This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1872 edition. Excerpt: ...with black, with small prominences and a dull yellowish-white line on the back, and another on the sides. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is-in April and May. It feeds on the bramble, the birch, the sloe, the spin dle, &c. The chrysalis is found under the ground. BOARMIA RHOMBOIDARIA. WIL ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1872 edition. Excerpt: ...with black, with small prominences and a dull yellowish-white line on the back, and another on the sides. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is-in April and May. It feeds on the bramble, the birch, the sloe, the spin dle, &c. The chrysalis is found under the ground. BOARMIA RHOMBOIDARIA. WIL LOW BEAUTY. Plats XX. Figure 5. THIS insect, which is another very variable one, measures from an inch and a half to one and three quarters in expanse. Male: fore wings brownish-grey, mottled with darker. The first line blackish-brown and a little bent, the second line also blackish-brown and a little bent near the upper margin, central line indistinct, central spot blackish-brown, third line also indistinct, nearly following the outer margin. Hind wings also brownish-grey with two thin dentated lines across, and another within the outer margin near the lower corner. Localities for this species, which is very common all over the country, especially in the south, are York, and to the Cumbraes in Scotland. The situations where it is found are lanes, hedge-sides, and woods. The perfect insect appears in June and July. The caterpillar is brownish or yellowish-grey, with small prominences and a row of spots of a darker shade along the back, and a greyish-yellow line 'on the sides. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in September and October. It feeds on the oak, the plum, and other trees. The chrysalis is found under the ground. BOARMIA ARI ETARIA. ENGRAILED. SATIN BEAUTY. Plate XX. Figure 6. Tms insect measures from a little under an inch and three quarters to two inches in expanse. Male: fore wings blackish grey, the first line black and curved, the second line also black, bent and indented. Central spot black. Hind...
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