92 The Butter/lies a7id Moths of Teneriffe, 



EUPITHECIA PUMILATA (Hubn). 



The fore-wings are pointed, reddish grey in colour, 

 and bordered by a brownish-red band. The larva is 

 pale yellowish-green, with dark green or reddish-violet 

 lines on the back, and a paler line on its sides. It 

 feeds on the flowers of a great variety of plants, such 

 as clematis, broom, convolvulus. It is widely dis- 

 tributed in Central and Southern Europe and "W. Asia, 

 but is not an inhabitant of Britain. 



