1 88 LEPIDOPTERA. 



crescent, before which is a faint transverse grey shade ; 

 hind wings yellowish-white with a broad grey shade before 

 the hind margin. Body and legs densely tufted with long 

 yellowish- white scales, except the second pair of legs, which 

 are adorned with large grey tufts. 



Not variable with us. 



On the wing in June and July. Very rarely casual speci- 

 mens of a second generation occur in September or October. 



Larva smooth, plump, velvety, rather cylindrical, but each 

 segment rounded, third and fourth segments a little stouter ; 

 head dark brown or yellow-brown ; body red-brown, slightly 

 translucent ; whole under surface and lower portion of the 

 sides yellowish-brown ; on each side of the fifth segment is a 

 conspicuous rounded white spot edged with black ; in some 

 specimens a second similar spot on each side of the sixth 

 segment, and occasionally a third on the seventh ; dorsal line 

 slender, blackish ; spiracles black ; above them is an obscure 

 slender blackish line or shade edging the darker colouring ; 

 legs and prolegs yellowish. 



August to November, on bramble (Ruhus), but has been 

 known to eat hazel and even hawthorn. Feeding only at 

 night ; concealed in the daytime under moss or dead leaves, 

 and sometimes in a chamber of leaves, joined together, on 

 the ground. 



Pupa short ; thoracic portion very cylindrical, squared in 

 front ; abdominal segments tapering regularly to a sharp 

 anal point ; mahogany-brown, darker in front ; tip of wing- 

 cases produced. In a cocoon of earth under the surface of 

 the ground. 



In this state through the winter. 



This beautiful moth is very rarely found in the daytime ; 

 doubtless it hides among brambles and other herbage, or 

 among dead leaves on the ground in woods. It flies at dusk, 

 sometimes at earliest twilight, and is extremely fond of 



