The first British specimen was taken at Rannoch in the spring of 1854, and in that Perthshire locality the species is still to be found, sitting on the trunks of the birch trees in late March and in April. It has frequently been reared from the egg, but the caterpillars must be sleeved out on growing birch, or the mortality among them may be high. Even if they attain the chrysalis stage, the moth may not appear the following spring, as it has a habit of remaining in its shell for two winters, and sometimes more. (Plate [140], Figs. 1♂, 4♀.)

Pl. 138.
1.Brindled Ochre Moth.2, 3.Grey Chi Moth.
4, 5.Grey Chi Moth, var. olivaceæ.6, 7.Large Ranunculus.
8. Sprawler.

Pl. 139.
1, 1a.Black-banded Moth: eggs, natural size and enlarged.
2, 2a.Gothic Moth: caterpillar and chrysalis.
3, 3a.Black Rustic: eggs, natural size and enlarged.

The caterpillar is yellowish green, whiter on the back; the third ring is obliquely marked with yellow on each side; the eleventh ring is slightly raised and marked yellow, and there is an oblique yellow mark above the claspers; spiracles white edged with black, and the usual dots are pale yellow. It feeds on birch. May and June.

The Green-brindled Crescent (Miselia oxyacanthæ).

This moth, which in its typical form was known to the ancient fathers of entomology as "Ealing's Glory," is shown on Plate [141], Fig. 2. The var. capucina, Mill (Fig. 3), a purely British production by the way, has the fore wings dark sooty brown, inclining to blackish. The caterpillar, which has a white-marked and divided hump on ring eleven, is reddish or greyish brown, with dark grey and greenish mottling; the back has three darker lines along it, and there is a sort of diamond pattern in greyish between the outer ones; rings three and ten striped with black; head reddish brown. It feeds in April and May on hawthorn, sloe, crab, and apple. Widely distributed throughout the British Isles, but apparently not found north of Moray in Scotland.

The Double-spot Brocade (Miselia bimaculosa).