(Photos by H. Main.)
Examples of each sex are shown on Plate 122, Figs. 7 and 8 [male], 6
[female]. The male varies in the general colour from pale to dark grey; the
central area being sometimes smoky tinged. In the north of England, chiefly
in Yorkshire, blackish specimens occur in which the markings are more or
less obscured.
[Illustration]
2 Pl. 124.
1-3. SMALL BRINDLED BEAUTY.
4-6. BELTED BEAUTY.
7, 8. BRINDLED BEAUTY.
[Illustration]
2 Pl. 125.
1. MOTTLED UMBER: _egg, natural size and enlarged, and caterpillars_.
2. SCARCE UMBER: _egg, natural size and enlarged_.
3. DOTTED BORDER: _caterpillar_.
4. MARCH MOTH: _caterpillar_.
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[Illustration: FIG. 15.