Volume 2

Harrow butterflies and moths / by J.L. Bonhote and N. C. Rothschild.

  • Bonhote, J. Lewis (John Lewis James), 1875-1922.
Date:
1895-
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Harrow butterflies and moths / by J.L. Bonhote and N. C. Rothschild. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ROAR Mill) AE. The moth appears in June and July, and is found at rest on lichen- covered oak trunks. (Merrin). A key to this genus, after Stainton, may be useful. I. Ground colour of fore-wings white. i. No central shade. *C. glabraria. II. Ground colour of fore-wings whitish. i. Fore-wings with a distinct blackish central shade, no greenish tinge. *C. angularia.f ii. Fore-wings tinged with greenish, second line very distinct, C. lichen aria. 292. Boarmia repandata (L.). The Mottled Beauty. i. Melvill, ii. Bond. Kingsbury. lii. Rhoades-Smith. iv. Rowland Brown. Harrow Weald. v. Rothschild. The moth appears in June and July. It may be found at rest on palings, tree-trunks, &c., and also comes to light and sugar. This moth and the following are very closely allied and difficult to distinguish. The subterminal line in gemmaj'ia is sinuous, but not much indented, while in the present species this line is much indented. 293. Boarmia g’emmaria (Brahm.). The Willow Beauty. i. Melvill. ii. Bond. Kingsbury and Stanmore. hi. Rowland Brown. Harrow Weald. iv. Rhoades-Smith. v. Bonhote. At light. vi. Rothschild. The moth appears in June and July. It has the same habits as the previously mentioned species. 294. Boarmia roboraria (Schiffi). The Great Oak Beauty. i. Watts. Pinner. One specimen, 1882. The molh appears in June and July. It may be found at rest on oak trees. (Merrin). f *C. angularia {Thnb.), the Speckled Beauty, is a rare species, which has- only been taken at Brighton and in the New Forest,, and. is now most probably extinct.
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