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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    A MPHIDA S YDAE. The moth appears in May and June. It may be found at rest on trees and palings. There is an aberration of this moth found in the North of England in which all the wings are of a uniform sooty brown, known as ab. double day aria Mill. I his species may be at once distinguished from the preceding one by the absence of the broad bands across the fore-wings. Key to the Amphidasydae, after Stainton. Males. I.—Antennae pectinated, not plumose = Amphidasys. II.—Antennae plumose. i. Fore-wings oblong = Nyssia. ii. Fore-wings ample. (a) Abdomen slender — Phigalia. {b) Abdomen stout = Bis ton. Females. I. Wings abortive = Phigalia and Nyssia (see next chapter). II-—Wings well developed. i. Wings narrower than in male = Piston. n. Wings alike in both sexes = Amphidasys.