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The situations where it is found are wooded places. 
The perfect insect appears in March and April; also 
in July. 
The caterpillar is dark brown, paler on the fore part; 
the line below the back on each side is dull yellowish 
brown, with a row of streaks slanting upwards ; the side 
line dull yellowish brown. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 
May and June. 
It feeds on the sloe. 
The chrysalis is found enclosed in a cocoon of earth 
and silk. 
I have here also to thank Mr. T. H. Allis, of York, for 
the loan of the specimen from which the figure is taken. 
MISELIA OXYACANTHiE. 
GREEN-BRINDLED CRESCENT. 
Plate LXII. Figure 4. 
Localities for this common species are York, Nunburn- 
holme, Sutton-on-Derwent, Brighton, Bromsgrove, Dover, 
Bowdon, Plymouth, Isle of Man, Carron, Stirling. 
The situations where it is found are gardens, hedge¬ 
rows, woods, etc. 
The perfect insect appears in September and October. 
The caterpillar is greyish or reddish brown, mottled 
with black, white, and brown ; the line along the back 
narrow and black ; the spots whitish. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 
June and Julv. 
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