Two specimens of this species are shown on Plate [150], Figs. 7 ♂, 8 ♀. The colour of the fore wings varies from pale ochreous brown, often with a pink tinge, to a deep rusty red; the reniform stigma is generally represented by a pale crescent with a white or whitish dot at its lower end; the cross lines are rarely distinct, but a series of black dots before the outer margin are usually well in evidence. The caterpillar is pale brown tinged with pinkish or yellowish; central line white edged with dark brown, and on each side of this is an interrupted broad blackish line edged below with white; a whitish line below the blackish spiracles; head and plate on the first ring of the body, pale brown, rather shining, the former freckled with blackish. It is found in April and May on grasses, probably after hibernation, The moth is out from late June to early August and is common in woods, and woody places throughout the greater part of the British Isles.
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| Pl. 152. |
| 1. | Common Wainscot: caterpillar. | 2. | Shore Wainscot: caterpillar. |
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| 3. | Clay Moth: caterpillar. | 4. | Brown Rustic: caterpillar. |
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| 5, 5a. | Double Line: caterpillar and chrysalis. | 6. | The Anomalous Moth: caterpillar. |
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| 7, 7a, 7b. Small Mottled Willow: eggs and caterpillars. |
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| Pl. 153. |
| 1, 3. | Reddish Buff Moth. | 2. | Marsh Moth. |
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| 4, 5. | Brown Rustic. | 6. | Xylophasia zollikoferi. |
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The Brown-line Bright-eye (Leucania (Chabuata) conigera).
This species (Plate [150], Figs. 1 ♂, 2 ♀) ranges in the colour of fore wings from pale ochreous brown to a dusky tawny hue; the cross lines are sometimes very faint, but otherwise the markings are constant. Var. suffusa, Tutt, is described as rusty red suffused with darker scales, markings typical, but deeper in colour and more distinct. The caterpillar is ochreous or greyish brown; three yellow lines on the back are black edged; a yellow line along the sides is often edged with black, and the line below the black spiracles is blackish; head pale brown marked with black. It feeds on grasses, and may be found in April and May. The moth appears in June and July and is pretty generally distributed. It is regarded as a common species in South England, but in the north seems to be rather local and most frequently found on the coast. In Scotland it does not appear to have been noted north of Ross or in the isles. Abroad the range extends through Northern and Central Asia to India and Japan.
The Double Line (Leucania (Eriopyga) turca).