226 LARGE SWORD-GRASS MOTH. 



kind of plant but prefers spinach, lettuce, and aspa- 

 ragus. The moth is found in summer and autumn, 

 and although far from being common, occurs now 

 and then in marshy places in many parts of the 

 country. "We have found it near Jedburgh, at 

 Dudclingston in the vicinity of Edinburgh, and have 

 seen examples from Perthshire. In England it has 

 been taken at Darenth Wood, near Oxford, and 

 in several other stations. " Several specimens 

 were taken at Jardine Hall on the skep during the 

 month of January of the present year." Sir W. 

 Jardine, Bart. 



THE APRIL MISELIA. 



Miselia Aprilina. 

 PLATE XXIII. Fig. 1. 



Phal. Noct. Aprilina, Linn. Noctua Runica, Fair. Plial. 

 Runica, Don. x. PI. 354. Marvel du Jour, Flan-is Mi- 

 selia Aprilina, Oclisen^ Stepli. 



THE beautiful little group distinguished by the name 

 of Miselia (from /jufciv to hate and ij>./o the mn)^ 

 is recognised by the antennae being long, robust 

 in the males and sometimes slightly serrated : thr 

 maxillae about the length of the antennae; the 

 palpi with the radical joint rather robust, the second 

 long and not so thick, the third shortest and ovate, 

 all of them thickly clothed with scales except the 



