88 ^ THE MOTHS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 



V 



V ^ The Small Fan-foot {Zandognatha grisealis). 



i^ This species (Plate 35, Fig. 3) is somewhat similar to the last 

 \^^ in colour, but it is smaller, and the submarginal line is rather 

 ■^tf/v^ curved, and runs to the tip of the fore wing. The caterpillar is 

 obscurely greyish, with a pinkish tinge ; three darker lines along 

 the back, the central one broadest, but not distinct on the first 

 three rings ; head, brown, freckled with darker brown, plate of 

 first ring of the body, blackish brown. It feeds on oak, and 

 may be beaten from the foliage in August and September. 

 Buckler states that this species passes the winter in the 

 chrysalis state, and this has been confirmed by Plum. (Plate 34, 

 Fig. I ; after Hofmann.) 



The moths emerge in June and July, and may frequently be 

 dislodged from trees, hedges, and undergrowth in the daytime. 

 Pretty generally distributed over the southern half of England, 

 plentiful in many parts, and widely spread over the northern 

 half of the country. It is not scarce in some parts of Wales, 

 but seems to be uncommon in Scotland, and has been recorded 

 from the south only. In Ireland it has a wide range, but does 

 not appear to be noted as common in any locality. 



The Olive Crescent {Zandognatha {Sophronia) emortualis). 



The species depicted on Plate 36, Fig. 8, from a continental 

 specimen, is exceedingly rare in England, in fact, apart from 

 the specimens mentioned by early authors, only three authentic 

 British examples appear to be known. These are — one cap- 

 tured at Brighton, Sussex, in June, 1858 ; one in June, 1859, in 

 Epping Forest, Essex ; and one taken at sugar by the Rev. B. 

 H. Binks, of Stonor, Henley-on-Thames, in July of the year last 

 mentioned. 



Stephens (1834)^ who gives a very unsatisfactory description 



