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| Pl. 130. |
| 1. | Slender Brindle: caterpillar. | 2, 2a. | Clouded Brindle: caterpillar and chrysalis. |
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| 3. | Lychnis: caterpillar. | 4. | Clouded Bordered Brindle: caterpillar. |
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| Pl. 131. |
| 1, 2. | Large Nutmeg Moth. | 3, 4. | Confused Moth. |
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| 5, 6. | Crescent Striped Moth. | 7, 8. | Dusky Brocade Moth. |
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The Brindled Green (Eumichtis (Hadena) protea).
Green of some shade is often the prevailing colour in the much ornamented moth portrayed on Plate [122], Figs. 11, 12; but in some specimens the general colour is pinkish white. The variegation consists of reddish brown or pinkish, and white clouds and black streaks, chiefly as edging to the pale cross lines, or between the stigmata; these latter are as often obscure as distinct, but sometimes the orbicular is white with a white mark below it extending to the black bar connecting the first and second cross lines.
The caterpillar is green freckled with yellow, with a yellow central line on the back; head brownish. It feeds from March to June, and when it leaves the egg it bores into an oak bud to
feed; later on it spins the young leaves together, and finally it dispenses with a retreat altogether and feeds openly on the leaves. The moth is out in the autumn, rather earlier in Scotland. It is widely distributed in England, and in some seasons and localities very abundant. In Scotland it is found from Roxburgh to Moray, and in the latter county as well as in Perthshire and Argyll it is often plentiful. Single specimens have been recorded from Ireland, and these from Co. Galway and Co. Westmeath.
The Northern Arches (Crymodes exulis).