THE DOUBLE-SPOT BROCADE. 2S9 



egg, but the caterpillars must be sleeved out on growing birch, 

 or the mortality among them may be high. Even if they attain 

 the chrysalis stage, the moth may not appear the following 

 spring, as it has a habit of remaining in its shell for two winters, 

 and sometimes more. (Plate 140, Figs. 1 $ , 4 $ .) 



The caterpillar is yellowish green, whiter on the back ; the 

 third ring is obliquely marked with yellow on each side ; the 

 eleventh ring is slightly raised and marked yellow, and there is 

 an oblique yellow mark above the claspers ; spiracles white 

 edged with black, and the usual dots are pale yellow. It feeds 

 on birch. May and June. 



The Green-brindled Crescent {Miselia oxyacanthce). 



This moth, which in its typical form was known to the 

 ancient fathers of entomology as " Ealing's Glory," is shown 

 on Plate 141, Fig. 2. The var. capucina. Mill (Fig. 3), a purely 

 British production by the way, has the fore wings dark sooty 

 brown, inclining to blackish. The caterpillar, which has a 

 white-marked and divided hump on ring eleven, is reddish or 

 greyish brown, with dark grey and greenish mottling ; the 

 back has three darker lines along it, and there is a sort of 

 diamond pattern in greyish between the outer ones ; rings 

 three and ten striped with black ; head reddish brown. It 

 feeds in April and May on hawthorn, sloe, crab, and apple. 

 Widely distributed throughout the British Isles, but apparently 

 not found north of Moray in Scotland. 



The Double-spot Brocade {Misdia bvnaadosd). 



Stephens, referring to this species in 1829, states that he had 

 only seen one British specimen. This was in the British 

 Museum, "to which it was presented by Dr. Leach; it was 

 captured near Bristol, I believe, in July, 18 15." Barrett notes 



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