LARENTID^—EUPITHECIA. 6 J. 



scaled ; pale brown ; discal spot large, perpendicular, 

 elongated, black ; costa dotted with black. Hind wings 

 smokj-white. 



Antennte of the male simple, thickly ciliated, dull brown ; 

 palpi small, drooping, purple-brown; head pale drab ; thorax 

 thin and weak, pale umbreous dotted with black ; abdomen 

 very slender, ashy-brown clouded with reddish-brown and 

 having almost imperceptible black tufts on the dorsal ridge ; 

 anal tuft compressed, pale brown. Fore wings elongated and 

 narrow, thin in texture and thinly scaled ; costa very flatly 

 arched throughout ; apex suddenly, almost acutely, rounded ; 

 hind margin oblique, gently curved ; dorsal margin rather 

 filled out and well ciliated ; pale brown faintly shaded with 

 reddish-brown ; no distinct transverse lines, but on the 

 costa are usually visible five equidistant blackish cloudy 

 spots, and sometimes there are faint traces of one or two 

 lines toward the dorsal margin ; discal spot an upright 

 black streak, the only distinct marking upon the wing ; cilia 

 grey-brown. Hind wings small, rounded behind ; dusky 

 white ; central spot cloudy black ; dorsal margin very faintly 

 barred three or four times, with brown ; cilia coucolorous. 

 Female similar. 



Underside of the fore wings semitransparent pale smoky- 

 brown ; nervures dai'ker ; discal spot a brown streak ; above 

 it, and beyond, are two blackish costal spots. Hind wings 

 dusky white, twice faintly barred with slender brown lines ; 

 central spot faintly black. 



On the wing in April and May ; in Devon there is said to 

 be a second generation in August. 



Larva long, slender, tapering considerably toward the 

 head, which is reddish ; ground colour pale greenish-yellow 

 or yellowish-red ; dorsal line dusky reddish-brown or olive, 

 frequently very faint or entirely evanescent except on the 

 thoracic segments ; subdorsal lines pale yellow; spiracular 

 line pale yellow ; collar reddish-brown ; segmental divisions 



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