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nervure 6. The submarginal line is distinctly 

 white, and the line dividing the apex is dark, 

 as is also the interrupted marginal line. The 

 fringes are light chequered with darker. Hind 

 wings somewhat paler, with indistinct mark- 

 ings like those of the fore wings and a central 

 dot. It is found in Central and Southern 

 Europe in June and July. The larva is green- 

 ish or yellowish grey with reddish incisions 

 and a darker dorsal line, interrupted in the 

 middle of each segment and expanded into an 

 oval spot on the front of each segment with 

 a dot beside it. The spiracles are dark. It 

 feeds on Clematis. The pupa has no cocoon, 

 and is formed deep in the ground. 



Genus CoUix, Guen. 



Small moths with the neuration as in Ettpi- 

 thecia. The hind margins of the hind wings 

 are zigzag. The nervures are conspicuous. 

 The only species is: — - 



C. sparsata, Treit. The Dentated Pug. 

 All the wings are uniform grey with black 

 dots on the nervures and a few similar spots 

 on the costa of the fore wings, indicating the 

 double band which bounds the central area. 

 The whitish submarginal line is distinct near 

 the costa of the fore wings, and is dotted with 

 black on both sides. The black marginal line 

 is interrupted by whitish on and between the 

 nervures. The fringes are darker at the base 

 and also on the nervures in their terminal 

 half. The under side of all the wings is light 

 grey, somewhat darker towards the hind mar- 

 gins, with an angulated posterior transverse 

 line. It is common in Central and Eastern 

 Europe in Ma)'. The larva is light green 

 with fine white dorsal lines and a yellow lateral 

 stripe. It feeds on Lysimachia vulgaris. The 

 pupa is greenish brown and is formed in a 

 cocoon on the ground or between leaves. 



Genus Eupithecia, Curt. 



Small moths with expanded fore wings, the 

 costa of which is about a third longer than 

 the body, the inner margin much shorter, the 

 hind margin being consequently very oblique, 

 and the apex more or less obtuse. The hind 

 wings are very small and rounded, with 

 markings like the fore wings, but usually duller 

 in colour. The body is covered with depressed 



scales, slender in the males, and projects 

 beyond the hind wings, but is shorter in the 

 females. The front is somewhat flat, with a 

 slight, obtuse crest above the palpi. These 

 are somewhat prominent, coarsely scaled, with 

 a bent, obtuse terminal joint. Proboscis spiral. 

 Antennae setiform, shortly and uniformly ciliated 

 in the males. Hind tibiae with two pairs of 

 spurs. Fore wings with twelve nervures, and 

 an undivided appendicular cell, from the tip 

 of which rise 7 and 8, either directly or in a 

 common stalk ; 1 1 rises from the anterior border, 

 9 and 10 successively from 8; 3 and 4 are 

 separate, and 6 rises from the upper angle of 

 the discoidal cell, or from the inner border of 

 the appendicular cell. Nervures 3 and 4 of 

 the hind wings are separate; 6 and 7 are 

 stalked; 5 is as stout as the others, and 8 

 rises from the anterior border of the discoidal 

 cell. 



E. centaureata, W. V. The Lime Speck 

 is white. Fore wings with several dark spots 

 on the costa in the basal area, two fine dark 

 transverse lines, bounding the central area, 

 which contains a large black central lunule, 

 a dark brown cloud beyond it on the costa, 

 and a few small similar spots on the inner 

 margin. The submarginal line is distinct, uni- 

 formly broad towards the base, and suffused 

 with reddish grey. The straight dark marginal 

 line is interrupted on the nervures. The 

 fringes are dark in their terminal half, and 

 spotted with darker on the nervures in their 

 basal half. Hind wings with a central spot, 

 small dark spots on the inner margin and a 

 more or less distinct submarginal line. The 

 abdomen is spotted with darker and is tipped 

 with white. It is common throughout Europe 

 from May to July. The larva is whitish with 

 pink zigzag markings on all the segments. It 

 feeds on the flowers and seeds of various 

 Umbellifera. The pupa is greenish brown, 

 shaded with darker. It is formed in a slight 

 cocoon between the leaves. 



E. irriguata, Hubn. The Marbled Pug 

 is dirty white with distinct yellowish nervures, 

 and with only the basal area, costa and narrow 

 marginal area of the fore wings greyish brown. 

 The transverse bands are only distinct at the 

 costa and the middle one on the inner margin, 

 and there is a conspicuous central spot; the 



