like those of bees, with a dark central spot +and a broad reddish-brown hind margin. The base and costa are<!-- Page 212 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_212" id="Page_212">[Pg 212]</a></span> +black and tinged with green. The hind wings are similarly +coloured, but have no central spot. The body is olive-brown, with +a broad reddish belt, and behind +are tufts of hair, which are +spread out when the insect flies, +just after the manner of the tail +feathers of a bird. The moth +flies in May.</p> + +<p>The larva resembles that of +<i>Stellatarum</i>, but exhibits a +violet tint above the legs. Its +horn, too, is curved, and of a +reddish or brownish colour. It +feeds on the honeysuckle (<i>Lonicera +Periclymenum</i>), ragged +robin (<i>Lychnis Flos-cuculi</i>), evening campion (<i>L. vespertina</i>), red +campion (<i>L. diurna</i>), lady's bedstraw (<i>Galium verum</i>), and the +field scabious (<i>Scabiosa arvensis</i>), during the month of July.</p> + + +<h4>Family <span class="smcap">Sesiidæ—The Clearwings</span></h4> + +<p>This family contains fourteen very pretty British insects that +differ very much from other moths in many important and interesting +particulars.</p> + +<p>Their antennæ, like those of the <i>Sphingidæ</i>, are thickest +beyond the middle, and those of the males are slightly <i>ciliated</i> or +hairy. Their bodies are slender, and terminate behind in tufts of +hair. The hind wings in all cases are transparent, margined and +veined with black or brown; and the fore wings also, in most +cases, have transparent bases.</p> + +<p>These moths delight in the hottest sunshine, and may be seen +gracefully hovering over the flowers in our gardens, looking more +like gnats, bees, and wasps, than moths.</p> + +<p>The larvæ of these insects are all wood-eaters, and spend their +time within the stems of shrubs and trees, eating out galleries in +the material that forms both their food and their home. Within +these they also undergo their changes, and do not expose themselves +to the free air and light till they reach their perfect +stage.<!-- Page 213 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_213" id="Page_213">[Pg 213]</a></span></p> + + +<h4><i>The Hornet Clearwing of the Poplar</i> (<i>Trochilium Apiformis</i>)</h4> + +<p>We can find space for a mention of only two of the clearwings, +the first of which is an insect that closely resembles the dreaded +hornet, and whose larva feeds in the stems of poplars—features +which will account for the above name.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_103" id="FIG_103"></a><a href="images/i_230a.jpg"><img src="images/i_230a_tn.jpg" width="300" height="122" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of ;The Hornet Clearwing of the Poplar moth." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 103.—The Hornet Clearwing +of the Poplar.</span> +</div> + +<p>The head of this species is +yellow, its thorax brown with a +large yellow patch on each side, +its abdomen yellow with two +brown belts, and its legs reddish +orange. The front wings are +transparent, with brown costæ, +and all the wings are margined +with brown.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar, when full +fed, makes a cocoon with silk +and the chips of wood that it +has bitten off; and in this undergoes +its metamorphoses. It is fully grown in April, and the moth +flies from the end of May to the end of July.</p> + +<p>There is another 'Hornet Clearwing,' the larva of which feeds +on the stems of osiers. It may be distinguished from the species +just described by a yellow 'collar' between the head and thorax, +both of which are blackish.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Currant Clearwing</i> (<i>Sesia Tipuliformis</i>)</h4> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_104" id="FIG_104"></a><a href="images/i_230b.jpg"><img src="images/i_230b_tn.jpg" width="300" height="62" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Currant Clearwing." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 104.—The +Currant +Clearwing.</span> +</div> + +<p>This is by far the commonest of all the Clearwings, and only too +well known to those who grow currants. Examine the shoots of +<i>Ribes rubrum</i> (red currant) and <i>R. nigrum</i> (black +currant), especially those that present a withered +or half-withered appearance, and you will almost +certainly meet with signs of the presence of this +intruder. Little wriggling larvæ occupy the pithless +stems throughout the winter and spring. +These are full grown in April, and in June the +pretty little moth emerges through a hole in +the side of a shoot, leaving the empty pupa case +within its former home.</p> + +<p>The fore wings of this moth have black margins, and a black +transverse bar beyond the middle. The body is black, with three +pale yellow belts, and black tufts of hair at the tip.<!-- Page 214 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_214" id="Page_214">[Pg 214]</a></span></p> + + +<h4>Family—<span class="smcap">Zygænidæ</span></h4> + +<p>The remaining family of the <i>Sphinges</i>—the <i>Zygænidæ</i>—includes +seven British species, three of which are known popularly as the +Foresters and the others as the Burnets.</p> + +<p>Their antennæ are thickest beyond the middle, but do not +terminate in a hook. Their wings are narrow and completely +covered with scales.</p> + +<p>These moths are very sluggish creatures, spending the greater +part of their time at rest on the stems of low-growing plants. When +they do fly, their flight is short and heavy, and their pretty wings +glisten in the sunshine (for they are lovers of the sun), giving them +the appearance of bees rather than of moths. On account of this +natural sluggishness, they are exceedingly local, for they never +move far from the spots where their food plants abound, and where +they had previously spent the earlier stages of their existence. +Thus we often come across a very limited piece of ground actually +alive with them, and outside which not a single specimen is to +be seen.</p> + +<p>The larvæ, too, are sluggish creatures, with soft and plump +cylindrical bodies and no horns. I will briefly describe three +members of this family.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Forester</i> (<i>Ino Statices</i>)</h4> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_105" id="FIG_105"></a><a href="images/i_231.jpg"><img src="images/i_231_tn.jpg" width="300" height="54" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Forester moth." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 105.—The +Forester.</span> +</div> + +<p>The fore wings of this species are semi-transparent, and of a +beautiful glossy green. The hind wings also are semi-transparent, +but of a dull smoky tint. The thorax and abdomen are both of a +brilliant metallic green colour. The tips of the +antennæ are blunt, and the male may be distinguished +from his mate by these organs being +slightly fringed or ciliated.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is dingy grey or greenish, +with a row of black spots down the back, and +a whitish stripe on each side. It feeds on the +common sorrel (<i>Rumex acetosa</i>) and the sheep +sorrel (<i>R. acetosella</i>), and when fully grown it spins a cocoon on +the stem of its food plant, and there changes to a chrysalis.</p> + +<p>The larva may be found during May and early June. The +chrysalis state lasts only a few days, and the moth is on the wing +during June and July.<!-- Page 215 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_215" id="Page_215">[Pg 215]</a></span></p> + + +<h4><i>The Broad-bordered Five-spotted Burnet</i> (<i>Zygæna Trifolii</i>)</h4> + +<p>On <a href="#Plate_IX">Plate IX</a> (fig. 7) will be found a coloured representation of +this Burnet. The two crimson spots in the base of the fore wing +are very close together, and often touch. The same remark also +applies to the two spots on the middle of the wing. A glance at +the list of British Moths (Appendix I) will show that we have also a +<i>Narrow</i>-bordered Five-spotted Burnet. This insect is very similar +to the species now under consideration, but may be identified by +the narrower purplish margin on the hind wings, and also by the +shape of the antennæ, which are not thickened so much near the +end as they are in <i>Trifolii</i>.</p> + +<p>The larva of the present species is yellowish or greenish, with a +row of black spots on the back and a row on each side. It feeds on +the bird's-foot trefoil (<i>Lotus corniculatus</i>), hop trefoil (<i>Trifolium +procumbens</i>), and the horse-shoe vetch (<i>Hippocrepis comosa</i>) in +May. Late in May or in early June the chrysalis may be found +in a silken cocoon attached to a stem or leaf; and the perfect +insect flies during June and July.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Six-spotted Burnet</i> (<i>Zygæna Filipendulæ</i>)</h4> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_106" id="FIG_106"></a><a href="images/i_232a.jpg"><img src="images/i_232a_tn.jpg" width="300" height="79" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Six-spotted Burnet moth." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 106.—The Six-spotted +Burnet.</span> +</div> + +<p>So common is this moth, and so conspicuous when it flies in the +blazing sun, that it must be familiar to almost everybody. On a +bright midsummer day hundreds may often be started from their +grassy beds from one little patch of ground.</p> + +<p>The colouring of the wings is much the same as in the last +species, but there are two crimson spots instead of one near the +tips of the fore pair.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_107" id="FIG_107"></a><img src="images/i_232b.jpg" width="300" height="126" alt="" title="[Not to scale.]" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 107.—The Larva of +Filipendulæ.</span> +</div> + +<p>The larvæ may be seen in vast numbers during May and June, +feeding on clovers (<i>Trifolium pratense</i> and <i>T. repens</i>), and the<!-- Page 216 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_216" id="Page_216">[Pg 216]</a></span> +bird's-foot trefoil (<i>Lotus corniculatus</i>); and in the latter month +thousands of the chrysalides, inclosed in shuttle-shaped cocoons on +grass stems, may be seen on downs and sunny banks in almost +every part of the country.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar, which is yellow, may be known by the two +rows of black spots that adorn each segment of the body.<!-- Page 217 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_217" id="Page_217">[Pg 217]</a></span></p> + + + +<hr /> +<h3><a name="CHAPTER_XVIII" id="CHAPTER_XVIII"></a>CHAPTER XVIII +<br /> +<i>BOMBYCES</i></h3> + + +<p>This tribe is an important one, inasmuch as it contains those few +moths whose silk is of present or anticipated commercial value. +Many of the British members, even, make silken cocoons of moderate +compactness, but none of them yield a quantity and quality of +silk to justify any attempt to utilise it in the arts.</p> + +<p>There are more than a hundred British species in this group, +and these represent no less than seventeen families, which exhibit a +great variety in their general appearance and habits.</p> + + +<h4>Family—<span class="smcap">Nycteolidæ</span> +<br /><br /> +<i>The Green Silver-lined</i> (<i>Hylophila prasinana</i>)</h4> + +<p>This family, under the name of <i>Chloephoridæ</i>, is included by +some authors among the <i>Tortrices</i> (<a href="#Page_298">page 298</a>), which they somewhat +resemble in habits. It contains +only four species, of which we will take +one example—the Green Silver-lined.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_108" id="FIG_108"></a><a href="images/i_234.jpg"><img src="images/i_234_tn.jpg" width="300" height="79" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Green Silver-lined moth." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 108.—The Green +Silver-lined.</span> +</div> + +<p>The fore wings of this insect are pale +green, with three oblique silvery white +lines, the middle one of which is far more +distinct than the other two. The hind +wings are silvery white in the female, and +yellow in the male. It flies in May, and +is common in the wooded districts of the +south-eastern counties.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is pale green, dotted and striped with yellow, +and has a reddish transverse band on the second segment. It +feeds on oak (<i>Quercus Robur</i>), birch (<i>Betula alba</i>), hazel (<i>Corylus</i><!-- Page 218 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_218" id="Page_218">[Pg 218]</a></span> +<i>Avellana</i>), beech (<i>Fagus sylvatica</i>), and alder (<i>Alnus glutinosa</i>), +from which trees it may be beaten in July and August.</p> + + +<h4>Family—<span class="smcap">Nolidæ</span> +<br /><br /> +<i>The Short-cloaked Moth</i> (<i>Nola cucullatella</i>)</h4> + +<p>We select this common moth as a representative of the small +family <i>Nolidæ</i>, which contains only five British species. These are +all small insects. They are nocturnal in their habits, and may be +found at rest on the trunks of trees during the daytime. The caterpillars +are hairy, and undergo their metamorphoses +within silken cocoons.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_109" id="FIG_109"></a><a href="images/i_235a.jpg"><img src="images/i_235a_tn.jpg" width="300" height="43" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Short-cloaked Moth." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 109.—The +Short-cloaked +Moth.</span> +</div> + +<p>The fore wings of <i>Cucullatella</i> are pearly +grey, with a dark patch at the base, a triangular +spot on the middle of the costal margin, +and wavy lines beyond this, parallel with +the hind margin. The hind wings are grey, +and devoid of any markings.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is of a brownish colour, with a line of lighter +patches down the back, and it is covered with little tufts of hair. +It feeds on the blackthorn (<i>Prunus spinosa</i>), whitethorn (<i>Cratægus +oxyacantha</i>), and also on plum trees in our gardens during the +month of May. The moth is on the wing during June and July.</p> + + +<h4>Family—<span class="smcap">Lithosiidæ</span> +<br /><br /> +<i>The Muslin Moth</i> (<i>Nudaria mundana</i>)</h4> + +<p>The family <i>Lithosiidæ</i> contains several small moths, distinguished +from the other <i>Bombyces</i> by the narrowness of their fore +wings. When the insects are at rest, all the wings are wrapped +closely round the body. They fly at dusk on +summer evenings, but may be obtained during +the daytime by beating the boughs of trees. If +an open net be held under the boughs during +this operation, the moths will generally feign +death and allow themselves to fall into it when +they are disturbed.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_110" id="FIG_110"></a><a href="images/i_235b.jpg"><img src="images/i_235b_tn.jpg" width="300" height="47" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Muslin Moth." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 110.—The +Muslin Moth.</span> +</div> + +<p>Most of the larvæ of this family feed on the +lichens that cover walls and the bark of trees, and they conceal +themselves so artfully among this peculiar vegetation that it is no +easy matter to search them out; probably many still remain unknown +to entomologists.<!-- Page 219 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_219" id="Page_219">[Pg 219]</a></span></p> + +<p>Our first example—the Muslin Moth—has light brownish-grey +and semi transparent wings, the front pair of which have darker +markings arranged as shown in the illustration. It is a common +moth, and may be met with in July and August.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar feeds on lichens in June. It is of a dull grey +colour, with a yellow stripe down the back, and has numerous +little tufts of light hair.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Common Footman</i> (<i>Lithosia lurideola</i>)</h4> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_111" id="FIG_111"></a><a href="images/i_236a.jpg"><img src="images/i_236a_tn.jpg" width="300" height="66" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Common Footman moth." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 111.—The Common +Footman.</span> +</div> + +<p>The fore wings of this species are of a leaden grey, with a +bright yellow costal stripe which dwindles +to a point just before it reaches the +tip. The hind wings are very pale +yellow.</p> + +<p>The larva is black, with a reddish +line on each side just above the feet. +It may be found during May and +June among the lichens of oaks, blackthorns, +and firs, especially in the woods +of the south of England.</p> + +<p>The perfect insect flies during July and August.</p> + + +<h4>Family—<span class="smcap">Eucheliidæ</span> +<br /><br /> +<i>The Cinnabar</i> (<i>Euchelia Jacobææ</i>)</h4> + +<p>The family <i>Eucheliidæ</i> contains only four British species, two +of which must receive a share of our attention. The first of these +is the Cinnabar Moth, which is +common in all localities where its +food plants—the groundsel (<i>Senecio +vulgaris</i>) and the ragwort +(<i>S. Jacobæa</i>)—abound.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_112" id="FIG_112"></a><img src="images/i_236b.jpg" width="300" height="148" alt="" title="[Not to scale.]" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 112.—The Larva of +Jacobææ.</span> +</div> + +<p>Its colours are so striking that +a glance at its representation (fig. 1 +of <a href="#Plate_X">Plate X</a>) will render a written +description quite unnecessary.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is a very familiar and conspicuous object. Its +colour is bright orange, broken by several broad black rings; and +its body is thinly covered with hair. When fully grown (July or<!-- Page 220 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_220" id="Page_220">[Pg 220]</a></span> +August) it descends to the ground, and there changes to a smooth +and shining reddish-brown chrysalis.</p> + +<p>The moth appears in June or early in July.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Scarlet Tiger</i> (<i>Callimorpha Dominula</i>)</h4> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_113" id="FIG_113"></a><a href="images/i_237.jpg"><img src="images/i_237_tn.jpg" width="300" height="93" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Scarlet Tiger moth." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 113.—The Scarlet Tiger.</span> +</div> + +<p>This is certainly one of the most beautiful of all our moths. +Its fore wings are dark olive green, with a lovely metallic lustre, +and boldly marked with large white and yellow spots. These spots +are arranged generally like those in the illustration, but are subject +to great variation. The hind wings are crimson, with large black +patches, chiefly distributed +near the hind margin. The +thorax is black, with two +white streaks; and the abdomen +crimson, with a +black line down the back.</p> + +<p>This moth is a common +one. It may be taken in +June and July. I have +seen it flying somewhat +freely while the sun was still shining brightly.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is very dark lead colour, nearly black; and is +covered with little wart-like projections, from each of which protrudes +a short black hair. There is a broad yellow broken line down +the back, and two others on the sides. It feeds on the hound's-tongue +(<i>Cynoglossum officinale</i>) and many other low-growing +plants, hybernates through the winter, and is fully grown in May. +Like the other members of this family, it spins a light silken +cocoon, in which the hairs from its body are interwoven.</p> + + +<h4>Family—<span class="smcap">Cheloniidæ</span> +<br /><br /> +<i>The Wood Tiger</i> (<i>Nemeophila Plantaginis</i>)</h4> + +<p>The <i>Cheloniidæ</i> are popularly known as the Tigers—a title +suggested by the tiger-like colouring of some of the prominent +species. They differ from the Scarlet Tiger and the other +members of the <i>Eucheliidæ</i> in that the males have ciliated or +fringed antennæ. The larvæ, too, are more densely covered with +hair.</p> + +<p>The Wood Tiger (fig. 2, <a href="#Plate_X">Plate X</a>) is a beautiful insect, somewhat<!-- Page 221 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_221" id="Page_221">[Pg 221]</a></span> +variable in its markings, but so conspicuously coloured that +our illustration cannot fail to lead to its identification. It may be +found commonly among the undergrowth of our southern woods +during May and June.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is dark brown or brownish black, covered with +little hair-bearing warts. The hairs are long and black on the foremost +and hind segments, but shorter and of a brown colour on the +middle of the body. It issues from the egg in September, feeds for +a week or two on the leaves of violets (<i>Viola canina</i> and <i>V. odorata</i>), +heartsease (<i>V. tricolor</i>), plantain (<i>Plantago</i>), or groundsel (<i>Senecio +vulgaris</i>), and then hybernates till the following March. It is +fully grown in May, and then spins a light cocoon, with which its +hairs are interwoven, among the leaves of its food plant.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Tiger</i> (<i>Arctia caia</i>)</h4> + +<p>This splendid moth is exceedingly variable in its colour and +markings, but its usual appearance corresponds closely with that of +the illustration on <a href="#Plate_X">Plate X</a> (fig. 3). In some specimens the cream +colour almost entirely covers the fore wings, while in others all four +of the wings are completely covered with shades of brown. This +insect is probably known to all my readers, for it is abundant everywhere.</p> + +<p>The larva is as well known as the perfect insect. It is a kind +of universal feeder, partaking readily of almost every low-growing +plant, with perhaps a special partiality for dead nettles (<i>Lamium +album</i> and <i>L. purpureum</i>). It feeds also on the lime tree (<i>Tilia +vulgaris</i>), and is commonly met with on apple trees and on the +various plants of our flower beds. The young caterpillar makes its +appearance in the autumn, and hybernates after feeding for two or +three weeks only. It is full grown in June, when it spins a silken +cocoon, and changes to a shiny black chrysalis.</p> + +<p>The ground colour of the larva is black, but it is covered all over +with long hairs, those down the middle of the back being grey, and +the others brown. This familiar larva is known popularly as the +Woolly Bear.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Cream-spot Tiger</i> (<i>Arctia villica</i>)</h4> + +<p>There is yet another Tiger—the Cream-spot—too beautiful and +too common to be excluded from our list. It is represented on +<a href="#Plate_X">Plate X</a> (fig. 4); and, like the others of its genus, is so boldly marked +that mistaken identity is impossible.<!-- Page 222 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_222" id="Page_222">[Pg 222]</a></span></p> + +<p>It is a very sluggish moth, more often seen at rest than on the +wing, and will suffer itself to be roughly handled without making +any attempt to escape.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar may be observed on sunny banks, generally feeding +on chickweed (<i>Stellaria media</i>) but sometimes on various +other low-growing weeds, including the dock and the dandelion. +Its colour is black, with red head and legs, and its body is covered +with long brown hairs. It commences to feed in the autumn, +hybernates throughout the winter, and is full grown in May, +towards the end of which month it changes to a black chrysalis +within a light silken web.</p> + +<p>The perfect insect appears in June.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Buff Ermine</i> (<i>Spilosoma lubricipeda</i>)</h4> + +<p>The <i>Cheloniidæ</i> also include three moths that are popularly +known as the Ermines, two of which—the Buff and the White—are +exceedingly common, and are +among the constant visitors to our +gardens during June and July.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_114" id="FIG_114"></a><a href="images/i_239a.jpg"><img src="images/i_239a_tn.jpg" width="300" height="95" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Buff Ermine moth." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 114.—The Buff Ermine.</span> +</div> + +<p>The Buff Ermine has all four +wings of a buff or ochreous tint, and +spotted with black as here represented.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is whitish, with +a white line down the middle of the +back, and its body is covered with +long light brown hairs. It feeds on the dock (<i>Rumex</i>) and many +other low-growing plants during August and September, and spends +the winter in the chrysalis +state, lying within a loose +cocoon on the surface of the +ground.</p> + + +<h4><i>The White Ermine</i> (<i>Spilosoma Menthastri</i>)</h4> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_115" id="FIG_115"></a><a href="images/i_239b.jpg"><img src="images/i_239b_tn.jpg" width="300" height="92" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The White Ermine moth." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 115.—The White Ermine.</span> +</div> + +<p>In this species the wings +are of a pale cream colour, +and the dots of the fore wings are more uniformly distributed than +in the last. Its habits and life history closely correspond with<!-- Page 223 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_223" id="Page_223">[Pg 223]</a></span> +those of <i>Lubricipeda</i>, and its larva may be found feeding on the +same plants.</p> + +<p>This latter may be distinguished from the caterpillar of the last +species by the dark brown or black colour of the body, and the +presence of an orange line down the back. It is covered with long +brown hairs.</p> + + +<h4>Family—<span class="smcap">Hepialidæ</span></h4> + +<p>The five species which compose this family are known as the +Swifts, a title which they have earned by their rather rapid flight. +Their wings are narrow, and the antennæ very short.</p> + +<p>In the larval state they are long, naked and unsightly grubs, +that live under the surface of the ground and feed on the roots of +plants. The chrysalides are armed with short spines projecting from +the segments.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Ghost Swift</i> (<i>Hepialus Humuli</i>)</h4> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_116" id="FIG_116"></a><a href="images/i_240.jpg"><img src="images/i_240_tn.jpg" width="300" height="90" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Ghost Swift moth." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 116.—The Ghost Swift—Female.</span> +</div> + +<p>One of the commonest of these moths is the Ghost Swift, which +may be seen in hundreds on waste places in the south of England +during the month of +June. The wings +of the male are +white, with a silky +gloss, and a very +narrow brown margin. +The fore wings +of the female are +yellow, marked with +irregular reddish +lines. The hind wings are of a dull smoke colour.</p> + +<p>The larva is pale yellow, with a brown head, and a brown horny +plate on the front of the second segment. It feeds throughout the +winter on the roots of numerous plants, including the dock, dandelion, +burdock, white dead nettle, black horehound, and the hop.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Common Swift</i> (<i>Hepialus lupulinus</i>)</h4> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_117" id="FIG_117"></a><a href="images/i_241.jpg"><img src="images/i_241_tn.jpg" width="300" height="81" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Common Swift moth." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 117.—The Common +Swift.</span> +</div> + +<p>The fore wings of the male of this species are brown, with a bent +whitish streak, sometimes broken, passing from the base to the +middle of the inner margin, and then to the apex. The hind wings<!-- Page 224 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_224" id="Page_224">[Pg 224]</a></span> +are smoke coloured, with a light brownish fringe. The female is +much less distinctly marked, and presents +a rather dingy appearance.</p> + +<p>The larva is dingy white, with brown +horny plates on the second, third and fourth +segments. It feeds on the roots of dead +nettles (<i>Lamium album</i> and <i>L. purpureum</i>), +black horehound (<i>Ballota nigra</i>), +and various other herbaceous plants, +throughout the winter months, and is full +grown in April.</p> + +<p>This insect is abundant everywhere in waste places, and may be +seen on the wing in May and June.</p> + + +<h4>Family—<span class="smcap">Cossidæ</span></h4> + +<p>The members of this family have longer antennæ than the +<i>Hepialidæ</i>, and the females are provided with extended ovipositors +which enable them to place their eggs in the deep crevices of the +bark of trees.</p> + +<p>The larvæ are naked or only very slightly hairy, and have a +plate on the second segment. They feed on the wood of trees or +the interior of the stems of reeds. The pupæ have spiny projections +on each segment.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Goat Moth</i> (<i>Cossus ligniperda</i>)</h4> + +<p>There are only three British species of this family, the largest of +which is the Goat Moth, so called on account of the characteristic +odour of the larva, an odour said to resemble that emitted by the +goat.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 338px;"> +<a name="FIG_118" id="FIG_118"></a><a href="images/i_242.jpg"><img src="images/i_242_tn.jpg" width="338" height="197" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Goat Moth." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 118.—The Goat Moth.</span> +</div> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_119" id="FIG_119"></a><img src="images/i_242b.jpg" width="300" height="60" alt="" title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 119.—The Larva of Ligniperda +(less than half full size).</span> +</div> + +<p>The fore wings of this fine moth are pale brown, clouded with +white, and marked by numerous wavy transverse lines. The hind +wings are somewhat similar, but of a duller tint, and the markings +are less distinct. Its average breadth from tip to tip is over three +inches, and it sometimes reaches nearly four inches.</p> + +<p>The larva is a most interesting creature. It is dark reddish +brown on the back, and flesh colour beneath; and its head is +intensely black. It feeds on the solid wood of the willow, poplar, +oak, elm, and other trees. The infected trees are often so riddled +with the burrows of these larvæ that they are completely destroyed, +<!-- Page 225 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_225" id="Page_225">[Pg 225]</a></span> +and the presence of the intruders is frequently indicated by a heap +of small chips of wood lying on the ground near the roots. The +odour of the larvæ, too, is so powerful, that there is generally no +difficulty in ascertaining their whereabouts by it alone.</p> + +<p>It is not always in living trees, however, that we find these +creatures, for they often feed on rotting wood, such as the +remains of old palings and +posts, that lie on the ground +in damp places.</p> + +<p>When fully grown they +construct a strong cocoon of +chips of wood, bound together +by silk, and within this they +change to the chrysalis.</p> + +<p>The moth emerges in June or July, and is commonly found +resting on the bark of willows and poplars during the daytime.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Leopard Moth</i> (<i>Zeuzera pyrina</i>)</h4> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_120" id="FIG_120"></a><a href="images/i_243a.jpg"><img src="images/i_243a_tn.jpg" width="300" height="132" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Leopard Moth." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 120.—The Leopard Moth.</span> +</div> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_121" id="FIG_121"></a><img src="images/i_243b.jpg" width="300" height="84" alt="" title="" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 121.—The Larva of Pyrina +(only partly grown).</span> +</div> + +<p>The wings of this species are white and semi-transparent, and +marked with numerous bluish-black spots in such a way as to +remind one of the skin of the leopard. Its body is very long, and<!-- Page 226 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_226" id="Page_226">[Pg 226]</a></span> +the antennæ of the male are doubly fringed for about half their +length from the base.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar feeds on the wood of various trees—elm, apple, +pear, ash, alder, poplar, horse chestnut, birch, lilac, and several +others. It is yellowish, with +black shiny spots, and a black +plate on the second segment.</p> + +<p>The moth appears in July, +and is widely distributed. It +is attracted by bright lights, +but the best way to obtain it is +to search the trunks and branches of trees that are known to +harbour the larvæ early in the morning, and so obtain newly +emerged specimens.</p> + + +<h4>Family—<span class="smcap">Liparidæ</span></h4> + +<p>Passing over the two small species which are the only British +representatives of the family <i>Cochliopodidæ</i>, we come to the +interesting <i>Liparidæ</i>, the remarkable feature of which is that most +of the caterpillars are adorned with brush-like tufts of hair, and +even the chrysalides are hairy.</p> + +<p>The perfect insects are not brilliantly coloured, but generally +display very pale tints; and the antennæ of the males are +pectinated or feathered.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Brown Tail</i> (<i>Porthesia chrysorrhœa</i>)</h4> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_122" id="FIG_122"></a><a href="images/i_244a.jpg"><img src="images/i_244a_tn.jpg" width="300" height="66" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Brown Tail." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 122.—The Brown Tail.</span> +</div> + +<p>The family contains two moths—the Brown Tail and the Yellow +Tail—that are very similar in appearance and habits. Both have<!-- Page 227 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_227" id="Page_227">[Pg 227]</a></span> +white wings, and their bodies also are white with the exception of +the tuft of coloured hair at the tip of the abdomen, which gives the +names to the species. Their larvæ may both be found feeding on +the same trees (whitethorn), and both change to a brown hairy +chrysalis within a loose cocoon among the leaves.</p> + +<p>The larva of <i>Chrysorrhœa</i> is black, +with four rows of little wart-like projections +on each side, from which proceed +little tufts of hairs. These hairs +are reddish with the exception of one +row on each side, which is white. The +tenth and eleventh segments have each +a scarlet tubercle, and there are also +other small spots of the same colour on some of the front segments.</p> + +<p>The larva feeds on the blackthorn in addition to the tree +mentioned above, and is full grown in June. The moth flies in +August.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Gipsy</i> (<i>Ocneria dispar</i>)</h4> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_123" id="FIG_123"></a><a href="images/i_244b.jpg"><img src="images/i_244b_tn.jpg" width="300" height="91" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Gipsy moth." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 123.—The Gipsy—Male.</span> +</div> + +<p>The fore wings of the male are smoky brown, with darker +markings, including a <span class="lettershape">V</span>-shaped black mark near the centre. The +hind wings are brown, darker near the margin. The female is +dingy yellowish white, with darker +markings arranged as in the male. +The male is much inferior in size, +and its antennæ are very strongly +pectinated.</p> + +<p>The larva is brownish black, +finely dotted with yellowish grey. +There is a grey stripe down the +middle of the back, and six tubercles +on each segment give rise to +tufts of long hair. It feeds on the whitethorn (<i>Cratægus oxyacantha</i>), +blackthorn (<i>Prunus spinosa</i>), and various fruit trees.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is full grown in June, and the moth appears in +August.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Black Arches</i> (<i>Psilura Monacha</i>)</h4> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_124" id="FIG_124"></a><a href="images/i_245a.jpg"><img src="images/i_245a_tn.jpg" width="300" height="83" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Black Arches moth." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 124.—The Black Arches—Male.</span> +</div> + +<p>The fore wings of the Black Arches are white, marked with +zigzag black lines as shown in our illustration. The hind wings<!-- Page 228 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_228" id="Page_228">[Pg 228]</a></span> +are smoky grey. The hinder segments of the abdomen are banded +with black and rose-pink. The male is much smaller than the +female, and has the antennæ +strongly pectinated.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is hairy, and +of a greyish-white colour. A +brown stripe runs down the +back. On the top of the second +segment are two blue tubercles; +and there is also a tubercle, of a +reddish colour, on each of the +ninth, tenth, and eleventh segments. +It feeds on the oak, birch, fir, and the apple; and is full +grown in June or July.</p> + +<p>The moth flies during July and August.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Vapourer Moth</i> (<i>Orgyia antiqua</i>)</h4> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_125" id="FIG_125"></a><a href="images/i_245b.jpg"><img src="images/i_245b_tn.jpg" width="300" height="67" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Male Vapourer Moth." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 125.—The Vapourer +Moth—Male.</span> +</div> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_126" id="FIG_126"></a><img src="images/i_245b_2.jpg" width="300" height="150" alt="" title="[Not to scale.]" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 126.—The Female +Vapourer.</span> +</div> + +<p>During the hottest summer months, and particularly in August +and September, a rather small brown moth may be seen almost +everywhere, flying rapidly and in a very erratic manner in the bright +rays of the midday sun. This is the common Vapourer Moth, +which may be known at once by its bright chestnut colour, with +darker transverse markings, and a white crescent-shaped spot in +the anal angle of the fore wings. It seems somewhat partial to +civilised life, for it frequents the streets of our metropolis, even in +the very densely populated parts; and the larva is one of the +commonest of the insect forms infesting our gardens and squares.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is variously coloured; but the prevailing tints +are dark brown, grey, and pink. On the second segment are two +long tufts of hair directed forward, and on the twelfth segment a +similar tuft directed backward. On each of the segments five to<!-- Page 229 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_229" id="Page_229">[Pg 229]</a></span> +eight inclusive is a brush-like tuft of yellowish hairs. It feeds on +almost every tree usually to be found in parks and gardens.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 400px;"> +<a name="FIG_127" id="FIG_127"></a><img src="images/i_246.jpg" width="400" height="156" alt="" title="[Not to scale.]" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 127.—Larva of the Vapourer Moth.</span> +</div> + +<p>When fully grown it spins a web on the bark of a tree, or on +a wall or fence, and +changes to a hairy +chrysalis.</p> + +<p>The female of this +species is wingless, and +never moves away +from the cocoon out of +which she has crawled, +but lays her eggs on +the outside of the silken web, and there remains to die.</p> + +<p>The clusters of eggs may be found in abundance throughout the +winter months.</p> + + +<h4>Family—<span class="smcap">Bombycidæ</span></h4> + +<p>This family contains eleven thick-bodied moths, mostly of large +size, in which the predominating colours are greys and browns. +Their hind wings are generally paler than the front pair, and less +distinctly marked; and the antennæ of the males are pectinated.</p> + +<p>The caterpillars are very hairy, but the hairs are uniformly +distributed, and not arranged in tufts as in the larvæ of the last +family.</p> + +<p>The chrysalides are inclosed in silken cocoons, but are not +hairy.</p> + +<p>We shall briefly examine three of the members of this family.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Oak Eggar</i> (<i>Bombyx Quercus</i>)</h4> + +<p>The male of this species is shown on <a href="#Plate_X">Plate X</a> (fig. 5). The +female is much larger, and of a pale tawny colour.</p> + +<p>The ground colour of the caterpillar is black; but it is so closely +covered with short yellowish brown hairs that the black is scarcely +visible, excepting when the creature rolls itself up into a ring, +which it does when alarmed. The spiracles are white, and there +is a series of white spots down the middle of the back and along each +side. It feeds on whitethorn (<i>Cratægus oxyacantha</i>), heather +(<i>Calluna</i>, <i>Erica</i>), poplar (<i>Populus nigra</i>), and various other plants +and trees.<!-- Page 230 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_230" id="Page_230">[Pg 230]</a></span></p> + +<p>As a rule the larva hybernates through the winter, is full grown +in the following May, and the moth appears in July; but in +Scotland the caterpillar does not spin its cocoon till September, +hybernates in the chrysalis state, and emerges in the following +June. The same is true of the Cornish Eggars; but along the +coast of South Devon both varieties are to be met with.</p> + +<p>The male Eggar seems to enjoy the bright sunshine, for I have +seen large numbers flying over the rugged cliffs of the south-west +throughout all hours of the day.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Drinker</i> (<i>Odonestis potatoria</i>)</h4> + +<p>The popular name of this species is applied on account of a +peculiar feature of the larva, which sucks up the dewdrop that lies +on its food plant.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_128" id="FIG_128"></a><a href="images/i_247.jpg"><img src="images/i_247_tn.jpg" width="300" height="116" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Drinker moth." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 128.—The Drinker—Male.</span> +</div> + +<p>The colour of the male is tawny and brown, with a reddish tinge; +that of the female is yellow. +The front wing has an oblique +dark bar passing from the apex +to the middle of the inner +margin; also two white spots—one +in the middle of the +wing, and the other between +it and the costal margin.</p> + + + +<p>The caterpillar is dark +bluish grey above, and has a +line of orange spots on each +side. Along the spiracles are +oblique orange streaks, and a series of tufts of white hair. It feeds +on the annual meadow-grass (<i>Poa annua</i>), and several other grasses. +It is a hybernator, commencing its caterpillar state in the autumn, +and reaching its full dimensions about the end of the following May.</p> + +<p>The moth flies during July and August.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Lappet</i> (<i>Lasiocampa quercifolia</i>)</h4> + +<p>Our last example of the <i>Bombycidæ</i> is the Lappet (<a href="#Plate_X">Plate X</a>, +fig. 6), a large moth, the female often measuring considerably +over three inches from tip to tip. The wings are of a rich reddish +brown, and exhibit a beautiful purplish bloom in a newly emerged +insect. Scalloped black lines pass transversely across each wing, +and a small black dot lies near the centre of the fore wings.<!-- Page 231 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_231" id="Page_231">[Pg 231]</a></span></p> + +<p>The caterpillar is very variable in colour, but is usually grey or +reddish brown. A deep purple band lies between the second and +third segments, and another between the third and fourth. On the +twelfth there is a small hump, and a pale stripe, more or less distinct, +runs along each side. It feeds on the blackthorn (<i>Prunus spinosa</i>), +buckthorn (<i>Rhamnus catharticus</i>), and the white willow (<i>Salix +alba</i>).</p> + +<p>The moth is not uncommon, and is on the wing in June.</p> + + +<h4>Family—<span class="smcap">Endromidæ</span> +<br /><br /> +<i>The Kentish Glory</i> (<i>Endromis versicolor</i>)</h4> + +<p>The beautiful Kentish Glory is the only British representative of +its family. The male is shown in <a href="#Plate_X">Plate X</a> (fig. 7); the female is +larger and similarly marked, but its colours are not so bright.</p> + +<p>This moth is not common, but may be seen occasionally in the +birch woods of the southern counties. The males fly rapidly in the +bright sunshine, but the females must be searched for on the bark +and branches of the trees.</p> + +<p>The eggs are laid in April on the twigs of the birch (<i>Betula alba</i>), +and the young caterpillar emerges early in May. It is gregarious +at first, but loses its social tendencies as it gets older. When full +grown, it is of a pale green colour, with white spiracles, a dark green +line down the back, and an oblique white stripe on each side of +each segment. The sides are dotted with black and brown, and +there is a conspicuous hump on the top of the twelfth segment.</p> + +<p>When fully grown it spins a cocoon among the dead leaves +beneath the tree, and in this it spends the winter months in the +chrysalis state.</p> + + +<h4>Family—<span class="smcap">Saturniidæ</span> +<br /><br /> +<i>The Emperor Moth</i> (<i>Saturnia pavonia</i>)</h4> + +<p>Here is another family with but one British member; but in this, +as in the last case, the only representative is a really beautiful insect. +The male <i>Pavonia</i> is shown on <a href="#Plate_X">Plate X</a> (fig. 8), and will +need no written description as an aid to its identification. The +female is larger, and similarly marked, but the ground colour of the +wings is pale grey.</p> + +<p>This moth is abundant almost everywhere, and may be looked +for in the neighbourhood of heaths and woods early in the month of +May.<!-- Page 232 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_232" id="Page_232">[Pg 232]</a></span></p> + +<p>The larva feeds on a large number of plants and trees, among +which may be mentioned the willow (<i>Salix alba</i>), blackthorn (<i>Prunus +spinosa</i>), elder (<i>Sambucus nigra</i>), whitethorn (<i>Cratægus oxyacantha</i>), +bramble (<i>Rubus fruticosus</i>), heaths (<i>Erica tetralix</i> and +<i>E. cinerea</i>), and the meadow-sweet (<i>Spiræa ulmaria</i>). Its colour +is a lovely green; and each segment has several pink tubercles, each +surrounded by a black ring, and giving rise to a tuft of short black +hairs. The spiracles are orange.</p> + +<p>In the autumn it spins a pear-shaped cocoon of silk, open at the +small end (<a href="#FIG_28">fig. 28</a>).</p> + +<p>It may here be mentioned in passing that, in the case of some +of the larger moths of the few preceding families, the young entomologist +is likely to meet with larvæ more frequently than the perfect +insect. These moths, however, are mostly very hardy and +easily reared; and a beginner cannot do better than endeavour to +obtain either ova or larvæ, in order that he may be able to watch +the different species through their various stages.</p> + + +<h4>Family—<span class="smcap">Drepanulidæ</span></h4> + +<p>We now reach a family containing six small moths that differ +in many important particulars from those we have just been considering. +They are of such slender build that a beginner may +easily mistake them for Geometers. Their wings, though small, +are broad, and well proportioned to their bodies. In five cases out +of the six the front wings are more or less hooked at the tips, and +on this account the moths in question are called the Hook Tips.</p> + +<p>The larvæ are not hairy, but they all have little fleshy projections +on their backs. Their bodies also taper to a point behind, and the +last pair of claspers are wanting, so that they have only fourteen +walking appendages. When at rest they usually fix themselves by +their claspers only, their pointed 'tails' being directed slightly upward, +and all the front segments being also elevated. When about +to change, they descend to the ground, and spin their cocoons among +dead leaves.</p> + +<p>Two only of this family can receive an individual notice.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Oak Hook Tip</i> (<i>Drepana binaria</i>)</h4> + +<p>This can hardly be described as a very common moth, but it is +fairly plentiful in the woods of the southern counties of England.<!-- Page 233 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_233" id="Page_233">[Pg 233]</a></span></p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_129" id="FIG_129"></a><a href="images/i_250a.jpg"><img src="images/i_250a_tn.jpg" width="300" height="73" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Oak Hook Tip moth." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 129.—The Oak +Hook Tip.</span> +</div> + +<p>Its wings are yellowish brown, marked with two lighter transverse +lines. There are two black spots between the lines of the +fore wings. The antennæ of the male are +pectinated; those of the female simple. +The latter sex is further distinguished by +the paler colour of the hind wings.</p> + +<p>The larva is brown, with a broad stripe, +edged with yellow, down the back. There +are two projections on the back of the +fourth segment. It feeds on oak (<i>Quercus +Robur</i>) and birch (<i>Betula alba</i>).</p> + +<p>This moth is double-brooded, and may be seen on the wing in +June and August. The larva may be beaten from the above-mentioned +trees in June and July, and again in September.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Chinese Character</i> (<i>Cilix glaucata</i>)</h4> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_130" id="FIG_130"></a><a href="images/i_250b.jpg"><img src="images/i_250b_tn.jpg" width="300" height="87" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of the Cinese Character moth." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 130.—The Chinese +Character.</span> +</div> + +<p>The fore wings of this species are white, with a broad dark +blotch from the inner margin to near the costa. The central portion +of this blotch is marked with silvery +spots which are said to resemble Chinese +characters. The hind margin is shaded +with a dark grey border, inside which is a +row of dark spots. The hind wings are +clouded with grey.</p> + +<p>This moth is widely distributed, and +seems to be common throughout England. It is double brooded, the +first brood appearing in May and June, and the second in August.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar, which is brown, with two prominent tubercles +on each of the third and fourth segments, feeds on the whitethorn +(<i>Cratægus oxyacantha</i>), and the blackthorn (<i>Prunus spinosa</i>).</p> + + +<h4>Family—<span class="smcap">Dicranuridæ</span></h4> + +<p>The five British species that represent this family are such +interesting insects that we should like to have given a detailed description +of all of them, but our limited space will allow of no more +than an outline of the general characteristics of the group and a +selection of two for individual mention.</p> + +<p>They are thick-bodied moths, and the prevailing colours are +white and shades of grey. The antennæ are pectinated in the males,<!-- Page 234 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_234" id="Page_234">[Pg 234]</a></span> +and, with the exception of the Lobster Moth (<i>Fagi</i>), in the females +also.</p> + +<p>The larvæ, like those of the last family, have no anal claspers, +and stand, when at rest, with both ends of the body raised. They +have two 'tails' projecting from the last segment. The largest of +them (the Puss), and three smaller species (Kittens) that closely +resemble it in habits, all construct hard cocoons to be presently described; +but the larva of the Lobster Moth spins a light cocoon +among the leaves of trees.</p> + +<p>They all spend the winter in the chrysalis state.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Poplar Kitten</i> (<i>Dicranura bifida</i>)</h4> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_131" id="FIG_131"></a><a href="images/i_251.jpg"><img src="images/i_251_tn.jpg" width="300" height="87" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Poplar Kitten moth." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 131.—The Poplar Kitten.</span> +</div> + +<p>Our illustration shows the arrangement of the white and grey on +the wings of this moth, but the other Kittens (<i>Bicuspis</i> and <i>Furcula</i>) +so closely resemble it that it is necessary to point out a mark of distinction. +It will be observed that the fore wings are crossed by a +broad grey band, edged with black. This band, in the present +species, is almost of the same width throughout, its interior margin +being almost straight, and the exterior one slightly concave. In +<i>Furcula</i>, the outer margin of the +band is generally sharply bent inward +just below the costa. In <i>Bicuspis</i> +the grey band varies considerably +in shape, but both this and the +dark blotch near the tip of the wing +are more sharply defined than in +the other two species.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is green, dotted +with brown, and has a brown stripe on the back. This stripe is +broken on the third segment, and widens out on the eighth and +thirteenth segments. It feeds on the Poplar (<i>Populus nigra</i>) and +Aspen (<i>P. tremula</i>).</p> + +<p>When full grown it descends to the trunk of the tree, and constructs +a very hard cocoon of a glutinous substance from its own body +mingled with little pieces of the bark that it removes for the +purpose. Thus made, the cocoon so closely resembles the surrounding +bark that detection is very difficult. I have frequently +found these cocoons on the inner surface of loose bark.</p> + +<p>This moth is widely distributed, and may be searched for in +June and July. The larva feeds during August and September.<!-- Page 235 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_235" id="Page_235">[Pg 235]</a></span></p> + + +<h4><i>The Puss</i> (<i>Dicranura vinula</i>)</h4> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_132" id="FIG_132"></a><a href="images/i_252a.jpg"><img src="images/i_252a_tn.jpg" width="300" height="123" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Puss Moth." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 132.—The Puss Moth.</span> +</div> + +<p>No written description is necessary in this case, the illustration +easily serving for identification. This beautiful moth flies in May +and June, and is common everywhere.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is a very interesting creature. It is green, with +a hump on the fourth +segment, and a patch +of brown from the +fourth segment to the +tail. This patch is +very wide on the +eighth segment, but +tapers to a point on +the thirteenth. The +two horns are rather +long and rough, and +from each of them a +very slender pink filament +is protruded when the caterpillar is irritated.</p> + +<p>It constructs a cocoon very similar to that of <i>Bifida</i>, though of +course larger, on the bark of the tree on which it fed, generally +three or four feet from the ground. It feeds on sallows, willows, +and poplars, and may be found during July and August.</p> + + +<h4>Family—<span class="smcap">Notodontidæ</span> +<br /><br /> +<i>The Coxcomb Prominent</i> (<i>Lophopteryx camelina</i>)</h4> + +<p>The family <i>Notodontidæ</i> contains several moths of somewhat +varied appearance, but foremost among them are the 'Prominents,' +distinguished by a conspicuous projection +on the inner margin of the +fore wings.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_133" id="FIG_133"></a><a href="images/i_252b.jpg"><img src="images/i_252b_tn.jpg" width="300" height="73" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Coxcomb Prominent moth." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 133.—The Coxcomb +Prominent.</span> +</div> + +<p>Our example of this group is the +Coxcomb Prominent.</p> + +<p>Its fore wings are brown, with +darker markings arranged as shown +in the illustration; and the hind +margins are scalloped. The hind +wings are much paler, with a dark brown patch in the anal angle.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is green, with a yellowish line on each side. +The spiracles are black, and there are two small humps on the<!-- Page 236 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_236" id="Page_236">[Pg 236]</a></span> +twelfth segment. It feeds during August, September, and October, +on various trees, including the oak, birch, poplar, hazel, and +alder.</p> + +<p>The moth flies from June to August, and is moderately common +and widely distributed.</p> + + +<h4>Family—<span class="smcap">Pygæridæ</span> +<br /><br /> +<i>The Buff Tip</i> (<i>Phalera bucephala</i>)</h4> + +<p>The first of our two examples of this small family is the common +and destructive Buff Tip. The perfect insect is represented on +<a href="#Plate_X">Plate X</a>, fig. 9, and is too well known to require a lengthy description. +During June and July it may be seen resting on the bark of trees +almost everywhere, with its wings folded closely round its body, +and its antennæ tucked under the wings, looking just like a piece of +stick, or a projection of the bark on which it sits.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"> +<a name="FIG_134" id="FIG_134"></a><img src="images/i_253.jpg" width="400" height="216" alt="" title="[Not to scale.]" /> +<span class="caption">Fig. 134.—The Larva of Bucephala.</span> +</div> + +<p>The caterpillars appear towards the end of June, and may be +seen in dense clusters on lime and other trees, sometimes twenty +or thirty huddled together on a single leaf. As they grow larger +they retain their gregarious tendencies, and often completely strip +the leaves from large branches. They are of a dull yellow colour, +hairy, and have seven broken black lines, one along the middle of +the back, and three on each side. The head and legs are black.</p> + +<p>When full grown, they descend to the root of the tree, burrow +into the soil, and there remain in the chrysalis state till the following +June. The chief food plants of this species are the lime (<i>Tilia +vulgaris</i>), elm (<i>Ulmus campestris</i>), and hazel (<i>Corylus Avellana</i>).<!-- Page 237 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_237" id="Page_237">[Pg 237]</a></span></p> + + +<h4><i>The Chocolate Tip</i> (<i>Pygæra curtula</i>)</h4> + +<p>This species is not nearly so common as the last, but is to be +met with more or less in most of the English counties in the month +of May.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_135" id="FIG_135"></a><a href="images/i_254a.jpg"><img src="images/i_254a_tn.jpg" width="300" height="85" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Chocolate Tip moth." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 135.—The Chocolate +Tip.</span> +</div> + +<p>Its fore wings are light greyish brown, crossed with four transverse +paler streaks, and tipped with a patch of chocolate brown. +The hind wings are pale yellowish +grey.</p> + +<p>The young caterpillars feed in companies +between leaves which they have +spun together, but when nearly full +grown they cease to be gregarious. +They are also very different in appearance +at different ages. When fully +fed, the larva is of a reddish-grey +colour, spotted with black, with a double row of orange-coloured +warts on each side. There is also a little black hump on each of +the fifth and twelfth segments.</p> + +<p>The food plants of this species are sallows (<i>Salix caprea</i> and +<i>S. cinerea</i>), poplar (<i>Populus nigra</i>), and aspen (<i>P. tremula</i>).</p> + + +<h4>Family—<span class="smcap">Cymatophoridæ</span></h4> + +<p>This, the last family of the <i>Bombyces</i>, contains seven species of +moderate size, the larvæ of which are either quite smooth or have +small warty prominences. The seven species are grouped into +three genera, from two of which we shall select a representative.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Peach Blossom</i> (<i>Thyatira Batis</i>)</h4> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_136" id="FIG_136"></a><a href="images/i_254b.jpg"><img src="images/i_254b_tn.jpg" width="300" height="92" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Peach Blossom moth." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 136.—The Peach Blossom.</span> +</div> + +<p>The popular name of this pretty little moth is given on account +of the resemblance of the pink +patches of its olive-brown fore wings +to the petals of the peach flower. +It is a moderately common moth, +widely distributed in England and +Ireland, and flies during June and +July.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is marbled with +reddish grey and brown, and has +a hump on the third segment, and a smaller prominence on each<!-- Page 238 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_238" id="Page_238">[Pg 238]</a></span> +of the segments six to ten inclusive. It feeds on the bramble +(<i>Rubus fruticosus</i>) during August and September, and spends the +winter in the chrysalis state, inclosed in a loose cocoon among the +dead leaves at the root of its food plant.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Yellow-horned</i> (<i>Asphalia flavicornis</i>)</h4> + +<p>This is one of the earliest of our moths, appearing on the +wing in March, when it may be +attracted by means of sugar +placed on the bark of the birch +(<i>Betula alba</i>).</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_137" id="FIG_137"></a><a href="images/i_255.jpg"><img src="images/i_255_tn.jpg" width="300" height="98" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Yellow-horned moth." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 137.—The Yellow-horned.</span> +</div> + +<p>The wings are grey, with a decidedly +greenish tinge, crossed by +three dark lines near the base, +and two others, which are zigzag, +just outside the centre. Between +these two sets of lines is a conspicuous round pale spot. The +hind wings are greyish brown, darker along the hind margin.</p> + +<p>The larva, which feeds on the above-named tree, is pale greenish, +with both white and black dots. It rolls itself up in a leaf, and +seldom ventures out of the retreat thus formed. It is fully fed in +July or August.<!-- Page 239 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_239" id="Page_239">[Pg 239]</a></span></p> + + + +<hr /> +<h3><a name="CHAPTER_XIX" id="CHAPTER_XIX"></a>CHAPTER XIX +<br /> +<i>THE NOCTUÆ</i></h3> + + +<p>We have already noticed that several of our moths fly by day; +that some come out of their hiding places at dusk, and settle down +again to rest before the deepest shadows of night fall; and that +others prefer the darkest hours of the night. The tribe of moths +we are next to consider includes the greater number (about three +hundred) of our truly nocturnal species, hence the name that heads +this chapter.</p> + +<p>They are generally of a somewhat dingy appearance, the prevailing +colours being dull shades of grey, drab, and brown. So +closely, in fact, do certain of them resemble each other, that the +greatest care has to be exercised in the identification of species—a +task that is rendered still more difficult by the variations that we +observe in the tints and markings of certain species.</p> + +<p>These moths have generally rather stout bodies. Their fore +wings are somewhat narrow, and, when the insects are at rest, +these are brought close to the body, and the hind pair are folded +up beneath them.</p> + + +<h4>Family—<span class="smcap">Bryophilidæ</span> +<br /><br /> +<i>The Marbled Beauty</i> (<i>Bryophila Perla</i>)</h4> + +<p>Our first family—the <i>Bryophilidæ</i>—contains only four British +species. These are small and slender-bodied moths, whose larvæ +feed in early morning on the lichens that cover stones and old +walls, and conceal themselves by day in holes and chinks and under +stones.</p> + +<p>The Marbled Beauty is the only moth of this family that may<!-- Page 240 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_240" id="Page_240">[Pg 240]</a></span> +be described as common with us. It is abundant in nearly every +English county, as well as in parts of Scotland and Ireland.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_138" id="FIG_138"></a><a href="images/i_257a.jpg"><img src="images/i_257a_tn.jpg" width="300" height="77" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Marbled Beauty moth." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 138.—The +Marbled Beauty.</span> +</div> + +<p>Its wings are very pale grey, marked with +a darker bluish grey, as shown in the engraving. +These markings are variable, but the +bases of the fore wings have always a dark +blotch, followed by a patch of pale grey or +white, extending the whole width of the +wing. The moth may be found from the beginning +of July to the middle of September.</p> + +<p>The larva feeds from February to April. +It is black above, with a broad orange-bordered stripe down the +back; and its body is covered with small warts, each of which +bears a single hair.</p> + + +<h4>Family—<span class="smcap">Bombycoidæ</span></h4> + +<p>In this family there are sixteen British moths, several of which +are exceedingly common. They are much larger than the <i>Bryophilidæ</i>, +and of a much stouter build. The larvæ are covered with +little hair-bearing warts, and are, indeed, often so hairy that they +may be mistaken for the caterpillars of the <i>Bombyces</i>.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Grey Dagger</i> (<i>Acronycta Psi</i>)</h4> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_139" id="FIG_139"></a><a href="images/i_257b.jpg"><img src="images/i_257b_tn.jpg" width="300" height="108" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Grey Dagger moth." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 139.—The Grey Dagger.</span> +</div> + +<p>This is the commonest of all the <i>Bombycoidæ</i>. It may be +found at rest on tree trunks and palings during the daytime +throughout the summer. Its fore wings are pale grey, with four +conspicuous black marks, one of +which—that in the anal angle—resembles +the Greek letter <i>psi</i> (ψ) +placed sideways.</p> + +<p>The larva is black or very dark +grey, with a pale yellow line down +the back, and a black hump on each +of the fifth and twelfth segments, +that on the fifth being much larger +than the other. It feeds in the +autumn on lime (<i>Tilia vulgaris</i>), blackthorn (<i>Prunus spinosa</i>), +whitethorn (<i>Cratægus oxyacantha</i>), fruit trees, and various other +trees, shrubs, and herbs.<!-- Page 241 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_241" id="Page_241">[Pg 241]</a></span></p> + +<p>The moth called the Dark Dagger (<i>Tridens</i>) is hardly to be distinguished +from <i>Psi</i>. It is not really any darker, and its markings +are almost exactly similar; but the larva is very different.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Poplar Grey</i> (<i>Acronycta megacephala</i>)</h4> + +<p>This is also a very common moth, to be found in all the southern +and midland counties, wherever poplars abound, during June and +July.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_140" id="FIG_140"></a><a href="images/i_258a.jpg"><img src="images/i_258a_tn.jpg" width="300" height="92" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Poplar Grey moth." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 140.—The Poplar Grey.</span> +</div> + +<p>Its fore wings are grey, marbled with a very dark grey. A little +inside the middle of these wings, near the costa, is a round spot +with a dark centre. This spot is +represented in a large number of +the <i>Noctuæ</i>, and is known as the +<i>orbicular</i>. It will be observed +that in the present species it is +very distinct.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is dark grey, +with a line of black dots down the +back; and it has a number of +little warts, bearing hairs. On the back of the eleventh segment +is a rather large pale spot. It feeds during August on various +species of poplar, and changes to a chrysalis in a crevice of the +bark.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Figure of Eight</i> (<i>Diloba cæruleocephala</i>)</h4> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_141" id="FIG_141"></a><a href="images/i_258b.jpg"><img src="images/i_258b_tn.jpg" width="300" height="88" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Figure of Eight moth." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 141.—The Figure of Eight.</span> +</div> + +<p>The fore wings are brownish grey. Near the middle of the +wing, but nearer the costa than the inner margin, are two whitish +spots that resemble the figure 8. The hind wings are dull brownish +grey, with darker wing rays, and a +dark spot near the centre.</p> + +<p>This moth is common in all parts, +and flies during September.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar emerges from the +egg in spring, and is fully grown in +May or June. It is of a very pale +colour—yellowish or greenish—with a +broad and broken yellow stripe down +the back, and a bluish or greenish +stripe on each side. Its head is blue (hence the specific name) +with two black spots. It feeds on the hawthorn (<i>Cratægus oxyacantha</i>)<!-- Page 242 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_242" id="Page_242">[Pg 242]</a></span> +and various fruit trees; and on the twigs of these (especially +the hawthorn) the little clusters of eggs may be seen during +the winter.</p> + + +<h4>Family—<span class="smcap">Leucaniidæ</span></h4> + +<p>In this family we have a number of rather small moths, with, +generally, no markings on their wings, save, perhaps, a few dots or +streaks.</p> + +<p>Their larvæ feed principally on grasses and reeds, and change to +the chrysalis state either in a cocoon among the food plants, or +under the surface of the ground.</p> + +<p>Several of these insects are very common, and most of them +abound in fens and marshes.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Brown-line Bright-eye</i> (<i>Leucania conigera</i>)</h4> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_142" id="FIG_142"></a><a href="images/i_259.jpg"><img src="images/i_259_tn.jpg" width="300" height="89" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Brown-line Bright-eye moth." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 142.—The Brown-line +Bright-eye.</span> +</div> + +<p>The fore wings are yellowish brown. The 'brown line' is a +transverse line parallel with the hind margin, and distant from it +about one-fourth the length of the wing. Another dark brown line, +describing a sharp bend, passes across the wing near the base. +The 'bright eye' is a light spot just outside the centre of the wing, +nearer the costa than the inner margin. +This is another of those marks that +occur very constantly in the wings of +the <i>Noctuæ</i>. It lies beyond the <i>orbicular</i> +spot, and is usually somewhat +kidney-shaped, and is consequently +named the <i>reniform</i>.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is yellowish or greyish, +with a pale dorsal line edged with +black. On each side of this is a broad +black line, below which is a yellow line edged with black, then a +whitish stripe, next a yellow line edged with black on the upper +side, and lastly a broad brownish line, just above the spiracles, +edged with black on both sides. It feeds on couch grass (<i>Agropyron +repens</i>) and various other grasses, and is fully grown in +May.</p> + +<p>The moth flies in July and August, and is common throughout +the United Kingdom.<!-- Page 243 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_243" id="Page_243">[Pg 243]</a></span></p> + + +<h4><i>The Smoky Wainscot</i> (<i>Leucania impura</i>)</h4> + +<p>This same genus includes a number of moths, very similar in +general appearance, and popularly known as the 'Wainscots.' Of +these we shall take two examples.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_143" id="FIG_143"></a><a href="images/i_260a.jpg"><img src="images/i_260a_tn.jpg" width="300" height="94" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Smoky Wainscot moth." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 143.—The Smoky +Wainscot.</span> +</div> + +<p>The first is the Smoky Wainscot, +so called from the dark smoky tint +of the hind wings. Its fore wings +are wainscot brown, with lighter rays; +and they each have three black dots arranged +in the form of a triangle, one +in the centre, and the other two between +this and the hind margin.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is yellowish, with a +fine white line down the back. The +spiracles are red, and inclosed in black rings. It feeds on sedges +(<i>Carex</i>) from March to May.</p> + +<p>The moth is on the wing from June to August.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Common Wainscot</i> (<i>Leucania pallens</i>)</h4> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_144" id="FIG_144"></a><a href="images/i_260b.jpg"><img src="images/i_260b_tn.jpg" width="300" height="91" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Common Wainscot moth." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 144.—The Common +Wainscot.</span> +</div> + +<p>This moth is very much like the last. The fore wings exhibit +the same three dots, but it may be +distinguished by the pale colour of the +hind wings.</p> + +<p>The larva feeds on various grasses +in March and April. It is of a pinkish +grey colour, with two rows of +black dots on each side of the dorsal +line. There are also three stripes +along the side, two of which are +brownish and the other grey.</p> + +<p>The moth is common everywhere from June to August.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Bullrush</i> (<i>Nonagria arundinis</i>)</h4> + +<p>Our last example of this family is the Bullrush, a moth that is +common in all parts where its food plant abounds.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_145" id="FIG_145"></a><a href="images/i_261.jpg"><img src="images/i_261_tn.jpg" width="300" height="166" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Bullrush." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 145.—The Bullrush.</span> +</div> + +<p>It is much larger than the two preceding species. The fore +wings are yellowish brown, with three parallel transverse lines of<!-- Page 244 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_244" id="Page_244">[Pg 244]</a></span> +black spots. The hind wings are whitish, tinged with brown near +the hind margin.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is of a dull pinkish colour, with a shining +brownish plate on the +second segment. The +spiracles are black. It +feeds inside the stems +of the reed-mace (<i>Typha +latifolia</i>), and +changes to a chrysalis +within the gallery it +has excavated, after +making a hole through +which it can escape +when it attains the perfect +form.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar may +be found in May and June, the chrysalis in August, and the moth +in September.</p> + + +<h4>Family—<span class="smcap">Apameidæ</span></h4> + +<p>This large family contains no less than forty-four British species, +many of which are exceedingly common; and of the others only +about half a dozen can be regarded as rare.</p> + +<p>Most of them are of medium size, and with one or two exceptions +are dressed in rather dingy garbs; but, although the ground +colours are dull, the various markings of the wings are sharply +defined. They may be searched for on palings and the bark of trees +by day, at which time they repose with their wings sloping like the +sides of the roof of a house. Some are easily attracted by lights, +and others partake freely of the entomologist's 'sugar.'</p> + +<p>The larvæ have small retractile heads, and feed on low-growing +plants, keeping themselves well concealed on the lower leaves close +to the ground.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Frosted Orange</i> (<i>Gortyna Ochracea</i>)</h4> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_146" id="FIG_146"></a><a href="images/i_262a.jpg"><img src="images/i_262a_tn.jpg" width="300" height="98" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Frosted Orange." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 146.—The Frosted +Orange.</span> +</div> + +<p>We commence with one of the brightest members of the family, +the Frosted Orange. Its fore wings are dark yellow or ochreous, +with distinct brown markings, the chief of which are two broad<!-- Page 245 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_245" id="Page_245">[Pg 245]</a></span> +transverse bands. The orbicular spot is pale yellow and very distinct. +The hind wings are dingy yellow. This moth flies from July +to September, and is easily attracted +by a light at night. It is common +everywhere.</p> + +<p>The larva is yellow, dotted with +black, with a brownish plate on the +second segment. It feeds inside the +stems of a number of plants, including +the marsh thistle (<i>Cnicus +palustris</i>), musk thistle (<i>Carduus +nutans</i>), burdock (<i>Arctium minus</i>), +mullein (<i>Verbascum thapsus</i>), foxglove +(<i>Digitalis purpurea</i>), and elder (<i>Sambucus nigra</i>). When +about to change to the chrysalis it eats <i>nearly</i> to the surface of the +stem, leaving only a very thin and transparent layer of the epidermis +to cover the hole through which it is to escape when it +becomes a moth.</p> + +<p>The caterpillars are to be found in June, and the chrysalides in +July.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Flame</i> (<i>Axylia putris</i>)</h4> + +<p>This also is a pretty insect, but much smaller than <i>Ochracea</i>. It +is common in most parts, and may be seen flying in weedy and +waste grounds at dusk during June and +July.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_147" id="FIG_147"></a><a href="images/i_262b.jpg"><img src="images/i_262b_tn.jpg" width="300" height="87" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Flame." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 147.—The Flame.</span> +</div> + +<p>The fore wings are pale pinkish brown, +with dark brown along the costa, and two +patches of the same colour on the hind +margin. There is also a double line of +small brown dots parallel with the hind +margin.</p> + +<p>The larva is brown, with one yellow and two white dots on each +segment. There is also a triangular dark patch on each of the fifth +and sixth segments. It feeds during August on the stinging nettle +(<i>Urtica dioica</i>), and various other low herbs.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Light Arches</i> (<i>Xylophasia lithoxylea</i>)</h4> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_148" id="FIG_148"></a><a href="images/i_263a.jpg"><img src="images/i_263a_tn.jpg" width="300" height="118" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Light Arches." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 148.—The Light Arches.</span> +</div> + +<p>The fore wings of this species are very light ochreous, with a +light brown patch on the middle of the costa, and patches of the<!-- Page 246 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_246" id="Page_246">[Pg 246]</a></span> +same colour along the hind margin; also a row of small black dots +parallel with the same +margin. The hind wings +are pale ochreous: they +are brownish along the +hind margin, and have +a light fringe.</p> + +<p>The moth is very +common in waste places, +and flies in June and +July.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is of +a dirty white colour, dotted with black, and has a black head. It +feeds on the roots of grasses in May.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Flounced Rustic</i> (<i>Luperina testacea</i>)</h4> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_149" id="FIG_149"></a><a href="images/i_263b.jpg"><img src="images/i_263b_tn.jpg" width="300" height="93" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Flounced Rustic." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 149.—The Flounced +Rustic.</span> +</div> + +<p>The fore wings are greyish brown, with darker umber-brown +markings. These latter are variable, +but the most conspicuous is a series +of dark crescent-shaped spots almost +parallel with the hind margin, and +immediately outside these is a series +of paler crescents.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is dull flesh-colour, +with a brown head, and a brownish +plate on the second segment. It feeds +on the stems of grasses.</p> + +<p>The moth is common throughout the British Isles, and flies in +August and September.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Cabbage Moth</i> (<i>Mamestra Brassicæ</i>)</h4> + +<p>Whatever be your methods of moth collecting, you are sure to +meet with <i>Brassicæ</i> in abundance. They swarm round the insect +hunter's sugar in such numbers as to become a positive nuisance. +They are also attracted by light. During the day they may be seen +at rest on palings. The caterpillar is even better known, and with +reason, for it is fearfully destructive to our vegetables and even our +flower beds. It burrows into the hearts of cabbages, filling the +galleries it makes with its excrement, often leaving no very<!-- Page 247 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_247" id="Page_247">[Pg 247]</a></span> +visible outward signs of its presence within. But its ravages +are by no means confined to cabbages. It eats with more or less +relish almost every vegetable +and flowering plant of our +gardens, and is equally partial +to the various herbs of the field.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_150" id="FIG_150"></a><a href="images/i_264a.jpg"><img src="images/i_264a_tn.jpg" width="300" height="97" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Cabbage Moth." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 150.—The Cabbage Moth.</span> +</div> + +<p>The fore wings of the moth +are dingy brownish grey, marbled +in a very confused manner +by darker markings. The +<i>reniform</i> spot is very distinct, +the orbicular less so. A light +zigzag line runs parallel with the hind margin. It flies in June +and July.</p> + +<p>The larva feeds later in the season, and changes to the chrysalis +beneath the soil in the autumn. It is of a dark grey colour, with a +darker line on the back, and a lighter one along the spiracles, which +are white.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Dot</i> (<i>Mamestra Persicariæ</i>)</h4> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_151" id="FIG_151"></a><a href="images/i_264b.jpg"><img src="images/i_264b_tn.jpg" width="300" height="101" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Dot." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 151.—The Dot.</span> +</div> + +<p>The conspicuous white reniform spot on the very dark marbled +fore wings is always sufficient for the identification of this species.</p> + +<p>This moth is out in June and July; and during the latter month +lays its eggs on the elder (<i>Sambucus +nigra</i>), and the various low +plants that supply the larva with +food.</p> + +<p>The larva is greenish or greyish, +sometimes with a reddish +tinge, with a light line down the +back. The twelfth segment is +humped, and there are dark <span class="lettershape">V</span>-shaped +marks on the back of segments +five to twelve inclusive. It is full grown in September, and +burrows into the ground to undergo its change to the chrysalis, in +which state it remains throughout the winter.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Rustic Shoulder-knot</i> (<i>Apamea basilinea</i>)</h4> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_152" id="FIG_152"></a><a href="images/i_265a.jpg"><img src="images/i_265a_tn.jpg" width="300" height="94" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Rustic Shoulder knot." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 152.—The Rustic +Shoulder knot.</span> +</div> + +<p>The fore wings of this species are pale ochreous grey, with light +brown markings; and there is a short dark streak in the middle of<!-- Page 248 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_248" id="Page_248">[Pg 248]</a></span> +the base, from which feature the specific name (<i>Basilinea</i>) is +derived. The hind wings are of a similar colour, but shading into +a dark smoke colour at the hind +margin.</p> + +<p>The caterpillars feed at first on +the grains of wheat, on the ears of +which the moth deposits the eggs +in June. At harvest time they remain +hidden among the husks, and +are often threshed out in large +numbers by the blows of the flail. +The cold weather soon overtakes +them, and they then spin a cocoon in which to pass the winter. +On the approach of spring they come out again, and feed by night +on various low plants, hiding themselves among the roots by day. +In March they are full grown, and change to brown chrysalides +beneath the surface of the ground.</p> + +<p>The moth flies in June, and is one of the commonest and most +destructive of our <i>Noctuæ</i>.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Marbled Minor</i> (<i>Miana strigilis</i>)</h4> + +<p>The next three genera (<i>Miana</i>, <i>Phothedes</i>, and <i>Celæna</i>) include +seven small moths known as the 'Minors.' The commonest of +them is the Marbled Minor, which is to be +found in abundance everywhere during June +and July.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_153" id="FIG_153"></a><a href="images/i_265b.jpg"><img src="images/i_265b_tn.jpg" width="300" height="76" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Marbled Minor." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 153.—The Marbled +Minor.</span> +</div> + +<p>This species is very variable, but the fore +wings are usually dark brown, marbled with +a lighter colour—white or grey. There is +generally an irregular white or pale grey +band crossing the wings parallel with the +hind margin, and two white marks on the inner margin, halfway +between this band and the base. There is also a deep black blotch +across the middle of the wing.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is greyish or greenish with paler lines and black +spiracles. It feeds on grasses in March and April, and changes to +a chrysalis under the ground in May.</p> + + +<h4>Family—<span class="smcap">Caradrinidæ</span></h4> + +<p>There are only ten British species in this family, two of +which are rare; and most of the others are particularly dingy.<!-- Page 249 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_249" id="Page_249">[Pg 249]</a></span> +The transverse lines so often seen on the fore wings of Noctuæ are +generally well marked. The larvæ have short stiff bristles, and +feed on low plants; they undergo their changes in an earthen +cocoon under the ground.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Mottled Rustic</i> (<i>Caradrina Morpheus</i>)</h4> + +<p>We select as our type of this family the Mottled Rustic—a +common moth that may be procured from June to August. Its +fore wings are brownish grey, with +darker lines and spots; the hind wings +are almost white, but darker at the tip.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_154" id="FIG_154"></a><a href="images/i_266.jpg"><img src="images/i_266_tn.jpg" width="300" height="84" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Mottled Rustic." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 154.—The Mottled +Rustic.</span> +</div> + +<p>The caterpillar is brownish grey, with +a row of triangular spots on each side of +the back. It is very sluggish, spending +the greater part of its existence among +the roots of low plants. It feeds throughout +the winter, except during severe +weather, and is full grown in April. The food plants include teasels +(<i>Dipsacus pilosus</i> and <i>D. sylvestris</i>), hedge bedstraw (<i>Galium Mollugo</i>), +orpine (<i>Sedum Telephium</i>), sallows (<i>Salix</i>), and various +other plants.</p> + +<p>The chrysalis may be dug out in May.</p> + + +<h4>Family—<span class="smcap">Noctuidæ</span></h4> + +<p>A glance at our list of British <i>Noctuæ</i> (Appendix I) will show +that this family contains nearly fifty species and only three genera. +It includes several very common moths that frequent our gardens +and are to be met with during almost every summer evening +ramble.</p> + +<p>Most of the species are very dingy, but the half-dozen that +comprise the genus <i>Triphæna</i> are characterised by the bright +colouring of the hind wings. The fore wings are narrow and more +or less glossy, and overlap to a greater or less extent when the +insects are at rest; and the hind wings are folded and completely +hidden beneath them.</p> + +<p>The larvæ are rather thick and smooth, and generally of very +dingy colours. They feed on low plants, often confining their +ravages to the roots, and generally lie well concealed close to the +ground or under the surface.<!-- Page 250 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_250" id="Page_250">[Pg 250]</a></span></p> + +<p>The pupæ are brown, smooth, and shining, and are usually +inclosed in earthen cocoons.</p> + +<p>We shall briefly notice a few members of each of the three +genera.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Turnip Moth</i> (<i>Agrotis Segetum</i>)</h4> + +<p>This is another of those destructive insects that attack vegetable +and flower gardens, often doing so much damage to our crops as to +become quite a nuisance to cultivators.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_155" id="FIG_155"></a><a href="images/i_267.jpg"><img src="images/i_267_tn.jpg" width="300" height="90" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Turnip Moth." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 155.—The Turnip Moth.</span> +</div> + +<p>The moth is decidedly dingy. Its fore wings are brown, clouded +with a darker tint. The hind wings are almost white, sometimes +with a brown hind margin.</p> + +<p>In June it lays its eggs on the stems of young plants, generally +very close to the ground. As soon as the young caterpillars emerge +they commence feeding on the +lower parts of the stems, or burrowing +deeply into the larger succulent +roots. When the larvæ have completed +their work of destruction in +this way, they change to brown +chrysalides in the ground. Some +undergo this change in October, and +shortly after give rise to a second +brood of moths; but most of them remain in the caterpillar state +throughout the winter, and, contrary to the general rule with +hybernating larvæ, continue to feed almost throughout the winter +months, and change to the chrysalis in the following May.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar grows to a large size. It is of a greyish or +greenish colour, with a paler line on the back, a light brown line +on each side of this, black spots between these lines, and black +spiracles.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Heart and Dart</i> (<i>Agrotis Exclamationis</i>)</h4> + +<p>The destructive work of <i>Segetum</i> is assisted by similar operations +of the Heart and Dart, the larva of which feeds voraciously +on the roots of several of our cultivated vegetables, though +the present species does not entirely confine its ravages to the +farmer's crops, but attacks the roots of many low-growing herbs.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_156" id="FIG_156"></a><a href="images/i_268a.jpg"><img src="images/i_268a_tn.jpg" width="300" height="108" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Heart and Dart." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 156.—The Heart and +Dart.</span> +</div> + +<p>The fore wings of the moth are light brown, generally with +a reddish tinge. The darker markings include a large and very<!-- Page 251 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_251" id="Page_251">[Pg 251]</a></span> +distinct reniform spot, a less distinct orbicular, and a conspicuous +longitudinal blackish streak near the base of the wing known as the +<i>claviform</i>. Beyond the reniform +a curved and zigzag dark line +crosses the wing. The hind wings +of the male are very pale, those +of the female darker, with a whitish +fringe.</p> + +<p>The moth flies from June to +August, and is common everywhere. +The caterpillar feeds in +the autumn, and reaches its full +size in October; but it is said to +feed at intervals throughout the winter. Its colour is dingy brown +or grey, with paler lines on the sides. The spiracles are black, and +there are black dots on the sides.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Garden Dart</i> (<i>Agrotis nigricans</i>)</h4> + +<p>This is another dingy moth, whose general appearance is so +unattractive that the tyro might be inclined to neglect it. But it +must not be omitted from our selection on that score, for our main +object here is to give the beginner +an acquaintance with those species +that are most likely to be captured +in the earlier part of his career, and +this moth is certainly one of those +that may be described as 'abundant +everywhere.'</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_157" id="FIG_157"></a><a href="images/i_268b.jpg"><img src="images/i_268b_tn.jpg" width="300" height="95" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Garden Dart." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 157.—The Garden Dart.</span> +</div> + +<p>Its fore wings are dull dark brown, +often tinged with red, and clouded +with black. The reniform spot is +pale, the orbicular spot less distinct, and between the two there is +generally a rhomboidal dark spot. There is also a short dark streak +near the base of the wing, and a black spot before the orbicular. +The hind wings are pale, but smoky towards the hind margin.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is brown and shining, with a fine pale line on +the back, and a double white stripe below the spiracles. It is also +dotted with black. It is exceedingly destructive, feeding on clovers +(<i>Trifolium pratense</i> and <i>T. repens</i>) and various low plants in May +and June.</p> + +<p>The moth flies from June to August.<!-- Page 252 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_252" id="Page_252">[Pg 252]</a></span></p> + + +<h4><i>The Flame Shoulder</i> (<i>Noctua plecta</i>)</h4> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_158" id="FIG_158"></a><a href="images/i_269a.jpg"><img src="images/i_269a_tn.jpg" width="300" height="85" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Flame Shoulder." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 158.—The Flame +Shoulder.</span> +</div> + +<p>As our example of the next genus we take the Flame +Shoulder, a rather small moth, easily identified by the broad +yellowish-white streak along the costa of the reddish-brown fore +wings. The orbicular and reniform spots +are margined with white, and a thin white +streak runs from the base of the wing to +the former. The hind wings are white. +This moth flies in July, and is common +throughout Great Britain.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is reddish brown, with +a slender line of white dots on the back, +and a similar line on each side. The body +is smooth and velvety, and is netted and dotted all over with dark +brown. It feeds on the lady's bedstraw (<i>Galium verum</i>), sweet +woodruff (<i>Asperula odorata</i>), and many other low plants; and +is full fed early in July.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Lesser Broad Border</i> (<i>Triphæna ianthina</i>)</h4> + +<p>We now come to the third and last genus (<i>Triphæna</i>) of this +extensive family, a genus which includes six interesting moths, +with bright orange or yellow hind wings. Of these we shall take +three examples.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_159" id="FIG_159"></a><a href="images/i_269b.jpg"><img src="images/i_269b_tn.jpg" width="300" height="89" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Lesser Broad Border." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 159.—The Lesser Broad +Border.</span> +</div> + +<p>The first of them—the Lesser Broad Border—has fore wings of +a rich reddish or violet brown, with paler markings. The hind +wings are bright orange, with a +broad marginal band of black.</p> + +<p>It is a common moth, particularly +in the south-western counties, +and flies during July and August.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is of a dingy yellowish +or greenish grey, with a light +line down the back, and two black +spots on each side of segments nine +to twelve inclusive. It feeds throughout +the winter by night on dead nettles (<i>Lamium purpureum</i> and +<i>L. album</i>), primrose (<i>Primula acaulis</i>), whitethorn (<i>Cratægus +oxyacantha</i>), blackthorn (<i>Prunus spinosa</i>), and various low plants; +and may sometimes be seen in flower gardens. It is full grown +in April.<!-- Page 253 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_253" id="Page_253">[Pg 253]</a></span></p> + + +<h4><i>The Lesser Yellow Underwing</i> (<i>Triphæna Comes</i>)</h4> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_160" id="FIG_160"></a><a href="images/i_270.jpg"><img src="images/i_270_tn.jpg" width="300" height="103" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Lesser Yellow Underwing." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 160.—The Lesser +Yellow Underwing.</span> +</div> + +<p>This insect is very similar to the last, but is larger. The +fore wings are also of a greyish or ochreous brown, and the black +margin of the hind wings is proportionately +narrower.</p> + +<p>It is more abundant than <i>Ianthina</i>; +in fact it is to be found +everywhere in plenty during the +month of July.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is yellowish +brown. On the back of each of +the eleventh and twelfth segments +are two conspicuous dark marks. +The spiracles are white, and below +them is a pale brown stripe. It feeds on the foxglove (<i>Digitalis +purpurea</i>), chickweed (<i>Stellaria media</i>), thrift (<i>Armeria maritima</i>), +and other low plants in the autumn, hybernates during the winter, +and attacks sallows (<i>Salix Caprea</i> and <i>S. cinerea</i>) and whitethorn +(<i>Cratægus oxyacantha</i>) as soon as the buds appear in the spring. +It is full grown in April, and then changes to a chrysalis on the +surface of the earth.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Large Yellow Underwing</i> (<i>Triphæna Pronuba</i>)</h4> + +<p>This is by far the commonest moth of the genus, and may be +found everywhere, in town and country, from June to August. It +is represented on <a href="#Plate_XI">Plate XI</a> (fig. 1), but its fore wings are very variable, +sometimes a cold dingy grey, but often of an exceedingly rich +and warm brown. On the costal margin, not far from the tip, there +is always a small black spot, which will serve to distinguish it from +<i>Comes</i>.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar (<a href="#FIG_21">fig. 21</a>) feeds throughout the winter on the roots +of almost every plant in our gardens; and, during the warmer +weather of the autumn and spring, on stems and leaves. It is full +grown early in the summer, and then changes to a chrysalis in the +ground. Its colour is dirty yellowish or greenish grey, with a row +of dark spots on each side.<!-- Page 254 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_254" id="Page_254">[Pg 254]</a></span></p> + + +<h4>Family—<span class="smcap">Amphipyridæ</span> +<br /><br /> +<i>The Gothic</i> (<i>Mania typica</i>)</h4> + +<p>The above family contains only four British species, two of +which we shall briefly consider.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_161" id="FIG_161"></a><a href="images/i_271a.jpg"><img src="images/i_271a_tn.jpg" width="300" height="129" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Gothic." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 161.—The Gothic.</span> +</div> + +<p>The first of these is the Gothic—a very common moth that may +be seen everywhere about midsummer. Its fore wings are brown +with darker marblings, and +there are numerous lighter +markings which may be easily +made out by reference to the +accompanying woodcut.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is smooth +and velvety, of a dull brown or +greenish colour, with darker +dorsal and side stripes. The +latter are crossed obliquely by +a series of whitish lines. It +feeds on fruit and other trees +in clusters when very young in early autumn, and afterwards +descends and feeds on low plants. It hybernates in the winter, and +feeds again on low plants in the spring. When full grown it burrows +into the soil to undergo its changes.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Old Lady</i> (<i>Mania Maura</i>)</h4> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_162" id="FIG_162"></a><a href="images/i_271b.jpg"><img src="images/i_271b_tn.jpg" width="300" height="148" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Old Lady." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 162.—The Old Lady.</span> +</div> + +<p>This fine moth is so very different from the last in appearance +that the reason +for placing the two +in the same genus +is not apparent +till the earlier +stages and life history +have been +studied. All its +wings are very +deep brown; the +front pair has a +darker band containing +the orbicular +and reniform spots, and the hind pair a lighter band across the +middle.</p> + +<p><!-- Page 255 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_255" id="Page_255">[Pg 255]</a></span></p> + +<p>It is a common moth, often to be found at rest by day in outhouses +and sheds. It flies in July and August.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is dark purple or umber brown, with darker and +lighter markings. It feeds in the autumn on fruit trees, and +hybernates during the winter. In the spring it feeds again on low +plants, and changes to a chrysalis in May under the ground.</p> + + +<h4>Family—<span class="smcap">Orthosiidæ</span></h4> + +<p>This is a large family of over thirty species, most of them of +rather small size, which make their appearance, with two exceptions, +either in early spring or in late autumn, often attracted in the former +season by the sallow blossom, and in the latter by ivy bloom.</p> + +<p>Several of them are very common insects, that are almost sure +to be taken by a young collector during his first season.</p> + +<p>The fore wings of these moths are more or less pointed at the +tip, and the usual lines and spots are generally distinct. The males +may be distinguished from the females by their antennæ, which are +always more or less ciliated.</p> + +<p>The caterpillars are smooth and velvety, and feed by night; and +the pupæ are inclosed in cocoons constructed of earth and silk.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Common Quaker</i> (<i>Tæniocampa stabilis</i>)</h4> + +<p>Several of the species of the family are known popularly as +Quakers, the commonest of which—<i>Stabilis</i>—is abundant in all +parts.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_163" id="FIG_163"></a><a href="images/i_272.jpg"><img src="images/i_272_tn.jpg" width="300" height="92" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Common Quaker." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 163.—The Common +Quaker.</span> +</div> + +<p>Its fore wings are grey, with generally either an ochreous or +reddish tinge. The orbicular and +reniform spots are outlined with +a paler colour, and there is a pale +transverse line parallel with the +hind margin, outside which is a row +of indistinct black spots. The hind +wings are greyish brown.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is green and +velvety, with a yellowish line on +the back and on each side; and a +yellow band crosses the back of the twelfth segment transversely. +It feeds during June and July on oak (<i>Quercus Robur</i>) and elm +(<i>Ulmus campestris</i>), and changes to a chrysalis in August on the +surface of the ground. In this state it remains throughout the +winter, and the moth emerges in March or April.<!-- Page 256 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_256" id="Page_256">[Pg 256]</a></span></p> + + +<h4><i>The Chestnut</i> (<i>Cerastis Vaccinii</i>)</h4> + +<p>Unfortunately our space will not allow us to notice the whole of +even the very common moths, so, passing over a few with great reluctance, +we come to the familiar Chestnut, which may be seen at +large in October and November, and sometimes even in December, +and again appears, after a rather short +period of hybernation, in February +and March.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_164" id="FIG_164"></a><a href="images/i_273a.jpg"><img src="images/i_273a_tn.jpg" width="300" height="80" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Chestnut." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 164.—The Chestnut.</span> +</div> + +<p>The fore wings are reddish brown, +with darker wavy lines. The orbicular +and reniform spots have pale outlines, +and the lower half of the latter is very +dark grey. The hind wings are smoky +grey, with generally a pale band beyond the middle.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is dark brown, with very indistinct lighter lines. +The spiracles are black, and inclosed in a yellowish grey stripe. It +feeds during June and July on the elm (<i>Ulmus campestris</i>), oak +(<i>Quercus Robur</i>), and sallow (<i>Salix caprea</i>), and various low +plants.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Pink-barred Sallow</i> (<i>Xanthia Flavago</i>)</h4> + +<p>This moth is not nearly so common as the preceding species, +but has been taken more or less in all parts of England.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_165" id="FIG_165"></a> +<a href="images/i_273b.jpg"><img src="images/i_273b_tn.jpg" width="300" height="78" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Pink-barred Sallow." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 165.—The Pink-barred Sallow.</span> +</div> + +<p>Its fore wings are orange yellow, +with purplish markings arranged as +represented in <a href="#FIG_165">fig. 165</a>. The hind +wings are yellowish white.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is brown, with a +lateral stripe formed by numerous red, +yellow and white dots. It feeds on +sallow (<i>Salix caprea</i>) and various low +plants.</p> + +<p>It is full grown in June, and the moth appears in September.</p> + + +<h4>Family—<span class="smcap">Cosmiidæ</span> +<br /><br /> +<i>The Dun-bar</i> (<i>Calymnia trapezina</i>)</h4> + +<p>Our example of this family is the Dun-bar, common everywhere +during July and August.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_166" id="FIG_166"></a><a href="images/i_274a.jpg"><img src="images/i_274a_tn.jpg" width="300" height="78" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Dun-bar." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 166.—The Dun-bar.</span> +</div> + +<p>Its fore wings are greyish ochreous, with a darker band across +the middle. On each side of this band is a white line margined with<!-- Page 257 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_257" id="Page_257">[Pg 257]</a></span> +dark grey, and there is a row of black spots along the hind margin. +The hind wings are smoky brown, becoming paler towards the base.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar feeds on oak (<i>Quercus Robur</i>), hornbeam (<i>Carpinus +Betulus</i>), and birch (<i>Betula alba</i>), +and may be found in abundance during +May and June. It is green, with dark +spots, and white lines on the back and +sides. Although it partakes of the leaves +of the above-named trees, yet its chief +food seems to be other caterpillars, for it +devours these with a savage greediness +that is simply astonishing. It will chase +an unfortunate caterpillar, seize it by the neck with a fatal grip, +and rapidly devour it. Its chief prey seems to be the larva of the +Winter Moth (<i>Brumata</i>).</p> + + +<h4>Family—<span class="smcap">Hadenidæ</span></h4> + +<p>Nearly fifty British <i>Noctuæ</i> are included in the family +<i>Hadenidæ</i>. They are of variable dimensions, and differ much in +the brightness of their colours, some being very dingy, and others +gaily tinted. Their antennæ are rather long; and when at rest +the wings slope from the back like the sides of a roof.</p> + +<p>The larvæ are smooth, and not very thick; and there is sometimes +a hump on the twelfth segment. The pupæ are brown and +shiny, and are inclosed in earthen cocoons beneath the surface of +the soil.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Broad-barred White</i> (<i>Hecatera serena</i>)</h4> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_167" id="FIG_167"></a><a href="images/i_274b.jpg"><img src="images/i_274b_tn.jpg" width="300" height="79" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Broad-barred White." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 167.—The Broad-barred White.</span> +</div> + +<p>Although not gaily coloured, this is a pretty little moth, there +being a bright contrast between the white ground and the grey +markings of the wings. It is common +in the south of England, and seems to +be plentiful in and around London.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is of a dingy greenish +colour, with a yellowish stripe on each +side of the back; and there are two distinct +dots on the back of each segment. +It feeds during July and August on sow-thistles +(<i>Sonchus oleraceus</i> and <i>S. arvensis</i>), +sleepwort (<i>Lactuca virosa</i>), and hawkweeds (<i>Hieracia</i>).</p> + +<p>The moth flies in June and July.<!-- Page 258 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_258" id="Page_258">[Pg 258]</a></span></p> + + +<h4><i>The Marvel-du-jour</i> (<i>Agriopis Aprilina</i>)</h4> + +<p>The Marvel-du-jour is decidedly a beautiful moth—quite an exception +among the <i>Noctuæ</i> in this respect, and it is withal both +common and widely distributed. We need not describe it, since it +is represented on <a href="#Plate_XI">Plate XI</a> (fig. 2), and can hardly be mistaken for +any other species.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is dull green, often tinged with red. The dorsal +line is broad and dark, and interrupted by a series of very light +lozenge-shaped spots. It feeds on the oak in May and June, and is +full grown in the latter month. It then burrows into the earth at +the foot of the tree, and there constructs a fragile earthen cocoon +previous to changing to a chrysalis.</p> + +<p>From July to September the chrysalides may be obtained in +plenty by breaking up the sods at the roots of oaks, and the perfect +insect may be found toward the end of September and throughout +October.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Small Angle Shades</i> (<i>Euplexia lucipara</i>)</h4> + +<p>This pretty little moth is represented in fig. 3 of <a href="#Plate_XI">Plate XI</a>. It +is very common throughout the country, and may be seen in June +and July.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is thickest on the twelfth segment, and gradually +tapers from this towards the head. Its colour is pale green, with a +white stripe just below the spiracles, which are black. On each +side of the back are a number of oblique lines, which meet in the +middle line, thus forming a series of <span class="lettershape">V</span>-shaped marks pointing +towards the tail. It feeds on the common bracken fern (<i>Pteris +aquilina</i>), foxglove (<i>Digitalis purpurea</i>), and the male fern (<i>Lastræa +Filix-mas</i>), in August and September.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Angle Shades</i> +(<i>Phlogophora Meticulosa</i>)</h4> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_168" id="FIG_168"></a><a href="images/i_275.jpg"><img src="images/i_275_tn.jpg" width="300" height="113" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Angle Shades." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 168.—The Angle Shades.</span> +</div> + +<p>This moth is so common +and so widely distributed +that it is almost +sure to be taken by the +young collector during +his first season. Its wings +are scalloped on the hind margin, and their colour light ochreous, +often tinged with pink or olive green, and marked with dark<!-- Page 259 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_259" id="Page_259">[Pg 259]</a></span> +brown as shown in the illustration. It is double brooded, the first +brood appearing in May and June, and the second in September +and October.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is green or olive brown, and thickly covered +with white spots. It feeds on groundsel (<i>Senecio vulgaris</i>) and +many other low plants, the first brood throughout the winter from +November to April, and the second in July and August.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Grey Arches</i> (<i>Aplecta nebulosa</i>)</h4> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_169" id="FIG_169"></a><a href="images/i_276.jpg"><img src="images/i_276_tn.jpg" width="300" height="113" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Grey Arches." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 169.—The Grey Arches.</span> +</div> + +<p>The fore wings of this moth vary from greyish white to a rather +dark smoky tint. The markings are of a darker colour, and are +also subject to considerable variation. The orbicular and reniform +spots are large, and paler than the ground colour; and several zigzag +or scalloped lines, +more or less distinct, +cross the wings transversely.</p> + +<p>The larva is brown, +with a lighter line down +the back. On each of the +segments five to eleven +is a dark lozenge-shaped +spot, bisected by the +dorsal line; and on the +second segment is a shining plate and a triangular mark. It feeds +on the dock (<i>Rumex</i>), and various other low plants during the +autumn; and, after its hybernation, on the leaves of the sallow +(<i>Salix Caprea</i>), birch (<i>Betula alba</i>), and whitethorn (<i>Cratægus +oxyacantha</i>). It is full grown in May, when it burrows into the +ground to undergo its metamorphoses.</p> + +<p>The moth flies during June and July, and is common in nearly +every part of Great Britain. Large numbers may be obtained by +searching fences and tree trunks about midsummer.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Shears</i> (<i>Hadena dentina</i>)</h4> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_170" id="FIG_170"></a><a href="images/i_277a.jpg"><img src="images/i_277a_tn.jpg" width="300" height="86" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Shears." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 170.—The Shears.</span> +</div> + +<p>The Shears is another very common moth of the same family. +The ground colour of the fore wings is very variable, but is generally +a lighter or darker shade of grey. Sometimes, however, it +has a very decided brownish tinge. Across the centre of the wing<!-- Page 260 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_260" id="Page_260">[Pg 260]</a></span> +is a darker band, wider on the costal side, containing the orbicular +and reniform spots, as well as a light patch beneath them, and bordered +on each side by a pale zigzag +line. There is another similar line +near to and parallel with the hind +margin. The hind wings are smoky +grey or smoky brown, darker towards +the hind margin.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is greyish, and has +a series of triangular black spots along +each side of the back. It feeds on the roots of the dandelion +(<i>Taraxacum officinale</i>), and changes to a peculiar spiny chrysalis.</p> + +<p>The perfect insect appears to be abundant everywhere, and is +on the wing in June and July.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Bright-line Brown-eye</i> (<i>Hadena oleracea</i>)</h4> + +<p>Every collector is sure to meet with this insect during his first +season. The moth is abundant everywhere in June, the caterpillar +may be found feeding in almost every waste and weedy spot in +August and September, and the chrysalis is certain to be turned +over by the pupa digger.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_171" id="FIG_171"></a><a href="images/i_277b.jpg"><img src="images/i_277b_tn.jpg" width="300" height="96" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Bright-line Brown-eye." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 171.—The Bright-line Brown-eye.</span> +</div> + +<p>The fore wings of the perfect insect are reddish brown. The +orbicular spot is usually very indistinct, +being of almost exactly the +same tint as the ground colour, and +surrounded by a very fine whitish +line. The reniform is generally +more conspicuous, a portion of it +being of a light ochreous colour. +Near the hind margin, and parallel +with it, is a white line, bent +sharply into the form of a <span class="lettershape">W</span>, just +on the anal side of the middle.</p> + +<p>The hind wings are greyish brown in the base, and dark smoke +colour towards the margin.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is pale green or brown, dotted with both black +and white, and adorned with a bright yellow line just below the +spiracles. It feeds on the nettle (<i>Urtica dioica</i>), dock (<i>Rumex</i>), +and many other low plants; and, according to some observers, on +the elm (<i>Ulmus campestris</i>).<!-- Page 261 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_261" id="Page_261">[Pg 261]</a></span></p> + + +<h4>Family—<span class="smcap">Xylinidæ</span></h4> + +<p>The next family—<i>Xylinidæ</i>—contains twenty British species, +several of which are local, but two or three are abundant and +widely distributed.</p> + +<p>The transverse lines that so often cross the wings of the <i>Noctuæ</i> +are nearly or entirely absent in this family, and longitudinal lines +take their place. When the insects are at rest the wings are folded +rather closely, the outer pair being arranged like a roof with a very +gentle slope. The bodies of the perfect insects are very stout, +particularly in the thorax, and thus present a rather powerful +appearance.</p> + +<p>The larvæ are smooth, and generally brightly coloured, and +feed principally on low plants. The chrysalides are generally +inclosed in cocoons on or beneath the ground, and are often provided +with spines or bristles on the under side.</p> + +<p>We shall select two members of this family.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Early Grey</i> (<i>Xylocampa Areola</i>)</h4> + +<p>One of the first of the <i>Noctuæ</i> to greet us in the spring is the +Early Grey, which may be found resting on fences in April, and, +if the season is mild, in March.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_172" id="FIG_172"></a><a href="images/i_278.jpg"><img src="images/i_278_tn.jpg" width="300" height="90" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Early Grey." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 172.—The Early Grey.</span> +</div> + +<p>Its fore wings are light grey, often +tinged with rose pink, and marked +with dark grey. The orbicular and +reniform spots are very distinct, and +surrounded by a pale line; they are +both united at their lower edges. Along +the hind margin is a series of dark +spots. The hind wings are pale yellowish +grey, with a darker central +spot, a central transverse darker line, and a darker line along the +hind margin.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is yellowish grey. The dorsal line is lighter, +and passes through a brownish spot on the eighth segment. It +feeds on the honeysuckle (<i>Lonicera Periclymenum</i>) in July and +August, being full grown towards the end of the latter month.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Shark</i> (<i>Cucullia umbratica</i>)</h4> + +<p>The Shark is a very common moth, to be found everywhere on +palings in June, but the colour of its wings so closely resembles<!-- Page 262 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_262" id="Page_262">[Pg 262]</a></span> +that of oak and other light-wood fences that detection is not so +easy as with most other moths.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_173" id="FIG_173"></a><a href="images/i_279.jpg"><img src="images/i_279_tn.jpg" width="300" height="138" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Shark." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 173.—The Shark.</span> +</div> + +<p>The fore wings are grey, and marked with longitudinal dark +lines, the principal of which is a line from the middle of the base +to about the centre of +the wing. The wing +rays are also darker +than the ground +colour. The hind +wings are greyish +white or brownish +grey.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is +very dark brown, with +orange spots on the +back and along the +spiracles. It feeds on +sow-thistles (<i>Sonchus oleraceus</i>, <i>S. palustris</i>, and <i>S. arvensis</i>) and +sleepwort (<i>Lactuca virosa</i>) at night from July to September, and +hides during the daytime among the leaves that lie close against +the ground. When disturbed it does not roll into a ring or feign +death like many others of its kind, but wriggles about most vigorously +as if to repel its foe.</p> + + +<h4>Family—<span class="smcap">Gonopteridæ</span> +<br /><br /> +<i>The Herald Moth</i> (<i>Gonoptera Libatrix</i>)</h4> + +<p>The above-mentioned family is so called on account of the +angular margins of the wings, especially the fore pair. It contains +only one British species, the Herald (<a href="#Plate_XII">Plate XII</a>, fig. 1), a moth +that is common everywhere in August and September. It hybernates +in the perfect state, and the hybernated specimens may be +seen in the spring time, from March up to the end of May or the +beginning of June.</p> + +<p>Its fore wings are reddish grey, thickly spotted and streaked +with brown. Transverse whitish lines divide the base into three +parts of nearly equal widths. The basal and central divisions are +tinged with orange; and there is a small white spot in the base +close to the thorax, also another near the centre of the wing. The +hind wings are brownish grey.<!-- Page 263 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_263" id="Page_263">[Pg 263]</a></span></p> + +<p>The caterpillar is green and velvety, with a whitish stripe on +the side, and yellow spiracles. It feeds on willow (<i>Salix alba</i>) +and sallow (<i>Salix caprea</i>); and when full grown, about the end +of June, it spins a white silken cocoon between leaves of its tree, +and changes to a very dark chrysalis.</p> + + +<h4>Family—<span class="smcap">Plusiidæ</span></h4> + +<p>The most peculiar feature of the moths of this family is the +tufts of hair that stand up perpendicularly on the top of the thorax. +The abdomen also is crested, and the fore wings of several species +have smooth patches that display a brilliant metallic lustre.</p> + +<p>Most of the larvæ may be described as semi-loopers, for their +claspers number only three pairs, and when they walk their backs +are considerably humped, somewhat after the fashion of the <i>Geometræ</i>. +Some of them further imitate the <i>Geometræ</i> in their +position of rest, holding on by their claspers only, with body +straightened out at an angle with the leaf or twig on which they +support themselves.</p> + +<p>Unlike the majority of the <i>Noctuæ</i>, they do not descend to the +ground when about to change, but spin a silken cocoon among the +food plants.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Burnished Brass</i> (<i>Plusia Chrysitis</i>)</h4> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_174" id="FIG_174"></a><a href="images/i_280.jpg"><img src="images/i_280_tn.jpg" width="300" height="94" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Burnished Brass." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 174.—The Burnished Brass.</span> +</div> + +<p>One of the commonest of the <i>Plusiidæ</i> is the Burnished Brass, +so called on account of the large patches of bright golden green on +the fore wings. The hind margin of these wings is very gracefully +curved, and bordered with brown. A +brown blotch fills the base of the wing, +and the remaining area is of a beautiful +metallic greenish yellow, broken by +two large brown blotches, one on the +costal and the other on the inner margin, +which closely approach each other +and sometimes meet.</p> + +<p>This moth is very common everywhere, +and is one of the frequent +visitors to our flower gardens from June to August.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is thickest at the twelfth segment, and tapers +from this point. Its colour is pale green. It has no longitudinal +stripes on the back, but each segment is adorned with four or six<!-- Page 264 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_264" id="Page_264">[Pg 264]</a></span> +oblique white marks. Just above the spiracles is a white stripe. +It feeds on the dead nettle (<i>Lamium album</i>), stinging nettle +(<i>Urtica dioica</i>), and burdock (<i>Arctium minus</i>), and is full grown +in June.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Silver</i> <span class="lettershape">Y</span> (<i>Plusia Gamma</i>)</h4> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_175" id="FIG_175"></a><a href="images/i_281.jpg"><img src="images/i_281_tn.jpg" width="300" height="102" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Silver Y" /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 175.—The Silver <span class="lettershape">Y</span>.</span> +</div> + +<p>Our second example of this family is the Silver <span class="lettershape">Y</span>, which may +be found in abundance everywhere from June to October. Its fore +wings are of a shiny grey colour, beautifully marbled with a rich +dark brown; and just below the orbicular spot is a brilliant silvery +spot, in form something like the Greek letter γ placed obliquely. +The base of the hind wings is +grey; along the margin is a +broad and dark smoky brown +band, and the fringe is very +light grey, barred with the dark +tint of the band. This moth is +commonly driven out of its +hiding places among low plants +as we walk in waste places, and +when thus disturbed it takes a +short and rapid flight, generally disappearing so suddenly among +the herbage that it is difficult to locate it correctly.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is thickest at the twelfth segment, and tapers +gradually from this point towards the head. Its body is green, +with several thin longitudinal white stripes, and a thin yellow +stripe along the spiracles. It may be found from June to October, +feeding on many kinds of low plants.</p> + + +<h4>Family—<span class="smcap">Euclidiidæ</span> +<br /><br /> +<i>The Mother Shipton</i> (<i>Euclidia Mi</i>)</h4> + +<p>Passing over a few small and less important families, we come +to the <i>Euclidiidæ</i>, which contains only two British moths. One +of these is the Mother Shipton, a very common insect that flies in +June.</p> + +<p>The fore wings of this species are very dark brown with whitish +markings. The latter include a peculiarly tortuous line, the character +of which will be made out more easily from our illustration (<a href="#Plate_XI">Plate +XI</a>, fig. 4) than from a written description. The hind wings are<!-- Page 265 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_265" id="Page_265">[Pg 265]</a></span> +also very dark brown, and rather prettily spotted with an ochreous +tint.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is pale grey, with four white stripes, and has +only three pairs of claspers. It feeds in May on clovers (<i>Trifolium +pratense</i> and <i>T. repens</i>) and other plants.</p> + + +<h4>Family—<span class="smcap">Catocalidæ</span></h4> + +<p>This family contains only four British species, but these few are +very striking moths. They are of large size; and, unlike the +<i>Noctuæ</i> generally, the chief adornment is reserved for the under +wings. When at rest, the outer or fore wings completely hide the +other pair, and then their general appearance is dull, though if +closely examined it will be observed that these outer wings are +really beautifully marbled with shades of grey.</p> + +<p>The caterpillars of this family are very peculiar creatures. Their +bodies are convex above and flattened beneath; and if disturbed +as they rest on the bark of a tree, instead of leaving their hold and +rolling into a ring like so many other larvæ of <i>Noctuæ</i>, they apply +themselves the closer, and hold on as if to defy our attempts to +remove them. Another peculiarity of these larvæ is the possession +of fleshy projections along the sides, just above the legs. They feed +on the leaves of trees, and when about to rest they descend to the +trunk, and there remain protected by their imitative colouring, +detection being rendered even more difficult by the close application +of their flattened under surface to the bark. Before changing +to the chrysalis state, they spin a light cocoon among the leaves or +on the bark.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Clifden Nonpareil</i> (<i>Catocala Fraxini</i>)</h4> + +<p>This is the largest of the family, and, indeed, of all British +<i>Noctuæ</i>. The fore wings and thorax are light grey, dotted and +marbled with darker grey (see fig. 5, <a href="#Plate_XI">Plate XI</a>); and the thorax +and abdomen are banded with black and greyish blue.</p> + +<p>The young entomologist can hardly expect to meet with this fine +insect, for it is very rare, and it is only occasionally that a specimen +is seen in Britain; but its characteristics are so striking that we have +endeavoured to find it a place here. Reputed British specimens of +<i>Fraxini</i> command the price of a few pounds each, but specimens +from the other side of the Channel may be obtained for a few pence. +With such rarities we should advise a young entomologist to purchase<!-- Page 266 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_266" id="Page_266">[Pg 266]</a></span> +the foreign specimen rather than adopt the two other alternatives—give +an exorbitant price for a supposed Britisher, or else remain a +stranger to the gem, but all foreign specimens should be labelled +according to their nationalities.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Red Underwing</i> (<i>Catocala Nupta</i>)</h4> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_176" id="FIG_176"></a><a href="images/i_283.jpg"><img src="images/i_283_tn.jpg" width="300" height="147" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Red Underwing." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 176.—The Red Underwing.</span> +</div> + +<p>The other three members of the family are very similar in +appearance, the fore wings of all being marbled with shades of +grey, relieved by touches of black and brown; and the hind wings, +red or crimson, give the popular names to the species.</p> + +<p>The Red Underwing flies in August and September, and is +common in the southern counties of England, as well as in some +of the midland counties; it may be often seen flying by day +around willows.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is similar in form to that of <i>Fraxini</i>, and when +at rest by day on the bark of its tree it is very difficult to detect, so +closely does it apply itself to the surface, and so perfectly does it +imitate the colour of its surroundings. It feeds on the crack willow +(<i>Salix fragilis</i>), sallow (<i>S. alba</i>), poplar (<i>Populus</i>), and plum +(<i>Prunus</i>), and is full grown in June.</p> + +<h4><i>The Dark Crimson Underwing</i> (<i>Catocala Sponsa</i>)</h4> + +<p>This beautiful insect is represented on <a href="#Plate_XI">Plate XI</a> (fig. 6). It will +be observed that the black band crossing the centre of the hind +wing is rather broad and sharply bent—an important feature, since +it is the most serviceable distinguishing mark between this species +and the Light Crimson Underwing (<i>C. Promissa</i>).<!-- Page 267 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_267" id="Page_267">[Pg 267]</a></span></p> + +<p>The caterpillar is similar in form and habits to those of <i>Fraxini</i> +and <i>Nupta</i>, and feeds on the oak. It is full fed about the beginning +of June, when it changes to a chrysalis between leaves which it has +spun together with silk.</p> + +<p>The moth flies in July and August, and is common only in +certain oak woods of the southern counties. It is particularly +abundant in the New Forest, where scores may be taken in a +single night by judicious sugaring.</p> + +<p>There yet remain a few small families of the <i>Noctuæ</i>, but we +must leave them in order that we may give a proportionate share +of our space to the other great division of the larger moths—the +<i>Geometræ</i>.<!-- Page 268 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_268" id="Page_268">[Pg 268]</a></span></p> + + + +<hr /> +<h3><a name="CHAPTER_XX" id="CHAPTER_XX"></a>CHAPTER XX +<br /> +<i>GEOMETRÆ</i></h3> + + +<p>We have already referred (page 28) to caterpillars that walk by a +series of strides, alternately looping and extending their long and +slender bodies. It is this peculiar characteristic of the larvæ of +the present division that suggested the name <i>Geometræ</i>—a term +that signifies 'earth-measurers,' for they appear to measure the +ground over which they travel in terms of their own length. We +have also dealt with the peculiarities of structure in the case of +these caterpillars—peculiarities which adapt them to this mode of +progression; and we have now to make a selection from the various +families of this important division for a more detailed description.</p> + +<p>The <i>Geometræ</i> include nearly three hundred species and sixteen +families. The moths have slender bodies and full wings, and +generally rest with the latter outspread. A few, however, repose +with wings erect like the butterflies, and a small number conceal +their hind wings after the manner of the <i>Noctuæ</i>.</p> + + +<h4>Family—<span class="smcap">Uropterygidæ</span> +<br /><br /> +<i>The Swallow Tail</i> (<i>Uropteryx sambucaria</i>)</h4> + +<p>Our first family—<i>Uropterygidæ</i>—has only one British representative, +and that is the well-known Swallow Tail, so common in gardens +and among hedgerows in the south of England. This species +is shown on <a href="#Plate_XII">Plate XII</a> (fig. 2), and the insect is so readily identified +by the conspicuous 'tails' on the hind wings that no written description +will be necessary.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is a most peculiar and interesting creature. Its +colour is very variable, being either brown, olive, ochreous, or reddish; +and it is notched or humped in such a manner that it exactly +resembles a twig. This strange imitation is rendered still more remarkable<!-- Page 269 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_269" id="Page_269">[Pg 269]</a></span> +by the attitude assumed by the caterpillar when at rest. +It fixes itself to a twig by means of its two pairs of claspers, with +its body standing out at an angle in a perfectly straight posture; +but its head is always supported by means of a very slender and +almost invisible silk fibre. It feeds on a number of plants and trees, +including elder (<i>Sambucus nigra</i>), blackthorn (<i>Prunus spinosa</i>), +whitethorn (<i>Cratægus oxyacantha</i>), bramble (<i>Rubus fruticosus</i>), +honeysuckle (<i>Lonicera Periclymenum</i>), and forget-me-not (<i>Myosotis +arvensis</i>). It may be found feeding in the autumn, or hybernating +in the crevices of the bark of trees in winter. In April or +May it comes out again; and in June, in which month it is full +grown, it binds together some fragments of leaves, and forms +them into a little swinging hammock in which it changes to a brown +chrysalis spotted with black.</p> + +<p>Just at this time it seems to be particularly sensitive. In the +caterpillar state it will strongly resent any kind of disturbance, +and will give a blow to an intruder by suddenly swaying its +body right and left; and while in its hammock a gentle irritation, +such as a puff of wind from the mouth, will set it wriggling in a +furious manner.</p> + + +<h4>Family—<span class="smcap">Ennomidæ</span></h4> + +<p>This family contains about twenty species, several of which rank +among the commonest as well as the most beautiful of the <i>Geometræ</i>. +Their wings are more or less angulated; and the antennæ +are generally pectinated in the males.</p> + +<p>The larvæ are generally humped and twig-like; and, as in the +last species, the semblance is increased by the position they assume +when at rest. The number of limbs varies from ten to fourteen, but +where the claspers exceed two pairs, the additional two or four, as +the case may be, are seldom used in walking.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Brimstone Moth</i> (<i>Rumia luteolata</i>)</h4> + +<p>As soon as the warm evenings of May set in, this lively and +bright little moth may be seen flitting about among our hedges at +sunset; and it continues with us throughout the whole of the summer, +but is particularly plentiful during the month of June.</p> + +<p>The moth itself need not be described, since it is shown on <a href="#Plate_XII">Plate +XII</a> (fig. 3); but the caterpillar (<a href="#FIG_25">fig. 25</a>) must receive a passing +notice. It varies considerably in colour, being either green, brown,<!-- Page 270 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_270" id="Page_270">[Pg 270]</a></span> +or marbled with a mixture of shades of both these colours. It has +a hump on the back of the seventh segment, and two more on the +ninth, and possesses four pairs of claspers. It feeds on whitethorn +(<i>Cratægus oxyacantha</i>), blackthorn (<i>Prunus spinosa</i>), and the +apple (<i>Pyrus Malus</i>), and may be found on these trees throughout +the summer.</p> + +<p>Some believe that there are three successive broods of this insect +each year, but it is doubtful whether this is invariably the rule, since +both the moth and its larva are to be found without intermission +throughout the season.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Light Emerald</i> (<i>Metrocampa margaritaria</i>)</h4> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_177" id="FIG_177"></a><a href="images/i_287.jpg"><img src="images/i_287_tn.jpg" width="300" height="99" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Light Emerald." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 177.—The Light Emerald.</span> +</div> + +<p>All the wings of this moth are very pale green, and crossed with +a white band which is bordered with a darker green on the inner +side. The fore wings have an additional transverse line just halfway +between the former and the base, +but this one is not so distinct. It +flies in July, and is very widely distributed, +and in some parts is very +abundant.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar feeds in September, +and again in May, after hybernation, +on several of our forest trees, including +the oak (<i>Quercus Robur</i>), elm +(<i>Ulmus campestris</i>), birch (<i>Betula +alba</i>), and beech (<i>Fagus sylvatica</i>). It is of a dingy olive colour, +with a dark dorsal line, on each side of which is a row of white +spots; and it has three pairs of claspers.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Scalloped Oak</i> (<i>Crocallis elinguaria</i>)</h4> + +<p>This species is common and widely distributed, and may be seen +flying at dusk towards the end of July and throughout August. It +is represented in fig. 4 of <a href="#Plate_XII">Plate XII</a>. The antennæ of the male are +strongly pectinated; those of the female are simple.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar may be found in the autumn, and again in +spring, feeding on the honeysuckle (<i>Lonicera Periclymenum</i>), +whitethorn (<i>Cratægus oxyacantha</i>), blackthorn (<i>Prunus spinosa</i>), +beech (<i>Fagus sylvatica</i>), and various fruit trees. It is full grown +in June, when it turns to a chrysalis in a cocoon spun between +leaves or moss on or near the ground. It is of a greyish-brown or +greyish-purple colour, and looks very like a piece of twig.<!-- Page 271 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_271" id="Page_271">[Pg 271]</a></span></p> + + +<h4><i>The August Thorn</i> (<i>Eugonia quercinaria</i>)</h4> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_178" id="FIG_178"></a><a href="images/i_288.jpg"><img src="images/i_288_tn.jpg" width="300" height="91" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The August Thorn." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 178.—The August Thorn.</span> +</div> + +<p>Our last example of this family is the August Thorn, represented +in the accompanying woodcut. The fore wings are ochreous +yellow, crossed by two nearly parallel lines of dark brown. +In order to distinguish between this and one or two similar species +it must be observed that both these +lines are angulated near the costa, +the inner one very sharply so; and +between the two is a distinct brown +spot near the costal margin. The +hind wings are paler, and are crossed +by an indistinct darker line. The +antennæ of the male are strongly +fringed; those of the female are +simple.</p> + +<p>The moth is very common in August and September, and is +readily attracted by lights in the evening.</p> + +<p>The larva is grey, marbled with reddish brown. It has three +small humps on each of the sixth and seventh segments, two on +the twelfth, and one larger one on the ninth. It feeds on the oak +and various other trees during the month of June.</p> + + +<h4>Family—<span class="smcap">Amphidasydæ</span></h4> + +<p>The seven British species of the family <i>Amphidasydæ</i> are +generally to be distinguished by their rather stout abdomens, and +the long shaggy hair that covers their thoraces. The antennæ of +the males are pectinated, and those of the females simple; and in +three cases the latter sex is wingless.</p> + +<p>The caterpillars have long and slender twig-like bodies, and are +never provided with more than two pairs of claspers. The chrysalides +terminate behind in a sharp spine, and are always to be found +buried in the soil.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Brindled Beauty</i> (<i>Biston hirtaria</i>)</h4> + +<p>Early in April, and sometimes in March, this moth may be seen +in abundance, resting on the lime trees in and around our towns. +In fact, so strongly marked is its partiality to the haunts of man in +the neighbourhood of our great metropolis that it has received the +name of the Cockney. The male is represented in fig. 5 of<!-- Page 272 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_272" id="Page_272">[Pg 272]</a></span> +<a href="#Plate_XII">Plate XII</a>, and the female may be distinguished from it by her +simple antennæ and larger body.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is coloured with alternate bands of dark purple +brown and reddish brown. There is a yellow band on the front of +the second segment, a row of yellow spots on each side, and two +little bright yellow warts on the back of each segment. It feeds by +night on lime (<i>Tilia vulgaris</i>), elm (<i>Ulmus campestris</i>), and +various fruit trees, and often appears in such numbers that the +foliage is almost completely devoured. During the daytime it may +be seen resting on the bark, almost invariably fixed longitudinally +on the trunk, where it looks like a natural ridge of the bark which +it so closely resembles in colour. It may be found in June and +July, and in August it changes to a chrysalis at the foot of its tree, +just below the surface of the soil.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Peppered Moth</i> (<i>Amphidasys betularia</i>)</h4> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_179" id="FIG_179"></a><a href="images/i_289.jpg"><img src="images/i_289_tn.jpg" width="300" height="101" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Peppered Moth." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 179.—The Peppered Moth.</span> +</div> + +<p>Although this common species displays no bright tints, yet it is +prettily marked, its whitish wings being peppered and blotched all +over with black or very dark brown. It flies in May and June, +later than any other species +of the family, and may generally +be found on fences and +tree trunks during the day.</p> + +<p>The colour of the caterpillar +is very variable—drab, +grey, green, or brown; but +it may be known by the +deep notch in the middle of +the head, and the arrangement +of its 'humps.' These latter are only small reddish or whitish +projections, of which there is one on each side of the fifth, sixth, +seventh, eighth, tenth, and eleventh segments; also two on the +back of the ninth and twelfth. It feeds in August and September +on a large number of trees, including, in fact, nearly all our commonest +forest and fruit trees. In September it enters the soil to +undergo its change to the chrysalis.</p> + + +<h4>Family—<span class="smcap">Boarmiidæ</span></h4> + +<p>In the next family—<i>Boarmiidæ</i>—there are about twenty British +members, most of which are very pretty moths. They differ +generally from the last family in that their bodies are more slender,<!-- Page 273 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_273" id="Page_273">[Pg 273]</a></span> +and although some of them bear a resemblance to species of the +family <i>Ennomidæ</i>, their wings are not angulated. In several +cases the fore and hind wings are both similarly marked, a feature +very uncommon with moths.</p> + +<p>The caterpillars of this family usually have humps on the sixth +and twelfth segments only, and have two pairs of claspers. The +pupæ are to be found either on the ground, among leaves or moss, +or beneath the soil.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Waved Umber</i> (<i>Hemerophila abruptaria</i>)</h4> + +<p>The most gaily coloured member of this family is the Waved +Umber, shown in fig. 6 of <a href="#Plate_XII">Plate XII</a>. Like many other <i>Geometræ</i>, +it rests on fences and tree trunks by day with wings expanded so +that all four are displayed. It is on the wing in May and early +June, and again in August, and often frequents our gardens at +dusk.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is very dark brown, with a white collar on the +front of the second segment. It feeds in June and July on privet +(<i>Ligustrum vulgare</i>) and the cultivated rose trees of flower gardens, +and probably also on the dog rose (<i>Rosa canina</i>). When full +grown it spins a silken cocoon in a fork of one of the twigs, and +there undergoes its metamorphoses.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Willow Beauty</i> (<i>Boarmia gemmaria</i>)</h4> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_180" id="FIG_180"></a><a href="images/i_290.jpg"><img src="images/i_290_tn.jpg" width="300" height="92" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Willow Beauty." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 180.—The Willow Beauty.</span> +</div> + +<p>Our second example of the <i>Boarmiidæ</i> is the Willow Beauty, +the male of which species is here illustrated. Its wings are +brownish grey, marked with dark brown lines and streaks. The +female is generally larger than the +male, and has simple antennæ. The +moth is abundant throughout England, +and may be seen generally +resting on fences and trees in June +and July.</p> + +<p>The ground colour of the caterpillar +is much the same as that of +the moth, and is marked with a +similar darker tint. It has a yellowish +line along the spiracles, and is much like a piece of brownish +twig. It feeds on the oak (<i>Quercus Robur</i>), Birch (<i>Betula alba</i>), +ivy (<i>Hedera Helix</i>), and other trees, and may be found in September +and October.<!-- Page 274 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_274" id="Page_274">[Pg 274]</a></span></p> + + +<h4>Family—<span class="smcap">Geometridæ</span></h4> + +<p>The next family contains eight moths, mostly of small size, all +of which have green wings, and are popularly known as the +'Emeralds.' In most cases the male may be distinguished by its +pectinated antennæ.</p> + +<p>There is no general characteristic by which we may know all +the larvæ, but some have the head deeply notched.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Large Emerald</i> (<i>Geometra papilionaria</i>)</h4> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_181" id="FIG_181"></a><a href="images/i_291a.jpg"><img src="images/i_291a_tn.jpg" width="300" height="113" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Large Emerald." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 181.—The Large Emerald.</span> +</div> + +<p>This species is the largest of the family, and measures over two +inches when its wings are expanded. The colour is dull green, +with whitish bands +and spots, the arrangement +of which may +be seen in our engraving.</p> + +<p>The moth is out +in July, and is common +in most parts +of England.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar +feeds on birch (<i>Betula alba</i>), beech (<i>Fagus sylvatica</i>) and hazel +(<i>Corylus avellana</i>) in the autumn, and hybernates while still +young. In the spring it feeds again, and is full grown in June, +when it changes to a chrysalis in a cocoon spun between leaves.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Common Emerald</i> (<i>Hemithea strigata</i>)</h4> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_182" id="FIG_182"></a><a href="images/i_291b.jpg"><img src="images/i_291b_tn.jpg" width="300" height="85" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Common Emerald." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 182.—The Common Emerald.</span> +</div> + +<p>One of the commonest of the Emeralds is <i>Strigata</i>, which may +be found in June and July in all parts of England, as well as in +some localities in Scotland and Ireland. +Its wings are of a dull green colour, the +front pair being slightly scalloped on the +hind margin, and crossed by indistinct +pale lines; and the hind pair are both +scalloped and angled and crossed in the +middle by a transverse pale line. The +fringe is white, dotted with dull reddish +brown.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is yellowish green, except the second, third, and +fourth segments which are brownish. It feeds on oak (<i>Quercus Robur</i>) +and whitethorn (<i>Cratægus oxyacantha</i>), and may be found in June.<!-- Page 275 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_275" id="Page_275">[Pg 275]</a></span></p> + + +<h4>Family—<span class="smcap">Ephyridæ</span> +<br /><br /> +<i>The Maiden's Blush</i> (<i>Zonosoma punctaria</i>)</h4> + +<p>The family <i>Ephyridæ</i> contains only six British species, chiefly +remarkable for the fact that their pupæ generally resemble those of +butterflies.</p> + +<p>We choose for our example the pretty little Maiden's Blush, so +called on account of the soft reddish patch on the middle of each +fore wing. It is represented in fig. 7 of <a href="#Plate_XII">Plate XII</a>. It is moderately +common, occurring more or less in all parts of England, as +well as certain localities in the sister countries. It is a double-brooded +moth, and may be caught in May and August.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar feeds on oak (<i>Quercus Robur</i>), from which it may +be obtained by beating both in June and September. It is either green +or tawny yellow, marked with yellow oblique lines on the sides.</p> + + +<h4>Family—<span class="smcap">Acidaliidæ</span></h4> + +<p>The moths of this family, over thirty in number, are mostly of +small size, and have slender bodies. As a rule the wings are not +in the least angulated or scalloped, but in a few species the hind +pair are slightly angled on the hind margin; and both fore and hind +wings are similarly marked. The antennæ are simple in the females, +and generally only slightly ciliated in the males.</p> + +<p>The caterpillars are long and slender, without projections, and +feed principally on low plants. The pupæ are to be found in loose +cocoons among the leaves of the food plants or under the soil.</p> + +<p>We shall briefly notice three members of this rather extensive +family.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Lace Border</i> (<i>Acidalia ornata</i>)</h4> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_183" id="FIG_183"></a><a href="images/i_292.jpg"><img src="images/i_292_tn.jpg" width="300" height="80" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Lace Border." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 183.—The Lace Border.</span> +</div> + +<p>The wings of this moth are silvery white, marked along the +hind margin with a beautiful lace-like border. +This border consists of delicate black and +dark grey lines, and includes, in the fore +wing, two light brown blotches, one near the +middle and the other in the anal angle. It is +abundant in England, particularly in chalky +districts, but does not seem to extend into +Scotland. It may be seen on the wing from +June to August.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar feeds on thyme (<i>Thymus Serpyllum</i>) and +marjoram (<i>Origanum vulgare</i>).<!-- Page 276 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_276" id="Page_276">[Pg 276]</a></span></p> + + +<h4><i>The Riband Wave</i> (<i>A. aversata</i>)</h4> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_184" id="FIG_184"></a><a href="images/i_293a.jpg"><img src="images/i_293a_tn.jpg" width="300" height="81" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Riband Wave." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 184.—The Riband Wave.</span> +</div> + +<p>All the wings of this species are of a pale yellowish or ochreous +grey. The fore wings are crossed by three transverse dark lines, +and the hind wings by two. The space between the two outer lines +of the fore wing and that between the lines of the hind wing are +usually filled in with a greyish brown, thus forming the 'riband' +from which the popular name of the +insect is derived; and when this is the +case the lines which border the riband +are scarcely distinguishable. Just inside +the second line of the fore wings, near +the costa, is a small but conspicuous +brown spot.</p> + +<p>The moth flies in June and July, and +is common in all parts.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is dark brown except segments ten to thirteen, +which are grey. The line along the spiracles is whitish, and the +surface of the body is roughened by a number of minute warts. It +feeds on various low plants, including the meadow sweet (<i>Spiræa +ulmaria</i>), water avens (<i>Geum rivale</i>), common avens (<i>G. urbanum</i>), +and knot-grass (<i>Polygonum aviculare</i>), during April and May.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Blood-vein</i> (<i>Timandra amataria</i>)</h4> + +<p>Our last example of the <i>Acidaliidæ</i> is the Blood-vein, which is +common in most parts of England in June and July.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_185" id="FIG_185"></a><a href="images/i_293b.jpg"><img src="images/i_293b_tn.jpg" width="300" height="86" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Blood-vein." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 185.—The Blood-vein.</span> +</div> + +<p>Its fore wings are pale grey, dusted +with darker grey, and crossed by an +oblique red streak which runs from the +tip of the fore wing to near the inner +margin of the hind wing. A slender +dark and wavy line lies outside this one, +parallel with it in the hind wing, but +meeting it near the tip of the fore wing.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is grey, with three white longitudinal stripes. +It feeds in the autumn on dock (<i>Rumex</i>), sorrel (<i>R. acetosa</i>), and +knot-grass (<i>Polygonum aviculare</i>).</p> + + +<h4>Family—<span class="smcap">Caberidæ</span></h4> + +<p>Six species, all of rather small size, constitute the British +portion of the above family. Their wings are mostly white or pale +grey, with light markings, and without angles. The moths are<!-- Page 277 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_277" id="Page_277">[Pg 277]</a></span> +to be caught with the net at dusk, or they may be seen on +fences and tree trunks during the day, with their wings fully +extended and applied closely to the surface on which they rest.</p> + +<p>The larvæ, which have no humps, feed on trees, and change to +the chrysalis state in light silken cocoons.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Common Wave</i> (<i>Cabera exanthemata</i>)</h4> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_186" id="FIG_186"></a><a href="images/i_294a.jpg"><img src="images/i_294a_tn.jpg" width="300" height="83" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Common Wave." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 186.—The Common Wave.</span> +</div> + +<p>The first of our two examples of this small family is the +Common Wave, the wings of which are pale grey, almost white, +dusted all over with small dark dots. The fore wings are crossed +by three parallel and equidistant darker +transverse lines, and the hind pair by +two. The male may be distinguished by +its ciliated antennæ.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is yellow or greenish +yellow, with hinder segments slightly +swollen. It feeds during the latter part +of the summer on sallows (<i>Salix caprea</i> +and <i>S. cinerea</i>) and alder (<i>Alnus glutinosa</i>), +and changes to a chrysalis in a light cocoon among fallen +leaves. In this state it spends the winter, the perfect insect +emerging in May or June.</p> + +<p>This species is very abundant in most parts.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Clouded Silver</i> (<i>Bapta temerata</i>)</h4> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_187" id="FIG_187"></a><a href="images/i_294b.jpg"><img src="images/i_294b_tn.jpg" width="300" height="83" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Clouded Silver." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 187.—The Clouded Silver.</span> +</div> + +<p>The other example is the Clouded Silver, the wings of which +are white, and clouded along the hind margin with smoky grey. +On the hind margin of the fore wings, close to the fringe, is a row +of black crescent-shaped spots; and on +the inner side of the cloudings is a waved +transverse band. In the centre of the +same wings there is a very distinct dark +spot.</p> + +<p>This moth is not so common as the +last, but is widely distributed. It flies in +May and June.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is bright green on the upper side, and has a row +of orange spots, bordered with brown, down the middle of the back. +It feeds in the autumn on the blackthorn (<i>Prunus spinosa</i>) and +the wild cherry (<i>P. Avium</i>), and spends the winter in the chrysalis +state, inclosed in a light silken cocoon.<!-- Page 278 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_278" id="Page_278">[Pg 278]</a></span></p> + + +<h4>Family—<span class="smcap">Macariidæ</span> +<br /><br /> +<i>The</i> <span class="lettershape">V</span> <i>Moth</i> (<i>Halia Vauaria</i>)</h4> + +<p>The family <i>Macariidæ</i> contains only five British species, four +of which have the tip of the fore wings extended more or less into +an angle, and the hind wings are also angled to a greater or less +extent.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_188" id="FIG_188"></a><a href="images/i_295.jpg"><img src="images/i_295_tn.jpg" width="300" height="72" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The V Moth." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 188.—The <span class="lettershape">V</span> Moth.</span> +</div> + +<p>Our only example is the <span class="lettershape">V</span> Moth, so called from the conspicuous +<span class="lettershape">V</span>-shaped blackish mark on the middle +of the costa of the fore wings. The ground +colour of all the wings is grey, with a +delicate violet tinge. There are other +dark markings in addition to the one +mentioned above, and the arrangement of +these may be seen in the woodcut.</p> + +<p>This species is very common in all +parts, and flies at about midsummer.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is very variable in colour, but is generally green, +and is marked with longitudinal wavy lines. On each side is a series +of yellow blotches, forming a broken lateral stripe, and the body +is covered with minute black bristle-bearing warts. It feeds in +May on gooseberry and currant bushes, and changes to a chrysalis +in a web between the leaves.</p> + + +<h4>Family—<span class="smcap">Fidoniidæ</span></h4> + +<p>We now come to a family of moths peculiar for their habit of +flying more or less by day. As is often the case with day-flying +moths, these are mostly prettily marked, and are consequently +often mistaken by the uninitiated for butterflies. Most of them +are to be found on heaths, downs, and open fields; but one—the +Bordered White—is met with only in fir woods.</p> + +<p>The wings are not angulated, and the antennæ of the males are +pectinated.</p> + +<p>The larvæ are generally to be distinguished by a couple of little +horns on one or more of the hindermost segments, and in most +cases they pupate beneath the surface of the soil.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Common Heath</i> (<i>Ematurga atomaria</i>)</h4> + +<p>Of this family we shall select two examples, the first of which is +the Common Heath, often so abundant on heaths and downs that +they are disturbed at almost every footstep.<!-- Page 279 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_279" id="Page_279">[Pg 279]</a></span></p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_189" id="FIG_189"></a><a href="images/i_296a.jpg"><img src="images/i_296a_tn.jpg" width="300" height="77" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Common Heath." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 189.—The Common Heath.</span> +</div> + +<p>The ground colour of the wings of the male is a dull yellowish +grey, and that of the female greyish white. In both cases the +wings are crossed by irregular dark brown bands. The fringe +is barred alternately with white and dark +brown, and the whole of the ground tint +between the above-mentioned bands is +thickly dotted with dark brown. The +female is generally smaller than the male.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is very variable in +colour, but is generally reddish brown, +ochreous brown, or greenish, with a light +line along the spiracles, and a series of lozenge-shaped spots on the +back. It feeds on trefoils (<i>Lotus corniculatus</i> and <i>L. pilosus</i>) +and various other plants that grow on heaths.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Bordered White</i> (<i>Bupalus piniaria</i>)</h4> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_190" id="FIG_190"></a> +<a href="images/i_296b.jpg"><img src="images/i_296b_tn.jpg" width="300" height="90" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Bordered White—Male." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 190.—The Bordered White—Male.</span> +</div> + +<p>The male of this species is boldly marked with yellowish white +and dark brown, the arrangement of the two colours being shown +in <a href="#FIG_190">fig. 190</a>. The female is very different +in general appearance. Her wings +are of an almost uniform orange or +yellowish-brown tint. The fore wings +are darker near the tip, and there is +generally a darker transverse band +across the centre.</p> + +<p>The male may often be seen flying +in the sunshine among the branches +of fir trees during May and June, but +his mate is rather less active, and is generally to be secured by +beating the branches.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is pale green, with whitish stripes and yellow +spiracles. It feeds during August and September on the leaves of +the Scotch fir (<i>Pinus sylvestris</i>).</p> + + +<h4>Family—<span class="smcap">Zerenidæ</span> +<br /><br /> +<i>The Currant Moth</i> (<i>Abraxas grossulariata</i>)</h4> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_191" id="FIG_191"></a><a href="images/i_297.jpg"><img src="images/i_297_tn.jpg" width="300" height="109" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Currant Moth." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 191.—The Currant Moth.</span> +</div> + +<p>The family <i>Zerenidæ</i> contains only four British moths, and of +these we select the Currant Moth or Magpie. This insect is +exceedingly common everywhere, and on account of its general +brightness of appearance, and also of its diurnal habits, it is often<!-- Page 280 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_280" id="Page_280">[Pg 280]</a></span> +taken for a butterfly. The ground colour of the wings is creamy +white, with a yellow transverse band, and a yellow blotch at the +base; and the whole surface is more or less blotched with black.</p> + +<p>From the end of June to August this moth may be seen in +abundance in our gardens, +wherever currant bushes +exist, flying about both +during the sunshine and +at dusk, with rather a +heavy movement.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is +white, with a yellow line +along the spiracles, and +numerous black dots. +There are, in addition to +the dots, two large black blotches on the back of each segment. +It feeds during May on currant and gooseberry bushes, also on +the blackthorn (<i>Prunus spinosa</i>). About the end of May it spins +a light silken cocoon, and changes to a short dumpy chrysalis of +a glossy black colour with bright yellow bands (fig. 34).</p> + + +<h4>Family—<span class="smcap">Hyberniidæ</span></h4> + +<p>Passing over the family <i>Ligiidæ</i>, which contains only one +British moth, the Horse-chestnut, we come to the small but +interesting family, <i>Hyberniidæ</i>.</p> + +<p>Of this we have six species, five of which favour us during the +bleakest months of the year. Two of them visit us in October and +November, and even remain with us up to Christmas. The others +follow closely on them, and may be seen from January to March.</p> + +<p>The males have slender bodies, and their wings are full and +without angles; but the females are either perfectly or nearly +wingless. In three cases there is hardly a trace of wings in this sex, +so that they look more like spiders than moths.</p> + +<p>The caterpillars are long and slender and without humps, and +all feed on the leaves of trees. They change to the chrysalis state +under the ground.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Spring Usher</i> (<i>Hybernia leucophæaria</i>)</h4> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_192" id="FIG_192"></a><a href="images/i_298.jpg"><img src="images/i_298_tn.jpg" width="300" height="76" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Spring Usher." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 192.—The Spring Usher.</span> +</div> + +<p>Early in February, and often even in January, this moth may be +seen in abundance in almost every oak wood, sitting on the bark of<!-- Page 281 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_281" id="Page_281">[Pg 281]</a></span> +the trees, or occasionally taking a short flight in the sunshine. In +colour it is very variable. The wings have always a whitish ground +marbled and dotted with dark brown, but in some the fore wings +are almost entirely dark brown with the exception of a transverse +central bar. The female has only the +slightest rudiments of wings.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar feeds on the young +buds and leaves of the oak (<i>Quercus +Robur</i>) and sycamore (<i>Acer Pseudoplatanus</i>), +concealing itself among the +small leaves which it has spun together. +It is full grown in June, when it +changes to a chrysalis on the surface +of the ground, and remains here throughout the summer and part +of the following winter.</p> + +<p>The colour of the caterpillar is very variable, but is usually pale +green with white markings.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Mottled Umber</i> (<i>Hybernia defoliaria</i>)</h4> + +<p>This very pretty moth is represented in fig. 8 of <a href="#Plate_XII">Plate XII</a>. It +is very common in most parts, and visits us at the fall of the leaf, +generally appearing in October, and remaining on the wing till +November. Our illustration gives the usual appearance of the male, +but in some specimens the four wings are all of one uniform +reddish-brown colour, evenly dotted all over with a darker tint. +The female is quite wingless.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is exceedingly pretty. Its head is large and +brown. The back is brown, bordered with a fine black line. Below +this is a broad and bright yellow line, with a red spot on each +segment. The spiracles are white. It feeds during spring on oak +(<i>Quercus Robur</i>), whitethorn (<i>Cratægus oxyacantha</i>), blackthorn +(<i>Prunus spinosa</i>), and other trees. When disturbed it always allows +itself to fall for a foot or two, and then remains swinging at the end +of a silken fibre till danger is over, or hunger recalls it to its food. +It changes to a chrysalis on the ground about the middle of +June.</p> + + +<h4><i>The March Moth</i> (<i>Anisopteryx æscularia</i>)</h4> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_193" id="FIG_193"></a><a href="images/i_299a.jpg"><img src="images/i_299a_tn.jpg" width="300" height="77" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The March Moth." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 193.—The March Moth.</span> +</div> + +<p>This is another common moth, and should be looked for during +March and April on the barks of trees in oak and other woods.<!-- Page 282 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_282" id="Page_282">[Pg 282]</a></span> +The fore wings are of a dingy brown colour, paler near the base, +and crossed by a pale wavy line. The hind wings are lighter, +with a central dark spot. But this +description applies to the male only, +for the female is wingless, and may +be known by the tuft of hair that tips +the abdomen.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is pale green, +clouded with a darker tint, and has +a white line on each side of the back. +It feeds in May on the three trees named for the last species, also +on lime (<i>Tilia vulgaris</i>) and elm (<i>Ulmus campestris</i>).</p> + + +<h4>Family—<span class="smcap">Larentiidæ</span></h4> + +<p>This is by far the most extensive family of the <i>Geometræ</i>, +containing as it does considerably over a hundred species, or well +nigh a half of the whole group.</p> + +<p>The wings of the various species are smooth and more or +less glossy, and the front pair are generally crossed by several +wavy lines. Many of the moths, and particularly those known +popularly as the Pugs, are very small. Representatives of the +family are to be met with almost throughout the year—from early +spring to the middle of the winter.</p> + +<p>Most of the caterpillars are rather long and slender, and without +humps; and green is the prevailing colour. They feed either on trees +or low plants, often protecting themselves in folded leaves; and some +of the smaller species show a decided preference for flowers and seeds.</p> + +<p>We shall select about a dozen of the commonest members for +individual description.</p> + + +<h4><i>The November Moth</i> (<i>Oporabia dilutata</i>)</h4> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_194" id="FIG_194"></a><a href="images/i_299b.jpg"><img src="images/i_299b_tn.jpg" width="300" height="85" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The November Moth." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 194.—The November Moth.</span> +</div> + +<p>Our first example is the November +moth—a rather dingy and very variable +species that may be found almost +everywhere in October and November. +The ground colour of the fore wings is +dingy grey, crossed by several darker +lines, subject to considerable variations. +The hind wings are paler, with two slender darker lines +parallel with the hind margin.<!-- Page 283 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_283" id="Page_283">[Pg 283]</a></span></p> + +<p>The caterpillar feeds on many trees, the principal of which are +the oak, whitethorn and blackthorn. Like the perfect insect, it is +very variable in colour, but is generally of a bright green, with +reddish or purplish spots on the back and sides. The spiracles are +yellow or orange, and below them is a white stripe. It is full fed +in June.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Twin-spot Carpet</i> (<i>Larentia didymata</i>)</h4> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_195" id="FIG_195"></a><a href="images/i_300.jpg"><img src="images/i_300_tn.jpg" width="300" height="74" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Twin-spot Carpet." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 195.—The Twin-spot Carpet.</span> +</div> + +<p>The Twin-spot Carpet is common throughout Great Britain, +and the beginner is likely to meet with it in June and July +during his first season. Our illustration represents +the male, the fore wings of which +are greyish brown, crossed by several dark +lines, and with a double dark and conspicuous +spot near the middle of the hind margin. +The female is much lighter, and the markings +are also lighter and less distinct.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is pale green, with a narrow +whitish line along the spiracles. It feeds in April and May on +the leaves of the wood anemone (<i>Anemone nemorosa</i>), chervil +(<i>Chærophyllum temulum</i>), and other plants.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Grass Rivulet</i> (<i>Emmelesia albulata</i>)</h4> + +<p>We represent the genus <i>Emmelesia</i> by the Grass Rivulet—a +pretty little moth that flies in June, and which is widely distributed +though not abundant.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_196" id="FIG_196"></a><a href="images/i_300b.jpg"><img src="images/i_300b_tn.jpg" width="300" height="76" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Grass Rivulet." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 196.—The Grass Rivulet.</span> +</div> + +<p>Its fore wings are pale grey, crossed by +several white lines, the arrangement of which +may be seen in our engraving. The hind +wings are of the same ground colour, but have +no markings except a white wavy line near +the hind margin.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar feeds during July and +August on the seeds of the yellow rattle (<i>Rhinanthus Crista-galli</i>), +protecting itself from its enemies by spinning together the petals +of the flowers; and when full grown it changes to a chrysalis under +the same cover.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Netted Pug</i> (<i>Eupithecia venosata</i>)</h4> + +<p>We now come to the enormous genus <i>Eupithecia</i>, containing +about fifty small species, most of which are known as 'Pugs.'<!-- Page 284 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_284" id="Page_284">[Pg 284]</a></span> +Many of these are only imperfectly known, there being yet much +to learn about their earlier stages.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_197" id="FIG_197"></a><a href="images/i_301a.jpg"><img src="images/i_301a_tn.jpg" width="300" height="73" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Netted Pug." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 197.—The Netted Pug.</span> +</div> + +<p>The Netted Pug flies in May and June, +and is to be found in most parts of Great +Britain. Its fore wings are brownish grey, +crossed by two zigzag light bands, both of +which are bordered with black, and divided +throughout by a fine dark line. There are +also other dark lines, both transverse and +longitudinal, arranged as here represented.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar feeds during July inside the seed capsules of +campions (<i>Silene Cucubalis</i>, <i>S. maritima</i>, <i>S. acaulis</i>, and <i>Lychnis +diurna</i>) and catchfly (<i>Silene gallica</i> and <i>S. nutans</i>).</p> + + +<h4><i>The Narrow-winged Pug</i> (<i>Eupithecia nanata</i>)</h4> + +<p>Early in May, and frequently in April, this pretty little moth +may be seen flying about at dusk among the +heather on our moors. It is one of the first +Pugs of the season, and is widely distributed, +and very common in some localities.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_198" id="FIG_198"></a><a href="images/i_301b.jpg"><img src="images/i_301b_tn.jpg" width="300" height="68" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Narrow-winged Pug." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 198.—The Narrow-winged Pug.</span> +</div> + +<p>Its wings are dark grey, and marked with +several transverse wavy light lines. The fringe +is dark grey, spotted with white.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar feeds during August and +September on the ling (<i>Calluna vulgaris</i>) and heath (<i>Erica cinerea</i> +and <i>E. Tetralix</i>).</p> + + +<h4><i>The Brindled Pug</i> (<i>Eupithecia abbreviata</i>)</h4> + +<p>Our last example of the Pugs is the Brindled Pug, another +early species, appearing on the wing in March and April. It is +common in most parts, and may generally be +easily obtained by searching fences and tree +trunks.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_199" id="FIG_199"></a><a href="images/i_301c.jpg"><img src="images/i_301c_tn.jpg" width="300" height="62" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Brindled Pug." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 199.—The Brindled Pug.</span> +</div> + +<p>Its fore wings are very long in proportion. +The colour is yellowish brown, crossed by darker +lines. The fore wings have a very broad band +of the ground colour, broken by two short lines, +and crossed by a slender angulated stripe.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar feeds on the oak in June.<!-- Page 285 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_285" id="Page_285">[Pg 285]</a></span></p> + + +<h4><i>The Small Seraphim</i> (<i>Lobophora sexalisata</i>)</h4> + +<p>This moth is very much like the Pugs in general appearance, +and is quite as small and even smaller than some of them; but it +and the other members of its genus differ from +the Pugs in that they cover their hind wings +when at rest.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_200" id="FIG_200"></a><a href="images/i_302a.jpg"><img src="images/i_302a_tn.jpg" width="300" height="68" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Small Seraphim." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 200.—The Small Seraphim.</span> +</div> + +<p>The fore wings are yellowish or pale brownish +grey with four paler transverse lines, the two +median ones of which are divided throughout +by a darker fine wavy line. The hind wings +are grey, paler at the base, and crossed centrally +by a double darker line. This species flies in May and June, +and though apparently widely distributed, can hardly be described +as common.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar feeds on the white willow (<i>Salix alba</i>) and +sallow (<i>S. caprea</i>) in August and September; and the chrysalis +may be found in a silken cocoon among the fallen leaves throughout +the winter.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Blue-bordered Carpet</i> (<i>Melanthia bicolorata</i>)</h4> + +<p>This same family (<i>Larentiidæ</i>) is remarkable for its large +number of pretty moths, popularly known as the 'Carpets,' many +of which are exceedingly common in our woods +and gardens.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_201" id="FIG_201"></a><a href="images/i_302b.jpg"><img src="images/i_302b_tn.jpg" width="300" height="64" alt="" title="Linked to larger image of The Blue-bordered Carpet." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 201.—The Blue-bordered Carpet.</span> +</div> + +<p>Our first example of these is the Blue-bordered, +which is pretty well represented in +several counties of Great Britain and Ireland. +Its white fore wings are boldly marked with a +blotch of greyish brown at the base, and another +extending from the middle of the costal +margin more than halfway across. The hind +margin is marked with two bluish grey bars, separated by a white +line. The hind wings are white, with a very small dark spot, and +a bluish grey margin something like that of the fore wings.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is green, with longitudinal stripes of a darker +and lighter shade. It feeds in June on the alder (<i>Alnus glutinosa</i>) +and blackthorn (<i>Prunus spinosa</i>); and when full grown it changes +to a brown chrysalis within a light silken web.</p> + +<p>The moth flies in July and August.<!-- Page 286 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_286" id="Page_286">[Pg 286]</a></span></p> + + +<h4><i>The Beautiful Carpet</i> (<i>Melanthia albicillata</i>)</h4> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_202" id="FIG_202"></a><a href="images/i_303a.jpg"><img src="images/i_303a_tn.jpg" width="300" height="82" alt="" +title="Linked to larger image of The Beautiful Carpet." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 202.—The Beautiful Carpet.</span> +</div> + +<p>The Beautiful Carpet belongs to the same genus as <i>Bicolorata</i>. +Its wings are of a rich creamy white, clouded with grey along the +hind margin. The basal blotches of the +fore wings are large, of a dark brown +colour, and marbled with a light tint. +Near the tips of these wings is another +conspicuous blotch of the same colour, +from which a delicate wavy dark line runs +to the inner margin. A small dark spot +also lies near the middle of the costal +margin of each of the four wings.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is green, with a white +line along the spiracles, and a triangular reddish spot on the back +of segments four to ten inclusive. It feeds on the bramble (<i>Rubus +fruticosus</i>), raspberry (<i>R. Idæus</i>), and wild strawberry (<i>Fragaria +vesca</i>). It may be found in June and July.</p> + +<p>The moth flies in June.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Common Carpet</i> (<i>Melanippe sociata</i>)</h4> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_203" id="FIG_203"></a><a href="images/i_303b.jpg"><img src="images/i_303b_tn.jpg" width="300" height="68" alt="" +title="Linked to larger image of The Common Carpet." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 203.—The Common Carpet.</span> +</div> + +<p>The genus <i>Melanippe</i> contains twelve species, some of which +are extremely common. One of these moths—the Common Carpet—is +represented in fig. 203. Its wings are +all of a smoky-brown colour, crossed by +numerous white lines, the arrangement of +which may be gathered from our illustration +better than from a written description. It +is a double-brooded insect, appearing first in +May, and then again about the end of July.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is mottled with shades of +brown and grey. On the back are five or six +greyish-white lozenge-shaped marks, and there are a few white dots +on the back of each segment. It feeds on the hedge bedstraw +(<i>Galium Mollugo</i>), and when full grown it changes to a chrysalis +in a light cocoon on the ground.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Silver Ground Carpet</i> (<i>Melanippe montanata</i>)</h4> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_204" id="FIG_204"></a><a href="images/i_304a.jpg"><img src="images/i_304a_tn.jpg" width="300" height="80" alt="" +title="Linked to larger image of The Silver Ground Carpet." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 204.—The Silver Ground Carpet.</span> +</div> + +<p>In this species the ground colour is silvery white. The bases of +the fore wings are blotched with pale brown, and a dark brownish-grey<!-- Page 287 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_287" id="Page_287">[Pg 287]</a></span> +bar, containing a black spot, crosses the middle. The hind +margins of the fore wings are faintly marked with pale brown, +and lines of the same tint, more or less distinct, cross the hind +wings.</p> + +<p>This moth is very common in all +parts of the country, and may be seen +on the wing throughout the summer.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is light brown, with +several longitudinal lines of different +colours. On the back of each of the +segments seven, eight, and nine is a +distinct black <span class="lettershape">V</span>-shaped mark, terminating +behind with a bright red spot. It feeds on the primrose +(<i>Primula acaulis</i>) in the autumn, hybernates through the winter, +and is full grown about the beginning of April.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Garden Carpet</i> (<i>Melanippe fluctuata</i>)</h4> + +<p>Our third and last member of this genus is the Garden Carpet—a +moth that must be pretty well known to almost everybody, since +it is the commonest of all the <i>Geometræ</i> that frequent our gardens.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_205" id="FIG_205"></a><a href="images/i_304b.jpg"><img src="images/i_304b_tn.jpg" width="300" height="79" alt="" +title="Linked to larger image of The Garden Carpet." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 205.—The Garden Carpet.</span> +</div> + +<p>The fore wings are pale grey or brownish, +with a patch of dark greyish brown +at the base, another larger one on the +middle of the costa, and a third near the +tip. The wing is usually clouded between +the middle blotch and the inner margin, +and numerous fine wavy lines, more or +less distinct, cross the wing.</p> + +<p>This moth may be seen throughout +the summer, from May to September, but is most abundant in +June and July.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is extremely variable in colour, being either +green, brown, or grey, or some intermediate tint; and is marbled +and dotted with dark brown on the back. It feeds on the nasturtium +(<i>Tropæolum majus</i>), rape (<i>Brassica Napus</i>), and various +other cruciferous plants; and may be found from April to August.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Yellow Shell</i> (<i>Camptogramma bilineata</i>)</h4> + +<p>Passing over two smaller genera, we come to the beautiful +little Yellow Shell. This moth is so abundant in most parts<!-- Page 288 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_288" id="Page_288">[Pg 288]</a></span> +that we arouse it at almost every stroke while beating low +bushes.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_206" id="FIG_206"></a><a href="images/i_305a.jpg"><img src="images/i_305a_tn.jpg" width="300" height="78" alt="" +title="Linked to larger image of The Yellow Shell." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 206.—The Yellow Shell.</span> +</div> + +<p>All its wings are yellow, and crossed by numerous delicate +white and brown lines. The most conspicuous +feature is the two white lines, +with dark brown edging, crossing the fore +wings.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar feeds by night, and is +therefore seldom seen except by those who +make special nocturnal searches with the +aid of a lantern or sweep net. It devours +various grasses, and hides itself among the +roots or under stones during the daytime. It is full grown in April +or May. The colour is dull pale green, with a dark green dorsal +line, and two white stripes on each side.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Small Phœnix</i> (<i>Cidaria silaceata</i>)</h4> + +<p>Again passing over a few small and less important genera, we +select the small Phœnix as the last example of this very extensive +family.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_207" id="FIG_207"></a><a href="images/i_305b.jpg"><img src="images/i_305b_tn.jpg" width="300" height="79" alt="" +title="Linked to larger image of The Small Phœnix." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 207.—The Small Phœnix.</span> +</div> + +<p>The fore wings of this species are dark brown, paler toward the +hind margin. Most of the wing rays are +generally of a pale yellowish colour, and a +variable and complicated system of whitish +lines crosses the wings near the base, and +another near the hind margin. Among the +latter there is always a series of dark +triangular spots, with apices pointing towards +the hind margin.</p> + +<p>This moth is moderately common throughout the British Isles, +and is double brooded, appearing in May and August.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is green, with a row of brown spots along the +middle of the back. When full grown it changes to a chrysalis in +a light web.</p> + + +<h4>Family—<span class="smcap">Euboliidæ</span></h4> + +<p>This is the last family of the <i>Geometræ</i> we shall notice, and +contains ten species. Most of these are rather pretty moths, and +all have the tips of the fore wings more or less pointed. As a rule, +too, there is a dark streak running from the very tip of the wing for +a short distance obliquely inward.<!-- Page 289 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_289" id="Page_289">[Pg 289]</a></span></p> + +<p>They are generally very light sleepers, and are easily beaten +from their hiding places during the day.</p> + +<p>The larvæ are not humped, and may be found feeding on low +plants.</p> + +<p>We shall briefly examine two species.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Small Mallow</i> (<i>Eubolia limitata</i>)</h4> + +<p>This moth is pretty abundant in waste places from June to +August, and is easily obtained by +lightly beating the foliage of small +bushes and low plants.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_208" id="FIG_208"></a><a href="images/i_306.jpg"><img src="images/i_306_tn.jpg" width="300" height="82" alt="" +title="Linked to larger image of The Small Mallow." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 208.—The Small Mallow.</span> +</div> + +<p>Its fore wings are pale brown +crossed by a broad central bar, the +edges of which are darker. The hind +wings are of a paler brown, and are +crossed by two or three fine wavy lines.</p> + +<p>Although the perfect insect is so +common, the caterpillar seems to be +seldom met with. It is a grass feeder, and may be looked for in +May and June.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Treble Bar</i> (<i>Anaitis plagiata</i>)</h4> + +<p>Our last example of the <i>Geometræ</i> is the Treble Bar, a very +pretty moth, which is illustrated in fig. 9 of Plate XII. It may be +readily identified by the aid of this coloured picture, and therefore +need not be described in words. It is pretty generally distributed +throughout the British Isles, and is in some parts a very abundant +species, particularly so in the neighbourhood of London.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is brown, with paler spaces between the segments. +The dorsal line is black and interrupted, and a yellow line runs +along each side. It feeds on the leaves and flowers of the +perforated St. John's wort (<i>Hypericum perforatum</i>).</p> + +<p>This insect is double brooded, the moth appearing in May and +August, and remaining with us throughout the month following in +each case.<!-- Page 290 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_290" id="Page_290">[Pg 290]</a></span></p> + + + +<hr /> +<h3><a name="CHAPTER_XXI" id="CHAPTER_XXI"></a>CHAPTER XXI +<br /> +<i>THE MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA</i></h3> + + +<p>The butterflies, and all the moths contained in the groups of the +last four chapters, are commonly spoken of as constituting the +<i>Macro-lepidoptera</i>; but in addition to these there are many hundreds +of small British moths that represent what is known as the +<i>Micro-lepidoptera</i>.</p> + +<p>It is not usual for young entomologists to have much to do with +the 'Micros' until they have had a little practical experience with +the larger species; in fact, a good number of them never seem to +extend their knowledge beyond the limits of the 'Macros' except that +they may make an occasional capture of a Micro that happens to fly +across their path.</p> + +<p>Now, since it would be practically impossible to deal fairly, even +in outline, with both these divisions of the <i>Lepidoptera</i> in a work +of the present dimensions, I have devoted most space to the larger +species so as to meet the probable requirements of the majority of +my readers. But in order that the beginner may also have the +means of introducing himself intelligently to a study of the 'Micros,' +I shall set apart this chapter for a simple account of the broad +principles of their classification, illustrated by means of a few +types, so that the collector may at least know <i>something</i> of the +insects he captures, even though he may not be able at once to fix +on their names.</p> + +<p>The young entomologist, thus provided with the broad features +that enable him to roughly classify the specimens which reach his +cabinet, may, as his store increases, pay an occasional visit to a +public museum or the private collection of an entomological friend, +and so obtain the names and other details he may require.</p> + +<p>The <i>Micro-lepidoptera</i> are divided into five main groups—<i>Pyralides</i>, +<i>Pterophori</i>, <i>Crambi</i>, <i>Tortrices</i>, and <i>Tineæ</i>, each of<!-- Page 291 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_291" id="Page_291">[Pg 291]</a></span> +which is divided into families and genera, as we have seen in the +case of the 'Macros.'</p> + + +<h4><i>Pyralides</i></h4> + +<p>The <i>Pyralides</i> may be easily distinguished by the proportionately +long fore wings, long legs, and elongated abdomen. Some of +them have wings of a pearly lustre, and are accordingly known +popularly as the 'Pearls.' Some species fly in bright sunshine, +others appear on the wing before sunset, and fly till dusk; others, +again, are purely nocturnal in their habits. All, however, are +apparently light sleepers, and may be easily beaten out of their +resting places and netted by day. Some of these moths are +common everywhere, but the majority of them are very local, +though they may be extremely abundant where they occur.</p> + +<p>The larvæ have a glossy and bristly appearance, and are +generally gregarious in their habits.</p> + +<p>This group contains about eighty species, arranged in five +families as follows:</p> + +<ol> +<li> <i>Pyralididæ</i>, including about forty species.</li> +<li> <i>Botydæ</i>, about thirty species.</li> +<li> <i>Steniiadæ</i>, containing only five species.</li> +<li> <i>Hydrocampidæ</i>, four species.</li> +<li> <i>Acentropodidæ</i>, containing only one.</li> +</ol> + + +<h4><i>The Tabby</i> (<i>Aglossa pinguinalis</i>)</h4> + +<p>The first of these families contains the Tabby or Grease Moth, +commonly met with both in the larval and perfect states in barns +and stables.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_209" id="FIG_209"></a><a href="images/i_308.jpg"><img src="images/i_308_tn.jpg" width="300" height="78" alt="" +title="Linked to larger image of The Tabby or Grease Moth." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 209.—The Tabby or Grease Moth.</span> +</div> + +<p>Its fore wings are brownish grey, +crossed with zigzag darker lines, and +having a black spot near the centre of +the costal margin. The term 'Tabby' +has been applied on account of the +fancied resemblance of the transverse +markings to the fur of a tabby cat, +and the other popular name was given +under the belief that the caterpillar feeds on fatty matter, but it is +extremely doubtful whether this supposition is correct.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar probably feeds exclusively on the vegetable +accumulations that lie in the undisturbed corners and crevices of<!-- Page 292 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_292" id="Page_292">[Pg 292]</a></span> +outhouses and stables, and lives concealed in silken tubes, strengthened +outside by fragments of hay, chaff &c. that have been spun +together. It feeds from September to April, except during very +severe weather, and when full grown it leaves its tube, and changes +to a chrysalis in a light silken cocoon in some secluded corner.</p> + +<p>The moth emerges in July.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Meal Moth</i> (<i>Pyralis farinalis</i>)</h4> + +<p>The same family contains the common Meal Moth, so called +because in the larval state it feeds on meal and allied substances.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_210" id="FIG_210"></a><a href="images/i_309a.jpg"><img src="images/i_309a_tn.jpg" width="300" height="73" alt="" +title="Linked to larger image of The Meal Moth." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 210.—The Meal Moth.</span> +</div> + +<p>The fore wings are yellowish grey, with +reddish basal patches, a broad reddish band +along the hind margin, and two whitish indented +transverse lines. The hind wings are +grey, and are crossed by two lines similar to +and continuous with those of the front pair.</p> + +<p>This moth is to be found in abundance +throughout the summer months in places +where corn, meal, and grain are stored in large quantities, sitting +on walls and rafters during the daytime, and taking to flight in +the evening.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar feeds on corn, meal, grain, bran, &c., and lives +concealed in a silken tube covered outside with particles of its food +substance. It is not fully grown till nearly two years old, and +then changes to a chrysalis in a white silken cocoon.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Small Magpie</i> (<i>Eurrhypara urticata</i>)</h4> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_211" id="FIG_211"></a><a href="images/i_309b.jpg"><img src="images/i_309b_tn.jpg" width="300" height="81" alt="" +title="Linked to larger image of The Small Magpie." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 211.—The Small Magpie.</span> +</div> + +<p>The family <i>Botydæ</i> contains the moths that are popularly +known as the 'Pearls' on account of the pearly lustre of the wings. +One of its species—the Small Magpie—is +shown in the accompanying illustration. +Its fore wings are pearly white, with +blackish hind margin, a yellow streak at +the base, and blackish markings, the arrangement +of which may be seen in the +figure.</p> + +<p>It is a very common moth, flying at +dusk during June and July in waste places +where the stinging nettle grows.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is whitish, with a dark dorsal line. It feeds on the<!-- Page 293 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_293" id="Page_293">[Pg 293]</a></span> +stinging nettle (<i>Urtica dioica</i>), always remaining concealed between +leaves which it has spun together with silken threads.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Mother-of-Pearl</i> (<i>Botys ruralis</i>)</h4> + +<p>This is another very common species of the family <i>Botydæ</i>, +abundant almost everywhere, and to +be found on the wing from June to +August.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_212" id="FIG_212"></a><a href="images/i_310a.jpg"><img src="images/i_310a_tn.jpg" width="300" height="83" alt="" +title="Linked to larger image of The Mother-of-Pearl." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 212.—The Mother-of-Pearl.</span> +</div> + +<p>Its wings are whitish, and exhibit +a very decided pearly lustre, and all +the markings are of a dull dark grey.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is glossy, and has +a semi-transparent appearance. It is +greenish white above, with a darker +line down the back; and the sides are +of a brighter green. It feeds on the stinging nettle (<i>Urtica dioica</i>) +during May.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Garden Pebble</i> (<i>Pionea forficalis</i>)</h4> + +<p>The same family contains also the Garden Pebble, which is one +of the commonest frequenters of gardens, both in town and +country.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_213" id="FIG_213"></a><a href="images/i_310b.jpg"><img src="images/i_310b_tn.jpg" width="300" height="77" alt="" +title="Linked to larger image of The Garden Pebble." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 213.—The Garden Pebble.</span> +</div> + +<p>The fore wings are pale yellowish grey with brown markings. +The latter include a fine line from the tip to +the middle of the inner margin, and another +paler one inside and parallel with this, having +a dark spot near its centre. The hind +wings are lighter, and have a pale and interrupted +line parallel with the hind margin.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is pale greenish, with a +dark line along the back and on each side. +It feeds on the cabbage and other cruciferous plants.</p> + +<p>The moth flies from May to the end of the summer, and the +caterpillar may be found about midsummer, and again in the +autumn.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Beautiful China Mark</i> (<i>Hydrocampa stagnata</i>)</h4> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_214" id="FIG_214"></a><a href="images/i_311.jpg"><img src="images/i_311_tn.jpg" width="300" height="62" alt="" +title="Linked to larger image of The Beautiful China Mark." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 214.—The Beautiful China Mark.</span> +</div> + +<p>Our last example of the <i>Pyralides</i>—the Beautiful China Mark—belongs +to the family <i>Hydrocampidæ</i>. This small family is<!-- Page 294 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_294" id="Page_294">[Pg 294]</a></span> +remarkable for the fact that its four species spend their larval state +in the water, feeding on the under surfaces of the leaves of water +lilies and other aquatic plants. These curious +larvæ live either in cases which they construct +for their protection, something after the fashion +of the larvæ of caddis flies, or quite free in the +water, and then they are supplied with special +breathing organs that enable them to absorb the +oxygen held in solution in the water.</p> + +<p>The moth we have selected for illustration +is a very common species, and may be seen flying in great numbers +in the neighbourhood of ponds during June and July.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Pterophori</i></h4> + +<p>The members of this remarkable group are easily distinguishable +from all other moths by the feathery appearance of their wings, a +feature that has gained for them the popular name of <i>Plume Moths</i>. +Their fore wings are more or less divided or cleft, and their hind +wings are generally divided into three distinct feathery plumes.</p> + +<p>The larvæ are hairy, and when full fed they suspend themselves +by their anal claspers, and change to the chrysalis state without +any kind of covering. They are generally to be found in spring +and early summer, but some of them feed in the autumn.</p> + +<p>The chrysalides are often hairy, though some of them are +perfectly smooth.</p> + +<p>Plume moths are to be met with more or less throughout the +year. Many of the earlier species appear on the wing in spring +and early summer; but the late feeders emerge in the autumn, and +hybernate through the winter, often taking to the wing on the mild +days of our coldest months.</p> + +<p>The <i>Pterophori</i> include only about forty British species, all of +which, with two exceptions, belong to the family <i>Pterophoridæ</i>. The +two exceptions represent as many families—one the <i>Chrysocorididæ</i>, +and the other the <i>Alucitidæ</i>.</p> + + +<h4><i>Platyptilia gonodactyla</i></h4> + +<p>This is one of the commonest of the <i>Pterophoridæ</i>, generally +appearing in our gardens and in waste places towards the end of +May, and continuing with us for some time. It starts from its +retreat at or before sunset, and remains on the wing after dark.<!-- Page 295 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_295" id="Page_295">[Pg 295]</a></span></p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_215" id="FIG_215"></a><a href="images/i_312a.jpg"><img src="images/i_312a_tn.jpg" width="300" height="91" alt="" +title="Linked to larger image of Gonodactyla." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 215.—Gonodactyla.</span> +</div> + +<p>Its fore wings are ochreous grey, with a narrow brown costal +margin, and a triangular brown patch on the costa. Beyond this +patch the wing is cleft. The hind wings consist +of three distinct brownish plumes, the +third of which has a small tuft of black +scales projecting from the middle of the +inner margin.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar feeds on the flower stalks +of the coltsfoot during March and April.</p> + + +<h4><i>Leioptilus osteodactylus</i></h4> + +<p>This is another species of the same family. +It is not uncommon, but is more local than +the last.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_216" id="FIG_216"></a><a href="images/i_312b.jpg"><img src="images/i_312b_tn.jpg" width="300" height="85" alt="" +title="Linked to larger image of Osteodactylus." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 216.—Osteodactylus.</span> +</div> + +<p>Its fore wings are pale yellow, with a +small brown dot at the commencement of +the dividing fissure, and a brown blotch on +the costal margin nearer the tip. The hind +wings are divided into three distinct plumes +like those of <i>Gonodactyla</i>.</p> + +<p>This is a later species, appearing on the +wing in July.</p> + + +<h4><i>Aciptilia pentadactyla</i></h4> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_217" id="FIG_217"></a><a href="images/i_312c.jpg"><img src="images/i_312c_tn.jpg" width="300" height="87" alt="" +title="Linked to larger image of Pentadactyla." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 217.—Pentadactyla.</span> +</div> + +<p>The fore wings of this species are white, +frequently with a few greyish scales, and are +deeply divided into two feathery plumes. +The hind wings are pure white, and consist +of three plumes.</p> + +<p>This pretty insect is common and widely distributed, and flies +during June and July.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar feeds on the convolvulus in May.</p> + + +<h4><i>Alucita hexadactyla</i></h4> + +<p>Our last example of the <i>Pterophori</i> is the Twelve-plume Moth, +the only British representative of the family <i>Alucitidæ</i>.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_218" id="FIG_218"></a><a href="images/i_313.jpg"><img src="images/i_313_tn.jpg" width="300" height="67" alt="" +title="Linked to larger image of Hexadactyla." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 218.—Hexadactyla—Enlarged.</span> +</div> + +<p>This little insect is of a yellowish colour, with two dark bands +across the fore wings; and both fore and hind wings are divided +into six distinct feathers. It is a common moth, and frequents<!-- Page 296 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_296" id="Page_296">[Pg 296]</a></span> +sheltered spots, flying at dusk. It appears in August, remains on +the wing till October, and then hybernates till the following April. +During the winter it is commonly met with +in outhouses and even in dwelling houses.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar feeds during June and July +on the flower buds of the honeysuckle (<i>Lonicera +Periclymenum</i>). It is not hairy, like +most of the larvæ of the last family; and, +unlike these, it changes to a chrysalis in a +silken cocoon.</p> + + +<h4><i>Crambi</i></h4> + +<p>The third group of the 'Micros' is the <i>Crambi</i>, and contains +about eighty species, arranged in four families.</p> + +<p>Some of them are common moths with which all must be more +or less familiar, as they are roused from the grasses on which they +repose at almost every footstep as we walk through meadows in the +summer. When at rest, they present a very peculiar appearance. +Their wings are wrapped closely round their bodies in such a manner +that they are hardly distinguishable from the stems on which +they repose.</p> + +<p>The larvæ have sixteen limbs, and are very variable in their +habits. Some feed among moss or dry stems in silken tubes, some +on the stems of reeds, and others inhabit the hives of bees and feed +on the wax of the honeycomb.</p> + +<p>The four families are:</p> +<ul> +<li>1. <i>Chilidæ</i>—five species.</li> + +<li>2. <i>Crambidæ</i>—about thirty species.</li> + +<li>3. <i>Phycidæ</i>—over forty species.</li> + +<li>4. <i>Galleridæ</i>—five species.</li> +</ul> + +<h4><i>Chilo Phragmitellus</i></h4> + +<p>This species is one of those moths known as the 'Veneers,' and +is popularly termed the Wainscot Veneer. It is one of the largest +of the family <i>Chilidæ</i>.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_219" id="FIG_219"></a><a href="images/i_314a.jpg"><img src="images/i_314a_tn.jpg" width="300" height="95" alt="" +title="Linked to larger image of Phragmitellus." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 219.—Phragmitellus—Enlarged one-half.</span> +</div> + +<p>Its fore wings are long, narrow, and pointed at the tip. They +are of a pale ochreous brown colour, with a row of small black dots +along the hind margin.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is pale grey, with brown stripes; and the head<!-- Page 297 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_297" id="Page_297">[Pg 297]</a></span> +and second segment are yellowish brown. It feeds on the common +reed (<i>Phragmites</i>) in the autumn, and hybernates till the following +spring, when it resumes its +feeding.</p> + +<p>This insect is rather local, +but may be searched for in all +marshy places where reeds +abound.</p> + + +<h4><i>Crambus hamellus</i></h4> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_220" id="FIG_220"></a><a href="images/i_314b.jpg"><img src="images/i_314b_tn.jpg" width="300" height="78" alt="" +title="Linked to larger image of Hamellus." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 220.—Hamellus—Slightly enlarged.</span> +</div> + +<p>The family <i>Crambidæ</i> is represented +by the above-named +species, which has the popular title of +Pearl-streak Veneer. It is not a common +moth, but is to be obtained in some localities +by beating low herbage.</p> + +<p>Its fore wings are ochreous and glossy, +with a silvery streak from the base, running +almost parallel with the costal margin. The +hind margin is yellow, bordered inside by a +wavy brown line. The hind wings are pale greyish brown with a +yellowish margin.</p> + + +<h4><i>Crambus tristellus</i></h4> + +<p>The same family contains the species <i>Tristellus</i>, which, unlike +the preceding insect, is abundant everywhere.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_221" id="FIG_221"></a><a href="images/i_314c.jpg"><img src="images/i_314c_tn.jpg" width="300" height="81" alt="" +title="Linked to larger image of Tristellus." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 221.—Tristellus.</span> +</div> + +<p>Its fore wings are generally yellowish +brown, but exceedingly variable. A pale +streak runs from the base to just beyond +the middle of the wing, and is then forked. +Near the hind margin is a very indistinct +brown wavy line. The hind wings are +dull smoke colour with a light fringe. As +with the other moths of the family, its labial palpi are very long.</p> + +<p>The moth flies from July to September.</p> + + +<h4><i>Crambus hortuellus</i></h4> + +<p>This is also an abundant species, to be met with everywhere +during June and July.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_222" id="FIG_222"></a><a href="images/i_315a.jpg"><img src="images/i_315a_tn.jpg" width="300" height="74" alt="" +title="Linked to larger image of Hortuellus." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 222.—Hortuellus.</span> +</div> + +<p>Its fore wings are dull ochreous brown. The wing rays are<!-- Page 298 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_298" id="Page_298">[Pg 298]</a></span> +whitish near the inner margin, and a brown line with a silvery +edging crosses near the hind margin. The hind wings are dull +smoky brown, with a shining surface, and the +fringe is light.</p> + +<p>The larva is pale grey with dark grey spots, +and may be found among moss in April and +May.</p> + + +<h4><i>Galleria mellonella</i></h4> + +<p>Our last example of the <i>Crambi</i> is a moth +that the young entomologist is not likely to meet with unless he +happens to be in the neighbourhood of one of its haunts, but its +habits are so peculiar that we are +tempted to introduce it on that account.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_223" id="FIG_223"></a><a href="images/i_315b.jpg"><img src="images/i_315b_tn.jpg" width="300" height="65" alt="" +title="Linked to larger image of Mellonella." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 223.—Mellonella.</span> +</div> + +<p>It belongs to the family <i>Galleridæ</i>, +the larvæ of which feed on the wax +combs in the hives of bees and in the +nests of wild bees. They are protected +from the stings of the inmates by silken +tubes which they construct, and by the hardened covering of their +heads and front segments—the only parts that remain exposed while +they are feeding.</p> + +<p>The fore wings of the moth are reddish-grey or brownish, +sometimes with a greenish tinge, and yellowish along the inner +margin. The hind wings are greyish brown.</p> + +<p>It flies in July and August, and the caterpillar feeds in May and +June.</p> + + +<h4><i>The Tortrices</i></h4> + +<p>This is a large group of moths, deriving their name from the +peculiar habit of a number of the larvæ of twisting or rolling up +leaves for their protection. This habit, however, is not common to +all, for some feed on stems and flowers, and others devour seeds and +fruits.</p> + +<p>The perfect insects may easily be known by the shape of the +wings. The fore pair are gracefully curved on the costal margin in +such a way that, when the insect is at rest with its wings closed, its +outline is much the shape of a bell.</p> + +<p>The identification of the various species of this extensive group +is no easy task, for many of them are so variable in their colouring +that insects of the same species are often very different from each<!-- Page 299 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_299" id="Page_299">[Pg 299]</a></span> +other. So puzzling indeed is this tendency to run into varieties +that many insects, once considered to belong to separate species, +have been reduced to one; and this has been the case in a number +of instances.</p> + +<p>There are so many of these little moths that we cannot even +give a representative of each family, but the following outline will +serve to show the extensiveness of the group.</p> + +<ul> +<li>Family 1. <i>Tortricidæ</i>, about sixty species.</li> +<li> "  2. <i>Penthinidæ</i>, " twenty "</li> +<li> "  3. <i>Spilonotidæ</i>, " twelve "</li> +<li> "  4. <i>Sericoridæ</i>,  " twenty-seven species.</li> +<li> "  5. <i>Sciaphilidæ</i>, " twenty-four  "</li> +<li> "  6. <i>Grapholithidæ</i>, about one hundred and fifty species.</li> +<li> "  7. <i>Pyraloididæ</i>, four species.</li> +<li> "  8. <i>Conchylidæ</i>, about fifty species.</li> +<li> "  9. <i>Apheliidæ</i>, three species.</li> +</ul> + +<p>We shall now briefly examine a few of the commonest insects of +the group.</p> + + +<h4><i>Tortrix xylosteana</i></h4> + +<p>This pretty moth is common in most parts, and may often be +met with in abundance in wooded localities during July. It belongs +to the family <i>Tortricidæ</i>.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_224" id="FIG_224"></a><a href="images/i_316.jpg"><img src="images/i_316_tn.jpg" width="300" height="77" alt="" +title="Linked to larger image of Xylosteana." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 224.—Xylosteana with wings closed.</span> +</div> + +<p>Its fore wings are ochreous brown. A very dark +oblique streak, edged with yellow, runs from the +inner margin of the base. A reddish patch in the +centre of the wing, also edged with yellow, is narrow +on the costa, and expands as it approaches the inner +margin. Beyond this are another dark patch on the +costa and two reddish-brown blotches on the hind +margin.</p> + +<p>The larva is greenish brown, marked with white +spots which have black centres; and it feeds on oak (<i>Quercus +Robur</i>), honeysuckle (<i>Lonicera Periclymenum</i>), and other plants, +in the month of May.</p> + + +<h4><i>Tortrix viridana</i></h4> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_225" id="FIG_225"></a><a href="images/i_317a.jpg"><img src="images/i_317a_tn.jpg" width="300" height="64" alt="" +title="Linked to larger image of Viridana." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 225.—Viridana.</span> +</div> + +<p>In June and July this pretty but destructive little insect may be +seen flying in abundance in almost every oak wood. Its fore wings +are one uniform pale green with the exception of a streak of yellow<!-- Page 300 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_300" id="Page_300">[Pg 300]</a></span> +along the costal margin; and, when at rest, scores may exist on a +single twig without being seen unless closely examined. The hind +wings are of a pale smoky tint, and rather glossy.</p> + +<p>The larva is green, with black spots, and +feeds in May and June on the oak and other +trees, often almost completely devouring the +foliage.</p> + + +<h4><i>Peronea cristana</i></h4> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_226" id="FIG_226"></a><a href="images/i_317b.jpg"><img src="images/i_317b_tn.jpg" width="300" height="89" alt="" +title="Linked to larger image of Cristana." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 226.—Cristana—Enlarged.</span> +</div> + +<p>This moth is not so generally abundant, but is very common in +many of the woods of the south. +It is remarkable for the large number +of varieties that have been observed, +many of which have been regarded +as distinct species.</p> + +<p>Its fore wings are of some shade +of brown or grey, with a light streak +of variable colour along the inner +margin, and a tuft of raised white +scales in the middle of the wing.</p> + +<p>It flies during August and September.</p> + + +<h4><i>Ptycholoma lecheana</i></h4> + +<p>Our last example of the family <i>Tortricidæ</i> is <i>Lecheana</i>, a moth +that is common in most parts in June and July.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_227" id="FIG_227"></a><a href="images/i_317c.jpg"><img src="images/i_317c_tn.jpg" width="300" height="59" alt="" +title="Linked to larger image of Lecheana." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 227.—Lecheana.</span> +</div> + +<p>Its fore wings are brown, lighter towards the +base. There are no very distinct markings, but +there is generally a darker patch in the middle of +the wing, edged with a silvery streak on each side.</p> + +<p>The larva feeds on several trees, including oaks +and elms, in the month of May.</p> + + +<h4><i>Penthina pruniana</i></h4> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_228" id="FIG_228"></a><a href="images/i_317d.jpg"><img src="images/i_317d_tn.jpg" width="300" height="56" alt="" +title="Linked to larger image of Pruniana." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 228.—Pruniana.</span> +</div> + +<p>The next family—<i>Penthinidæ</i>—contains the +common species <i>Pruniana</i>, which may be readily +known by its boldly marked wings. The basal +portion of the fore wings, to the extent of nearly +two-thirds of the whole, is very dark brown. The remaining third +is almost white, and clouded with grey. The hind wings are smoky +brown with a paler fringe.<!-- Page 301 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_301" id="Page_301">[Pg 301]</a></span></p> + +<p>The caterpillar of this species feeds on the blackthorn (<i>Prunus +spinosa</i>) in May, and the moth flies in June and July.</p> + + +<h4><i>Antithesia salicella</i></h4> + +<p>This moth is not nearly so common as the last species, but is +fairly plentiful in some localities in the south of England. It +belongs to the same family as <i>Pruniana</i>.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_229" id="FIG_229"></a><a href="images/i_318a.jpg"><img src="images/i_318a_tn.jpg" width="300" height="74" alt="" +title="Linked to larger image of Salicella." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 229.—Salicella.</span> +</div> + +<p>The fore wings are whitish at the base +and along the inner margin, but the light tint +is dotted and clouded with shades of brown. +The remainder of the wings is marbled with +dark brown of different depths, relieved near +the hind margin with a little blue. The hind +wings, as is usual with the <i>Tortrices</i>, are dull +smoky brown.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is reddish brown with black spots, and feeds +during May in rolled leaves of willows.</p> + +<p>The moth flies in August and September.</p> + + +<h4><i>Sciaphila octomaculana</i></h4> + +<p>Our single example of the family <i>Sciaphilidæ</i> is the species +<i>Octomaculana</i>, which, though not +very abundant, is widely distributed, +and moderately common in +parts.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_230" id="FIG_230"></a><a href="images/i_318b.jpg"><img src="images/i_318b_tn.jpg" width="300" height="93" alt="" +title="Linked to larger image of Octomaculana." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 230.—Octomaculana—Enlarged.</span> +</div> + +<p>Its fore wings are white, dusted +with grey, and each is marked with +four dark grey patches which have +given rise to its specific name—a +word which signifies 'eight-spotted.' +The hind wings are grey.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar feeds on thistles and other plants, and the +moth flies from August to October.</p> + + +<h4><i>Ephippiphora cirsiana</i></h4> + +<p>This insect represents the family <i>Grapholithidæ</i>. It is a +common moth, and is widely distributed.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_231" id="FIG_231"></a><a href="images/i_319a.jpg"><img src="images/i_319a_tn.jpg" width="300" height="84" alt="" +title="Linked to larger image of Cirsiana." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 231.—Cirsiana—Enlarged.</span> +</div> + +<p>Its fore wings are greyish brown, with a large white patch on +the middle of the inner margin; and beyond this white, in the<!-- Page 302 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_302" id="Page_302">[Pg 302]</a></span> +anal angle, is a pale grey patch containing three or four black +dots. The tips of the wings are reddish brown.</p> + +<p>The moth flies in June and July; +and the larva, which feeds on thistles, +may be found in the stems from October +to the following May.</p> + + +<h4><i>Carpocapsa pomonella</i></h4> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_232" id="FIG_232"></a><a href="images/i_319b.jpg"><img src="images/i_319b_tn.jpg" width="300" height="132" alt="" +title="Linked to larger image of Pomonella." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 232.—Pomonella.</span> +</div> + +<p>The same extensive family contains +a few moths that are very destructive to +our fruits, the larvæ burrowing into and +living entirely within their substance. +One of these—<i>Pomonella</i>—is +popularly known as the Codlin, as +its larva is so often found in the +interior of small apples of the +same name.</p> + +<p>The fore wings of this insect +are grey, with a number of dark +transverse lines. The spot in the +anal angle is edged with a coppery +tint, and inclosed by a curved +black line.</p> + +<p>This moth is common in all +parts, flying during June and July; and the larva may be looked +for in apples and pears in August and September.</p> + + +<h4><i>Xanthosetia zoegana</i></h4> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_233" id="FIG_233"></a><a href="images/i_319c.jpg"><img src="images/i_319c_tn.jpg" width="300" height="106" alt="" +title="Linked to larger image of Zoegana" /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 233.—Zoegana—Enlarged.</span> +</div> + +<p>Our last example of the <i>Tortrices</i> is <i>Zoegana</i>, which belongs to +the family <i>Conchylidæ</i>. Its fore +wings are yellow, with a reddish +streak along the costa near the base, +and a small reddish spot opposite this +near the inner margin. The tip of +the wings is dark reddish brown, in +the middle of which is a large yellow +spot.</p> + +<p>This moth is widely distributed, +and in some parts common. It flies +from May to August, and the larva feeds on the small scabious +(<i>Scabiosa columbaria</i>).<!-- Page 303 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_303" id="Page_303">[Pg 303]</a></span></p> + + +<h4><i>The Tineæ</i></h4> + +<p>We have noticed that the <i>Tortrices</i> form a very extensive group +of moths, but they are far outnumbered by the <i>Tineæ</i>, for of these +there are over seven hundred known British species.</p> + +<p>Of course, among so many species we are sure to find considerable +variety in form and structure; but notwithstanding this, the +<i>Tineæ</i> form a well-marked division, and the beginner will find but +little difficulty in distinguishing between these and the other +Micros.</p> + +<p>The wings are long and narrow, and are remarkable for the +length of the fringe, particularly that of the hind wings. The bodies, +too, are long and slender.</p> + +<p>The larvæ are exceedingly variable. Some have the usual +number of sixteen limbs, and others have as many as eighteen. +Again, the larvæ of several genera have only fourteen legs, and +some are absolutely legless.</p> + +<p>With regard to their food and habits, they are equally variable, +for while some feed exposed, others are always protected in rolled +leaves. Some construct for themselves portable tubes, so that they +always remain under cover, and are at the same time perfectly free +to ramble in search for food. Some, also, are leaf miners; and the +group includes the so-called 'Clothes Moths,' whose larvæ devour +our garments, furs, and the upholstering of our furniture.</p> + +<p>We shall now briefly notice a few species, in order that we may +become better acquainted with the general characters of the group.</p> + + +<h4><i>Diurnea fagella</i></h4> + +<p>This moth represents the small family <i>Epigraphiidæ</i>, containing +only six species, all of which appear in the winter or +early spring.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_234" id="FIG_234"></a><a href="images/i_320.jpg"><img src="images/i_320_tn.jpg" width="300" height="77" alt="" +title="Linked to larger image of Fagella." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 234.—Fagella.</span> +</div> + +<p>The present species is very common in +most parts, and may be seen at rest on the +barks of trees in March and April.</p> + +<p>The fore wings are usually pale grey or +yellowish grey, and dotted with brown; +but there is a great variety both in the +depth of the ground colour and the distinctness +of the markings. Our illustration gives the usual +appearance of the insect.<!-- Page 304 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_304" id="Page_304">[Pg 304]</a></span></p> + +<p>The caterpillar feeds on various trees in September and October, +always protected between leaves that it has spun together.</p> + + +<h4><i>Adela cuprella</i></h4> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_235" id="FIG_235"></a><a href="images/i_321a.jpg"><img src="images/i_321a_tn.jpg" width="300" height="112" alt="" +title="Linked to larger image of Cuprella." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 235.—Cuprella.</span> +</div> + +<p>The family <i>Adelidæ</i> contains ten species, all remarkable +for the great length of their antennæ. The +one selected for illustration is a beautiful little moth +with bright bronzy green fore wings, tinged with a +rich glossy violet. The hind wings are brown with a +glossy surface.</p> + +<p>This moth does not seem to be widely distributed, +but is fairly plentiful where it occurs. Wimbledon +Common and Epping Forest are good localities for it. +It is on the wing in April and May.</p> + + +<h4><i>Hyponomeuta Padellus</i></h4> + +<p>The family <i>Hyponomeutidæ</i> contains about twenty insects, +some of which are very common and exceedingly destructive to +our trees. In May and June hawthorn and +fruit trees may be seen swarming with the +gregarious larvæ of some of them, and almost +entirely stripped of their leaves.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_236" id="FIG_236"></a><a href="images/i_321b.jpg"><img src="images/i_321b_tn.jpg" width="300" height="66" alt="" +title="Linked to larger image of Padellus." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 236.—Padellus.</span> +</div> + +<p>The species here figured has grey or white +fore wings with three rows of black dots. The +hind wings are darker grey without dots.</p> + +<p>The larva feeds on hawthorn, apple, and other trees. The perfect +insect flies in July and August.</p> + + +<h4><i>Depressaria nervosa</i></h4> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_237" id="FIG_237"></a><a href="images/i_321c.jpg"><img src="images/i_321c_tn.jpg" width="300" height="113" alt="" +title="Linked to larger image of Nervosa" /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 237.—Nervosa—Twice Natural Size.</span> +</div> + +<p>The next family—<i>Gelechiidæ</i>—is +represented by the species +Nervosa, which is common in +many localities.</p> + +<p>Its fore wings are reddish +brown, and are marked by a +number of short longitudinal +streaks of a darker colour. The +hind wings are light grey.</p> + +<p>The caterpillar is black, marked with black spots in white rings, +and having yellow side stripes. It feeds on the flowers of the<!-- Page 305 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_305" id="Page_305">[Pg 305]</a></span> +hemlock water dropwort (<i>Œnanthe crocata</i>) during June and +July.</p> + +<p>The moth flies in August and September.</p> + + +<h4><i>Harpella Geoffrella</i></h4> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 320px;"> +<a name="FIG_238" id="FIG_238"></a><a href="images/i_322a.jpg"><img src="images/i_322a_tn.jpg" width="320" height="69" alt="" +title="Linked to larger image of Geoffrella." /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 238.—Geoffrella.</span> +</div> + +<p>The same extensive family contains the moth Geoffrella, represented +in the accompanying cut. This is an exceedingly pretty +insect. The basal portion of its fore wings is +yellow, with two longitudinal dark streaks, the +outer one of which is bent towards the inner +margin near the middle of the wing. The remaining +portion of the wings is brown, with two +yellowish triangular spots, one on the costal and +one on the inner margin. On the middle of the +costa is a short dark streak.</p> + +<p>This moth appears in May and June, and is rather local, but very +abundant in some parts.</p> + + +<h4><i>Coleophora ibipennella</i></h4> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_239" id="FIG_239"></a> +<a href="images/i_322b.jpg"><img src="images/i_322b_tn.jpg" width="300" height="165" alt="" +title="Linked to larger image of Ibipennella" /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 239.—Ibipennella—Enlarged.</span> +</div> + +<p>The family <i>Coleophoridæ</i> contains about seventy small moths, +characterised by their very narrow and pointed wings, with long +fringes, and also, generally, by a little tuft of hair on the first joint +of the antennæ.</p> + +<p>The larvæ live in little cases which they construct, and feed on +various leaves and seeds. They spend the winter within their +cases, and change to the chrysalis state in spring or early summer.<!-- Page 306 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_306" id="Page_306">[Pg 306]</a></span></p> + +<p>One of these moths—<i>Ibipennella</i>—is shown in <a href="#FIG_239">fig. 239</a>. Its fore +wings are white, with a satiny gloss, and brownish towards the +tips. The 'nervures' are generally of a yellowish tinge. The +hind wings are dark grey.</p> + +<p>The larva feeds on the birch (<i>Betula alba</i>), and may be seen +walking on the surface of the leaves, carrying, or rather dragging +after it, the pistol-shaped case in which it lives, nothing protruding +save its head and front legs. It is full fed in May, and the moth +flies in July.</p> + + +<h4><i>Tischeria complanella</i></h4> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_240" id="FIG_240"></a><a href="images/i_323.jpg"><img src="images/i_323_tn.jpg" width="300" height="138" alt="" +title="Linked to larger image of Complanella" /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 240.—Complanella—Enlarged.</span> +</div> + +<p>This species represents the rather extensive family <i>Elachistidæ</i>, +the members of which have narrow and pointed wings. Many of +them are adorned with beautiful metallic tints, but are generally +so small that a lens is +necessary to show up +the splendour of their +clothing. Most of the +larvæ are leaf miners, +and are easily reared. +All that is necessary is +to pluck a few twigs, +the leaves of which, +when held up to the +light, reveal the tiny +larvæ in their burrows, +and place them in a vessel of water. They do not feed long, and +it is probable that most of the larvæ so treated will be ready to +change before the leaves have become dry. The present species +has bright yellow fore wings, with pale grey cloudings at the hind +margins. It is very abundant in many parts, and flies during the +month of June.</p> + +<p>The larva is one of the numerous leaf miners, and is of a +yellowish colour. It feeds in oak leaves during the autumn, and +its presence is indicated by light blotches on the foliage.</p> + + +<h4><i>Nepticula aurella</i></h4> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> +<a name="FIG_241" id="FIG_241"></a><a href="images/i_324.jpg"><img src="images/i_324_tn.jpg" width="300" height="158" alt="" +title="Linked to larger image of Aurella" /></a> +<span class="caption">Fig. 241.—Aurella—Enlarged.</span> +</div> + +<p>The family <i>Nepticulidæ</i>—the last of the <i>Tineæ</i>—contains a +number of little moths, including the smallest of the <i>Lepidoptera</i>. +Many of them are exceedingly beautiful, being decorated with<!-- Page 307 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_307" id="Page_307">[Pg 307]</a></span> +various tints of a splendid metallic lustre, but their beauty is revealed +only by the use of a magnifying lens, and they are so small +that very great care and patience is required to set them properly.</p> + +<p>They may be recognised by their short and thick antennæ, +rather large head, broad fore wings, and narrow pointed hind +wings.</p> + +<p>The larvæ have no true legs, but have nine pairs of very +imperfectly developed claspers. They are leaf miners, and are +sometimes so abundant that several may be found in a single +leaf.</p> + +<p>The species we have selected has fore wings of a rich golden +brown, with deep violet tips, and a broad bar of pale golden yellow +beyond the middle. It may be found throughout the spring and +summer. The larva excavates long irregular burrows in the leaves +of the bramble.<!-- Page 309 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_309" id="Page_309">[Pg 309]</a></span><!-- Page 308 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_308" id="Page_308">[Pg 308]</a></span></p> + + + +<hr class="long" /> +<h2><a name="APPENDICES" id="APPENDICES"></a>APPENDICES</h2> + + +<h3><a name="APPENDIX_I" id="APPENDIX_I"></a>APPENDIX I</h3> + +<p>I have previously called the reader's attention to our classified list +of butterflies and moths, and have hinted at one or two of the +objects for which it is inserted. It contains the scientific and +popular names of all the British Butterflies, <i>Sphinges</i>, <i>Bombyces</i>, +<i>Noctuæ</i>, and <i>Geometræ</i>, arranged in their various families and +genera; and in cases where two specific names are commonly +applied to the same insect, both are given.</p> + +<p>Its chief uses to the young entomologist are to show the relation +which the insects bear one to another, and to supply a guide for +the proper arrangement of the specimens in his cabinet.</p> + +<p>The order adopted is that of South's 'Synonymic List of British +Lepidoptera,' and it has already been mentioned that similar +lists, printed on one side of the paper only, may be obtained from +dealers in naturalists' appliances. These, cut up as required, supply +very neat labels for cabinets or store boxes.</p> + + +<h3><i>COMPLETE CLASSIFIED LIST OF BRITISH +MACRO-LEPIDOPTERA</i></h3> + +<h4><b>RHOPALOCERA (BUTTERFLIES).</b></h4> + +<ul> +<li>PAPILIONIDÆ.</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Papilio.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Machaon</i>—Swallow Tail</li> +</ul><ul> +<li>PIERIDÆ.</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Aporia.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Cratægi</i>—Black-veined White</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Pieris.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Brassicæ</i>—Large White</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Rapæ</i>—Small White</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Napi</i>—Green-veined White</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Daplidice</i>—Bath White</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Euchloë.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Cardamines</i>—Orange Tip</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Leucophasia.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Sinapis</i>—Wood White</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Colias.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Hyale</i>—Pale Clouded Yellow</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Edusa</i>—Clouded Yellow</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Gonopteryx.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Rhamni</i>—Brimstone</li> +</ul> +<ul> +<li>NYMPHALIDÆ.</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Argynnis.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Selene</i>—Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary +<!-- Page 310 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_310" id="Page_310">[Pg 310]</a></span></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Euphrosyne</i>—Pearl-bordered Fritillary</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Latona</i>—Queen of Spain</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Aglaia</i>—Dark Green Fritillary</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Adippe</i>—High Brown Fritillary</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Paphia</i>—Silver-washed Fritillary</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Melitæa.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Aurinia</i> (<i>Artemis</i>)—Greasy Fritillary</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Cinxia</i>—Glanville Fritillary</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Athalia</i>—Heath Fritillary</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Vanessa.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>C-Album</i>—Comma</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Polychloros</i>—Large Tortoiseshell</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Urticæ</i>—Small Tortoiseshell</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Io</i>—Peacock</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Antiopa</i>—Camberwell Beauty</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Atalanta</i>—Red Admiral</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Cardui</i>—Painted Lady</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Limenitis.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Sibylla</i>—White Admiral</li> +</ul> +<ul> +<li>APATURIDÆ.</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Apatura.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Iris</i>—Purple Emperor</li> +</ul> +<ul> +<li>SATYRIDÆ.</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Melanargia.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Galatea</i>—Marbled White</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Erebia.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Epiphron</i> (<i>Cassiope</i>)—Small Ringlet</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Æthiops</i> (<i>Blandina</i>)—Northern Brown (Scotch Argus)</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Pararge.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Egeria</i>—Speckled Wood</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Megæra</i>—Wall</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Satyrus.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Semele</i>—Grayling</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Epinephele.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Ianira</i>—Meadow Brown</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Tithonus</i>—Large Heath (Small Meadow Brown)</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Hyperanthes</i>—Ringlet</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Cænonympha.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Typhon</i> (<i>Davus</i>)—Marsh Ringlet</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Pamphilus</i>—Small Heath</li> +</ul><ul> +<li>LYCÆNIDÆ.</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Thecla.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Betulæ</i>—Brown Hairstreak</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>W-Album</i>—White-letter Hairstreak</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Pruni</i>—Dark Hairstreak</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Quercus</i>—Purple Hairstreak</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Rubi</i>—Green Hairstreak</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Polyommatus.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Dispar</i>—Large Copper</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Phlœas</i>—Small Copper</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Lycæna.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Bætica</i>—Tailed Blue</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Ægon</i>—Silver-studded Blue</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Astrarche</i> (<i>Agestis</i>)—Brown Argus</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Icarus</i> (<i>Alexis</i>)—Common Blue</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Bellargus</i> (<i>Adonis</i>)—Clifden Blue</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Corydon</i>—Chalk-hill Blue</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Argiolus</i>—Azure or Holly Blue</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Semiargus</i> (<i>Acis</i>)—Mazarine Blue</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Minima</i> (<i>Alsus</i>)—Small Blue</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Arion</i>—Large Blue</li> +</ul><ul> +<li>ERYCINIDÆ.</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Nemeobius.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Lucina</i>—Duke of Burgundy</li> +</ul><ul> +<li>HESPERIIDÆ.</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Syrichthus.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Malvæ</i> (<i>Alveolus</i>)—Grizzled Skipper</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Nisoniades.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Tages</i>—Dingy Skipper</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Hesperia.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Thaumas</i> (<i>Linea</i>)—Small Skipper</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Lineola</i>—New Small Skipper</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Actæon</i>—Lulworth Skipper +<!-- Page 311 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_311" id="Page_311">[Pg 311]</a></span></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Sylvanus</i>—Large Skipper</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Comma</i>—Silver-spotted Skipper</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Carterocephalus.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Palæmon</i> (<i>Paniscus</i>)—Chequered Skipper</li> +</ul> + + +<h4>HETEROCERA (MOTHS). +<br /><br /> +<b>SPHINGES.</b></h4> + +<ul> +<li>SPHINGIDÆ.</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Acherontia.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Atropos</i>—Death's Head Hawk Moth</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Sphinx.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Convolvuli</i>—Convolvulus Hawk</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Ligustri</i>—Privet Hawk</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Pinastri</i>—Pine Hawk</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Deilephila.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Euphorbiæ</i>—Spurge Hawk</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Galii</i>—Bedstraw Hawk</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Livornica</i>—Striped Hawk</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Chærocampa.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Celerio</i>—Silver-striped Hawk</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Porcellus</i>—Small Elephant</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Elpenor</i>—Large Elephant</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Smerinthus.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Ocellatus</i>—Eyed Hawk</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Populi</i>—Poplar Hawk</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Tiliæ</i>—Lime Hawk</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Macroglossa.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Stellatarum</i>—Humming-bird Hawk</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Fuciformis</i>—Broad-bordered Bee Hawk</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Bombyliformis</i>—Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk</li> +</ul><ul> +<li>SESIIDÆ.</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Trochilium.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Apiformis</i>—Hornet Clearwing of the Poplar</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Crabroniformis</i> (<i>Bembeciformis</i>)—Hornet Clearwing of Osier</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Sciopteron.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Tabaniformis</i> (<i>Vespiforme</i>)—Dusky Clearwing</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Sesia.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Scoliiformis</i>—Welsh Clearwing</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Sphegiformis</i>—White-barred Clearwing</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Andreniformis</i>—Orange-tailed Clearwing</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Tipuliformis</i>—Currant Clearwing</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Asiliformis</i> (<i>Cynipiformis</i>)—Yellow-legged Clearwing</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Myopiformis</i>—Red-belted Clearwing</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Culiciformis</i>—Large Red-belted Clearwing</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Formiciformis</i>—Red-tipped Clearwing</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Ichneumoniformis</i>—Six-belted Clearwing</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Musciformis</i> (<i>Philanthiformis</i>)—Thrift Clearwing</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Chrysidiformis</i>—Fiery Clearwing</li> +</ul><ul> +<li>ZYGÆNIDÆ.</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Ino.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Globulariæ</i>—Scarce Forester</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Statices</i>—Forester</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Geryon</i>—Cistus Forester</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Zygæna.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Pilosellæ</i> (<i>Minos</i>)—Transparent Burnet</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Exulans</i>—Scotch Burnet</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Meliloti</i>—New Forest Burnet</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Trifolii</i>—Broad-bordered Five-spotted Burnet</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Loniceræ</i>—Narrow-bordered Five-spotted Burnet</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Filipendulæ</i>—Six-spotted Burnet +<!-- Page 312 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_312" id="Page_312">[Pg 312]</a></span></li> +</ul> +<h4><b>BOMBYCES.</b></h4> + +<ul><li> +NYCTEOLIDÆ.</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Sarothripus.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Undulanus</i>—Tortrix Moth</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Earias.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Chlorana</i>—Cream-bordered Green</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Hylophila.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Prasinana</i>—Green Silver-lined</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Bicolorana</i> (<i>Quercana</i>)—Large Green Silver-lined</li> +</ul><ul><li> +NOLIDÆ.</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Nola.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Cucullatella</i>—Short-cloaked</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Strigula</i>—Small Black Arches</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Confusalis</i> (<i>Cristulalis</i>)—Least Black Arches</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Albulalis</i>—Kent Arches</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Centonalis</i>—Scarce Black Arches</li> +</ul><ul><li> +LITHOSIIDÆ.</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Nudaria.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Senex</i>—Round-winged Muslin</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Mundana</i>—Muslin Moth</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Setina.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Irrorella</i>—Dew Moth</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Calligenia.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Miniata</i>—Rosy Footman (Red Arches)</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Lithosia.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Mesomella</i>—Four-dotted Footman</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Muscerda</i>—Dotted Footman</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Sororcula</i> (<i>Aureola</i>)—Orange Footman</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Lutarella</i> (<i>Pygmæola</i>)—Pigmy Footman</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Griseola</i> (<i>Stramineola</i>)—Pale Footman</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Deplana</i> (<i>Helveola</i>)—Buff Footman</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Lurideola</i> (<i>Complanula</i>)—Common Footman</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Complana</i>—Scarce Footman</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Sericea</i> (<i>Molybdeola</i>)—Leaden Footman</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Caniola</i>—Hoary Footman</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Gnophria.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Quadra</i>—Four-spotted Footman</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Rubricollis</i>—Red-necked Footman</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Emydia.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Cribrum</i>—Speckled Footman</li> +</ul><ul><li> +EUCHELIIDÆ.</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Deiopeia.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Pulchella</i>—Crimson Speckled</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Euchelia.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Jacobææ</i>—Cinnabar</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Callimorpha.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Dominula</i>—Scarlet Tiger</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Hera</i>—Jersey Tiger</li> +</ul><ul><li> +CHELONIIDÆ.</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Nemeophila.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Russula</i>—Clouded Buff</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Plantaginis</i>—Wood Tiger</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Arctia.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Caia</i>—Tiger</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Villica</i>—Cream-spot Tiger</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Spilosoma.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Fuliginosa</i>—Ruby Tiger</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Mendica</i>—Muslin</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Lubricipeda</i>—Buff Ermine</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Menthastri</i>—White Ermine</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Urticæ</i>—Water Ermine</li> +</ul><ul><li> +HEPIALIDÆ.</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Hepialus.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Humuli</i>—Ghost Swift</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Sylvanus</i>—Wood Swift</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Velleda</i>—Northern Swift</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Lupulinus</i>—Common Swift</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Hectus</i>—Gold Swift</li> +</ul><ul><li> +COSSIDÆ.</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Cossus.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Ligniperda</i>—Goat</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Zeuzera.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Pyrina</i> (<i>Æsculi</i>)—Leopard</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Macrogaster.</b> +<!-- Page 313 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_313" id="Page_313">[Pg 313]</a></span></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Castaneæ</i> (<i>Arundinis</i>)—Reed Moth</li> +</ul><ul><li> +COCHLIOPODIDÆ.</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Heterogenea.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Limacodes</i> (<i>Testudo</i>)—Festoon Moth</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Asella</i> (<i>Asellus</i>)—Triangle Moth</li> +</ul><ul><li> +LIPARIDÆ.</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Porthesia</b> (<b>Liparis</b>).</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Chrysorrhœa</i>—Brown Tail</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Similis</i> (<i>Auriflua</i>)—Yellow Tail (Gold Tail)</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Leucoma.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Salicis</i>—Satin Moth</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Lælia.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Cœnosa</i>—Reed Tussock</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Ocneria.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Dispar</i>—Gipsy</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Psilura.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Monacha</i>—Black Arches</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Dasychira.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Fascelina</i>—Dark Tussock</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Pudibunda</i>—Pale Tussock</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Orgyia.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Gonostigma</i>—Scarce Vapourer</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Antiqua</i>—Vapourer</li> +</ul><ul><li> +BOMBYCIDÆ.</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Trichiura.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Cratægi</i>—Pale Oak Eggar</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Pœcilocampa.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Populi</i>—December Moth</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Eriogaster.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Lanestris</i>—Small Eggar</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Bombyx.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Neustria</i>—Lackey</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Castrensis</i>—Ground Lackey</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Rubi</i>—Fox</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Quercus</i>—Oak Eggar</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Trifolii</i>—Grass Eggar</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Odonestis.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Potatoria</i>—Drinker</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Lasiocampa.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Quercifolia</i>—Lappet</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Ilicifolia</i>—Small Lappet</li> +</ul><ul><li> +ENDROMIDÆ.</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Endromis.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Versicolor</i>—Kentish Glory</li> +</ul><ul><li> +SATURNIIDÆ.</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Saturnia.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Pavonia</i> (<i>Carpini</i>)—Emperor</li> +</ul><ul><li> +DREPANULIDÆ.</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Drepana.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Lacertinaria</i> (<i>Lacertula</i>)—Scalloped Hook Tip</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Harpagula</i> (<i>Sicula</i>)—Scarce Hook Tip</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Falcataria</i> (<i>Falcula</i>)—Pebble Hook Tip</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Binaria</i> (<i>Hamula</i>)—Oak Hook Tip</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Cultraria</i> (<i>Unguicula</i>)—Barred Hook Tip</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Cilix.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Glaucata</i> (<i>Spinula</i>)—Chinese Character</li> +</ul><ul><li> +DICRANURIDÆ.</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Dicranura.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Bicuspis</i>—Alder Kitten</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Furcula</i>—Sallow Kitten</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Bifida</i>—Poplar Kitten</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Vinula</i>—Puss</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Stauropus.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Fagi</i>—Lobster</li> +</ul><ul><li> +NOTODONTIDÆ.</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Glyphisia.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Crenata</i>—Dusky Marbled Brown</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Ptilophora.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Plumigera</i>—Plumed Prominent</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Pterostoma.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Palpina</i>—Pale Prominent</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Lophopteryx.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Camelina</i>—Coxcomb Prominent</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Cuculla</i> (<i>Cucullina</i>)—Maple Prominent</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Carmelita</i>—Scarce Prominent</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Notodonta.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Bicolor</i>—White Prominent</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Dictæa</i>—Swallow Prominent +<!-- Page 314 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_314" id="Page_314">[Pg 314]</a></span></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Dictæoides</i>—Lesser Swallow Prominent</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Dromedarius</i>—Iron Prominent</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Trilophus</i>—Three-humped Prominent</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Ziczac</i>—Pebble Prominent</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Trepida</i>—Great Prominent</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Trimacula</i> (<i>Dodonea</i>)—Marbled Brown</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Chaonia</i>—Lunar Marbled Brown</li> +</ul><ul><li> +PYGÆRIDÆ.</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Phalera.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Bucephala</i>—Buff Tip</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Pygæra</b> (<b>Clostera</b>).</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Curtula</i>—Chocolate Tip</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Anachoreta</i>—Scarce Chocolate Tip</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Pigra</i> (<i>Reclusa</i>)—Small Chocolate Tip</li> +</ul><ul><li> +CYMATOPHORIDÆ.</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Thyatira.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Derasa</i>—Buff Arches</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Batis</i>—Peach Blossom</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Cymatophora.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Octogesima</i> (<i>Ocularis</i>)—Figure of Eighty</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Or</i>—Poplar Lutestring</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Duplaris</i>—Lesser Satin</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Fluctuosa</i>—Satin Carpet</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Asphalia.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Diluta</i>—Lesser Lutestring</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Flavicornis</i>—Yellow-horned</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Ridens</i>—Frosted Green</li> +</ul> + +<h4><b>NOCTUÆ.</b></h4> + +<ul><li> +BRYOPHILIDÆ.</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Bryophila.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Algæ</i>—Tree Lichen Beauty</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Muralis</i> (<i>Glandifera</i>)—Marbled (Mottled) Green</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Par</i>—Scarce Marbled Green</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Perla</i>—Marbled Beauty</li> +</ul><ul><li> +BOMBYCOIDÆ.</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Moma</b> (<b>Diphthera</b>).</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Orion</i>—Scarce Marvel-du-jour</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Demas.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Coryli</i>—Nut-tree Tussock</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Acronycta.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Tridens</i>—Dark Dagger</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Psi</i>—Grey Dagger</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Leporina</i>—Miller</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Aceris</i>—Sycamore</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Megacephala</i>—Poplar Grey</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Strigosa</i>—Grisette</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Alni</i>—Alder</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Ligustri</i>—Coronet</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Rumicis</i>—Knot-grass</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Auricoma</i>—Scarce Dagger</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Menyanthidis</i>—Light Knot-grass</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Euphorbiæ</i> (<i>Myricæ</i>)—Sweet Gale</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Diloba.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Cæruleocephala</i>—Figure of Eight</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Arsilonche.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Albovenosa</i> (<i>Venosa</i>)—Powdered Wainscot</li> +</ul><ul><li> +LEUCANIIDÆ.</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Synia.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Musculosa</i>—Brighton Wainscot</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Leucania.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Conigera</i>—Brown-line Bright-eye</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Vitellina</i>—Delicate</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Turca</i>—Double Line</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Lithargyria</i>—Clay</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Albipuncta</i>—White-point</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Extranea</i>—American Wainscot</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Obsoleta</i>—Obscure Wainscot</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Putrescens</i>—Devonshire Wainscot +<!-- Page 315 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_315" id="Page_315">[Pg 315]</a></span></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Littoralis</i>—Shore Wainscot</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Impudens</i> (<i>Pudorina</i>)—Striped Wainscot</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Comma</i>—Shoulder-striped Wainscot</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Straminea</i>—Southern Wainscot</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Impura</i>—Smoky Wainscot</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Pallens</i>—Common Wainscot</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Calamia.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Phragmitidis</i>—Fen Wainscot</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Meliana.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Flammea</i>—Flame Wainscot</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Senta.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Maritima</i>—Silky Wainscot</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Cœnobia.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Rufa</i>—Small Rufous</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Tapinostola.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Fulva</i>—Small Wainscot</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Hellmanni</i>—Mere Wainscot</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Extrema</i> (<i>Concolor</i>)—Concolorous Wainscot</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Bondii</i>—Bond's Wainscot</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Elymi</i>—Lyme Wainscot</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Nonagria.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Cannæ</i>—Reed Wainscot</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Sparganii</i>—Iris Wainscot</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Arundinis</i> (<i>Typhæ</i>)—Bullrush</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Geminipuncta</i>—Twin-spotted Wainscot</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Neurica</i>—Nerved Wainscot</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Brevilinea</i>—Fenn's Nonagria</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Lutosa</i>—Large Wainscot</li> +</ul><ul><li> +APAMEIDÆ.</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Gortyna.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Ochracea</i> (<i>Flavago</i>)—Frosted Orange</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Hydrœcia.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Nictitans</i>—Golden Ear</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Petasitis</i>—Butter-bur</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Micacea</i>—Rosy Rustic</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Axylia.</b></li> +<li class="indent2">Putris—Flame</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Xylophasia.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Rurea</i>—Clouded-border Brindle</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Lithoxylea</i>—Light Arches</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Sublustris</i>—Reddish Light Arches</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Monoglypha</i> (<i>Polyodon</i>)—Dark Arches</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Hepatica</i>—Clouded Brindle</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Scolopacina</i>—Slender Clouded Brindle</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Dipterygia.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Scabriuscula</i> (<i>Pinastri</i>)—Bird's Wing</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Cloantha.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Polyodon</i> (<i>Perspicillaris</i>)—Purple Cloud</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Aporophyla.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Australis</i>—Feathered Brindle</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Laphygma.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Exigua</i>—Small Mottled Willow</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Neuria.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Reticulata</i> (<i>Saponariæ</i>)—Bordered Gothic</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Neuronia.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Popularis</i>—Feathered Gothic</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Heliophobus.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Hispidus</i>—Beautiful Gothic</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Charæas.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Graminis</i>—Antler</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Pachetra.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Leucophæa</i>—Feathered Ear</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Cerigo.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Matura</i> (<i>Cytherea</i>)—Straw Underwing</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Luperina.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Testacea</i>—Flounced Rustic</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Dumerili</i>—Dumeril's Luperina</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Cespitis</i>—Hedge Rustic</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Mamestra.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Abjecta</i>—Crescent Striped</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Sordida</i> (<i>Anceps</i>)—Large Nutmeg</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Albicolon</i>—White Colon</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Furva</i>—Confused</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Brassicæ</i>—Cabbage +<!-- Page 316 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_316" id="Page_316">[Pg 316]</a></span></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Persicariæ</i>—Dot</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Apamea.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Basilinea</i>—Rustic Shoulder Knot</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Connexa</i>—Union Rustic</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Gemina</i>—Dusky Brocade</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Unanimis</i>—Small Clouded Brindle</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Ophiogramma</i>—Double Lobed</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Leucostigma</i> (<i>Fibrosa</i>)—Crescent</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Didyma</i> (<i>Oculea</i>)—Common Rustic</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Miana.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Strigilis</i>—Marbled Minor</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Fasciuncula</i>—Middle-barred Minor</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Literosa</i>—Rosy Minor</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Bicoloria</i> (<i>Furuncula</i>)—Cloaked Minor</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Arcuosa</i>—Dotted Buff</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Phothedes.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Captiuncula</i>—Least Minor</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Celæna.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Haworthii</i>—Haworth's Minor</li> +</ul><ul><li> +CARADRINIDÆ</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Grammesia.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Trigrammica</i> (<i>Trilinea</i>)—Treble Lines</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Stilbia.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Anomala</i>—Anomalous</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Caradrina.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Morpheus</i>—Mottled Rustic</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Alsines</i>—Uncertain</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Taraxaci</i> (<i>Blanda</i>)—Rustic</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Ambigua</i>—Ambiguous</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Quadripunctata</i> (<i>Cubicularis</i>)—Pale Mottled Willow</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Acosmetia.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Caliginosa</i>—Reddish Buff</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Hydrilla.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Palustris</i>—Marsh Moth</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Rusina.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Tenebrosa</i>—Brown Rustic</li> +</ul><ul><li> +NOCTUIDÆ.</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Agrotis.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Vestigialis</i> (<i>Valligera</i>)—Archer's Dart</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Puta</i>—Shuttle-shaped Dart</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Suffusa</i>—Dark Sword Grass</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Saucia</i>—Pearly Underwing</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Segetum</i>—Common Dart (Turnip Moth)</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Lunigera</i>—Crescent Dart</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Exclamationis</i>—Heart and Dart</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Corticea</i>—Heart and Club</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Cinerea</i>—Light Feathered Rustic</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Ripæ</i>—Sand Dart</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Cursoria</i>—Coast Dart</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Nigricans</i>—Garden Dart</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Tritici</i>—White-line Dart</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Aquilina</i>—Streaked Dart</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Obelisca</i>—Square-spot Dart</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Agathina</i>—Heath Rustic</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Strigula</i> (<i>Porphyrea</i>)—True Lover's Knot</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Præcox</i>—Portland</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Obscura</i> (<i>Ravida</i>)—Stout Dart</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Simulans</i> (<i>Pyrophila</i>)—Dotted Rustic</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Lucernea</i>—Northern Rustic</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Ashworthii</i>—Ashworth's Rustic</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Noctua.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Glareosa</i>—Autumn Rustic</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Depuncta</i>—Plain Clay</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Augur</i>—Double Dot</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Plecta</i>—Flame Shoulder</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Flammatra</i>—Black Collar</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>C-Nigrum</i>—Setaceous Hebrew Character</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Ditrapezium</i>—Triple-spotted Clay</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Triangulum</i>—Double-spotted Square-spot</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Stigmatica</i> (<i>Rhomboidea</i>)—Square-spotted Clay +<!-- Page 317 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_317" id="Page_317">[Pg 317]</a></span></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Brunnea</i>—Purple Clay</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Festiva</i> (<i>Conflua</i>)—Ingrailed Clay</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Dahlii</i>—Barred Chestnut</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Subrosea</i>—Rosy Marsh</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Rubi</i>—Small Square-spot</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Umbrosa</i>—Six-striped Rustic</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Baia</i>—Dotted Clay</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Sobrina</i>—Cousin German</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Castanea</i> (<i>Neglecta</i>)—Grey Rustic</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Xanthographa</i>—Square-spot Rustic</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Triphæna.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Ianthina</i>—Lesser Broad Border</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Fimbria</i>—Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Interjecta</i>—Least Yellow Underwing</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Orbona</i> (<i>Subsequa</i>)—Lunar Yellow Underwing</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Comes</i> (<i>Orbona</i>)—Lesser Yellow Underwing</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Pronuba</i>—Large Yellow Underwing</li> +</ul><ul><li> +AMPHIPYRIDÆ.</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Amphipyra.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Pyramidea</i>—Copper Underwing</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Tragopogonis</i>—Mouse</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Mania.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Typica</i>—Gothic</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Maura</i>—Old Lady</li> +</ul><ul><li> +ORTHOSIIDÆ.</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Panolis.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Piniperda</i>—Pine Beauty</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Pachnobia.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Leucographa</i>—White-marked</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Rubricosa</i>—Red Chestnut</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Hyperborea</i> (<i>Carnica</i>)—Mountain Rustic</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Tæniocampa.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Gothica</i>—Hebrew Character</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Incerta</i> (<i>Instabilis</i>)—Clouded Drab</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Opima</i>—Northern Drab</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Populeti</i>—Lead-coloured Drab</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Stabilis</i>—Common Quaker</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Gracilis</i>—Powdered Quaker</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Miniosa</i>—Blossom Underwing</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Munda</i>—Twin-spotted Quaker</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Pulverulenta</i> (<i>Cruda</i>)—Small Quaker</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Orthosia.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Suspecta</i>—Suspected</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Upsilon</i>—Dismal</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Lota</i>—Red-lined Quaker</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Macilenta</i>—Yellow-lined Quaker</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Anchocelis.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Rufina</i>—Flounced Chestnut</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Pistacina</i>—Beaded Chestnut</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Lunosa</i>—Lunar Underwing</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Litura</i>—Brown-spot Pinion</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Cerastis</b> (<b>Glæa</b>).</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Vaccinii</i>—Chestnut</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Spadicea</i>—Dark Chestnut</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Erythrocephala</i>—Red-headed</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Scopelosoma.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Satellitia</i>—Satellite</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Dasycampa.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Rubiginea</i>—Dotted Chestnut</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Oporina.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Croceago</i>—Orange Upperwing</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Xanthia.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Citrago</i>—Orange Sallow</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Fulvago</i> (<i>Cerago</i>)—Sallow</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Flavago</i> (<i>Silago</i>)—Pink-barred Sallow</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Aurago</i>—Barred Sallow</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Gilvago</i>—Dusky Lemon Sallow</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Circellaris</i> (<i>Ferruginea</i>)—Brick</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Cirrhœdia.</b> +<!-- Page 318 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_318" id="Page_318">[Pg 318]</a></span></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Xerampelina</i>—Centre-barred Sallow</li> +</ul><ul><li> +COSMIIDÆ.</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Tethea.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Subtusa</i>—Olive</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Retusa</i>—Double Kidney</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Cosmia</b> (<b>Euperia</b>).</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Paleacea</i> (<i>Fulvago</i>)—Angle-striped Sallow</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Dicycla.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Oo</i>—Heart Moth</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Calymnia.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Trapezina</i>—Dun-bar</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Pyralina</i>—Lunar-spotted Pinion</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Diffinis</i>—White-spotted Pinion</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Affinis</i>—Lesser-spotted Pinion</li> +</ul><ul><li> +HADENIDÆ.</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Eremobia.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Ochroleuca</i>—Dusky Sallow</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Dianthœcia.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Luteago</i> (<i>Barretti</i>)—Barrett's Marbled Coronet</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Cæsia</i>—Grey Marbled Coronet</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Nana</i> (<i>Conspersa</i>)—Marbled Coronet</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Albimacula</i>—White Spot</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Compta</i>—The Shears</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Capsincola</i>—Lychnis</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Cucubali</i>—Campion</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Carpophaga</i>—Tawny Shears</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Capsophila</i>—Pod-lover</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Irregularis</i> (<i>Echii</i>)—Viper's Bugloss</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Hecatera.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Chrysozona</i> (<i>Dysodea</i>)—Small Ranunculus</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Serena</i>—Broad-barred White</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Polia.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Chi</i>—Grey Chi</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Flavicincta</i>—Large Ranunculus</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Xanthomista</i> (<i>Nigrocincta</i>)—Black-banded</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Dasypolia.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Templi</i>—Brindled Ochre</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Epunda.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Lichenea</i>—Feathered Ranunculus</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Lutulenta</i>—Deep-brown Dart</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Nigra</i>—Black Rustic</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Cleoceris.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Viminalis</i>—Minor Shoulder-knot</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Valeria.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Oleagina</i>—Green-brindled Dot</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Miselia.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Oxyacanthæ</i>—Green-brindled Crescent</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Bimaculosa</i>—Crescent</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Agriopis.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Aprilina</i>—Marvel-du-jour</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Euplexia.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Lucipara</i>—Small Angle-shades</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Phlogophora.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Meticulosa</i>—Angle-shades</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Trigonophora.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Flammea</i> (<i>Empyrea</i>)—Flame Brocade</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Aplecta.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Prasina</i> (<i>Herbida</i>)—Green Arches</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Occulta</i>—Great Brocade</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Nebulosa</i>—Grey Arches</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Tincta</i>—Silvery Arches</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Advena</i>—Pale Shining Brown</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Crymodes.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Exulis</i> (<i>Assimilis</i>)—Northern Arches</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Hadena.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Porphyrea</i> (<i>Satura</i>)—Beautiful Brocade</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Adusta</i>—Dark Brocade</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Protea</i>—Brindled Green</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Glauca</i>—Glaucous Shears</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Dentina</i>—Grey Shears</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Trifolii</i> (<i>Chenopodii</i>)—Nutmeg</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Atriplicis</i>—Orache</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Dissimilis</i> (<i>Suasa</i>)—Dog's Tooth</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Oleracea</i>—Bright-line Brown-eye +<!-- Page 319 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_319" id="Page_319">[Pg 319]</a></span></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Pisi</i>—Broom</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Thalassina</i>—Pale-shouldered Brocade</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Contigua</i>—Beautiful Brocade</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Genistæ</i>—Light Brocade</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Rectilinea</i>—Saxon</li> +</ul><ul><li> +XYLINIDÆ.</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Xylocampa.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Areola</i> (<i>Lithoriza</i>)—Early Grey</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Xylomiges.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Conspicillaris</i>—Silver Cloud</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Calocampa.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Vetusta</i>—Red Sword Grass</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Exoleta</i>—Sword Grass</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Solidaginis</i>—Golden-rod Brindled</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Xylina.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Ornithopus</i> (<i>Rhizolitha</i>)—Grey Shoulder Knot</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Semibrunnea</i>—Tawny Pinion</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Socia</i> (<i>Petrificata</i>)—Pale Pinion</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Furcifera</i> (<i>Conformis</i>)—Conformist</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Lambda</i>—Nonconformist</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Asteroscopus.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Nubeculosa</i>—Rannoch Sprawler</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Sphinx</i> (<i>Cassinea</i>)—Sprawler</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Cucullia.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Verbasci</i>—Mullein Shark</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Scrophulariæ</i>—Betony Shark</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Lychnitis</i>—Lychnis Shark</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Asteris</i>—Starwort Shark</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Gnaphalii</i>—Cudweed Shark</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Absinthii</i>—Wormwood Shark</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Chamomillæ</i>—Chamomile Shark</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Umbratica</i>—Shark</li> +</ul><ul><li> +GONOPTERIDÆ.</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Gonoptera.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Libatrix</i>—Herald</li> +</ul><ul><li> +PLUSIIDÆ.</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Habrostola.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Tripartita</i> (<i>Urticæ</i>)—Light Spectacle</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Triplasia</i>—Dark Spectacle</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Plusia.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Chryson</i> (<i>Orichalcea</i>)—Scarce Burnished Brass</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Chrysitis</i>—Burnished Brass</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Bractea</i>—Gold Spangled</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Festucæ</i>—Gold Spot</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Iota</i>—Plain Golden <span class="lettershape">Y</span></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Pulchrina</i>—Beautiful Golden <span class="lettershape">Y</span></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Gamma</i>—Silver <span class="lettershape">Y</span></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Interrogationis</i>—Scarce Silver <span class="lettershape">Y</span></li> +</ul><ul><li> +HELIOTHIDÆ.</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Anarta.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Melanopa</i>—Broad-bordered White Underwing</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Cordigera</i>—Small Dark Yellow Underwing</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Myrtilli</i>—Beautiful Yellow Underwing</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Heliaca</b> (<b>Heliodes</b>).</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Tenebrata</i> (<i>Arbuti</i>)—Small Yellow Underwing</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Heliothis.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Dipsacea</i>—Marbled Clover</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Scutosa</i>—Rare Marbled Clover</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Peltigera</i>—Bordered Straw</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Armigera</i>—Scarce Bordered Straw</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Chariclea.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Umbra</i> (<i>Marginata</i>)—Bordered Sallow</li> +</ul><ul><li> +ACONTIIDÆ.</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Agrophila.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Trabealis</i> (<i>Sulphuralis</i>)—Spotted Sulphur</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Acontia.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Luctuosa</i>—Four-spotted</li> +</ul><ul><li> +ERASTRIIDÆ.</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Erastria.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Fasciana</i> (<i>Fuscula</i>)—Marbled White Spot</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Venustula</i>—Rosy Marbled</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Bankia.</b> +<!-- Page 320 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_320" id="Page_320">[Pg 320]</a></span></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Argentula</i>—Silver-barred</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Hydrelia.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Uncula</i> (<i>Unca</i>)—Silver Hook</li> +</ul><ul><li> +ANTHOPHILIDÆ.</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Thalpochares</b> (<b>Micra</b>).</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Ostrina</i>—Purple Marbled</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Parva</i>—Small Marbled</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Paula</i>—Scarce Marbled</li> +</ul><ul><li> +POAPHILIDÆ.</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Phytometra.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Viridaria</i> (<i>Ænea</i>)—Small Purple-barred</li> +</ul><ul><li> +EUCLIDIIDÆ.</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Euclidia.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Mi</i>—Mother Shipton</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Glyphica</i>—Burnet Noctua</li> +</ul><ul><li> +OPHIUSIDÆ.</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Ophiodes.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Lunaris</i>—Lunar Double Stripe</li> +</ul><ul><li> +CATEPHIIDÆ.</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Catephia.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Alchymista</i>—Alchymist</li> +</ul><ul><li> +CATOCALIDÆ.</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Catocala.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Fraxini</i>—Clifden Nonpareil</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Nupta</i>—Red Underwing</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Promissa</i>—Light Crimson Underwing</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Sponsa</i>—Dark Crimson Underwing</li> +</ul><ul><li> +AVENTIIDÆ.</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Aventia.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Flexula</i>—Scallop Barred</li> +</ul><ul><li> +TOXOCAMPIDÆ.</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Toxocampa.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Pastinum</i>—Black Neck</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Craccæ</i>—New Black Neck</li> +</ul><ul><li> +BOLETOBIIDÆ.</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Boletobia.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Fuliginaria</i>—Waved Black</li> +</ul><ul><li> +HERMINIIDÆ.</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Rivula.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Sericealis</i>—Straw Dot</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Zanclognatha.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Grisealis</i>—Lesser Fan-foot</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Tarsipennalis</i>—Fan-foot</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Emortualis</i>—Olive Crescent</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Herminia.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Cribralis</i>—Dotted Fan-foot</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Derivalis</i>—Clay Fan-foot</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Pechypogon.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Barbalis</i>—Common Fan-foot</li> +</ul><ul><li> +HYPENIDÆ.</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Madopa.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Salicalis</i>—Lesser Belle</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Bomolocha.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Fontis</i> (<i>Crassalis</i>)—Beautiful Snout</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Hypena.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Rostralis</i>—Lesser Snout</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Proboscidalis</i>—Snout</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Hypenodes.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Albistrigalis</i>—White-streak</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Costæstrigalis</i>—Ribbed-streak</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Tholomiges</b> (<b>Schrankia</b>).</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Turfosalis</i>—Tiny Snout</li> +</ul><ul><li> +BREPHIDES.</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Brephos.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Parthenias</i>—Orange Underwing</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Notha</i>—Light Orange Underwing</li> +</ul> + +<h4><b>GEOMETRÆ.</b></h4> + +<ul><li> +UROPTERYGIDÆ.</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Uropteryx.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Sambucaria</i> (<i>Sambucata</i>)—Swallow Tail</li> +</ul><ul><li> +ENNOMIDÆ.</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Epione.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Parallelaria</i> (<i>Vespertaria</i>)—Dark-bordered Beauty</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Apiciaria</i>—Bordered Beauty</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Advenaria</i>—Little Thorn</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Rumia.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Luteolata</i> (<i>Cratægata</i>)—Brimstone</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Venilia.</b> +<!-- Page 321 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_321" id="Page_321">[Pg 321]</a></span></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Macularia</i>—Speckled Yellow</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Angerona.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Prunaria</i>—Orange Moth</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Metrocampa.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Margaritaria</i>—Light Emerald</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Ellopia.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Prosapiaria</i> (<i>Fasciaria</i>)—Barred Red</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Eurymene.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Dolobraria</i>—Scorched Wing</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Pericallia.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Syringaria</i>—Lilac Beauty</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Selenia.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Bilunaria</i> (<i>Illunaria</i>)—Early Thorn</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Lunaria</i>—Lunar Thorn</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Tetralunaria</i> (<i>Illustraria</i>)—Purple Thorn</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Odontopera.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Bidentata</i>—Scalloped Hazel</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Crocallis.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Elinguaria</i>—Scalloped Oak</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Eugonia.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Autumnaria</i> (<i>Alniaria</i>)—Large Thorn</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Alniaria</i> (<i>Tiliaria</i>)—Canary-shouldered Thorn</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Fuscantaria</i>—Dusky Thorn</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Erosaria</i>—September Thorn</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Quercinaria</i> (<i>Angularia</i>)—August Thorn</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Himera.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Pennaria</i>—Feathered Thorn</li> +</ul><ul><li> +AMPHIDASYDÆ.</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Phigalia.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Pedaria</i> (<i>Pilosaria</i>)—Pale Brindled Beauty</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Nyssia.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Zonaria</i>—Belted Beauty</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Hispidaria</i>—Small Brindled Beauty</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Lapponaria</i>—Rare Brindled Beauty</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Biston.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Hirtaria</i>—Brindled Beauty</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Amphidasys.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Strataria</i> (<i>Prodromaria</i>)—Oak Beauty</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Betularia</i>—Peppered Moth</li> +</ul><ul><li> +BOARMIIDÆ.</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Hemerophila.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Abruptaria</i>—Waved Umber</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Cleora.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Angularia</i> (<i>Viduaria</i>)—Speckled Beauty</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Glabraria</i>—Dotted Carpet</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Lichenaria</i>—Brussels Lace</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Boarmia.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Repandata</i>—Mottled Beauty</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Gemmaria</i> (<i>Rhomboidaria</i>)—Willow Beauty</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Abietaria</i>—Satin Carpet</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Cinctaria</i>—Ringed Carpet</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Roboraria</i>—Great Oak Beauty</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Consortaria</i>—Pale Oak Beauty</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Tephrosia.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Consonaria</i>—Square Spot</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Crepuscularia</i>—Small Engrailed</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Biundularia</i>—Engrailed</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Luridata</i> (<i>Extersaria</i>)—Brindled White-spot</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Punctularia</i>—Grey Birch</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Gnophos.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Obscuraria</i>—Annulet</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Dasydia.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Obfuscaria</i>—Scotch Annulet</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Psodos.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Coracina</i> (<i>Trepidaria</i>)—Black Mountain Moth</li> +</ul><ul><li> +GEOMETRIDÆ.</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Pseudoterpna.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Pruinata</i> (<i>Cytisaria</i>)—Grass Emerald</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Geometra.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Papilionaria</i>—Large Emerald</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Vernaria</i>—Small Emerald</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Phorodesma.</b> +<!-- Page 322 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_322" id="Page_322">[Pg 322]</a></span></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Pustulata</i> (<i>Bajularia</i>)—Blotched Emerald</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Smaragdaria</i>—Essex Emerald</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Nemoria.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Viridata</i>—Small Grass Emerald</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Iodis.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Lactearia</i>—Little Emerald</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Hemithea.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Strigata</i> (<i>Thymiaria</i>)—Common Emerald</li> +</ul><ul><li> +EPHYRIDÆ.</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Zonosoma.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Porata</i>—False Mocha</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Punctaria</i>—Maiden's Blush</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Linearia</i> (<i>Trilinearia</i>)—Clay Triple-lines</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Annulata</i> (<i>Omicronaria</i>)—Mocha</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Orbicularia</i>—Dingy Mocha</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Pendularia</i>—Birch Mocha</li> +</ul><ul><li> +ACIDALIIDÆ.</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Hyria.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Muricata</i> (<i>Auroraria</i>)—Golden-bordered Purple</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Asthena.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Luteata</i>—Small Yellow Wave</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Candidata</i>—Small White Wave</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Sylvata</i>—Waved Carpet</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Blomeri</i> (<i>Pulchraria</i>)—Blomer's Rivulet</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Eupisteria.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Obliterata</i> (<i>Heparata</i>)—Dingy Shell</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Venusia.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Cambrica</i> (<i>Cambricaria</i>)—Welsh Wave</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Acidalia.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Perochraria</i>—Ochraceous Wave</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Ochrata</i>—Bright Wave</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Rubiginata</i> (<i>Rubricata</i>)—Tawny Wave</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Dimidiata</i> (<i>Scutulata</i>)—Single-dotted Wave</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Bisetata</i>—Small Fan-footed Wave</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Trigeminata</i>—Treble Brown-spot</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Contiguaria</i>—Greening's Wave</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Rusticata</i>—Least Carpet</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Holosericata</i>—Silky Wave</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Dilutaria</i> (<i>Interjectaria</i>)—Dark Cream Wave</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Virgularia</i> (<i>Incanaria</i>)—Small Dusty Wave</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Circellata</i>—Circellate</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Ornata</i>—Lace Border</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Marginepunctata</i> (<i>Promutata</i>)—Mullein Wave</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Straminata</i>—Dotted-bordered Cream Wave</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Subsericeata</i>—Satin Wave</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Immutata</i>—Lesser Cream Wave</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Strigaria</i>—Streaked Wave</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Remutaria</i>—Cream Wave</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Fumata</i>—Smoky Wave</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Strigilaria</i> (<i>Prataria</i>)—Sub-angled Wave</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Imitaria</i>—Small Blood-vein</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Emutaria</i>—Rosy Wave</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Aversata</i>—Riband Wave</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Inornata</i>—Plain Wave</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Degeneraria</i>—Portland Riband Wave</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Emarginata</i>—Small Scallop</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Timandra.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Amataria</i>—Blood-vein</li> +</ul><ul><li> +CABERIDÆ.</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Cabera.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Pusaria</i>—Common White Wave</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Rotundaria</i>—Round-winged Wave</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Exanthemata</i>—Common Wave</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Bapta.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Temerata</i>—Clouded Silver +<!-- Page 323 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_323" id="Page_323">[Pg 323]</a></span></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Bimaculata</i> (<i>Taminata</i>)—White-pinion Spotted</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Aleucis.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Pictaria</i>—Sloe Carpet</li> +</ul><ul><li> +MACARIIDÆ.</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Macaria.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Alternata</i>—Sharp-angled Peacock</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Notata</i>—Peacock</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Liturata</i>—Tawny-barred Angle</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Halia.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Vauaria</i> (<i>Wavaria</i>)—<span class="lettershape">V</span> Moth</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Brunneata</i> (<i>Pinetaria</i>)—Rannoch Geometer</li> +</ul><ul><li> +FIDONIIDÆ.</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Strenia.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Clathrata</i>—Latticed Heath</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Panagra.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Petraria</i>—Brown Silver-line</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Numeria.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Pulveraria</i>—Barred Umber</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Scodiona.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Belgiaria</i>—Grey Scalloped Bar</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Selidosema.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Ericetaria</i> (<i>Plumaria</i>)—Bordered Grey</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Fidonia.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Carbonaria</i>—Netted Mountain</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Limbaria</i> (<i>Conspicuata</i>)—Frosted Yellow</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Ematurga.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Atomaria</i>—Common Heath</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Bupalus.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Piniaria</i>—Bordered White</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Minoa.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Murinata</i> (<i>Euphorbiata</i>)—Drab Geometer</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Scoria.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Lineata</i> (<i>Dealbata</i>)—Black-veined</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Aplasta.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Ononaria</i>—Rest-harrow</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Sterrha.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Sacraria</i>—Vestal</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Lythria.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Purpuraria</i>—Purple-barred Yellow</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Aspilates.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Strigillaria</i>—Grass Wave</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Ochrearia</i> (<i>Citraria</i>)—Yellow Belle</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Gilvaria</i>—Straw Belle</li> +</ul><ul><li> +ZERENIDÆ.</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Abraxas.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Grossulariata</i>—Currant Moth (Magpie)</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Sylvata</i> (<i>Ulmata</i>)—Clouded Magpie</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Ligdia.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Adustata</i>—Scorched Carpet</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Lomaspilis.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Marginata</i>—Clouded Border</li> +</ul><ul><li> +LIGIIDÆ.</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Pachycnemia.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Hippocastanaria</i>—Horse Chestnut</li> +</ul><ul><li> +HYBERNIIDÆ.</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Hybernia.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Rupicapraria</i>—Early Moth</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Leucophæaria</i>—Spring Usher</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Aurantiaria</i>—Scarce Umber</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Marginaria</i> (<i>Progemmaria</i>)—Dotted Border</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Defoliaria</i>—Mottled Umber</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Anisopteryx.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Æscularia</i>—March Moth</li> +</ul><ul><li> +LARENTIIDÆ.</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Cheimatobia.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Brumata</i>—Winter Moth</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Boreata</i>—Northern WinterMoth</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Oporabia.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Dilutata</i>—November Moth</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Filigrammaria</i>—Autumnal Moth</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Autumnaria</i></li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Larentia.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Didymata</i>—Twin-spot Carpet</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Multistrigaria</i>—Mottled Grey +<!-- Page 324 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_324" id="Page_324">[Pg 324]</a></span></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Cæsiata</i>—Grey Mountain Carpet</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Flavicinctata</i> (<i>Ruficinctata</i>)—Yellow-ringed Carpet</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Salicata</i>—Striped Twin-spot Carpet</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Olivata</i>—Beech-green Carpet</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Viridaria</i> (<i>Pectinitaria</i>)—Green Carpet</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Emmelesia.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Affinitata</i>—Rivulet</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Alchemillata</i>—Small Rivulet</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Albulata</i>—Grass Rivulet</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Decolorata</i>—Sandy Carpet</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Tæniata</i>—Barred Carpet</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Unifasciata</i>—Haworth's Carpet</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Minorata</i> (<i>Ericetata</i>)—Heath Rivulet</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Adæquata</i> (<i>Blandiata</i>)—Pretty Pinion</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Eupithecia.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Venosata</i>—Netted Pug</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Consignata</i>—Pinion-spotted Pug</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Linariata</i>—Toadflax Pug</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Pulchellata</i>—Foxglove Pug</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Oblongata</i> (<i>Centaureata</i>)—Lime-speck</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Succenturiata</i>—Bordered Lime-speck</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Subfulvata</i>—Tawny-speckled Pug</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Scabiosata</i> (<i>Subumbrata</i>)—Shaded Pug</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Pernotata</i>—Guenée's Pug</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Plumbeolata</i>—Lead-coloured Pug</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Isogrammaria</i>—Haworth's Pug</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Pygmæata</i>—Marsh Pug</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Helveticaria</i>—Edinburgh Pug</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Egenaria</i>—Pauper Pug</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Satyrata</i>—Satyr Pug</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Castigata</i>—Grey Pug</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Jasioneata</i>—Jasione Pug</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Trisignaria</i>—Triple-spotted Pug</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Virgaureata</i>—Golden-rod Pug</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Fraxinata</i>—Ash-tree Pug</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Extensaria</i>—Scarce Pug</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Pimpinellata</i>—Pimpinel Pug</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Valerianata</i>—Valerian Pug</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Pusillata</i>—Dwarf Pug</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Irriguata</i>—Marbled Pug</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Campanulata</i>—Campanula Pug</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Innotata</i>—Long-winged Pug</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Indigata</i>—Ochreous Pug</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Constrictata</i>—Wild Thyme Pug</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Nanata</i>—Narrow-winged Pug</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Subnotata</i>—Plain Pug</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Vulgata</i>—Common Pug</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Albipunctata</i>—White-spotted Pug</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Expallidata</i>—Bleached Pug</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Absinthiata</i>—Wormwood Pug</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Minutata</i>—Ling Pug</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Assimilata</i>—Currant Pug</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Tenuiata</i>—Slender Pug</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Subciliata</i>—Maple Pug</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Lariciata</i>—Larch Pug</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Abbreviata</i>—Brindled Pug</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Dodoneata</i>—Oak-tree Pug</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Exiguata</i>—Mottled Pug</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Ultimaria</i>—Tamarisk Pug</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Sobrinata</i>—Juniper Pug</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Togata</i>—Cloaked Pug</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Pumilata</i>—Double-striped Pug</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Coronata</i>—<span class="lettershape">V</span> Pug</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Rectangulata</i>—Green Pug</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Debiliata</i>—Bilberry Pug</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Collix.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Sparsata</i>—Dentated Pug</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Lobophora.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Sexalisata</i> (<i>Sexalata</i>)—Small Seraphim</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Halterata</i> (<i>Hexapterata</i>)—Seraphim +<!-- Page 325 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_325" id="Page_325">[Pg 325]</a></span></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Viretata</i>—Yellow-barred Brindle</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Carpinata</i> (<i>Lobulata</i>)—Early Tooth-striped</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Polycommata</i>—Barred Tooth-striped</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Thera.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Juniperata</i>—Juniper Carpet</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Simulata</i>—Chestnut-coloured Carpet</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Variata</i> (<i>Obeliscata</i>)—Shaded Broad-bar</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Firmata</i>—Pine Carpet</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Hypsipetes.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Ruberata</i>—Ruddy High-flier</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Trifasciata</i> (<i>Impluviata</i>)—May High-flier</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Sordidata</i> (<i>Elutata</i>)—July High-flier</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Melanthia.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Bicolorata</i> (<i>Rubiginata</i>)—Blue-bordered Carpet</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Ocellata</i>—Purple Bar</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Albicillata</i>—Beautiful Carpet</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Melanippe.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Hastata</i>—Argent and Sable</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Tristata</i>—Small Argent and Sable</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Procellata</i>—Chalk Carpet</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Unangulata</i>—Sharp-angled Carpet</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Rivata</i>—Wood Carpet</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Sociata</i> (<i>Subtristata</i>)—Common Carpet</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Montanata</i>—Silver-ground Carpet</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Galiata</i>—Galium Carpet</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Fluctuata</i>—Garden Carpet</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Anticlea.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Cucullata</i> (<i>Sinuata</i>)—Royal Mantle</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Rubidata</i>—Flame</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Badiata</i>—Shoulder Stripe</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Nigrofasciaria</i> (<i>Derivata</i>)—Streamer</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Berberata</i>—Barberry Carpet</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Coremia.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Munitata</i>—Red Carpet</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Designata</i> (<i>Propugnata</i>)—Flame Carpet</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Ferrugata</i>—Red Twin-spot Carpet</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Unidentaria</i>—Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Quadrifasciaria</i>—Large Twin-spot Carpet</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Camptogramma.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Bilineata</i>—Yellow Shell</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Fluviata</i>—Gem</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Phibalapteryx.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Tersata</i>—Fern</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Lapidata</i>—Slender-striped Rufous</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Vittata</i> (<i>Lignata</i>)—Oblique Carpet</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Polygrammata</i> (<i>Conjunctaria</i>)—Many-lined</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Vitalbata</i>—Small Waved Umber</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Triphosa.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Dubitata</i>—Tissue</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Eucosmia.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Certata</i>—Scarce Tissue</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Undulata</i>—Scalloped Shell</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Scotosia.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Vetulata</i>—Brown Scallop</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Rhamnata</i>—Dark Umber</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Cidaria.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Siterata</i> (<i>Psittacata</i>)—Red-green Carpet</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Miata</i>—Autumn Green Carpet</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Picata</i>—Short-cloak Carpet</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Corylata</i>—Broken-barred Carpet</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Sagittata</i>—Marsh Carpet</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Truncata</i> (<i>Russata</i>)—Common Marbled Carpet</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Immanata</i>—Dark Marbled Carpet</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Suffumata</i>—Water Carpet</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Reticulata</i>—Netted Carpet</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Silaceata</i>—Small Phœnix</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Prunata</i> (<i>Ribesiaria</i>)—Phœnix +<!-- Page 326 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_326" id="Page_326">[Pg 326]</a></span></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Testata</i>—Chevron</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Populata</i>—Northern Spinach</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Fulvata</i>—Barred Yellow</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Dotata</i> (<i>Pyraliata</i>)—Barred Straw</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Associata</i> (<i>Dotata</i>)—Spinach</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Pelurga.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Comitata</i>—Dark Spinach</li> +</ul><ul><li> +EUBOLIIDÆ.</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Eubolia.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Cervinata</i> (<i>Cervinaria</i>)—Mallow</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Limitata</i> (<i>Mensuraria</i>)—Small Mallow</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Plumbaria</i> (<i>Palumbaria</i>)—Belle</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Bipunctaria</i>—Chalk Carpet</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Mesotype.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Virgata</i> (<i>Lineolata</i>)—Oblique-striped</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Carsia.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Paludata</i> (<i>Imbutata</i>)—Manchester Treble Bar</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Anaitis.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Plagiata</i>—Treble Bar</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Lithostege.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Griseata</i>—Pale Grey Carpet</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Chesias.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Spartiata</i>—Streak</li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Rufata</i> (<i>Obliquaria</i>)—Broom Tip</li> +</ul><ul><li> +SIONIDÆ.</li> +<li class="indent1"><b>Tanagra.</b></li> +<li class="indent2"><i>Atrata</i> (<i>Chærophyllata</i>)—Chimney Sweep</li> +</ul> + +<hr /> + +<h3><a name="APPENDIX_II" id="APPENDIX_II"></a>APPENDIX II +<br /> +<i>THE LEPIDOPTERIST'S CALENDAR</i></h3> + +<p>The success of the country rambles of an expert lepidopterist depends +greatly on his knowledge of the times at which the various +butterflies and moths generally appear, and of the localities which +they are known to frequent. The experiences he has gained in the +past enable him to calculate on the probabilities of the future, and +he chooses both time and locality according to his requirements.</p> + +<p>As he makes his way to the hunting ground he counts over the +chances of meeting with a certain insect that is wanted to fill a +long-standing blank in his cabinet; and we hear him discussing the +probabilities as to whether this species is yet 'out,' or whether the +larvæ of that species are feeding.</p> + +<p>How different it is with the young and unguided entomologist! +He rambles promiscuously here and there, having only the faintest +idea as to what he is likely to see, and perhaps meeting with only +four or five species when an experienced collector, without covering +a larger area of ground, would take scores in the same time.</p> + +<p>In order to afford some little help to the beginner, I have +thought it advisable to introduce a calendar of operations to guide +him in his work. The space at our command would not allow this +to be carried out in detail, but the general instructions will undoubtedly +assist most of my readers until the practical experience +gained by a few years' work has enabled them to run on their own legs.<!-- Page 327 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_327" id="Page_327">[Pg 327]</a></span></p> + +<p>Of course, in making reference to the monthly lists of insects on +the wing, allowance must be made for the forwardness or backwardness +of the seasons. Thus, an insect entered in the April list <i>may</i> +appear in March in an exceptionally warm season, but may not +emerge till the early part of May if the spring has been unusually +severe.</p> + +<p>It will be observed that in cases where all the species of a +certain genus or family appear on the wing in the same month, the +name of that genus or family is entered on the list instead of the +names of the individual species; but the latter can easily be obtained +by reference to <a href="#APPENDIX_I">Appendix I</a>.</p> + + +<h4>JANUARY</h4> + +<p>There is not much field work to be done during this month. If +the weather is very severe, hardly an insect will be found on the +wing; but a mild January will sometimes entice the Brimstone +Butterfly (<i>Rhamni</i>) and some of the hybernating Vanessas from +their winter quarters.</p> + +<p>Hybernating moths may also be met with, on the wing if the +weather is mild, or sleeping in their sheltered nooks during the +frosts. These include several <i>Noctuæ</i>—<i>Auricoma</i>, <i>Lithargyria</i>, +<i>Suffusa</i>, <i>Vaccinii</i>, <i>Spadicea</i>, <i>Erythrocephala</i>, <i>Satellitia</i>, <i>Rubiginea</i>, +<i>Croceago</i>, <i>Vetusta</i>, <i>Exoleta</i>, <i>Ornithopus</i>, <i>Furcifera</i>, <i>Semibrunnea</i>, +<i>Socia</i>, and <i>Libatrix</i>; and also a few <i>Geometræ</i>—<i>Zonaria</i>, +<i>Fluviata</i>, <i>Dubitata</i>, <i>Siterata</i>, and <i>Miata</i>.</p> + +<p>In addition to these hybernating insects, the collector may +examine tree trunks and fences for the Early Moth (<i>Rupicapraria</i>), +and late specimens of the Winter Moth (<i>Brumata</i>); and towards the +end of the month he may expect to meet with fresh specimens of +the Pale Brindled Beauty (<i>Pedaria</i>) and the Spring Usher (<i>Leucophæaria</i>). +A few of the <i>Tineæ</i> may also be seen.</p> + +<p>The net need not be used at all during the colder months of the +year, as the moths are easily taken in pill boxes from the trunks +and fences on which they rest.</p> + +<p>Pupa digging may be carried on throughout the month if the +weather is sufficiently mild, but it is of no use attempting this +during a frost. Hybernating larvæ may also be searched out of +their winter quarters if the collector does not mind giving them the +attention they require; but, as a rule, it is better to wait till they +themselves start out to feed in the spring, at which time all their +food plants are showing leaf.</p> + + +<h4>FEBRUARY</h4> + +<p>Our remarks under 'January' concerning pupa digging and +other work apply equally well to this month. The same hybernating +butterflies and moths may be looked for; and, in addition to<!-- Page 328 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_328" id="Page_328">[Pg 328]</a></span> +<i>Pedaria</i>, <i>Leucophæaria</i>, and <i>Rupicapraria</i>, which now appear +more plentifully, the following species will probably be seen:</p> + +<ul> +<li>Small Eggar (<i>Lanestris</i>)</li> +<li>Small Brindled Beauty (<i>Hispidaria</i>)</li> +<li>Oak Beauty (<i>Strataria</i>)</li> +<li>Dotted Border (<i>Marginaria</i>)</li> +<li>March Moth (<i>Æscularia</i>)</li> +</ul> + +<p>About half a dozen species of the <i>Tineæ</i> will also have made +their appearance before the end of the month.</p> + + +<h4>MARCH</h4> + +<p>Many of the hybernating larvæ will come out during March if +the weather is mild, and commence to feed; and the young caterpillars +will begin to appear from the eggs of the early moths already +named. This is consequently a good time to commence the search +for larvæ if you intend to go in for rearing. During the daytime +some may be beaten from the boughs of trees and shrubs; and those +which feed on low plants, being generally nocturnal in their habits, +should be searched for in the evening, after dark, with the aid of a +lantern.</p> + +<p>The hybernating butterflies are now flying more freely than +before, and, if the weather is bright and warm for the time of year, +a few freshly emerged species may be seen. These may possibly +include:</p> + +<ul> +<li>Large White (<i>Brassicæ</i>)</li> +<li>Small White (<i>Rapæ</i>)</li> +<li>Green-veined White (<i>Napi</i>)</li> +<li>Holly Blue (<i>Argiolus</i>)</li> +</ul> + +<p>As regards moths, several fresh species may be expected to +appear, while those named as appearing in February are still to be +found. The new-comers may include:</p> + +<ul> +<li><b>Bombyces.</b></li> +<li class="indent1">Kentish Glory (<i>Versicolor</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Yellow-horned (<i>Flavicornis</i>)</li> +<li> +<b>Noctuæ.</b></li> +<li class="indent1">Pine Beauty (<i>Piniperda</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">White-marked Rustic (<i>Leucographa</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Red Chestnut (<i>Rubricosa</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">All species of the genus <i>Tæniocampa</i></li> +<li class="indent1">Early Grey (<i>Areola</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Green-brindled Dot (<i>Oleagina</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Orange Underwing (<i>Parthenias</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Light Orange Underwing (<i>Notha</i>)</li> +<li> +<b>Geometræ.</b></li> +<li class="indent1">Early Thorn (<i>Bilunaria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Engrailed (<i>Biundularia</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Mottled Grey (<i>Multistrigaria</i>)</li> +</ul> + +<p>Sugaring may be commenced towards the end of March, and +sallow blossom may be searched in the evening, but it is probable +that only a few species will be taken by these means.</p> + +<p>A few more species of the <i>Tineæ</i> appear in March, and four or +five of the <i>Tortrices</i> are out before the end of the month.<!-- Page 329 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_329" id="Page_329">[Pg 329]</a></span></p> + + +<h4>APRIL</h4> + +<p>This is really a busy month with the entomologist, and it will +be necessary to put all apparatus and appliances into perfect order +early. The cyanide bottle should be freshly charged, nets examined +and repaired if necessary, and all setting boards, breeding cages +&c. put in perfect trim for the new season's work.</p> + +<p>Larvæ are now feeding freely, and a few hours spent in beating, +sweeping, and searching will enable you to stock your cages +liberally.</p> + +<p>Sugaring may be continued throughout the month, and the +sallow blossom may be searched as long as it proves attractive. +Moths may also be attracted by light at night.</p> + +<p>The following butterflies are generally out during April, in +addition to the hybernated species already named:</p> + +<ul> +<li>Large White (<i>Brassicæ</i>)</li> +<li>Small White (<i>Rapæ</i>)</li> +<li>Green-veined White (<i>Napi</i>)</li> +<li>Orange Tip (<i>Cardamines</i>)</li> +<li>Wood White (<i>Sinapis</i>)</li> +<li>Pearl-bordered Fritillary (<i>Euphrosyne</i>)</li> +<li>Speckled Wood (<i>Egeria</i>)</li> +<li>Green Hairstreak (<i>Rubi</i>)</li> +<li>Small Copper (<i>Phlœas</i>)</li> +<li>Holly Blue (<i>Argiolus</i>)</li> +<li>Grizzled Skipper (<i>Malvæ</i>)</li> +<li>Dingy Skipper (<i>Tages</i>)</li> +</ul> + +<p>The following is a list of the principal moths for April:</p> + +<ul> +<li><b>Bombyces.</b></li> +<li class="indent1">Small Lappet (<i>Ilicifolia</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Kentish Glory (<i>Versicolor</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Yellow Horned (<i>Flavicornis</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Frosted Green (<i>Ridens</i>)</li> +<li> +<b>Noctuæ.</b></li> +<li class="indent1">Pine Beauty (<i>Piniperda</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">White-marked Rustic (<i>Leucographa</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Red Chestnut (<i>Rubricosa</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">All species of the genus <i>Tæniocampa</i></li> +<li class="indent1">Early Grey (<i>Areola</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Mullein Shark (<i>Verbasci</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Orange Underwing (<i>Parthenias</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Light Orange Underwing (<i>Notha</i>)</li> +<li> +<b>Geometræ.</b></li> +<li class="indent1">Brimstone (<i>Luteolata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Early Thorn (<i>Bilunaria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Belted Beauty (<i>Zonaria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Brindled Beauty (<i>Hirtaria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Waved Umber (<i>Abruptaria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Small Engrailed (<i>Crepuscularia</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Engrailed (<i>Biundularia</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Sloe Carpet (<i>Pictaria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Netted Mountain (<i>Carbonaria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Mottled Grey (<i>Multistrigaria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Satyr Pug (<i>Satyrata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Marbled Pug (<i>Irriguata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Campanula Pug (<i>Campanulata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Brindled Pug (<i>Abbreviata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Oak-tree Pug (<i>Dodoneata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Double-striped Pug (<i>Pumilata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Early Tooth-striped (<i>Carpinata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Shoulder Stripe (<i>Badiata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Many-lined (<i>Polygrammata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Tissue (<i>Dubitata</i>)</li></ul> + +<p><!-- Page 330 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_330" id="Page_330">[Pg 330]</a></span></p> + +<p>In addition to the above, a few species of the <i>Tortrices</i>, several +of the <i>Tineæ</i>, and one or two of the Plume Moths (<i>Pterophori</i>) are +out during April.</p> + + +<h4>MAY</h4> + +<p>Little or nothing will be obtained by digging during May, yet a +number of pupæ may be found among grass and leaves under +trees, and also attached to the leaves and stems of low plants. +These pupæ include those of several of the butterflies, among which +may be mentioned <i>Machaon</i>, <i>Selene</i>, <i>Euphrosyne</i>, <i>Aurinia</i>, <i>Megæra</i>, +<i>Ianira</i>, <i>Rubi</i>, <i>Astrarche</i>, <i>Icarus</i>, <i>Bellargus</i>, <i>Corydon</i>, <i>Lucina</i>, and +<i>Sylvanus</i>.</p> + +<p>Larvæ may now be taken in abundance by beating the boughs +of oaks and other trees, and also by examining low plants.</p> + +<p>The hybernating butterflies are still on the wing, and the +following are also out:</p> + +<ul> +<li>Swallow Tail (<i>Machaon</i>)</li> +<li>Large White (<i>Brassicæ</i>)</li> +<li>Small White (<i>Rapæ</i>)</li> +<li>Green-veined White (<i>Napi</i>)</li> +<li>Bath White (<i>Daplidice</i>)</li> +<li>Orange Tip (<i>Cardamines</i>)</li> +<li>Wood White (<i>Sinapis</i>)</li> +<li>Small Pearl-bordered (<i>Selene</i>)</li> +<li>Pearl-bordered (<i>Euphrosyne</i>)</li> +<li>Greasy Fritillary (<i>Aurinia</i>)</li> +<li>Glanville Fritillary (<i>Cinxia</i>)</li> +<li>Speckled Wood (<i>Egeria</i>)</li> +<li>Wall (<i>Megæra</i>)</li> +<li>Marsh Ringlet (<i>Typhon</i>)</li> +<li>Small Heath (<i>Pamphilus</i>)</li> +<li>Green Hairstreak (<i>Rubi</i>)</li> +<li>Small Copper (<i>Phlœas</i>)</li> +<li>Brown Argus (<i>Astrarche</i>)</li> +<li>Common Blue (<i>Icarus</i>)</li> +<li>Clifden Blue (<i>Bellargus</i>)</li> +<li>Holly Blue (<i>Argiolus</i>)</li> +<li>Mazarine Blue (<i>Semiargus</i>)</li> +<li>Grizzled Skipper (<i>Malvæ</i>)</li> +<li>Chequered Skipper (<i>Palæmon</i>)</li> +</ul> + +<p>There is a great increase in the number of moths this month, +and much good work may be done by means of light traps and by +the examination of fences. Many moths are driven from their +resting places early in the morning by the direct rays of the rising +sun, and then seek out a spot where they are better sheltered, and +where they are consequently less easily found. Hence the advantage +of searching fences early in the morning.</p> + +<p>The May list includes:</p> + +<ul> +<li><b>Sphinges.</b></li> +<li class="indent1">Small Elephant (<i>Porcellus</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">All species of the genera <i>Smerinthus</i> and <i>Macroglossa</i></li> +<li class="indent1">Some of the Clearwings (<i>Apiformis</i>, <i>Sphegiformis</i>, and <i>Culiciformis</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Cream-bordered Green (<i>Chlorana</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Green Silver-lined (<i>Prasinana</i>)</li> +<li> +<b>Bombyces.</b></li> +<li class="indent1">Wood Tiger (<i>Plantaginis</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Muslin Moth (<i>Mendica</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Common Swift (<i>Lupulinus</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Pale Tussock (<i>Pudibunda</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Small Lappet (<i>Ilicifolia</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Emperor (<i>Pavonia</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">All species of family <i>Drepanulidæ</i> +<!-- Page 331 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_331" id="Page_331">[Pg 331]</a></span></li> +<li class="indent1">Alder Kitten (<i>Bicuspis</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Puss (<i>Vinula</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Several of the 'Prominents' (<i>Cuculla</i>, <i>Carmelita</i>, <i>Dictæa</i>, <i>Dictæoides</i>, <i>Trilophus</i>, <i>Ziczac</i>, <i>Trepida</i>, <i>Chaonia</i>, <i>Trimacula</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Chocolate Tip (<i>Curtula</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Small Chocolate Tip (<i>Pigra</i>)</li> +<li> +<b>Noctuæ.</b></li> +<li class="indent1">Knot Grass (<i>Rumicis</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Sweet Gale (<i>Myricæ</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">White Colon (<i>Albicolon</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Cabbage (<i>Brassicæ</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Treble Lines (<i>Trigrammica</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Marsh Moth (<i>Palustris</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Light Brocade (<i>Genistæ</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Mullein Shark (<i>Verbasci</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Betony Shark (<i>Scrophulariæ</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Starwort Shark (<i>Asteris</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Camomile Shark (<i>Chamomillæ</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Small Dark Yellow Underwing (<i>Cordigera</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Small Yellow Underwing (<i>Tenebrata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Bordered Sallow (<i>Umbra</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Lunar Double Stripe (<i>Lunaris</i>)</li> +<li> +<b>Geometræ.</b></li> +<li class="indent1">Brimstone (<i>Luteolata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Speckled Yellow (<i>Macularia</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Purple Thorn (<i>Tetralunaria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Scalloped Hazel (<i>Bidentata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Brindled Beauty (<i>Hirtaria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Peppered (<i>Betularia</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Waved Umber (<i>Abruptaria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Ringed Carpet (<i>Cinctaria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Square Spot (<i>Consonaria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Small Engrailed (<i>Crepuscularia</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Engrailed (<i>Biundularia</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Grey Birch (<i>Punctularia</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Small Grass Emerald (<i>Viridata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">All species of family <i>Ephyridæ</i></li> +<li class="indent1">Cream Wave (<i>Remutaria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">White Wave (<i>Pusaria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Round-winged Wave (<i>Rotundaria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Common Wave (<i>Exanthemata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Clouded Silver (<i>Temerata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">White-pinion Spotted (<i>Bimaculata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Latticed Heath (<i>Clathrata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Brown Silver-line (<i>Petraria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Barred Umber (<i>Pulveraria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Netted Mountain (<i>Carbonaria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Common Heath (<i>Atomaria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Bordered White (<i>Piniaria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Rest Harrow (<i>Ononaria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Yellow Belle (<i>Ochrearia</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Clouded Border (<i>Marginata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Horse Chestnut (<i>Hippocastanaria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Pretty Pinion (<i>Adæquata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Pugs (<i>Venosata</i>, <i>Consignata</i>, <i>Pulchellata</i>, <i>Plumbeolata</i>, <i>Satyrata</i>, <i>Castigata</i>, <i>Pusillata</i>, <i>Irriguata</i>, <i>Indigata</i>, <i>Nanata</i>, <i>Vulgata</i>, <i>Assimilata</i>, <i>Exiguata</i>, <i>Coronata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Yellow-barred Brindle (<i>Viretata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Ruddy High-flier (<i>Ruberata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">May High-flier (<i>Trifasciata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Common Carpet (<i>Sociata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Silver-ground Carpet (<i>Montanata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Streamer (<i>Nigrofasciaria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Barberry Carpet (<i>Berberata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Flame Carpet (<i>Designata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Twin-spot Carpets (<i>Ferrugata</i> and <i>Unidentaria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Scarce Tissue (<i>Certata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Water Carpet (<i>Suffumata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Small Phœnix (<i>Silaceata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Oblique-striped (<i>Virgata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Broom Tip (<i>Rufata</i>)</li> +</ul> + +<p>A number of the Micros are also out this month. About twenty +species of the <i>Pyralides</i>, one or two of the <i>Pterophori</i>, a few +<i>Crambi</i>, about fifty of the <i>Tortrices</i>, and no less than two hundred +of the <i>Tineæ</i>. The collector will do well to search fences and<!-- Page 332 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_332" id="Page_332">[Pg 332]</a></span> +tree trunks for these moths, whenever he has the opportunity; and +also to use the net freely in wooded country, waste places, and +along hedgerows, <i>before</i> and at dusk.</p> + + +<h4>JUNE</h4> + +<p>There is a marked increase in winged insect life during this +month. The early butterflies are disappearing, or perhaps have +quite left us; but new species are taking their place. The +<i>Sphinges</i> now reach their maximum, as do also the <i>Bombyces</i>; and +the other groups are almost if not quite up to their highest total. +The <i>Noctuæ</i> and <i>Geometræ</i> each amount to over a hundred species. +No less than a hundred and fifty British <i>Tortrices</i> are on the wing; +the <i>Tineæ</i> make a near approach to three hundred, and the <i>Pyralides</i> +of the month are not far short of numbering a hundred species. +It will thus be seen that the net and pill boxes, as well as the setting +boards, are in constant demand.</p> + +<p>Dull days may be well occupied in beating for moths, and in the +examination of fences and the bark of trees; and on bright days, +as soon as the butterflies have settled down to rest, the same work +may be carried on till dusk.</p> + +<p>Micros and <i>Geometræ</i> are out early in the evening, when they +should be taken with the net. Later on the <i>Noctuæ</i> may be seen +playing round their favourite flowers.</p> + +<p>Sugar and light traps are likely to do good service during June, +and decoy females of the <i>Bombyces</i> group may be called to your +aid.</p> + +<p>Larvæ are also abundant during June, and those of most of the +butterflies may be taken by carefully searching their food plants.</p> + +<p>The following is the list of imagines for the month:</p> + +<ul><li> +<b>Butterflies.</b></li> +<li class="indent1">Swallow Tail (<i>Machaon</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Black-veined White (<i>Cratægi</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Large White (<i>Brassicæ</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Small White (<i>Rapæ</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Green-veined White (<i>Napi</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Small Pearl-bordered (<i>Selene</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Pearl-bordered (<i>Euphrosyne</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Silver-washed Fritillary (<i>Paphia</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Greasy Fritillary (<i>Aurinia</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Glanville Fritillary (<i>Cinxia</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Heath Fritillary (<i>Athalia</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Small Tortoiseshell (<i>Urticæ</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">White Admiral (<i>Sibylla</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Small Ringlet (<i>Epiphron</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Meadow Brown (<i>Ianira</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Ringlet (<i>Hyperanthus</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Marsh Ringlet (<i>Typhon</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Small Heath (<i>Pamphilus</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Green Hairstreak (<i>Rubi</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Small Copper (<i>Phlœas</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Common Blue (<i>Icarus</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Small Blue (<i>Minima</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Duke of Burgundy (<i>Lucina</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Grizzled Skipper (<i>Malvæ</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Dingy Skipper (<i>Tages</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Large Skipper (<i>Sylvanus</i><i></i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Chequered Skipper (<i>Palæmon</i>)</li> +<li> +<b>Sphinges.</b></li> +<li class="indent1">Privet Hawk (<i>Ligustri</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Spurge Hawk (<i>Euphorbiæ</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Small Elephant (<i>Porcellus</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Large Elephant (<i>Elpenor</i>) +<!-- Page 333 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_333" id="Page_333">[Pg 333]</a></span></li> +<li class="indent1">Eyed Hawk (<i>Ocellatus</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Poplar Hawk (<i>Populi</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Lime Hawk (<i>Tiliæ</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Humming Bird Hawk (<i>Stellatarum</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">All the Clearwings (Sesiidæ)</li> +<li class="indent1">The Burnets (Fam. <i>Zygænidæ</i>)</li> +<li> +<b>Bombyces.</b></li> +<li class="indent1">Family <i>Nolidæ</i></li> +<li class="indent1">Dew Moth (<i>Irrorella</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Cinnabar (<i>Jacobææ</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Scarlet Tiger (<i>Dominula</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Family <i>Cheloniidæ</i></li> +<li class="indent1">Family <i>Hepialidæ</i></li> +<li class="indent1">Family <i>Cossidæ</i></li> +<li class="indent1">Family <i>Cochliopodidæ</i></li> +<li class="indent1">Dark Tussock (<i>Fascelina</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Pale Tussock (<i>Pudibunda</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Scarce Vapourer (<i>Gonostigma</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Fox (<i>Rubi</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Lappet (<i>Quercifolia</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Family <i>Drepanulidæ</i></li> +<li class="indent1">Family <i>Dicranuridæ</i></li> +<li class="indent1">Pale Prominent (<i>Palpina</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Coxcomb Prominent (<i>Camelina</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Swallow Prominent (<i>Dictæa</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Lesser Swallow Prominent (<i>Dictæoides</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Iron Prominent (<i>Dromedarius</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Pebble Prominent (<i>Ziczac</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Great Prominent (<i>Trepida</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Marbled Brown (<i>Trimacula</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Buff Tip (<i>Bucephala</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Peach Blossom (<i>Batis</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Genus <i>Cymatophora</i></li> +<li> +<b>Noctuæ.</b></li> +<li class="indent1">Scarce Marvel-du-jour (<i>Orion</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Genus <i>Acronycta</i></li> +<li class="indent1">Powdered Wainscot (<i>Albovenosa</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Most of the species of genus <i>Leucania</i></li> +<li class="indent1">Flame Wainscot (<i>Flammea</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Silky Wainscot (<i>Maritima</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Small Rufous (<i>Rufa</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Mere Wainscot (<i>Hellmanni</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Concolorous (<i>Extrema</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Flame (<i>Putris</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Genus <i>Xylophasia</i></li> +<li class="indent1">Bird's Wing (<i>Scabriuscula</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Small Mottled Willow (<i>Exigua</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Bordered Gothic (<i>Reticulata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Feathered Ear (<i>Leucophæa</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Large Nutmeg (<i>Sordida</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">White Colon (<i>Albicolon</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Cabbage (<i>Brassicæ</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Dot (<i>Persicariæ</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Rustic Shoulder Knot (<i>Basilinea</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Union Rustic (<i>Connexa</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Dusky Brocade (<i>Gemina</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Double Lobed (<i>Ophiogramma</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Genus <i>Miana</i></li> +<li class="indent1">Treble Lines (<i>Trigrammica</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Mottled Rustic (<i>Morpheus</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Rustic (<i>Taraxaci</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Pale Mottled Willow (<i>Quadripunctata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Reddish Buff (<i>Caliginosa</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Marsh Moth (<i>Palustris</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Brown Rustic (<i>Tenebrosa</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Turnip (<i>Segetum</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Heart and Dart (<i>Exclamationis</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Light-feathered Rustic (<i>Cinerea</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Sand Dart (<i>Ripæ</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Garden Dart (<i>Nigricans</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Lover's Knot (<i>Strigula</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Double Dot (<i>Augur</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Flame Shoulder (<i>Plecta</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Double-spotted Square-spot (<i>Triangulum</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Ingrailed Clay (<i>Festiva</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing (<i>Fimbria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Large Yellow Underwing (<i>Pronuba</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Gothic (<i>Typica</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Heart Moth (<i>Oo</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Genus <i>Dianthœcia</i></li> +<li class="indent1">Broad-barred White (<i>Serena</i>) +<!-- Page 334 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_334" id="Page_334">[Pg 334]</a></span></li> +<li class="indent1">Small Angle Shades (<i>Lucipara</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Angle Shades (<i>Meticulosa</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Green Arches (<i>Prasina</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Grey Arches (<i>Nebulosa</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Silvery Arches (<i>Tincta</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Pale Shining Brown (<i>Advena</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Northern Arches (<i>Exulis</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Genus Hadena (nearly all)</li> +<li class="indent1">Lychnis Shark (<i>Lychnitis</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Starwort Shark (<i>Asteris</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Cudweed Shark (<i>Gnaphalii</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Camomile Shark (<i>Chamomillæ</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Shark (<i>Umbratica</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Genus <i>Habrostola</i></li> +<li class="indent1">Burnished Brass (<i>Chrysitis</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Plain Golden <span class="lettershape">Y</span> (<i>Iota</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Beautiful Golden <span class="lettershape">Y</span> (<i>Pulchrina</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Silver <span class="lettershape">Y</span> (<i>Gamma</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Scarce Silver <span class="lettershape">Y</span> (<i>Interrogationis</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Genus <i>Anarta</i></li> +<li class="indent1">Small Yellow Underwing (<i>Tenebrata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Bordered Straw (<i>Peltigera</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Bordered Sallow (<i>Umbra</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Spotted Sulphur (<i>Trabealis</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Four-spotted (<i>Luctuosa</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Family <i>Erastriidæ</i></li> +<li class="indent1">Purple Marbled (<i>Ostrina</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Small Marbled (<i>Parva</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Small Purple-barred (<i>Viridaria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Mother Shipton (<i>Mi</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Burnet Noctua (<i>Glyphica</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Black Neck (<i>Pastinum</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Family <i>Herminiidæ</i></li> +<li class="indent1">Family <i>Hypenidæ</i></li> +<li> +<b>Geometræ.</b></li> +<li class="indent1">Little Thorn (<i>Advenaria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Brimstone (<i>Luteolata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Speckled Yellow (<i>Macularia</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Orange (<i>Prunaria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Barred Red (<i>Prosapiaria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Scorched Wing (<i>Dolobraria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Lunar Thorn (<i>Lunaria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Peppered (<i>Betularia</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Speckled Beauty (<i>Angularia</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Genus <i>Boarmia</i></li> +<li class="indent1">Square Spot (<i>Consonaria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Brindled White-spot (<i>Luridata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Grey Birch (<i>Punctularia</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Blotched Emerald (<i>Pustulata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Small Grass Emerald (<i>Viridata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Common Emerald (<i>Strigata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Nearly all the family <i>Acidaliidæ</i></li> +<li class="indent1">Genus <i>Bapta</i></li> +<li class="indent1">Peacock (<i>Notata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Rannoch Geometer (<i>Brunneata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Brown Silver-line (<i>Petraria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Barred Umber (<i>Pulveraria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Grey Scalloped Bar (<i>Belgiaria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Frosted Yellow (<i>Limbaria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Bordered White (<i>Piniaria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Drab Geometer (<i>Murinata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Black-veined (<i>Lineata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Grass Wave (<i>Strigillaria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Clouded Magpie (<i>Sylvata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Scorched Carpet (<i>Adustata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Clouded Border (<i>Marginata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Twin-spot Carpet (<i>Didymata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Grey Mountain Carpet (<i>Cæsiata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Striped Twin-spot Carpet (<i>Salicata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Green Carpet (<i>Viridaria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Genus <i>Emmelesia</i></li> +<li class="indent1">Most of the Pugs (<i>Eupithecia</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Small Seraphim (<i>Sexalisata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Seraphim (<i>Halterata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Yellow-barred Brindle (<i>Viretata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Shaded Broad-bar (<i>Variata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Ruddy High-flier (<i>Ruberata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Purple Bar (<i>Ocellata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Beautiful Carpet (<i>Albicillata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Genus <i>Melanippe</i></li> +<li class="indent1">Royal Mantle (<i>Cucullata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Flame (<i>Rubidata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Genus <i>Coremia</i> +<!-- Page 335 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_335" id="Page_335">[Pg 335]</a></span></li> +<li class="indent1">Yellow Shell (<i>Bilineata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Fern (<i>Tersata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Oblique Carpet (<i>Vittata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Small Waved Umber (<i>Vitalbata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Scalloped Shell (<i>Undulata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Brown Scallop (<i>Vetulata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Short-cloak Carpet (<i>Picata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Broken-barred Carpet (<i>Corylata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Common Marbled Carpet (<i>Truncata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Small Phœnix (<i>Silaceata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Small Mallow (<i>Limitata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Belle (<i>Plumbaria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Oblique-striped (<i>Virgata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Treble Bar (<i>Plagiata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Pale Grey Carpet (<i>Griseata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Chimney Sweep (<i>Atrata</i>)</li> +</ul> + + +<h4>JULY</h4> + +<p>The number of species on the wing in July is even greater than +in June. Butterflies are very numerous, some being second broods +of double-brooded species, and others late single-brooded insects.</p> + +<p><i>Sphinges</i> are beginning to fall off, and so are the <i>Bombyces</i>, +but the <i>Noctuæ</i> and <i>Geometræ</i> are slightly on the increase.</p> + +<p>As regards the Micros, a good number of fresh species may be +expected, all the groups exhibiting a marked increase in the total +number on the wing with the exception of the <i>Tineæ</i>.</p> + +<p>Sugaring is likely to pay well this month, and many moths +may be attracted by light. Tree trunks and fences should be well +examined.</p> + +<p>Pupæ may certainly be taken, but unless the collector is particularly +desirous of obtaining the pupæ of insects known to be now +passing through that stage, he will probably do better by looking +after imagines.</p> + +<p>Larvæ, however, may well receive a little attention, providing +the setting of butterflies and moths leave a little leisure for other +employments. Beating by day, and searching by both day and +night, even if carried on only occasionally, will probably supply +you with as many species as you can accommodate in your glasses +and cages.</p> + +<p>The butterflies of the month are:</p> + +<ul> +<li>Swallow Tail (<i>Machaon</i>)</li> +<li>Black-veined White (<i>Cratægi</i>)</li> +<li>Large White (<i>Brassicæ</i>)</li> +<li>Small White (<i>Rapæ</i>)</li> +<li>Green-veined White (<i>Napi</i>)</li> +<li>Wood White (<i>Sinapis</i>)</li> +<li>Brimstone (<i>Rhamni</i>)</li> +<li>Dark Green Fritillary (<i>Aglaia</i>)</li> +<li>High Brown Fritillary (<i>Adippe</i>)</li> +<li>Silver-washed Fritillary (<i>Paphia</i>)</li> +<li>Heath Fritillary (<i>Athalia</i>)</li> +<li>Comma (<i>C-Album</i>)</li> +<li>Large Tortoiseshell (<i>Polychloros</i>)</li> +<li>Small Tortoiseshell (<i>Urticæ</i>)</li> +<li>Peacock (<i>Io</i>)</li> +<li>Painted Lady (<i>Cardui</i>)</li> +<li>White Admiral (<i>Sibylla</i>)</li> +<li>Purple Emperor (<i>Iris</i>)</li> +<li>Marbled White (<i>Galatea</i>)</li> +<li>Northern Brown (<i>Æthiops</i>)</li> +<li>Speckled Wood (<i>Egeria</i>)</li> +<li>Grayling (<i>Semele</i>)</li> +<li>Meadow Brown (<i>Ianira</i>) +<!-- Page 336 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_336" id="Page_336">[Pg 336]</a></span></li> +<li>Large Heath (<i>Tithonus</i>)</li> +<li>Ringlet (<i>Hyperanthes</i>)</li> +<li>Marsh Ringlet (<i>Typhon</i>)</li> +<li>Small Heath (<i>Pamphilus</i>)</li> +<li>Brown Hairstreak (<i>Betulæ</i>)</li> +<li>White-letter Hairstreak (<i>W-Album</i>)</li> +<li>Dark Hairstreak (<i>Pruni</i>)</li> +<li>Purple Hairstreak (<i>Quercus</i>)</li> +<li>Green Hairstreak (<i>Rubi</i>)</li> +<li>Small Copper (<i>Phlœas</i>)</li> +<li>Silver-studded Blue (<i>Ægon</i>)</li> +<li>Common Blue (<i>Icarus</i>)</li> +<li>Chalk-hill Blue (<i>Corydon</i>)</li> +<li>Holly Blue (<i>Argiolus</i>)</li> +<li>Mazarine Blue (<i>Semiargus</i>)</li> +<li>Small Blue (<i>Minima</i>)</li> +<li>Large Blue (<i>Arion</i>)</li> +<li>Small Skipper (<i>Thaumas</i>)</li> +<li>New Small Skipper (<i>Lineola</i>)</li> +</ul> + +<p>The moths of July include the following species:</p> + +<ul> +<li><b>Sphinges.</b></li> +<li class="indent1">Privet Hawk (<i>Ligustri</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Bedstraw Hawk (<i>Galii</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Eyed Hawk (<i>Ocellatus</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Poplar Hawk (<i>Populi</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Humming Bird Hawk (<i>Stellatarum</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Hornet Clearwing of Poplar (<i>Apiformis</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Hornet Clearwing of Osier (<i>Crabroniformis</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Welsh Clearwing (<i>Scoliiformis</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Red-belted Clearwing (<i>Myopiformis</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Red-tipped Clearwing (<i>Formiciformis</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Six-belted Clearwing (<i>Ichneumoniformis</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Genus <i>Ino</i></li> +<li class="indent1">Burnets (<i>Trifolii</i>, <i>Loniceræ</i> and <i>Filipendulæ</i>)</li> +<li> +<b>Bombyces.</b></li> +<li class="indent1">Tortrix (<i>Undulanus</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Large Green Silver-lined (<i>Bicolorana</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Short-cloaked (<i>Cucullatella</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Most of the family <i>Lithosiidæ</i></li> +<li class="indent1">Tiger (<i>Caia</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Ruby Tiger (<i>Fuliginosa</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Buff Ermine (<i>Lubricipeda</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">White Ermine (<i>Menthastri</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Wood Swift (<i>Sylvanus</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Northern Swift (<i>Velleda</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Goat Moth (<i>Ligniperda</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Leopard (<i>Pyrina</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Brown Tail (<i>Chrysorrhœa</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Yellow Tail (<i>Similis</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Satin (<i>Salicis</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Reed Tussock (<i>Cœnosa</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Black Arches (<i>Monacha</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Vapourer (<i>Antiqua</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Lackey (<i>Neustria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Ground Lackey (<i>Castrensis</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Oak Eggar (<i>Quercus</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Drinker (<i>Potatoria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Sallow Kitten (<i>Furcula</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Poplar Kitten (<i>Bifida</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Lobster (<i>Fagi</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Pale Prominent (<i>Palpina</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Coxcomb Prominent (<i>Camelina</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Buff Tip (<i>Bucephala</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Buff Arches (<i>Derasa</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Peach Blossom (<i>Batis</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Figure of Eighty (<i>Octogesima</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Poplar Lutestring (<i>Or</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Lesser Satin (<i>Duplaris</i>)</li> +<li> +<b>Noctuæ.</b></li> +<li class="indent1">Marbled Green (<i>Muralis</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Marbled Beauty (<i>Perla</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Grey Dagger (<i>Psi</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Miller (<i>Leporina</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Poplar Grey (<i>Megacephala</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Grisette (<i>Strigosa</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Coronet (<i>Ligustri</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Knot Grass (<i>Rumicis</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Scarce Dagger (<i>Auricoma</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Light Knot Grass (<i>Menyanthidis</i>) +<!-- Page 337 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_337" id="Page_337">[Pg 337]</a></span></li> +<li class="indent1">Brown Line Bright Eye (<i>Conigera</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Double Line (<i>Turca</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Clay (<i>Lithargyria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Wainscots (<i>Littoralis</i>, <i>Impudens</i>, <i>Comma</i>, <i>Impura</i>, <i>Pallens</i>, <i>Phragmitidis</i>, <i>Maritima</i>, <i>Rufa</i>, <i>Bondii</i>, <i>Neurica</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Ear Moth (<i>Nictitans</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Flame (<i>Putris</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Genus <i>Xylophasia</i></li> +<li class="indent1">Antler (<i>Graminis</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Straw Underwing (<i>Matura</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Most of Genus <i>Mamestra</i></li> +<li class="indent1">Genus <i>Miana</i></li> +<li class="indent1">Haworth's Minor (<i>Haworthii</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Treble Lines (<i>Trigrammica</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Genus <i>Caradrina</i></li> +<li class="indent1">Brown Rustic (<i>Tenebrosa</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Archer's Dart (<i>Vestigialis</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Pearly Underwing (<i>Saucia</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Heart and Dart (<i>Exclamationis</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Heart and Club (<i>Corticea</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Sand Dart (<i>Ripæ</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Coast Dart (<i>Cursoria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Garden Dart (<i>Nigricans</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Streaked Dart (<i>Aquilina</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">True Lover's Knot (<i>Strigula</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Stout Dart (<i>Obscura</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Dotted Rustic (<i>Simulans</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Northern Rustic (<i>Lucernea</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Ashworth's Rustic (<i>Ashworthii</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Most of Genus <i>Noctua</i></li> +<li class="indent1">Genus <i>Triphæna</i></li> +<li class="indent1">Copper Underwing (<i>Pyramidea</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Mouse (<i>Tragopogonis</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Old Lady (<i>Maura</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Suspected (<i>Suspecta</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Dismal (<i>Upsilon</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Olive (<i>Subtusa</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Genus <i>Calymnia</i></li> +<li class="indent1">Dusky Sallow (<i>Ochroleuca</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Marbled Coronet (<i>Nana</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Genus <i>Hecatera</i></li> +<li class="indent1">Minor Shoulder Knot (<i>Viminalis</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Small Angle Shades (<i>Lucipara</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Genus <i>Aplecta</i></li> +<li class="indent1">Dark Brocade (<i>Adusta</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Shears (<i>Dentina</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Nutmeg (<i>Trifolii</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Pale-shouldered Brocade (<i>Thalassina</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Silver Cloud (<i>Conspicillaris</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Lychnis Shark (<i>Lychnitis</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Wormwood Shark (<i>Absinthii</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Family <i>Plusiidæ</i></li> +<li class="indent1">Beautiful Yellow Underwing (<i>Myrtilli</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Marbled Clover (<i>Dipsacea</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Four-spotted (<i>Luctuosa</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Rosy Marbled (<i>Venustula</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Marbled White-spot (<i>Fasciana</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Small Purple-barred (<i>Viridaria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Red Underwing (<i>Nupta</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Light Crimson Underwing (<i>Promissa</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Dark Crimson Underwing(<i>Sponsa</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">New Black-neck (<i>Craccæ</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Family <i>Herminiidæ</i></li> +<li class="indent1">Family <i>Hypenidæ</i></li> +<li> +<b>Geometræ.</b></li> +<li class="indent1">Swallow-tail (<i>Sambucaria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Dark-bordered Beauty (<i>Parallelaria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Bordered Beauty (<i>Apiciaria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Orange (<i>Prunaria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Light Emerald (<i>Margaritaria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Barred Red (<i>Prosapiaria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Lilac Beauty (<i>Syringaria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Early Thorn (<i>Bilunaria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Scalloped Oak (<i>Elinguaria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Genus <i>Cleora</i></li> +<li class="indent1">Genus <i>Boarmia</i></li> +<li class="indent1">Annulet (<i>Obscuraria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Scotch Annulet (<i>Obfuscaria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Black Mountain Moth (<i>Coracina</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Family <i>Geometridæ</i></li> +<li class="indent1">Golden-bordered Purple (<i>Muricata</i>) +<!-- Page 338 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_338" id="Page_338">[Pg 338]</a></span></li> +<li class="indent1">Waved Carpet (<i>Sylvata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Dingy Shell (<i>Obliterata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Welsh Wave (<i>Cambrica</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Most of the <i>Acidaliæ</i></li> +<li class="indent1">Blood Vein (<i>Amataria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Family <i>Macariidæ</i></li> +<li class="indent1">Latticed Heath (<i>Clathrata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Bordered Grey (<i>Ericetaria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Common Heath (<i>Atomaria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Rest Harrow (<i>Ononaria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Vestal (<i>Sacraria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Grass Wave (<i>Strigillaria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Family <i>Zerenidæ</i></li> +<li class="indent1">Twin-spot Carpet (<i>Didymata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Grey Mountain Carpet (<i>Cæsiata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Yellow-ringed Carpet (<i>Flavicinctata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Beech-green Carpet (<i>Olivata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Green Carpet (<i>Viridaria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Genus <i>Emmelesia</i></li> +<li class="indent1">Pugs (<i>Linariata</i>, <i>Oblongata</i>, <i>Succenturiata</i>, <i>Pernotata</i>, <i>Isogrammaria</i>, <i>Virgaureata</i>, <i>Innotata</i>, <i>Subnotata</i>, <i>Absinthiata</i>, <i>Tenuiata</i>, <i>Subciliata</i>, <i>Rectangulata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Chestnut-coloured Carpet (<i>Simulata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Shaded Broad Bar (<i>Variata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Pine Carpet (<i>Firmata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">July High-flier (<i>Sordidata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Genus <i>Melanthia</i></li> +<li class="indent1">Genus <i>Melanippe</i></li> +<li class="indent1">Flame (<i>Rubidata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Red Carpet (<i>Munitata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Large Twin-spot Carpet (<i>Quadrifasciaria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Yellow Shell (<i>Bilineata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Fern (<i>Tersata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Oblique Carpet (<i>Vittata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Many-lined (<i>Polygrammata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Dark Umber (<i>Rhamnata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Short-cloak Carpet (<i>Picata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Marsh Carpet (<i>Sagittata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Common Marbled Carpet (<i>Truncata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Dark Marbled Carpet (<i>Immanata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Netted Carpet (<i>Reticulata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Phœnix (<i>Prunata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Chevron (<i>Testata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Northern Spinach (<i>Populata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Barred Yellow (<i>Fulvata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Barred Straw (<i>Dotata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Spinach (<i>Associata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Dark Spinach (<i>Comitata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Small Mallow (<i>Limitata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Belle (<i>Plumbaria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Chalk Carpet (<i>Bipunctaria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Oblique-striped (<i>Virgata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Manchester Treble Bar (<i>Paludata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Treble Bar (<i>Plagiata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Pale Grey Carpet (<i>Griseata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Chimney Sweep (Atrata)</li> +</ul> + + +<h4>AUGUST</h4> + +<p>Although there is a very appreciable falling off in the number +of species on the wing during August, yet there remains plenty +of work for the lepidopterist.</p> + +<p>Many of the butterflies of July continue to fly during the whole +or part of this month, and several fresh species commence their +flight. August, too, may be looked upon as <i>the</i> month for second +broods, and an opportunity now arises for searching for some of the +species that were missed at the time of their early appearance in +May. Clover and lucerne fields should be well worked.</p> + +<p>A few <i>Sphinges</i> and a number of the <i>Bombyces</i> are still on the +wing. The <i>Noctuæ</i> are on the decrease, but there are yet nearly +a hundred species (including the rarer ones) at large.<!-- Page 339 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_339" id="Page_339">[Pg 339]</a></span></p> + +<p>These last may be taken at sugar in considerable numbers, and +it is interesting to note that two of the Vanessas (<i>Atalanta</i> and +<i>Cardui</i>) may be caught sipping on your baited trees during the +daytime.</p> + +<p><i>Geometræ</i> and Micros fall off very considerably this month, but +these, as well as moths of the other groups, may be taken from +tree trunks and palings. Light traps may also be used with much +success during August.</p> + +<p>Fallen fruits should be examined for the larvæ that feed within +them; and late in the month ripe fruit will supply food to the +lovers of sweets.</p> + +<p>Ivy blossom should be well worked at night; and clover and +lucerne fields form admirable hunting grounds for moths at night, +especially just after rain.</p> + +<p>Larvæ are to be obtained in abundance by beating and searching, +the latter process being conducted by night as well as by day.</p> + +<p>The following is the list of imagines for August:</p> + +<ul> +<li><b>Butterflies.</b></li> +<li class="indent1">Swallow Tail (<i>Machaon</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Large White (<i>Brassicæ</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Small White (<i>Rapæ</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Green-veined White (<i>Napi</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Bath White (<i>Daplidice</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Wood White (<i>Sinapis</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Pale Clouded Yellow (<i>Hyale</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Clouded Yellow (<i>Edusa</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Brimstone (<i>Rhamni</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Queen of Spain (<i>Latona</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Dark Green Fritillary (<i>Aglaia</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">High Brown Fritillary (<i>Adippe</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Silver-washed Fritillary (<i>Paphia</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Genus <i>Vanessa</i></li> +<li class="indent1">White Admiral (<i>Sibylla</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Purple Emperor (<i>Iris</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Marbled White (<i>Galatea</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Northern Brown (<i>Æthiops</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Speckled Wood (<i>Egeria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Wall (<i>Megæra</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Grayling (<i>Semele</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Meadow Brown (<i>Ianira</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Large Heath (<i>Tithonus</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Small Heath (<i>Pamphilus</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Brown Hairstreak (<i>Betulæ</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Purple Hairstreak (<i>Quercus</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Small Copper (<i>Phlœas</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Tailed Blue (<i>Bætica</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Silver-studded Blue (<i>Ægon</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Brown Argus (<i>Astrarche</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Common Blue (<i>Icarus</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Clifden Blue (<i>Bellargus</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Chalk-hill Blue (<i>Corydon</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Holly Blue (<i>Argiolus</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Mazarine Blue (<i>Semiargus</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Dingy Skipper (<i>Tages</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">New Small Skipper (<i>Lineola</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Lulworth Skipper (<i>Actæon</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Large Skipper (<i>Sylvanus</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Silver-spotted Skipper (<i>Comma</i>)</li> +<li> +<b>Sphinges.</b></li> +<li class="indent1">Death's-head Hawk (<i>Atropos</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Convolvulus Hawk (<i>Convolvuli</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Bedstraw Hawk (<i>Galii</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Striped Hawk (<i>Livornica</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Humming Bird Hawk (<i>Stellatarum</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Red-tipped Clearwing (<i>Formiciformis</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Six-belted Clearwing (<i>Ichneumoniformis</i>)</li> +<li> +<b>Bombyces.</b></li> +<li class="indent1">Round-winged Muslin (<i>Senex</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Muslin (<i>Mundana</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Footmen (<i>Muscerda</i>, <i>Lutarella</i>, <i>Griseola</i>) +<!-- Page 340 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_340" id="Page_340">[Pg 340]</a></span></li> +<li class="indent1">Wood Swift (<i>Sylvanus</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Brown Tail (<i>Chrysorrhœa</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Yellow Tail (<i>Similis</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Satin (<i>Salicis</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Gipsy (<i>Dispar</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Black Arches (<i>Monacha</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Vapourer (<i>Antiqua</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Lackey (<i>Neustria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Ground Lackey (<i>Castrensis</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Oak Eggar (<i>Quercus</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Grass Eggar (<i>Trifolii</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Drinker (<i>Potatoria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Hook Tips (<i>Lacertinaria</i>, <i>Falcataria</i>, <i>Binaria</i>, <i>Cultraria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Chinese Character (<i>Glaucata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Sallow Kitten (<i>Furcula</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Poplar Kitten (<i>Bifida</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Prominents (<i>Camelina</i>, <i>Trilophus</i>, <i>Ziczac</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Lesser Lutestring (<i>Diluta</i>)</li> +<li> +<b>Noctuæ.</b></li> +<li class="indent1">Marbled Green (<i>Muralis</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Marbled Beauty (<i>Perla</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Grey Dagger (<i>Psi</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Scarce Dagger (<i>Auricoma</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Wainscots (<i>Musculosa</i>, <i>Albipuncta</i>, <i>Impura</i>, <i>Pallens</i>, <i>Fulva</i>, <i>Cannæ</i>, <i>Arundinis</i>, <i>Geminipuncta</i>, <i>Neurica</i>, <i>Lutosa</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Frosted Orange (<i>Ochracea</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Genus <i>Hydrœcia</i></li> +<li class="indent1">Slender Clouded Brindle (<i>Scolopacina</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Feathered Brindle (<i>Australis</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Feathered Gothic (<i>Popularis</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Antler (<i>Graminis</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Straw Underwing (<i>Matura</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Genus <i>Luperina</i></li> +<li class="indent1">Confused (<i>Furva</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Small Clouded Brindle (<i>Unanimis</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Crescent (<i>Leucostigma</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Common Rustic (<i>Didyma</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Anomalous (<i>Anomala</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Mottled Rustic (<i>Morpheus</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Pale Mottled Willow (<i>Quadripunctata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Archer's Dart (<i>Vestigialis</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Shuttle-shaped Dart (<i>Puta</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Pearly Underwing (<i>Saucia</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Crescent Dart (<i>Lunigera</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Heart and Dart (<i>Exclamationis</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Coast Dart (<i>Cursoria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Garden Dart (<i>Nigricans</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">White-line Dart (<i>Tritici</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Streaked Dart (<i>Aquilina</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Square-spot Dart (<i>Obelisca</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Heath Rustic (<i>Agathina</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Portland (<i>Præcox</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Stout Dart (<i>Obscura</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Dotted Rustic (<i>Simulans</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Plain Clay (<i>Depuncta</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Setaceous Hebrew Character (<i>C-Nigrum</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Barred Chestnut (<i>Dahlii</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Small Square-spot (<i>Rubi</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Six-striped Rustic (<i>Umbrosa</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Grey Rustic (<i>Castanea</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Square-spot Rustic (<i>Xanthographa</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Genus <i>Triphæna</i></li> +<li class="indent1">Mouse (<i>Tragopogonis</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Old Lady (<i>Maura</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Mountain Rustic (<i>Hyperborea</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Suspected (<i>Suspecta</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Olive (<i>Subtusa</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Double Kidney (<i>Retusa</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Angle-striped Sallow (<i>Paleacea</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Genus <i>Calymnia</i></li> +<li class="indent1">Dusky Sallow (<i>Ochroleuca</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Grey Chi (<i>Chi</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Large Ranunculus (<i>Flavicincta</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Feathered Ranunculus (<i>Lichenea</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Crescent (<i>Bimaculosa</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Great Brocade (<i>Occulta</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Beautiful Brocade (<i>Porphyrea</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Golden-rod Brindled (<i>Solidaginis</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Herald (<i>Libatrix</i>) +<!-- Page 341 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_341" id="Page_341">[Pg 341]</a></span></li> +<li class="indent1">Scarce Burnished Brass (<i>Chryson</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Burnished Brass (<i>Chrysitis</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Gold Spot (<i>Festucæ</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Scarce Bordered Straw (<i>Armigera</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Four-spotted (<i>Luctuosa</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Clifden Nonpareil (<i>Fraxini</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Red Underwing (<i>Nupta</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Dark Crimson Underwing (<i>Sponsa</i>)</li> +<li> +<b>Geometræ.</b></li> +<li class="indent1">Dark-bordered Beauty (<i>Parallelaria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Bordered Beauty (<i>Apiciaria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Purple Thorn (<i>Tetralunaria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Scalloped Oak (<i>Elinguaria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Canary-shouldered Thorn (<i>Alniaria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Dusky Thorn (<i>Fuscantaria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">September Thorn (<i>Erosaria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">August Thorn (<i>Quercinaria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Dotted Carpet (<i>Glabraria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Annulet (<i>Obscuraria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Scotch Annulet (<i>Obfuscaria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Family <i>Ephyridæ</i></li> +<li class="indent1">Small Dusty Wave (<i>Virgularia</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Mullein Wave (<i>Marginepunctata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Small Blood Vein (<i>Imitaria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Common White Wave (<i>Pusaria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Vestal (<i>Sacraria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Yellow Belle (<i>Ochrearia</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Straw Belle (<i>Gilvaria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Currant (<i>Grossulariata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1"><i>Autumnaria</i></li> +<li class="indent1">Haworth's Carpet (<i>Unifasciata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Bordered Lime Speck (<i>Succenturiata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Pugs (<i>Virgaureata</i>, <i>Campanulata</i>, <i>Indigata</i>, <i>Constrictata</i>, <i>Expallidata</i>, <i>Sobrinata</i>, <i>Variata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">July High Flier (<i>Sordidata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Carpets (<i>Bicolorata</i>, <i>Montanata</i>, <i>Fluctuata</i>, <i>Berberata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Yellow Shell (<i>Bilineata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Gem (<i>Fluviata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Oblique Carpet (<i>Vittata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Many-lined (<i>Polygrammata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Tissue (<i>Dubitata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Common Marbled Carpet (<i>Truncata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Phœnix (<i>Prunata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Chevron (<i>Testata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Northern Spinach (<i>Populata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Barred Yellow (<i>Fulvata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Barred Straw (<i>Dotata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Small Mallow (<i>Limitata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Chalk Carpet (<i>Bipunctaria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Treble Bar (<i>Plagiata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Broom Tip (<i>Rufata</i>)</li> +</ul> + + +<h4>SEPTEMBER</h4> + +<p>The number of species on the wing is now considerably lower, yet +there is a good deal to be done both with butterflies and moths.</p> + +<p>Many of the former are worn and ragged, but good fresh +specimens of some species may be taken. Clover and lucerne +fields and the flowery borders of corn fields remain very attractive.</p> + +<p>Tree trunks and palings should be searched as before. Sugar +still attracts numbers of the <i>Noctuæ</i>; and ivy blossom should +be examined at night whenever an opportunity offers itself.</p> + +<p>September is a good month for larva hunting. Most of the +species that pupate in the autumn are now full fed, and will +undergo the change to the chrysalis state shortly after they have +been housed, thus giving but little trouble to the entomologist. +The day feeders may be beaten or swept from their food plants, but,<!-- Page 342 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_342" id="Page_342">[Pg 342]</a></span> +of course, the nocturnal species are best discovered by searching at +night.</p> + +<p>Some have already 'gone down' for the winter, and, consequently, +pupa hunting may be started. However, as there is +yet much to be done with imagines and larvæ, it may, perhaps, be +better to leave the pupæ alone till about the end of the month, +especially as many of the larvæ have not yet had time to complete +their transformation.</p> + +<p>The list of imagines for September includes:</p> + +<ul> +<li><b>Butterflies.</b></li> +<li class="indent1">Clouded Yellow (<i>Edusa</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Brimstone (<i>Rhamni</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Queen of Spain (<i>Latona</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Comma (<i>C-Album</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Large Tortoiseshell (<i>Polychloros</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Small Tortoiseshell (<i>Urticæ</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Peacock (<i>Io</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Camberwell Beauty (<i>Antiopa</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Red Admiral (<i>Atalanta</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Painted Lady (<i>Cardui</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Speckled Wood (<i>Egeria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Wall (<i>Megæra</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Grayling (<i>Semele</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Large Heath (<i>Tithonus</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Small Heath (<i>Pamphilus</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Small Copper (<i>Phlœas</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Common Blue (<i>Icarus</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Clifden Blue (<i>Bellargus</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Chalk-hill Blue (<i>Corydon</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Holly Blue (<i>Argiolus</i>)</li> +<li> +<b>Sphinges.</b></li> +<li class="indent1">Death's-head Hawk (<i>Atropos</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Convolvulus Hawk (<i>Convolvuli</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Humming Bird Hawk (<i>Stellatarum</i>)</li> +<li> +<b>Bombyces.</b></li> +<li class="indent1">Tortrix (<i>Undulanus</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Crimson Speckled (<i>Pulchella</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Vapourer (<i>Antiqua</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Pale Oak Eggar (<i>Cratægi</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Lesser Lutestring (<i>Diluta</i>)</li> +<li> +<b>Noctuæ.</b></li> +<li class="indent1">Figure of Eight (<i>Cæruleocephala</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Small Wainscot (<i>Fulva</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Bullrush (<i>Arundinis</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Large Wainscot (<i>Lutosa</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Frosted Orange (<i>Ochracea</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Rosy Rustic (<i>Micacea</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Feathered Brindle (<i>Australis</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Beautiful Gothic (<i>Hispidus</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Antler (<i>Graminis</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Flounced Rustic (<i>Testacea</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Hedge Rustic (<i>Cespitis</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Haworth's Minor (<i>Haworthii</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Anomalous (<i>Anomala</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Shuttle-shaped Dart (<i>Puta</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Dark Sword Grass (<i>Suffusa</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Pearly Underwing (<i>Saucia</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Turnip (<i>Segetum</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Heart and Dart (<i>Exclamationis</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Autumn Rustic (<i>Glareosa</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Mouse (<i>Tragopogonis</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Red-lined Quaker (<i>Lota</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Yellow-lined Quaker (<i>Macilenta</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Genus <i>Anchocelis</i></li> +<li class="indent1">Genus <i>Xanthia</i></li> +<li class="indent1">Centre-barred Sallow (<i>Xerampelina</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Double Kidney (<i>Retusa</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Genus <i>Polia</i></li> +<li class="indent1">Black Rustic (<i>Nigra</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Green-brindled Crescent (<i>Oxyacanthæ</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Marvel-du-jour (<i>Aprilina</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Angle Shades (<i>Meticulosa</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Flame Brocade (<i>Flammea</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Brindled Green (<i>Protea</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Genus <i>Calocampa</i></li> +<li class="indent1">Genus <i>Xylina</i></li> +<li class="indent1">Herald (<i>Libatrix</i>) +<!-- Page 343 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_343" id="Page_343">[Pg 343]</a></span></li> +<li class="indent1">Gold Spot (<i>Festucæ</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Silver <span class="lettershape">Y</span> (<i>Gamma</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Scarce Bordered Straw (<i>Armigera</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Clifden Nonpareil (<i>Fraxini</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Buttoned Snout (<i>Rostralis</i>)</li> +<li> +<b>Geometræ.</b></li> +<li class="indent1">Bordered Beauty (<i>Apiciaria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Brimstone (<i>Luteolata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Genus <i>Eugonia</i></li> +<li class="indent1">November (<i>Dilutata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Autumnal (<i>Filigrammaria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Juniper Pug (<i>Sobrinata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Shaded Broad Bar (<i>Variata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Slender-striped Rufous (<i>Lapidata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Tissue (<i>Dubitata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Carpets (<i>Siderata</i>, <i>Miata</i>, <i>Immanata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Chevron (<i>Testata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Mallow (<i>Cervinata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Streak (<i>Spartiata</i>)</li> +</ul> + + +<h4>OCTOBER</h4> + +<p>As there is very little winged life this month, and the larvæ have +nearly all sought out their winter quarters, special attention may be +given to pupæ. The earlier this work is started after the insects +have completed their change the better. If left late, many pupæ +will have been destroyed by floods, moles, &c., and a prolonged +series of frosty days may render digging unproductive if not impossible. +Again, it must be remembered that some larvæ are not +yet down, and by digging at the roots of the trees on which they are +feeding, you are preparing an acceptable bed for the late species, +for the pupæ of which you may call again in about a month.</p> + +<p>Larvæ may be obtained by beating and searching as before, but +this work should be done as early in the month as possible, since +but few are feeding after the first week or so.</p> + +<p>Butterfly catching is now practically over, only a few of the late +species and the hybernators being on the wing, and these only on +mild days.</p> + +<p><i>Noctuæ</i> are still attracted by sugar and ivy blossom, and a few +may be found at rest. <i>Geometræ</i> and Micros may be taken +from palings and tree trunks by day, or caught flying at dusk.</p> + +<p>The imagines of October may include the following butterflies:</p> + +<ul> +<li>Brimstone (<i>Rhamni</i>)</li> +<li>Pale Clouded Yellow (<i>Hyale</i>)</li> +<li>Clouded Yellow (<i>Edusa</i>)</li> +<li>Comma (<i>C-Album</i>)</li> +<li>Large Tortoiseshell (<i>Polychloros</i>)</li> +<li>Small Tortoiseshell (<i>Urticæ</i>)</li> +<li>Peacock (<i>Io</i>)</li> +<li>Camberwell Beauty (<i>Antiopa</i>)</li> +<li>Red Admiral (<i>Atalanta</i>)</li> +<li>Painted Lady (<i>Cardui</i>)</li> +<li>Small Copper (<i>Phlœas</i>)</li> +</ul> + +<p>And a few late 'Blues.'</p> + +<p>The principal moths of the month are:</p> + +<ul> +<li><b>Sphinges.</b></li> +<li class="indent1">Death's-head Hawk (<i>Atropos</i>)</li> +<li> +<b>Bombyces.</b></li> +<li class="indent1">Plumed Prominent (<i>Plumigera</i>)</li> +<li> +<b>Noctuæ.</b></li> +<li class="indent1">Large Wainscot (<i>Lutosa</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Red-lined Quaker (<i>Lota</i>) +<!-- Page 344 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_344" id="Page_344">[Pg 344]</a></span></li> +<li class="indent1">Yellow-lined Quaker (<i>Macilenta</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Beaded Chestnut (<i>Pistacina</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Brown-spot Pinion (<i>Litura</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Chestnut (<i>Vaccinii</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Dark Chestnut (<i>Spadicea</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Red-headed Chestnut (<i>Erythrocephala</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Satellite (<i>Satellitia</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Dotted Chestnut (<i>Rubiginea</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Orange Upperwing (<i>Croceago</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Brick (<i>Circellaris</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Brindled Ochre (<i>Templi</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Green Brindled Crescent (<i>Oxyacanthæ</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Marvel-du-jour (<i>Aprilina</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Angle Shades (<i>Meticulosa</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Flame Brocade (<i>Flammea</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Red Sword-grass (<i>Vetusta</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Sword-grass (<i>Exolita</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Genus <i>Xylina</i></li> +<li class="indent1">Sprawler (<i>Sphinx</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Silver <span class="lettershape">Y</span> (<i>Gamma</i>)</li> +<li> +<b>Geometræ.</b></li> +<li class="indent1">Feathered Thorn (<i>Pennaria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Vestal (<i>Sacraria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Scarce Umber (<i>Aurantiaria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Mottled Umber (<i>Defoliaria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Winter (<i>Brumata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Northern Winter (<i>Boreata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">November (<i>Dilutata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Juniper Carpet (<i>Juniperata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Gem (<i>Fluviata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Carpets (<i>Siderata</i>, <i>Miata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Mallow (<i>Cervinata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Streak (<i>Spartiata</i>)</li> +</ul> + + +<h4>NOVEMBER</h4> + +<p>No butterflies are to be seen this month with the exception of +the hybernating species, and even these will not venture on the wing +unless the weather is mild and bright for the season.</p> + +<p>Most of the moths met with are also hybernators, but a few +species are to be found only at this season, and these should be +looked for on fences and tree trunks. A few <i>Noctuæ</i> may be taken +at sugar, and the <i>Geometræ</i> attracted by lights.</p> + +<p>The only larvæ now existing are hybernators, and many of these +may be met with during your pupa-digging operations; but they are +best left alone till the spring, as a rule.</p> + +<p>The chief work of the entomologist in November is certainly +pupa hunting, and this may be carried on in real earnest whenever +the weather is favourable, following the instructions given in +<a href="#CHAPTER_VII">Chapter VII</a>.</p> + +<p>It will be remembered, also, that many of the <i>Lepidoptera</i> pass +the winter in the egg state, and search may be made for ova when +time permits.</p> + +<p>The November list, besides some of the hybernating species +previously mentioned, include:</p> + +<ul><li> +<b>Bombyces.</b></li> +<li class="indent1">December (<i>Populi</i>)</li> +<li> +<b>Noctuæ.</b></li> +<li class="indent1">Genus <i>Cerastis</i></li> +<li class="indent1">Satellite (<i>Satellitia</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Dotted Chestnut (<i>Rubiginea</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Orange Upperwing (<i>Croceago</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Brindled Ochre (<i>Exempli</i>)</li> +<li> +<b>Geometræ.</b></li> +<li class="indent1">Feathered Thorn (<i>Pennaria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Scarce Umber (<i>Aurantiaria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Mottled Umber (<i>Defoliaria</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Winter (<i>Brumata</i>)</li> +<li class="indent1">Northern Winter (<i>Boreata</i>)</li> +</ul> +<p><!-- Page 345 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_345" id="Page_345">[Pg 345]</a></span> +</p> + + +<h4>DECEMBER</h4> + +<p>Outdoor work is now at a minimum. The weather is too severe, +as a rule, to allow pupa digging to be carried on with either success +or comfort, but favourable opportunities should be seized for this +employment as well as for ova collecting.</p> + +<p>Now and again we may meet with <i>P. Populi</i> at rest by day, or +fluttering round a light at night. <i>Brumata</i> and <i>Defoliaria</i> may +also be seen, and the Early Moth (<i>Rupicapraria</i>) may appear on +the wing before the new year; but nothing is likely to be met with +beyond these save the hybernators, already named in other lists, +and some of the <i>Tineæ</i>.</p> + +<p>It is a good plan to utilise your spare time during the dreary +months of winter by attending to your cabinet. Rearrange your +specimens where necessary, and see that all are properly labelled; +remove all greasy specimens, and deal with them as recommended +on <a href="#Page_127">page 127</a>; also renew the supply of camphor or naphthaline in +your drawers and store boxes. Time may also be found for the +construction of apparatus that is likely to be required next season, +and for repairing any that has been damaged during the work of +the last.<!-- Page 346 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_346" id="Page_346">[Pg 346]</a></span></p> + + + +<hr/> +<p><!-- Page 347 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_347" id="Page_347">[Pg 347]</a></span></p> +<h3><a name="COLOURED_PLATES" id="COLOURED_PLATES"></a>COLOURED PLATES</h3> + + +<p><span class="smcap">Plate I</span> (<i><a href="#Frontispiece">Frontispiece</a></i>)</p> + +<ol> +<li><span class="smcap">Swallow-tail</span> (<i>Papilio Machaon</i>).</li> +<li><span class="smcap">Black-veined White</span> (<i>Aporia Cratægi</i>).</li> +<li><span class="smcap">Large White</span> (<i>Pieris Brassicæ</i>). Female.</li> +<li><span class="smcap">Small White</span> (<i>Pieris Rapæ</i>). Male.</li> +<li><span class="smcap">Green-veined White</span> (<i>Pieris Napi</i>). Under side.</li> +<li><span class="smcap">Bath White</span> (<i>Pieris Daplidice</i>). Female.</li> +<li><span class="smcap">Orange Tip</span> (<i>Euchloë Cardamines</i>). Male.</li> +<li><span class="smcap">Orange Tip</span> (<i>Euchloë Cardamines</i>). Male. Under side.</li> +</ol> + +<p><span class="smcap"><a href="#Plate_II">Plate II</a></span></p> + +<ol> +<li><span class="smcap">Wood White</span> (<i>Leucophasia Sinapis</i>).</li> +<li><span class="smcap">Pale Clouded Yellow</span> (<i>Colias Hyale</i>).</li> +<li><span class="smcap">Clouded Yellow</span> (<i>Colias Edusa</i>). Male.</li> +<li><span class="smcap">Brimstone</span> (<i>Gonopteryx Rhamni</i>). Male.</li> +<li><span class="smcap">Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary</span> (<i>Argynnis Selene</i>).</li> +<li><span class="smcap">Pearl-bordered Fritillary</span> (<i>Argynnis Euphrosyne</i>).</li> +<li><span class="smcap">Queen of Spain Fritillary</span> (<i>Argynnis Latona</i>).</li> +<li><span class="smcap">Dark-green Fritillary</span> (<i>Argynnis Aglaia</i>).</li> +</ol> + +<p><span class="smcap"><a href="#Plate_III">Plate III</a></span></p> + +<ol> +<li><span class="smcap">High Brown Fritillary</span> (<i>Argynnis Adippe</i>). Under side.</li> +<li><span class="smcap">Silver-washed Fritillary</span> (<i>Argynnis Paphia</i>).</li> +<li><span class="smcap">Greasy Fritillary</span> (<i>Melitæa Aurinia</i>).</li> +<li><span class="smcap">Glanville Fritillary</span> (<i>Melitæa Cinxia</i>).</li> +<li><span class="smcap">Heath Fritillary</span> (<i>Melitæa Athalia</i>).</li> +<li><span class="smcap">Heath Fritillary</span> (<i>Melitæa Athalia</i>). Under side.</li> +<li><span class="smcap">Comma</span> (<i>Vanessa C-Album</i>).</li> +<li><span class="smcap">Large Tortoiseshell</span> (<i>Vanessa Polychloros</i>).</li> +<li><span class="smcap">Small Tortoiseshell</span> (<i>Vanessa Urticæ</i>).</li> +</ol> +<p><!-- Page 348 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_348" id="Page_348">[Pg 348]</a></span></p> + + +<p><span class="smcap"><a href="#Plate_IV">Plate IV</a></span></p> + +<ol> +<li><span class="smcap">Peacock</span> (<i>Vanessa Io</i>).</li> +<li><span class="smcap">Camberwell Beauty</span> (<i>Vanessa Antiopa</i>).</li> +<li><span class="smcap">Red Admiral</span> (<i>Vanessa Atalanta</i>).</li> +<li><span class="smcap">Painted Lady</span> (<i>Vanessa Cardui</i>).</li> +<li><span class="smcap">White Admiral</span> (<i>Limenitis Sibylla</i>).</li> +</ol> + +<p><span class="smcap"><a href="#Plate_V">Plate V</a></span></p> + +<ol> +<li><span class="smcap">Purple Emperor</span> (<i>Apatura Iris</i>). Male.</li> +<li><span class="smcap">Marbled White</span> (<i>Melanargia Galatea</i>).</li> +<li><span class="smcap">Small Ringlet</span> (<i>Erebia Epiphron</i>).</li> +<li><span class="smcap">Northern Brown</span> (<i>Erebia Æthiops</i>).</li> +<li><span class="smcap">Wood Argus</span> (<i>Pararge Egeria</i>).</li> +<li><span class="smcap">Wall Butterfly</span> (<i>Pararge Megæra</i>).</li> +<li><span class="smcap">Grayling</span> (<i>Satyrus Semele</i>). Female.</li> +<li><span class="smcap">Meadow Brown</span> (<i>Epinephele Ianira</i>). Female.</li> +<li><span class="smcap">Large Heath</span> (<i>Epinephele Tithonus</i>). Male.</li> +<li><span class="smcap">Ringlet</span> (<i>Epinephele Hyperanthus</i>).</li> +</ol> + +<p><span class="smcap"><a href="#Plate_VI">Plate VI</a></span></p> + +<ol> +<li> <span class="smcap">Marsh Ringlet</span> (<i>Cænonympha Typhon</i>).</li> +<li> <span class="smcap">Small Heath</span> (<i>Cænonympha Pamphilus</i>).</li> +<li> <span class="smcap">Brown Hairstreak</span> (<i>Thecla Betulæ</i>). Under side.</li> +<li> <span class="smcap">White-letter Hairstreak</span> (<i>Thecla W-album</i>). Under side.</li> +<li> <span class="smcap">Dark Hairstreak</span> (<i>Thecla Pruni</i>). Under side.</li> +<li> <span class="smcap">Purple Hairstreak</span> (<i>Thecla Quercus</i>). Under side.</li> +<li> <span class="smcap">Green Hairstreak</span>(<i>Thecla Rubi</i>). Under side.</li> +<li> <span class="smcap">Large Copper</span> (<i>Polyommatus Dispar</i>). Male.</li> +<li> <span class="smcap">Small Copper</span> (<i>Polyommatus Phlæas</i>).</li> +<li> <span class="smcap">Tailed Blue</span> (<i>Lycæna Bætica</i>).</li> +<li> <span class="smcap">Silver-studded Blue</span> (<i>Lycæna Ægon</i>). Male.</li> +<li> <span class="smcap">Silver-studded Blue</span> (<i>Lycæna Ægon</i>). Female.</li> +<li> <span class="smcap">Brown Argus</span> (<i>Lycæna Astrarche</i>).</li> +<li> <span class="smcap">Brown Argus</span> (<i>Lycæna Astrarche</i>). Under side.</li> +<li> <span class="smcap">Common Blue</span> (<i>Lycæna Icarus</i>). Male.</li> +<li> <span class="smcap">Common Blue</span> (<i>Lycæna Icarus</i>). Female.</li> +<li> <span class="smcap">Clifden Blue</span> (<i>Lycæna Bellargus</i>). Male.</li> +<li> <span class="smcap">Clifden Blue</span> (<i>Lycæna Bellargus</i>). Female.</li> +</ol> +<p><!-- Page 349 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_349" id="Page_349">[Pg 349]</a></span></p> + +<p><span class="smcap"><a href="#Plate_VII">Plate VII</a></span></p> + +<ol> +<li> <span class="smcap">Chalk-hill Blue</span> (<i>Lycæna Corydon</i>). Male.</li> +<li> <span class="smcap">Chalk-hill Blue</span> (<i>Lycæna Corydon</i>). Female.</li> +<li> <span class="smcap">Holly Blue</span> (<i>Lycæna Argiolus</i>). Male.</li> +<li> <span class="smcap">Holly Blue</span> (<i>Lycæna Argiolus</i>). Female.</li> +<li> <span class="smcap">Mazarine Blue</span> (<i>Lycæna Semiargus</i>). Male.</li> +<li> <span class="smcap">Mazarine Blue</span> (<i>Lycæna Semiargus</i>). Female.</li> +<li> <span class="smcap">Small Blue</span> (<i>Lycæna Minima</i>).</li> +<li> <span class="smcap">Large Blue</span> (<i>Lycæna Arion</i>).</li> +<li> <span class="smcap">Duke of Burgundy Fritillary</span> (<i>Nemeobius Lucina</i>).</li> +<li> <span class="smcap">Duke of Burgundy Fritillary</span> (<i>Nemeobius Lucina</i>). Under side.</li> +<li> <span class="smcap">Grizzled Skipper</span> (<i>Syrichthus Malvæ</i>).</li> +<li> <span class="smcap">Dingy Skipper</span> (<i>Nisoniades Tages</i>).</li> +<li> <span class="smcap">Small Skipper</span> (<i>Hesperia Thaumas</i>).</li> +<li> <span class="smcap">Lulworth Skipper</span> (<i>Hesperia Actæon</i>). Male.</li> +<li> <span class="smcap">Large Skipper</span> (<i>Hesperia Sylvanus</i>). Male.</li> +<li> <span class="smcap">Silver-spotted Skipper</span> (<i>Hesperia Comma</i>).</li> +<li> <span class="smcap">Chequered Skipper</span> (<i>Carterocephalus Palæmon</i>).</li> +<li> <span class="smcap">New Small Skipper</span> (<i>Hesperia Lineola</i>).</li> +</ol> + +<p><span class="smcap"><a href="#Plate_VIII">Plate VIII</a></span></p> + +<ol> +<li> <span class="smcap">Larva of Swallow-tail Butterfly</span> (<i>Papilio Machaon</i>).</li> +<li> <span class="smcap">Larva of Orange Tip</span> (<i>Euchloë Cardamines</i>).</li> +<li> <span class="smcap">Larva of Silver-washed Fritillary</span> (<i>Argynnis Paphia</i>).</li> +<li> <span class="smcap">Larva of Peacock Butterfly</span> (<i>Vanessa Io</i>).</li> +<li> <span class="smcap">Larva of Purple Emperor</span> (<i>Apatura Iris</i>).</li> +<li> <span class="smcap">Larva of Duke of Burgundy Fritillary</span> (<i>Nemeobius Lucina</i>).</li> +<li> <span class="smcap">Pupa of Swallow-tail Butterfly</span> (<i>Papilio Machaon</i>).</li> +<li> <span class="smcap">Pupa of Orange Tip</span> (<i>Euchloë Cardamines</i>).</li> +<li> <span class="smcap">Pupa of Silver-washed Fritillary</span> (<i>Argynnis Paphia</i>).</li> +<li> <span class="smcap">Pupa of Purple Emperor</span> (<i>Apatura Iris</i>).</li> +<li> <span class="smcap">Pupa of Duke of Burgundy Fritillary</span> (<i>Nemeobius Lucina</i>).</li> +<li> <span class="smcap">Pupa of Dingy Skipper</span> (<i>Nisoniades Tages</i>).</li> +</ol> +<p><!-- Page 350 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_350" id="Page_350">[Pg 350]</a></span></p> + +<p><span class="smcap"><a href="#Plate_IX">Plate IX</a></span></p> + +<ol> +<li> <span class="smcap">Privet Hawk Moth</span> (<i>Sphinx Ligustri</i>).</li> +<li> <span class="smcap">Spurge Hawk</span> (<i>Deilephila Euphorbiæ</i>).</li> +<li> <span class="smcap">Large Elephant Hawk</span> (<i>Chœrocampa Elpenor</i>).</li> +<li> <span class="smcap">Eyed Hawk</span> (<i>Smerinthus Ocellatus</i>).</li> +<li> <span class="smcap">Lime Hawk</span> (<i>Smerinthus Tiliæ</i>).</li> +<li> <span class="smcap">Humming-bird Hawk</span> (<i>Macroglossa Stellatarum</i>).</li> +<li> <span class="smcap">Broad-bordered Five-spotted Burnet</span> (<i>Zygæna Trifolii</i>).</li> +</ol> + +<p><span class="smcap"><a href="#Plate_X">Plate X</a></span></p> + +<ol> +<li> <span class="smcap">Cinnabar Moth</span> (<i>Euchelia Jacobææ</i>).</li> +<li> <span class="smcap">Wood Tiger</span> (<i>Nemeophila Plantaginis</i>).</li> +<li> <span class="smcap">Tiger</span> (<i>Arctia Caia</i>).</li> +<li> <span class="smcap">Cream-spot Tiger</span> (<i>Arctia Villica</i>).</li> +<li> <span class="smcap">Oak Eggar</span> (<i>Bombyx Quercus</i>). Male.</li> +<li> <span class="smcap">Lappet</span> (<i>Lasiocampa Quercifolia</i>).</li> +<li> <span class="smcap">Kentish Glory</span> (<i>Endromis Versicolor</i>). Male.</li> +<li> <span class="smcap">Emperor Moth</span> (<i>Saturnia Pavonia</i>). Male.</li> +<li> <span class="smcap">Buff Tip</span> (<i>Phalera Bucephala</i>).</li> +</ol> + +<p><span class="smcap"><a href="#Plate_XI">Plate XI</a></span></p> + +<ol> +<li> <span class="smcap">Large Yellow Underwing</span> (<i>Triphæna Pronuba</i>).</li> +<li> <span class="smcap">Marvel-du-jour</span> (<i>Agriopis Aprilina</i>).</li> +<li> <span class="smcap">Small Angle Shades</span> (<i>Euplexia Lucipara</i>).</li> +<li> <span class="smcap">Mother Shipton</span> (<i>Euclidia Mi</i>).</li> +<li> <span class="smcap">Clifden Nonpareil</span> (<i>Catocala Fraxini</i>).</li> +<li> <span class="smcap">Dark Crimson Underwing</span> (<i>Catocala Sponsa</i>).</li> +</ol> + +<p><span class="smcap"><a href="#Plate_XII">Plate XII</a></span></p> + +<ol> +<li> <span class="smcap">Herald</span> (<i>Gonoptera Libatrix</i>).</li> +<li> <span class="smcap">Swallow-tail Moth</span> (<i>Uropteryx Sambucaria</i>).</li> +<li> <span class="smcap">Brimstone Moth</span> (<i>Rumia Luteolata</i>).</li> +<li> <span class="smcap">Scalloped Oak</span> (<i>Crocallis Elinguaria</i>).</li> +<li> <span class="smcap">Brindled Beauty</span> (<i>Biston Hirtaria</i>).</li> +<li> <span class="smcap">Waved Umber</span> (<i>Hemerophila Abruptaria</i>).</li> +<li> <span class="smcap">Maiden's Blush</span> (<i>Zonosoma Punctaria</i>).</li> +<li> <span class="smcap">Mottled Umber</span> (<i>Hybernia Defoliaria</i>).</li> +<li> <span class="smcap">Treble Bar</span> (<i>Anaitis Plagiata</i>).</li> +</ol> + +<hr /> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 281px;"> +<a name="Plate_II" id="Plate_II"></a> +<a href="images/i_368.jpg"><img src="images/i_368_tn.jpg" width="281" height="400" alt="" +title="Linked to larger image of Plate II." /></a> +<span class="caption">Plate II.</span> +<p class="center"><i>Danielsson & Co., del. ad. Nat. et Chromolith.</i></p> +</div> + +<hr /> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 258px;"> +<a name="Plate_III" id="Plate_III"></a> +<a href="images/i_370.jpg"><img src="images/i_370_tn.jpg" width="258" height="400" alt="" +title="Linked to larger image of Plate III." /></a> +<span class="caption">Plate III.</span> +<p class="center"><i>Danielsson & Co., del. ad. Nat. et Chromolith.</i></p> +</div> + +<hr /> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 273px;"> +<a name="Plate_IV" id="Plate_IV"></a> +<a href="images/i_372.jpg"><img src="images/i_372_tn.jpg" width="273" height="400" alt="" +title="Linked to larger image of Plate IV." /></a> +<span class="caption">Plate IV.</span> +<p class="center"><i>Danielsson & Co., del. ad. Nat. et Chromolith.</i></p> +</div> + +<hr /> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 279px;"> +<a name="Plate_V" id="Plate_V"></a> +<a href="images/i_374.jpg"><img src="images/i_374_tn.jpg" width="279" height="400" alt="" +title="Linked to larger image of Plate V." /></a> +<span class="caption">Plate V.</span> +<p class="center"><i>Danielsson & Co., del. ad. Nat. et Chromolith.</i></p> +</div> + +<hr /> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 273px;"> +<a name="Plate_VI" id="Plate_VI"></a> +<a href="images/i_376.jpg"><img src="images/i_376_tn.jpg" width="273" height="400" alt="" +title="Linked to larger image of Plate VI." /></a> +<span class="caption">Plate VI.</span> +<p class="center"><i>Danielsson & Co., del. ad. Nat. et Chromolith.</i></p> +</div> + +<hr /> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 263px;"> +<a name="Plate_VII" id="Plate_VII"></a> +<a href="images/i_378.jpg"><img src="images/i_378_tn.jpg" width="263" height="400" alt="" +title="Linked to larger image of Plate VII." /></a> +<span class="caption">Plate VII.</span> +<p class="center"><i>Danielsson & Co., del. ad. Nat. et Chromolith.</i></p> +</div> + +<hr /> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 263px;"> +<a name="Plate_VIII" id="Plate_VIII"></a> +<a href="images/i_380.jpg"><img src="images/i_380_tn.jpg" width="263" height="400" alt="" +title="Linked to larger image of Plate VIII." /></a> +<span class="caption">Plate VIII.</span> +<p class="center"><i>Danielsson & Co., del. ad. Nat. et Chromolith.</i></p> +</div> + +<hr /> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 287px;"> +<a name="Plate_IX" id="Plate_IX"></a> +<a href="images/i_382.jpg"><img src="images/i_382_tn.jpg" width="287" height="400" alt="" +title="Linked to larger image of Plate IX." /></a> +<span class="caption">Plate IX.</span> +<p class="center"><i>Danielsson & Co., del. ad. Nat. et Chromolith.</i></p> +</div> + +<hr /> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 298px;"> +<a name="Plate_X" id="Plate_X"></a> +<a href="images/i_384.jpg"><img src="images/i_384_tn.jpg" width="298" height="400" alt="" +title="Linked to larger image of Plate X." /></a> +<span class="caption">Plate X.</span> +<p class="center"><i>Danielsson & Co., del. ad. Nat. et Chromolith.</i></p> +</div> + +<hr /> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 277px;"> +<a name="Plate_XI" id="Plate_XI"></a> +<a href="images/i_386.jpg"><img src="images/i_386_tn.jpg" width="277" height="400" alt="" +title="Linked to larger image of Plate XI." /></a> +<span class="caption">Plate XI.</span> +<p class="center"><i>Danielsson & Co., del. ad. Nat. et Chromolith.</i></p> +</div> + +<hr /> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 248px;"> +<a name="Plate_XII" id="Plate_XII"></a> +<a href="images/i_388.jpg"><img src="images/i_388_tn.jpg" width="248" height="400" alt="" +title="Linked to larger image of Plate XII." /></a> +<span class="caption">Plate XII.</span> +<p class="center"><i>Danielsson & Co., del. ad. Nat. et Chromolith.</i></p> +</div> + + + + +<hr class="long" /> +<p><!-- Page 351 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_351" id="Page_351">[Pg 351]</a></span></p> +<h2><a name="INDEX" id="INDEX"></a>INDEX</h2> + + + +<ul><li>Abbreviata, <a href="#Page_284">284</a></li> + +<li>Abraxas, <a href="#Page_279">279</a></li> + +<li>Abruptaria, <a href="#Page_273">273</a></li> + +<li>Acherontia, <a href="#Page_204">204</a></li> + +<li>Acidalia, <a href="#Page_275">275</a></li> + +<li>Acidaliidæ, <a href="#Page_275">275</a></li> + +<li>Aciptilia, <a href="#Page_295">295</a></li> + +<li>Acronycta, <a href="#Page_240">240</a></li> + +<li>Actæon, <a href="#Page_199">199</a></li> + +<li>Adela, <a href="#Page_304">304</a></li> + +<li>Adippe, <a href="#Page_159">159</a></li> + +<li>Admiral, Red, <a href="#Page_168">168</a></li> + +<li>Admiral, White, <a href="#Page_170">170</a></li> + +<li>Ægon, <a href="#Page_189">189</a></li> + +<li>Æscularia, <a href="#Page_281">281</a></li> + +<li>Æthiops, <a href="#Page_175">175</a></li> + +<li>Aglaia, <a href="#Page_158">158</a></li> + +<li>Aglossa, <a href="#Page_291">291</a></li> + +<li>Agriopis, <a href="#Page_258">258</a></li> + +<li>Agrotis, <a href="#Page_250">250</a></li> + +<li>Albulata, <a href="#Page_283">283</a></li> + +<li>Alucita, <a href="#Page_295">295</a></li> + +<li>Amataria, <a href="#Page_276">276</a></li> + +<li>Amphidasydæ, <a href="#Page_271">271</a></li> + +<li>Amphidasys, <a href="#Page_272">272</a></li> + +<li>Amphipyridæ, <a href="#Page_254">254</a></li> + +<li>Anaitis, <a href="#Page_289">289</a></li> + +<li>Angle Shades, <a href="#Page_258">258</a></li> + +<li>Anisopteryx, <a href="#Page_281">281</a></li> + +<li>Antennæ, <a href="#Page_5">5</a></li> + +<li>Antiopa, <a href="#Page_167">167</a></li> + +<li>Antiqua, <a href="#Page_228">228</a></li> + +<li>Antithesia, <a href="#Page_301">301</a></li> + +<li>Apamea, <a href="#Page_247">247</a></li> + +<li>Apameidæ, <a href="#Page_244">244</a></li> + +<li>Apatura, <a href="#Page_171">171</a></li> + +<li>Apiformis, <a href="#Page_213">213</a></li> + +<li>Aplecta, <a href="#Page_259">259</a></li> + +<li>Aporia, <a href="#Page_141">141</a></li> + +<li>Aprilina, <a href="#Page_258">258</a></li> + +<li>Arctia, <a href="#Page_221">221</a></li> + +<li>Areola, <a href="#Page_261">261</a></li> + +<li>Argiolus, <a href="#Page_193">193</a></li> + +<li>Argus, Brown, <a href="#Page_189">189</a></li> + +<li>Argus, Wood, <a href="#Page_175">175</a></li> + +<li>Argynnis, <a href="#Page_154">154</a></li> + +<li>Arion, <a href="#Page_194">194</a></li> + +<li>Arrangement of specimens, <a href="#Page_136">136</a></li> + +<li>Arundinis, <a href="#Page_243">243</a></li> + +<li>Asphalia, <a href="#Page_238">238</a></li> + +<li>Astrarche, <a href="#Page_189">189</a></li> + +<li>Atalanta, <a href="#Page_168">168</a></li> + +<li>Athalia, <a href="#Page_163">163</a></li> + +<li>Atomaria, <a href="#Page_278">278</a></li> + +<li>Atropos, <a href="#Page_204">204</a></li> + +<li>August Thorn, <a href="#Page_271">271</a></li> + +<li>Aurella, <a href="#Page_306">306</a></li> + +<li>Aurinia, <a href="#Page_161">161</a></li> + +<li>Aversata, <a href="#Page_276">276</a></li> + +<li>Axylia, <a href="#Page_245">245</a></li> +</ul> +<ul> +<li>Bætica, <a href="#Page_188">188</a></li> + +<li>Bapta, <a href="#Page_277">277</a></li> + +<li>Basilinea, <a href="#Page_247">247</a></li> + +<li>Bath White, <a href="#Page_146">146</a></li> + +<li>Batis, <a href="#Page_237">237</a></li> + +<li>Beating for moths, <a href="#Page_83">83</a></li> + +<li>Beautiful Carpet, <a href="#Page_286">286</a></li> + +<li>Beautiful China Mark, <a href="#Page_293">293</a></li> + +<li>Bellargus, <a href="#Page_191">191</a></li> + +<li>Betulæ, <a href="#Page_183">183</a></li> + +<li>Betularia, <a href="#Page_272">272</a></li> + +<li>Bicolorata, <a href="#Page_285">285</a></li> + +<li>Bifida, <a href="#Page_234">234</a></li> +<li><!-- Page 352 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_352" id="Page_352">[Pg 352]</a></span>Bilineata, <a href="#Page_287">287</a></li> + +<li>Binaria, <a href="#Page_232">232</a></li> + +<li>Biston, <a href="#Page_271">271</a></li> + +<li>Black Arches, <a href="#Page_227">227</a></li> + +<li>Black Hairstreak, <a href="#Page_184">184</a></li> + +<li>Black-veined White, <a href="#Page_141">141</a></li> + +<li>Blood Vein, <a href="#Page_276">276</a></li> + +<li>Blue-bordered Carpet, <a href="#Page_285">285</a></li> + +<li>Blue Chalk Hill, <a href="#Page_192">192</a></li> + +<li>—— Clifden, <a href="#Page_191">191</a></li> + +<li>—— Common, <a href="#Page_190">190</a></li> + +<li>—— Holly, <a href="#Page_193">193</a></li> + +<li>—— Large, <a href="#Page_194">194</a></li> + +<li>—— Mazarine, <a href="#Page_193">193</a></li> + +<li>—— Silver-studded, <a href="#Page_189">189</a></li> + +<li>—— Small, <a href="#Page_194">194</a></li> + +<li>—— Tailed, <a href="#Page_188">188</a></li> + +<li>Boarmia, <a href="#Page_273">273</a></li> + +<li>Boarmiidæ, <a href="#Page_272">272</a></li> + +<li>Bombyces, <a href="#Page_217">217</a></li> + +<li>Bombycidæ, <a href="#Page_229">229</a></li> + +<li>Bombycoidæ, <a href="#Page_240">240</a></li> + +<li>Bombyx, <a href="#Page_229">229</a></li> + +<li>Bordered White, <a href="#Page_279">279</a></li> + +<li>Botys, <a href="#Page_293">293</a></li> + +<li>Brassicæ (<i>Pieris</i>), <a href="#Page_142">142</a></li> + +<li>Brassicæ (<i>Mamestra</i>), <a href="#Page_246">246</a></li> + +<li>Bright-line Brown-eye, <a href="#Page_260">260</a></li> + +<li>Brimstone Butterfly, <a href="#Page_152">152</a></li> + +<li>Brimstone Moth, <a href="#Page_269">269</a></li> + +<li>Brindled Beauty, <a href="#Page_271">271</a></li> + +<li>Brindled Pug, <a href="#Page_284">284</a></li> + +<li>Broad-barred White, <a href="#Page_257">257</a></li> + +<li>—— bordered Bee Hawk, <a href="#Page_211">211</a></li> + +<li>—— —— Five spotted Burnet, <a href="#Page_215">215</a></li> + +<li>Brown Argus, <a href="#Page_189">189</a></li> + +<li>—— Hairstreak, <a href="#Page_183">183</a></li> + +<li>—— line Bright-eye, <a href="#Page_242">242</a></li> + +<li>—— Meadow, <a href="#Page_178">178</a></li> + +<li>—— Northern, <a href="#Page_175">175</a></li> + +<li>—— Tail, <a href="#Page_226">226</a></li> + +<li>Bryophila, <a href="#Page_239">239</a></li> + +<li>Bryophilidæ, <a href="#Page_239">239</a></li> + +<li>Bucephala, <a href="#Page_236">236</a></li> + +<li>Buff Ermine, <a href="#Page_222">222</a></li> + +<li>—— Tip, <a href="#Page_236">236</a></li> + +<li>Bullrush, <a href="#Page_243">243</a></li> + +<li>Bupalus, <a href="#Page_279">279</a></li> + +<li>Burnets, <a href="#Page_215">215</a></li> + +<li>Burnished Brass, <a href="#Page_263">263</a></li> + +<li>Butterflies—British, <a href="#Page_139">139</a></li> + +<li>—— antennæ of, <a href="#Page_5">5</a></li> + +<li>—— body, <a href="#Page_3">3</a></li> + +<li>—— catching, <a href="#Page_64">64</a></li> + +<li>—— eye, <a href="#Page_3">3</a></li> + +<li>—— legs, <a href="#Page_8">8</a>, <a href="#Page_10">10</a></li> + +<li>—— proboscis, <a href="#Page_6">6</a></li> + +<li>—— wings, <a href="#Page_2">2</a>, <a href="#Page_8">8</a></li> +</ul> +<ul> +<li>Cabbage Moth, <a href="#Page_246">246</a></li> + +<li>Cabera, <a href="#Page_277">277</a></li> + +<li>Caberidæ, <a href="#Page_276">276</a></li> + +<li>Cabinets, <a href="#Page_134">134</a></li> + +<li>Caia, <a href="#Page_221">221</a></li> + +<li>Callimorpha, <a href="#Page_220">220</a></li> + +<li>C-Album, <a href="#Page_164">164</a></li> + +<li>Calymnia, <a href="#Page_256">256</a></li> + +<li>Camberwell Beauty, <a href="#Page_167">167</a></li> + +<li>Camelina, <a href="#Page_235">235</a></li> + +<li>Camptogramma, <a href="#Page_287">287</a></li> + +<li>Caradrina, <a href="#Page_249">249</a></li> + +<li>Caradrinidæ, <a href="#Page_248">248</a></li> + +<li>Cardamines, <a href="#Page_148">148</a></li> + +<li>Cardui, <a href="#Page_169">169</a></li> + +<li>Carpocapsa, <a href="#Page_302">302</a></li> + +<li>Carterocephalus, <a href="#Page_201">201</a></li> + +<li>Catching Butterflies, <a href="#Page_64">64</a></li> + +<li>—— moths, <a href="#Page_82">82</a>, <a href="#Page_85">85</a></li> + +<li>Caterpillar state, <a href="#Page_22">22</a></li> + +<li>Catocala, <a href="#Page_265">265</a></li> + +<li>Catocalidæ, <a href="#Page_265">265</a></li> + +<li>Cerastis, <a href="#Page_256">256</a></li> + +<li>Chalk-hill Blue, <a href="#Page_192">192</a></li> + +<li>Cheloniidæ, <a href="#Page_220">220</a></li> + +<li>Chequered Skipper, <a href="#Page_201">201</a></li> + +<li>Chestnut, <a href="#Page_256">256</a></li> + +<li>Chilo, <a href="#Page_296">296</a></li> + +<li>Chinese Character, <a href="#Page_233">233</a></li> + +<li>Chloroform bottle, <a href="#Page_72">72</a></li> + +<li>Chocolate Tip, <a href="#Page_237">237</a></li> + +<li>Chœrocampa, <a href="#Page_207">207</a></li> + +<li>Chrysalis state, <a href="#Page_44">44</a></li> + +<li>Chrysitis, <a href="#Page_263">263</a></li> + +<li>Chrysorrhœa, <a href="#Page_226">226</a></li> + +<li>Cidaria, <a href="#Page_288">288</a></li> + +<li>Cilix, <a href="#Page_233">233</a></li> + +<li>Cinnabar, <a href="#Page_219">219</a></li> + +<li>Cinxia, <a href="#Page_162">162</a></li> + +<li>Cirsiana, <a href="#Page_301">301</a></li> + +<li>Classification of Lepidoptera, <a href="#Page_55">55</a></li> + +<li>Clearwings, <a href="#Page_212">212</a></li> + +<li>Clifden Blue, <a href="#Page_191">191</a></li> + +<li>Clifden Nonpareil, <a href="#Page_265">265</a></li> + +<li>Clouded Silver, <a href="#Page_277">277</a></li> + +<li>Clouded Yellow, <a href="#Page_151">151</a></li> + +<li>Cœnonympha, <a href="#Page_181">181</a></li> + +<li>Coleophora, <a href="#Page_305">305</a></li> + +<li>Colias, <a href="#Page_149">149</a></li> + +<li>Collecting box, <a href="#Page_73">73</a></li> + +<li>Collecting larvæ, <a href="#Page_101">101</a></li> + +<li>—— ova, <a href="#Page_99">99</a></li> + +<li>—— pupæ, <a href="#Page_108">108</a></li> + +<li>Comes, <a href="#Page_253">253</a></li> + +<li>Comma, <a href="#Page_164">164</a>, <a href="#Page_200">200</a></li> + +<li>Common Blue, <a href="#Page_190">190</a></li> + +<li><!-- Page 353 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_353" id="Page_353">[Pg 353]</a></span> +—— Carpet, <a href="#Page_286">286</a></li> + +<li>Common Emerald, <a href="#Page_274">274</a></li> + +<li>—— Footman, <a href="#Page_219">219</a></li> + +<li>—— Heath, <a href="#Page_278">278</a></li> + +<li>—— Quaker, <a href="#Page_255">255</a></li> + +<li>—— Swift, <a href="#Page_223">223</a></li> + +<li>—— Wainscot, <a href="#Page_243">243</a></li> + +<li>—— Wave, <a href="#Page_277">277</a></li> + +<li>Complanella, <a href="#Page_306">306</a></li> + +<li>Conigera, <a href="#Page_242">242</a></li> + +<li>Copper—Large, <a href="#Page_187">187</a></li> + +<li>—— Small, <a href="#Page_188">188</a></li> + +<li>Corydon, <a href="#Page_192">192</a></li> + +<li>Cosmiidæ, <a href="#Page_256">256</a></li> + +<li>Cossidæ, <a href="#Page_224">224</a></li> + +<li>Cossus, <a href="#Page_224">224</a></li> + +<li>Coxcomb Prominent, <a href="#Page_235">235</a></li> + +<li>Crambi, <a href="#Page_296">296</a></li> + +<li>Crambus, <a href="#Page_297">297</a></li> + +<li>Cratægi, <a href="#Page_141">141</a></li> + +<li>Cream-spot Tiger, <a href="#Page_221">221</a></li> + +<li>Cristana, <a href="#Page_300">300</a></li> + +<li>Crocallis, <a href="#Page_270">270</a></li> + +<li>Cucullatella, <a href="#Page_218">218</a></li> + +<li>Cucullia, <a href="#Page_261">261</a></li> + +<li>Cuprella, <a href="#Page_304">304</a></li> + +<li>Currant Clearwing, <a href="#Page_213">213</a></li> + +<li>Currant Moth, <a href="#Page_279">279</a></li> + +<li>Curtula, <a href="#Page_237">237</a></li> + +<li>Cyanide bottle, <a href="#Page_68">68</a></li> + +<li>Cymatophoridæ, <a href="#Page_237">237</a></li> +</ul> +<ul> +<li>Daplidice, <a href="#Page_146">146</a></li> + +<li>Dark Crimson Underwing, <a href="#Page_266">266</a></li> + +<li>Dark Dagger, <a href="#Page_241">241</a></li> + +<li>Dark Green Fritillary, <a href="#Page_158">158</a></li> + +<li>Dark Hairstreak, <a href="#Page_185">185</a></li> + +<li>Death's-head Hawk, <a href="#Page_204">204</a></li> + +<li>Decoys, <a href="#Page_96">96</a></li> + +<li>Defoliaria, <a href="#Page_281">281</a></li> + +<li>Deilephila, <a href="#Page_207">207</a></li> + +<li>Dentina, <a href="#Page_259">259</a></li> + +<li>Depressaria, <a href="#Page_304">304</a></li> + +<li>Dicranura, <a href="#Page_234">234</a></li> + +<li>Dicranuridæ, <a href="#Page_233">233</a></li> + +<li>Didymata, <a href="#Page_283">283</a></li> + +<li>Diloba, <a href="#Page_241">241</a></li> + +<li>Dilutata, <a href="#Page_282">282</a></li> + +<li>Dingy Skipper, <a href="#Page_198">198</a></li> + +<li>Dispar, <a href="#Page_187">187</a>, <a href="#Page_227">227</a></li> + +<li>Diurnea, <a href="#Page_303">303</a></li> + +<li>Dominula, <a href="#Page_220">220</a></li> + +<li>Dot, <a href="#Page_247">247</a></li> + +<li>Drepana, <a href="#Page_232">232</a></li> + +<li>Drepanulidæ, <a href="#Page_232">232</a></li> + +<li>Drinker, <a href="#Page_230">230</a></li> + +<li>Duke of Burgundy, <a href="#Page_196">196</a></li> + +<li>Dun-bar, <a href="#Page_256">256</a></li> +</ul> +<ul> +<li>Early Grey, <a href="#Page_261">261</a></li> + +<li>Edusa, <a href="#Page_151">151</a></li> + +<li>Egeria, <a href="#Page_175">175</a></li> + +<li>Eggs, <a href="#Page_16">16</a></li> + +<li>Elephant Hawk, <a href="#Page_207">207</a></li> + +<li>Elinguaria, <a href="#Page_270">270</a></li> + +<li>Elpenor, <a href="#Page_208">208</a></li> + +<li>Ematurga, <a href="#Page_278">278</a></li> + +<li>Emmelesia, <a href="#Page_283">283</a></li> + +<li>Emperor Moth, <a href="#Page_231">231</a></li> + +<li>Emperor, Purple, <a href="#Page_171">171</a></li> + +<li>Endromidæ, <a href="#Page_231">231</a></li> + +<li>Endromis, <a href="#Page_231">231</a></li> + +<li>Ennomidæ, <a href="#Page_269">269</a></li> + +<li>Entomological pins, <a href="#Page_76">76</a></li> + +<li>Ephippiphora, <a href="#Page_301">301</a></li> + +<li>Ephyridæ, <a href="#Page_275">275</a></li> + +<li>Epinephele, <a href="#Page_178">178</a></li> + +<li>Epiphron, <a href="#Page_174">174</a></li> + +<li>Erebia, <a href="#Page_174">174</a></li> + +<li>Erycinidæ, <a href="#Page_196">196</a></li> + +<li>Eubolia, <a href="#Page_289">289</a></li> + +<li>Euboliidæ, <a href="#Page_288">288</a></li> + +<li>Euchelia, <a href="#Page_219">219</a></li> + +<li>Eucheliidæ, <a href="#Page_219">219</a></li> + +<li>Euchloë, <a href="#Page_148">148</a></li> + +<li>Euclidia, <a href="#Page_264">264</a></li> + +<li>Euclidiidæ, <a href="#Page_264">264</a></li> + +<li>Eugonia, <a href="#Page_271">271</a></li> + +<li>Euphorbiæ, <a href="#Page_207">207</a></li> + +<li>Euphrosyne, <a href="#Page_156">156</a></li> + +<li>Eupithecia, <a href="#Page_283">283</a></li> + +<li>Euplexia, <a href="#Page_258">258</a></li> + +<li>Eurrhypara, <a href="#Page_292">292</a></li> + +<li>Exanthemata, <a href="#Page_277">277</a></li> + +<li>Exclamationis, <a href="#Page_250">250</a></li> + +<li>Eyed Hawk, <a href="#Page_208">208</a></li> +</ul> +<ul> +<li>Fagella, <a href="#Page_303">303</a></li> + +<li>Farinalis, <a href="#Page_292">292</a></li> + +<li>Fidoniidæ, <a href="#Page_278">278</a></li> + +<li>Figure of Eight, <a href="#Page_241">241</a></li> + +<li>Filipendulæ, <a href="#Page_215">215</a></li> + +<li>Flame, <a href="#Page_245">245</a></li> + +<li>Flame Shoulder, <a href="#Page_252">252</a></li> + +<li>Flavago, <a href="#Page_256">256</a></li> + +<li>Flavicornis, <a href="#Page_238">238</a></li> + +<li>Flounced Rustic, <a href="#Page_246">246</a></li> + +<li>Fluctuata, <a href="#Page_287">287</a></li> + +<li>Forester, <a href="#Page_214">214</a></li> + +<li>Forficalis, <a href="#Page_293">293</a></li> + +<li>Fraxini, <a href="#Page_265">265</a></li> + +<li>Fritillaries, <a href="#Page_154">154</a></li> + +<li>Fritillary, Dark Green, <a href="#Page_158">158</a></li> + +<li>—— Glanville, <a href="#Page_162">162</a></li> + +<li><!-- Page 354 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_354" id="Page_354">[Pg 354]</a></span> +—— Greasy, <a href="#Page_161">161</a></li> + +<li>—— Heath, <a href="#Page_163">163</a></li> + +<li>—— High Brown, <a href="#Page_159">159</a></li> + +<li>—— Pearl-bordered, <a href="#Page_156">156</a></li> + +<li>—— Queen of Spain, <a href="#Page_156">156</a></li> + +<li>—— Silver-washed, <a href="#Page_159">159</a></li> + +<li>—— Small Pearl-bordered, <a href="#Page_154">154</a></li> +</ul> +<ul> +<li>Galatea, <a href="#Page_173">173</a></li> + +<li>Galleria, <a href="#Page_298">298</a></li> + +<li>Gamma, <a href="#Page_264">264</a></li> + +<li>Garden Carpet, <a href="#Page_287">287</a></li> + +<li>Garden Dart, <a href="#Page_251">251</a></li> + +<li>Garden Pebble, <a href="#Page_293">293</a></li> + +<li>Gemmaria, <a href="#Page_273">273</a></li> + +<li>Geoffrella, <a href="#Page_305">305</a></li> + +<li>Geometra, <a href="#Page_274">274</a></li> + +<li>Geometræ, <a href="#Page_268">268</a></li> + +<li>Geometridæ, <a href="#Page_274">274</a></li> + +<li>Ghost Swift, <a href="#Page_223">223</a></li> + +<li>Gipsy, <a href="#Page_227">227</a></li> + +<li>Glaucata, <a href="#Page_233">233</a></li> + +<li>Goat Moth, <a href="#Page_224">224</a></li> + +<li>Gonodactyla, <a href="#Page_294">294</a></li> + +<li>Gonoptera, <a href="#Page_264">264</a></li> + +<li>Gonopteridæ, <a href="#Page_262">262</a></li> + +<li>Gonopteryx, <a href="#Page_152">152</a></li> + +<li>Gortyna, <a href="#Page_244">244</a></li> + +<li>Gothic, <a href="#Page_254">254</a></li> + +<li>Grass Rivulet, <a href="#Page_283">283</a></li> + +<li>Grayling, <a href="#Page_177">177</a></li> + +<li>Grease, <a href="#Page_127">127</a></li> + +<li>Greasy Fritillary, <a href="#Page_161">161</a></li> + +<li>Green Hairstreak, <a href="#Page_186">186</a></li> + +<li>Green-chequered White, <a href="#Page_146">146</a></li> + +<li>Green Silver-lined, <a href="#Page_217">217</a></li> + +<li>Grizzled Skipper, <a href="#Page_197">197</a></li> + +<li>Grey Arches, <a href="#Page_259">259</a></li> + +<li>Grey Dagger, <a href="#Page_240">240</a></li> + +<li>Grossulariata, <a href="#Page_279">279</a></li> +</ul> +<ul> +<li>Hadena, <a href="#Page_259">259</a></li> + +<li>Hadenidæ, <a href="#Page_257">257</a></li> + +<li>Hairstreak, Black, <a href="#Page_184">184</a></li> + +<li>—— Brown, <a href="#Page_183">183</a></li> + +<li>—— Dark, <a href="#Page_185">185</a></li> + +<li>—— Green, <a href="#Page_186">186</a></li> + +<li>—— Purple, <a href="#Page_185">185</a></li> + +<li>—— White-letter, <a href="#Page_184">184</a></li> + +<li>Halia, <a href="#Page_278">278</a></li> + +<li>Hamellus, <a href="#Page_297">297</a></li> + +<li>Harpella, <a href="#Page_305">305</a></li> + +<li>Hawk Moths, <a href="#Page_204">204</a></li> + +<li>Heart and Dart, <a href="#Page_250">250</a></li> + +<li>Heath, Large, <a href="#Page_179">179</a></li> + +<li>—— Moth, <a href="#Page_278">278</a></li> + +<li>Heath, Small, <a href="#Page_181">181</a></li> + +<li>—— Fritillary, <a href="#Page_163">163</a></li> + +<li>Hecatera, <a href="#Page_257">257</a></li> + +<li>Helice, <a href="#Page_151">151</a></li> + +<li>Hemerophila, <a href="#Page_273">273</a></li> + +<li>Hemithea, <a href="#Page_274">274</a></li> + +<li>Hepialidæ, <a href="#Page_223">223</a></li> + +<li>Hepialus, <a href="#Page_223">223</a></li> + +<li>Herald Moth, <a href="#Page_262">262</a></li> + +<li>Hesperia, <a href="#Page_198">198</a></li> + +<li>Hesperiidæ, <a href="#Page_197">197</a></li> + +<li>Hexadactyla, <a href="#Page_295">295</a></li> + +<li>High Brown Fritillary, <a href="#Page_159">159</a></li> + +<li>Hirtaria, <a href="#Page_271">271</a></li> + +<li>Holly Blue, <a href="#Page_193">193</a></li> + +<li>Hornet Clearwing of Osier, <a href="#Page_213">213</a></li> + +<li>Hornet Clearwing of Poplar, <a href="#Page_213">213</a></li> + +<li>Hortuellus, <a href="#Page_297">297</a></li> + +<li>Humming-bird Hawk, <a href="#Page_210">210</a></li> + +<li>Humuli, <a href="#Page_223">223</a></li> + +<li>Hyale, <a href="#Page_149">149</a></li> + +<li>Hybernia, <a href="#Page_280">280</a></li> + +<li>Hyberniidæ, <a href="#Page_280">280</a></li> + +<li>Hydrocampa, <a href="#Page_293">293</a></li> + +<li>Hylophila, <a href="#Page_217">217</a></li> + +<li>Hyperanthus, <a href="#Page_180">180</a></li> + +<li>Hyponomeuta, <a href="#Page_304">304</a></li> +</ul> +<ul> +<li>Ianira, <a href="#Page_178">178</a></li> + +<li>Ianthina, <a href="#Page_252">252</a></li> + +<li>Ibipennella, <a href="#Page_305">305</a></li> + +<li>Icarus, <a href="#Page_190">190</a></li> + +<li>Ichneumon flies, <a href="#Page_25">25</a></li> + +<li>Impura, <a href="#Page_243">243</a></li> + +<li>Ino, <a href="#Page_214">214</a></li> + +<li>Io, <a href="#Page_167">167</a></li> + +<li>Iris, <a href="#Page_171">171</a></li> +</ul> +<ul> +<li>Jacobææ, <a href="#Page_219">219</a></li> +</ul> +<ul> +<li>Kentish Glory, <a href="#Page_231">231</a></li> + +<li>Killing bottle, <a href="#Page_68">68</a></li> + +<li>Killing box, <a href="#Page_70">70</a></li> +</ul> +<ul> +<li>Labial palpi, <a href="#Page_6">6</a></li> + +<li>Lace Border, <a href="#Page_275">275</a></li> + +<li>Lappet, <a href="#Page_230">230</a></li> + +<li>Larentia, <a href="#Page_283">283</a></li> + +<li>Larentiidæ, <a href="#Page_282">282</a></li> + +<li>Large Blue, <a href="#Page_194">194</a></li> + +<li>Large Copper, <a href="#Page_187">187</a></li> + +<li>Large Elephant, <a href="#Page_208">208</a></li> + +<li><!-- Page 355 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_355" id="Page_355">[Pg 355]</a></span> +Large Emerald, <a href="#Page_274">274</a></li> + +<li>Large Heath, <a href="#Page_179">179</a></li> + +<li>Large Skipper, <a href="#Page_200">200</a></li> + +<li>Large Tortoiseshell, <a href="#Page_165">165</a></li> + +<li>Large White, <a href="#Page_142">142</a></li> + +<li>Large Yellow Underwing, <a href="#Page_253">253</a></li> + +<li>Larvæ, <a href="#Page_22">22</a></li> + +<li>Larvæ Beating, <a href="#Page_107">107</a></li> + +<li>Larvæ, blowpipe for, <a href="#Page_131">131</a></li> + +<li>Larva boxes, <a href="#Page_101">101</a></li> + +<li>Larva cage, <a href="#Page_115">115</a></li> + +<li>Larvæ collecting, <a href="#Page_101">101</a></li> + +<li>Larvæ, glass for, <a href="#Page_114">114</a></li> + +<li>Larvæ rearing, <a href="#Page_113">113</a></li> + +<li>Lasiocampa, <a href="#Page_230">230</a></li> + +<li>Latona, <a href="#Page_156">156</a></li> + +<li>Laurel box, <a href="#Page_70">70</a></li> + +<li>Leaf Miners, <a href="#Page_33">33</a>, <a href="#Page_303">303</a></li> + +<li>Leaf Rollers, <a href="#Page_33">33</a>, <a href="#Page_303">303</a></li> + +<li>Lecheana, <a href="#Page_300">300</a></li> + +<li>Legs of Lepidoptera, <a href="#Page_8">8</a>, <a href="#Page_10">10</a></li> + +<li>Leioptilus, <a href="#Page_295">295</a></li> + +<li>Leopard Moth, <a href="#Page_225">225</a></li> + +<li>Lepidoptera—antennæ, <a href="#Page_5">5</a></li> + +<li>—— body, <a href="#Page_3">3</a></li> + +<li>—— classification of, <a href="#Page_55">55</a></li> + +<li>—— eggs of, <a href="#Page_16">16</a></li> + +<li>—— general characteristics, <a href="#Page_1">1</a></li> + +<li>—— legs of, <a href="#Page_8">8</a>, <a href="#Page_10">10</a></li> + +<li>—— metamorphoses, <a href="#Page_14">14</a></li> + +<li>—— proboscis, <a href="#Page_6">6</a></li> + +<li>—— wings, <a href="#Page_2">2</a>, <a href="#Page_8">8</a></li> + +<li>Lesser Broad Border, <a href="#Page_252">252</a></li> + +<li>Lesser Yellow Underwing, <a href="#Page_253">253</a></li> + +<li>Leucania, <a href="#Page_242">242</a></li> + +<li>Leucaniidæ, <a href="#Page_242">242</a></li> + +<li>Leucophasia, <a href="#Page_149">149</a></li> + +<li>Leucophæaria, <a href="#Page_280">280</a></li> + +<li>Libatrix, <a href="#Page_262">262</a></li> + +<li>Light Arches, <a href="#Page_245">245</a></li> + +<li>Light Emerald, <a href="#Page_270">270</a></li> + +<li>Light Traps, <a href="#Page_87">87</a></li> + +<li>Ligniperda, <a href="#Page_224">224</a></li> + +<li>Ligustri, <a href="#Page_206">206</a></li> + +<li>Lime Hawk, <a href="#Page_210">210</a></li> + +<li>Limenitis, <a href="#Page_170">170</a></li> + +<li>Limitata, <a href="#Page_289">289</a></li> + +<li>Lineola, <a href="#Page_199">199</a></li> + +<li>Liparidæ, <a href="#Page_226">226</a></li> + +<li>Lithosia, <a href="#Page_218">218</a></li> + +<li>Lithosiidæ, <a href="#Page_219">219</a></li> + +<li>Lithoxylea, <a href="#Page_245">245</a></li> + +<li>Lobophora, <a href="#Page_285">285</a></li> + +<li>Lobster Moth, <a href="#Page_28">28</a></li> + +<li>Lophopteryx, <a href="#Page_235">235</a></li> + +<li>Lubricipeda, <a href="#Page_222">222</a></li> + +<li>Lucina, <a href="#Page_196">196</a></li> + +<li>Lucipara, <a href="#Page_258">258</a></li> + +<li>Lulworth Skipper, <a href="#Page_199">199</a></li> + +<li>Luperina, <a href="#Page_246">246</a></li> + +<li>Lupulinus, <a href="#Page_223">223</a></li> + +<li>Luteolata, <a href="#Page_269">269</a></li> + +<li>Lycæna, <a href="#Page_183">183</a>, <a href="#Page_188">188</a></li> + +<li>Lycænidæ, <a href="#Page_183">183</a></li> +</ul> +<ul> +<li>Macariidæ, <a href="#Page_278">278</a></li> + +<li>Machaon, <a href="#Page_139">139</a></li> + +<li>Macroglossa, <a href="#Page_210">210</a></li> + +<li>Maiden's Blush, <a href="#Page_275">275</a></li> + +<li>Malvæ, <a href="#Page_197">197</a></li> + +<li>Mamestra, <a href="#Page_246">246</a></li> + +<li>Mania, <a href="#Page_254">254</a></li> + +<li>Marbled Beauty, <a href="#Page_239">239</a></li> + +<li>Marbled Minor, <a href="#Page_248">248</a></li> + +<li>Margaritaria, <a href="#Page_270">270</a></li> + +<li>Marsh Moth, <a href="#Page_281">281</a></li> + +<li>Marsh Ringlet, <a href="#Page_181">181</a></li> + +<li>Marvel-du-jour, <a href="#Page_258">258</a></li> + +<li>Maura, <a href="#Page_254">254</a></li> + +<li>Mazarine Blue, <a href="#Page_193">193</a></li> + +<li>Meadow Brown, <a href="#Page_178">178</a></li> + +<li>Meal Moth, <a href="#Page_292">292</a></li> + +<li>Megacephala, <a href="#Page_241">241</a></li> + +<li>Megæra, <a href="#Page_177">177</a></li> + +<li>Melanargia, <a href="#Page_173">173</a></li> + +<li>Melanthia, <a href="#Page_285">285</a></li> + +<li>Melitæa, <a href="#Page_161">161</a></li> + +<li>Mellonella, <a href="#Page_298">298</a></li> + +<li>Menthastri, <a href="#Page_222">222</a></li> + +<li>Meticulosa, <a href="#Page_258">258</a></li> + +<li>Metrocampa, <a href="#Page_270">270</a></li> + +<li>Mi, <a href="#Page_264">264</a></li> + +<li>Miana, <a href="#Page_248">248</a></li> + +<li>Micro-lepidoptera, <a href="#Page_290">290</a></li> + +<li>Minima, <a href="#Page_194">194</a></li> + +<li>Monacha, <a href="#Page_227">227</a></li> + +<li>Montanata, <a href="#Page_286">286</a></li> + +<li>Morpheus, <a href="#Page_249">249</a></li> + +<li>Mother-of-pearl, <a href="#Page_293">293</a></li> + +<li>Mother Shipton, <a href="#Page_264">264</a></li> + +<li>Moths, <a href="#Page_203">203</a></li> + +<li>—— antennæ of, <a href="#Page_5">5</a></li> + +<li>—— catching, <a href="#Page_82">82</a></li> + +<li>—— traps, <a href="#Page_87">87</a></li> + +<li>Mottled Rustic, <a href="#Page_249">249</a></li> + +<li>Mottled Umber, <a href="#Page_281">281</a></li> + +<li>Mundana, <a href="#Page_218">218</a></li> + +<li>Muslin Moth, <a href="#Page_218">218</a></li> +</ul> +<ul> +<li>Nanata, <a href="#Page_284">284</a></li> + +<li>Napi, <a href="#Page_145">145</a></li> + +<li>Narrow-winged Pug, <a href="#Page_284">284</a></li> + +<li><!-- Page 356 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_356" id="Page_356">[Pg 356]</a></span> +Nebulosa, <a href="#Page_259">259</a></li> + +<li>Nemeobius, <a href="#Page_196">196</a></li> + +<li>Nemeophila, <a href="#Page_220">220</a></li> + +<li>Nepticula, <a href="#Page_306">306</a></li> + +<li>Nervosa, <a href="#Page_304">304</a></li> + +<li>Nets, <a href="#Page_65">65</a>, <a href="#Page_87">87</a>, <a href="#Page_91">91</a></li> + +<li>Netted Pug, <a href="#Page_283">283</a></li> + +<li>New Small Skipper, <a href="#Page_199">199</a></li> + +<li>Nigricans, <a href="#Page_251">251</a></li> + +<li>Nisoniades, <a href="#Page_198">198</a></li> + +<li>Noctua, <a href="#Page_252">252</a></li> + +<li>Noctuæ, <a href="#Page_239">239</a></li> + +<li>Noctuidæ, <a href="#Page_249">249</a></li> + +<li>Nola, <a href="#Page_218">218</a></li> + +<li>Nolidæ, <a href="#Page_218">218</a></li> + +<li>Nonagria, <a href="#Page_243">243</a></li> + +<li>Northern Brown, <a href="#Page_175">175</a></li> + +<li>Notodontidæ, <a href="#Page_235">235</a></li> + +<li>November Moth, <a href="#Page_282">282</a></li> + +<li>Nudaria, <a href="#Page_218">218</a></li> + +<li>Nupta, <a href="#Page_266">266</a></li> + +<li>Nycteolidæ, <a href="#Page_217">217</a></li> + +<li>Nymphalidæ, <a href="#Page_154">154</a></li> +</ul> +<ul> +<li>Oak Eggar, <a href="#Page_229">229</a></li> + +<li>Oak Hook Tip, <a href="#Page_232">232</a></li> + +<li>Ocellatus, <a href="#Page_208">208</a></li> + +<li>Ochracea, <a href="#Page_244">244</a></li> + +<li>Ocneria, <a href="#Page_227">227</a></li> + +<li>Octomaculana, <a href="#Page_301">301</a></li> + +<li>Odonestis, <a href="#Page_230">230</a></li> + +<li>Old Lady, <a href="#Page_254">254</a></li> + +<li>Oleracea, <a href="#Page_260">260</a></li> + +<li>Oporabia, <a href="#Page_282">282</a></li> + +<li>Orange Tip, <a href="#Page_148">148</a></li> + +<li>Orgyia, <a href="#Page_228">228</a></li> + +<li>Ornata, <a href="#Page_275">275</a></li> + +<li>Orthosiidæ, <a href="#Page_255">255</a></li> + +<li>Osteodactylus, <a href="#Page_295">295</a></li> + +<li>Ova collecting, <a href="#Page_99">99</a></li> + +<li>Ova preserving, <a href="#Page_130">130</a></li> +</ul> +<ul> +<li>Padellus, <a href="#Page_304">304</a></li> + +<li>Painted Lady, <a href="#Page_169">169</a></li> + +<li>Palæmon, <a href="#Page_201">201</a></li> + +<li>Pale Clouded Yellow, <a href="#Page_149">149</a></li> + +<li>Pallens, <a href="#Page_243">243</a></li> + +<li>Palpi, <a href="#Page_6">6</a></li> + +<li>Pamphilus, <a href="#Page_181">181</a></li> + +<li>Paphia, <a href="#Page_159">159</a></li> + +<li>Papilio, <a href="#Page_139">139</a></li> + +<li>Papilionaria, <a href="#Page_274">274</a></li> + +<li>Papilionidæ, <a href="#Page_139">139</a></li> + +<li>Pararge, <a href="#Page_175">175</a></li> + +<li>Pavonia, <a href="#Page_231">231</a></li> + +<li>Peach Blossom, <a href="#Page_237">237</a></li> + +<li>Peacock, <a href="#Page_167">167</a></li> + +<li>Pearl-bordered Fritillary, <a href="#Page_156">156</a></li> + +<li>Pentadactyla, <a href="#Page_295">295</a></li> + +<li>Penthina, <a href="#Page_300">300</a></li> + +<li>Peppered Moth, <a href="#Page_272">272</a></li> + +<li>Perla, <a href="#Page_239">239</a></li> + +<li>Peronea, <a href="#Page_300">300</a></li> + +<li>Persicariæ, <a href="#Page_247">247</a></li> + +<li>Phalera, <a href="#Page_236">236</a></li> + +<li>Phlæas, <a href="#Page_188">188</a></li> + +<li>Phlogophora, <a href="#Page_258">258</a></li> + +<li>Phragmitellus, <a href="#Page_296">296</a></li> + +<li>Pieridæ, <a href="#Page_141">141</a></li> + +<li>Pinguinalis, <a href="#Page_291">291</a></li> + +<li>Piniaria, <a href="#Page_279">279</a></li> + +<li>Pink-barred Sallow, <a href="#Page_256">256</a></li> + +<li>Pins, <a href="#Page_76">76</a></li> + +<li>Pionea, <a href="#Page_293">293</a></li> + +<li>Plagiata, <a href="#Page_289">289</a></li> + +<li>Plantaginis, <a href="#Page_220">220</a></li> + +<li>Platyptilia, <a href="#Page_294">294</a></li> + +<li>Plecta, <a href="#Page_252">252</a></li> + +<li>Plusia, <a href="#Page_263">263</a></li> + +<li>Plusiidæ, <a href="#Page_263">263</a></li> + +<li>Polychloros, <a href="#Page_165">165</a></li> + +<li>Polyommatus, <a href="#Page_187">187</a></li> + +<li>Poplar Grey, <a href="#Page_241">241</a></li> + +<li>Poplar Hawk, <a href="#Page_209">209</a></li> + +<li>Poplar Kitten, <a href="#Page_234">234</a></li> + +<li>Populi, <a href="#Page_209">209</a></li> + +<li>Porcellus, <a href="#Page_207">207</a></li> + +<li>Porthesia, <a href="#Page_226">226</a></li> + +<li>Potatoria, <a href="#Page_230">230</a></li> + +<li>Prasinana, <a href="#Page_217">217</a></li> + +<li>Preserving larvæ, <a href="#Page_131">131</a></li> + +<li>—— ova, <a href="#Page_130">130</a></li> + +<li>—— pupæ, <a href="#Page_133">133</a></li> + +<li>Privet Hawk, <a href="#Page_206">206</a></li> + +<li>Proboscis, <a href="#Page_6">6</a></li> + +<li>Pronuba, <a href="#Page_253">253</a></li> + +<li>Pruni, <a href="#Page_185">185</a></li> + +<li>Pruniana, <a href="#Page_300">300</a></li> + +<li>Psi, <a href="#Page_240">240</a></li> + +<li>Psilura, <a href="#Page_227">227</a></li> + +<li>Pterophori, <a href="#Page_294">294</a></li> + +<li>Ptycholoma, <a href="#Page_300">300</a></li> + +<li>Punctaria, <a href="#Page_275">275</a></li> + +<li>Pupa state, <a href="#Page_44">44</a></li> + +<li>Pupæ collecting, <a href="#Page_108">108</a></li> + +<li>—— digging, <a href="#Page_111">111</a></li> + +<li>—— management of, <a href="#Page_118">118</a></li> + +<li>—— preserving, <a href="#Page_133">133</a></li> + +<li>Purple Emperor, <a href="#Page_171">171</a></li> + +<li>Purple Hairstreak, <a href="#Page_185">185</a></li> + +<li>Puss Moth, <a href="#Page_235">235</a></li> + +<li>Putris, <a href="#Page_245">245</a></li> + +<li><!-- Page 357 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_357" id="Page_357">[Pg 357]</a></span> +Pygæra, <a href="#Page_237">237</a></li> + +<li>Pygæridæ, <a href="#Page_236">236</a></li> + +<li>Pyralides, <a href="#Page_291">291</a></li> + +<li>Pyralis, <a href="#Page_292">292</a></li> + +<li>Pyrina, <a href="#Page_225">225</a></li> +</ul> +<ul> +<li>Queen of Spain, <a href="#Page_156">156</a></li> + +<li>Quercifolia, <a href="#Page_230">230</a></li> + +<li>Quercinaria, <a href="#Page_271">271</a></li> + +<li>Quercus (<i>Bombyx</i>), <a href="#Page_229">229</a></li> + +<li>Quercus (<i>Thecla</i>), <a href="#Page_185">185</a></li> +</ul> +<ul> +<li>Rapæ, <a href="#Page_144">144</a></li> + +<li>Rearing larvæ, <a href="#Page_113">113</a></li> + +<li>Red Admiral, <a href="#Page_168">168</a></li> + +<li>Red Underwing, <a href="#Page_266">266</a></li> + +<li>Relaxing, <a href="#Page_125">125</a></li> + +<li>Rhamni, <a href="#Page_152">152</a></li> + +<li>Riband Wave, <a href="#Page_276">276</a></li> + +<li>Ringlet, <a href="#Page_180">180</a></li> + +<li>—— Marsh, <a href="#Page_181">181</a></li> + +<li>—— Small, <a href="#Page_174">174</a></li> + +<li>Rubi, <a href="#Page_186">186</a></li> + +<li>Rumia, <a href="#Page_269">269</a></li> + +<li>Ruralis, <a href="#Page_293">293</a></li> + +<li>Rustic Shoulder-knot, <a href="#Page_247">247</a></li> +</ul> +<ul> +<li>Salicella, <a href="#Page_301">301</a></li> + +<li>Sambucaria, <a href="#Page_268">268</a></li> + +<li>Saturnia, <a href="#Page_231">231</a></li> + +<li>Saturniidæ, <a href="#Page_231">231</a></li> + +<li>Satyridæ, <a href="#Page_173">173</a></li> + +<li>Satyrus, <a href="#Page_177">177</a></li> + +<li>Scalloped Oak, <a href="#Page_270">270</a></li> + +<li>Scarlet Tiger, <a href="#Page_220">220</a></li> + +<li>Sciaphila, <a href="#Page_301">301</a></li> + +<li>Segetum, <a href="#Page_250">250</a></li> + +<li>Selene, <a href="#Page_154">154</a></li> + +<li>Semele, <a href="#Page_177">177</a></li> + +<li>Semiargus, <a href="#Page_193">193</a></li> + +<li>Serena, <a href="#Page_257">257</a></li> + +<li>Sesia, <a href="#Page_213">213</a></li> + +<li>Sesiidæ, <a href="#Page_212">212</a></li> + +<li>Setting boards, <a href="#Page_122">122</a></li> + +<li>Shark, <a href="#Page_261">261</a></li> + +<li>Shears, <a href="#Page_259">259</a></li> + +<li>Short-cloaked, <a href="#Page_218">218</a></li> + +<li>Sibylla, <a href="#Page_170">170</a></li> + +<li>Silaceata, <a href="#Page_288">288</a></li> + +<li>Silver-ground Carpet, <a href="#Page_286">286</a></li> + +<li>Silver-spotted Skipper, <a href="#Page_200">200</a></li> + +<li>Silver-studded Blue, <a href="#Page_189">189</a></li> + +<li>Silver-washed Fritillary, <a href="#Page_159">159</a></li> + +<li>Silver <span class="lettershape">Y</span>, <a href="#Page_264">264</a></li> + +<li>Sinapis, <a href="#Page_149">149</a></li> + +<li>Six-spot Burnet, <a href="#Page_215">215</a></li> + +<li>Skippers, <a href="#Page_196">196</a></li> + +<li>Skipper, Chequered, <a href="#Page_201">201</a></li> + +<li>—— Dingy, <a href="#Page_198">198</a></li> + +<li>—— Grizzled, <a href="#Page_197">197</a></li> + +<li>—— Lulworth, <a href="#Page_199">199</a></li> + +<li>—— New Small, <a href="#Page_199">199</a></li> + +<li>—— Silver-spotted, <a href="#Page_200">200</a></li> + +<li>—— Small, <a href="#Page_198">198</a></li> + +<li>Sleeving, <a href="#Page_116">116</a></li> + +<li>Small Angle Shades, <a href="#Page_258">258</a></li> + +<li>—— Blue, <a href="#Page_194">194</a></li> + +<li>—— Copper, <a href="#Page_188">188</a></li> + +<li>—— Elephant, <a href="#Page_207">207</a></li> + +<li>—— Heath, <a href="#Page_181">181</a></li> + +<li>—— Magpie, <a href="#Page_292">292</a></li> + +<li>—— Mallow, <a href="#Page_289">289</a></li> + +<li>—— Pearl-bordered Fritillary, <a href="#Page_154">154</a></li> + +<li>—— Phœnix, <a href="#Page_288">288</a></li> + +<li>—— Ringlet, <a href="#Page_174">174</a></li> + +<li>—— Seraphim, <a href="#Page_285">285</a></li> + +<li>—— Skipper, <a href="#Page_198">198</a></li> + +<li>—— Tortoiseshell, <a href="#Page_166">166</a></li> + +<li>—— White, <a href="#Page_144">144</a></li> + +<li>Smerinthus, <a href="#Page_208">208</a></li> + +<li>Smoky Wainscot, <a href="#Page_243">243</a></li> + +<li>Sociata, <a href="#Page_286">286</a></li> + +<li>Speckled Wood, <a href="#Page_175">175</a></li> + +<li>Sphinges, <a href="#Page_203">203</a></li> + +<li>Sphingidæ, <a href="#Page_204">204</a></li> + +<li>Sphinx, <a href="#Page_206">206</a></li> + +<li>Spilosoma, <a href="#Page_222">222</a></li> + +<li>Sponsa, <a href="#Page_266">266</a></li> + +<li>Spring Usher, <a href="#Page_280">280</a></li> + +<li>Spurge Hawk, <a href="#Page_207">207</a></li> + +<li>Stabilis, <a href="#Page_255">255</a></li> + +<li>Stagnata, <a href="#Page_293">293</a></li> + +<li>Statices, <a href="#Page_214">214</a></li> + +<li>Stellatarum, <a href="#Page_210">210</a></li> + +<li>Store boxes, <a href="#Page_135">135</a></li> + +<li>Strigata, <a href="#Page_274">274</a></li> + +<li>Strigilis, <a href="#Page_248">248</a></li> + +<li>Stuffing insects, <a href="#Page_126">126</a></li> + +<li>Sugaring, <a href="#Page_92">92</a></li> + +<li>Sugaring net, <a href="#Page_94">94</a></li> + +<li>Sugar traps, <a href="#Page_96">96</a></li> + +<li>Swallow-tail Butterfly, <a href="#Page_139">139</a></li> + +<li>Swallow-tail Moth, <a href="#Page_268">268</a></li> + +<li>Swifts, <a href="#Page_223">223</a></li> + +<li>Sylvanus, <a href="#Page_200">200</a></li> + +<li>Syrichthus, <a href="#Page_197">197</a></li> +</ul> +<ul> +<li>Tabby, <a href="#Page_291">291</a></li> + +<li>Tæniocampa, <a href="#Page_255">255</a></li> + +<li>Tages, <a href="#Page_198">198</a></li> + +<li><!-- Page 358 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_358" id="Page_358">[Pg 358]</a></span> +Tailed Blue, <a href="#Page_188">188</a></li> + +<li>Temerata, <a href="#Page_277">277</a></li> + +<li>Testacea, <a href="#Page_246">246</a></li> + +<li>Thaumas, <a href="#Page_198">198</a></li> + +<li>Thecla, <a href="#Page_183">183</a></li> + +<li>Thyatira, <a href="#Page_237">237</a></li> + +<li>Tiger, Common, <a href="#Page_221">221</a></li> + +<li>—— Cream-spot, <a href="#Page_221">221</a></li> + +<li>—— Scarlet, <a href="#Page_220">220</a></li> + +<li>—— Wood, <a href="#Page_220">220</a></li> + +<li>Tiliæ, <a href="#Page_210">210</a></li> + +<li>Timandra, <a href="#Page_276">276</a></li> + +<li>Tineæ, <a href="#Page_303">303</a></li> + +<li>Tipuliformis, <a href="#Page_213">213</a></li> + +<li>Tithonus, <a href="#Page_179">179</a></li> + +<li>Tortoiseshell, Large, <a href="#Page_165">165</a></li> + +<li>Tortoiseshell, Small, <a href="#Page_166">166</a></li> + +<li>Tortrices, <a href="#Page_298">298</a></li> + +<li>Treble Bar, <a href="#Page_289">289</a></li> + +<li>Trifolii, <a href="#Page_215">215</a></li> + +<li>Triphæna, <a href="#Page_252">252</a></li> + +<li>Tristellus, <a href="#Page_297">297</a></li> + +<li>Trochilium, <a href="#Page_213">213</a></li> + +<li>Turnip Moth, <a href="#Page_250">250</a></li> + +<li>Twin-spot Carpet, <a href="#Page_283">283</a></li> + +<li>Typhon, <a href="#Page_181">181</a></li> + +<li>Typica, <a href="#Page_254">254</a></li> +</ul> +<ul> +<li>Umbratica, <a href="#Page_261">261</a></li> + +<li>Uropterygidæ, <a href="#Page_268">268</a></li> + +<li>Uropteryx, <a href="#Page_268">268</a></li> + +<li>Urticæ, <a href="#Page_166">166</a></li> + +<li>Urticata, <a href="#Page_292">292</a></li> +</ul> +<ul> +<li>Vaccinii, <a href="#Page_256">256</a></li> + +<li>Vanessa, <a href="#Page_164">164</a></li> + +<li>Vapourer Moth, <a href="#Page_228">228</a></li> + +<li>Vauaria, <a href="#Page_278">278</a></li> + +<li>Venosata, <a href="#Page_283">283</a></li> + +<li>Versicolor, <a href="#Page_231">231</a></li> + +<li>Villica, <a href="#Page_221">221</a></li> + +<li>Vinula, <a href="#Page_235">235</a></li> + +<li>Viridana, <a href="#Page_299">299</a></li> + +<li><span class="lettershape">V</span> moth, <a href="#Page_278">278</a></li> +</ul> +<ul> +<li>W album, <a href="#Page_184">184</a></li> + +<li>Wainscots, <a href="#Page_243">243</a></li> + +<li>Wall Butterfly, <a href="#Page_177">177</a></li> + +<li>Waved Umber, <a href="#Page_273">273</a></li> + +<li>White Admiral, <a href="#Page_170">170</a></li> + +<li>—— Bath, <a href="#Page_146">146</a></li> + +<li>—— Black-veined, <a href="#Page_141">141</a></li> + +<li>—— Ermine, <a href="#Page_222">222</a></li> + +<li>—— Green-chequered, <a href="#Page_146">146</a></li> + +<li>—— Green-veined, <a href="#Page_145">145</a></li> + +<li>—— Large, <a href="#Page_142">142</a></li> + +<li>White-letter Hairstreak, <a href="#Page_184">184</a></li> + +<li>—— Marbled, <a href="#Page_173">173</a></li> + +<li>—— Small, <a href="#Page_144">144</a></li> + +<li>—— Wood, <a href="#Page_149">149</a></li> + +<li>Willow Beauty, <a href="#Page_273">273</a></li> + +<li>Wings, <a href="#Page_2">2</a>, <a href="#Page_8">8</a></li> + +<li>Wood Argus, <a href="#Page_175">175</a></li> + +<li>Wood Tiger, <a href="#Page_220">220</a></li> + +<li>Wood White, <a href="#Page_149">149</a></li> +</ul> +<ul> +<li>Xanthia, <a href="#Page_256">256</a></li> + +<li>Xanthosetia, <a href="#Page_302">302</a></li> + +<li>Xylinidæ, <a href="#Page_261">261</a></li> + +<li>Xylocampa, <a href="#Page_261">261</a></li> + +<li>Xylophasia, <a href="#Page_245">245</a></li> + +<li>Xylosteana, <a href="#Page_299">299</a></li> +</ul> +<ul> +<li>Yellow-horned, <a href="#Page_238">238</a></li> + +<li>Yellow Shell, <a href="#Page_287">287</a></li> +</ul> +<ul> +<li>Zerenidæ, <a href="#Page_279">279</a></li> + +<li>Zeuzera, <a href="#Page_225">225</a></li> + +<li>Zoegana, <a href="#Page_302">302</a></li> + +<li>Zonosoma, <a href="#Page_275">275</a></li> + +<li>Zygæna, <a href="#Page_215">215</a></li> + +<li>Zygænidæ, <a href="#Page_214">214</a></li> +</ul> + + +<p class="center"> +PRINTED BY<br /> +SPOTTISWOODE AND CO., NEW-STREET SQUARE<br /> +LONDON<br /> +</p> + + +<div class="trans-note"> +<a name="TRANS_NOTES" id="TRANS_NOTES"></a> +<h4>Transcriber's Note</h4> + +<p>Some minor changes have been made to obvious format and punctuation +inconsistencies. 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