The caterpillar may be found in the autumn, and again in spring, feeding on the honeysuckle (_Lonicera Periclymenum_), whitethorn (_Crataegus oxyacantha_), blackthorn (_Prunus spinosa_), beech (_Fagus sylvatica_), and various fruit trees. It is full grown in June, when it turns to a chrysalis in a cocoon spun between leaves or moss on or near the ground. It is of a greyish-brown or greyish-purple colour, and looks very like a piece of twig. _The August Thorn_ (_Eugonia quercinaria_) Our last example of this family is the August Thorn, represented in the accompanying woodcut. The fore wings are ochreous yellow, crossed by two nearly parallel lines of dark brown. In order to distinguish between this and one or two similar species it must be observed that both these lines are angulated near the costa, the inner one very sharply so; and between the two is a distinct brown spot near the costal margin. The hind wings are paler, and are crossed by an indistinct darker line. The antennae of the male are strongly fringed; those of the female are simple. [Illustration: FIG. 178.--THE AUGUST THORN.] The moth is very common in August and September, and is readily attracted by lights in the evening. The larva is grey, marbled with reddish brown. It has three small humps on each of the sixth and seventh segments, two on the twelfth, and one larger one on the ninth. It feeds on the oak and various other trees during the month of June. Family--AMPHIDASYDAE The seven British species of the family _Amphidasydae_ are generally to be distinguished by their rather stout abdomens, and the long shaggy hair that covers their thoraces. The antennae of the males are pectinated, and those of the females simple; and in three cases the latter sex is wingless. The caterpillars have long and slender twig-like bodies, and are never provided with more than two pairs of claspers. The chrysalides terminate behind in a sharp spine, and are always to be found buried in the soil. _The Brindled Beauty_ (_Biston hirtaria_) Early in April, and sometimes in March, this moth may be seen in abundance, resting on the lime trees in and around our towns. In fact, so strongly marked is its partiality to the haunts of man in the neighbourhood of our great metropolis that it has received the name of the Cockney. The male is represented in fig. 5 of Plate XII, and the female may be distinguished from it by her simple antennae and larger body.