LARENTID^—EUPITHECIA. 75. 



a spot or crescent just above the anal angle ; hind margin 

 edged with short black streaks ; cilia umbreous, dashed with 

 shining pale brown. Hind wings rather small, rounded 

 behind ; very pale smoky-brown ; the nervures raised in 

 ridges, and dotted with black, the intermediate membrane 

 dusted with brown; central spot long, black ; hind margin 

 streaked with black ; cilia pale brown. Female similar. 



Underside of the fore wings shining smoky-brown ; discal 

 spot black ; costa from it white, barred with black ; the wing 

 partially barred by two series of obscure black streaks placed 

 upon nervures. Hind wings dusky white, dusted with 

 smoky-brown; central spot black, followed by two curved 

 transverse lines of smoky-black dots ; hind margin strongly 

 edged with black streaks. Body and legs pale umbreous. 



Usually not vai-iable, but in Midland and Northern hill 

 districts found darker in varying degrees, until occasional 

 specimens are smoky-black with blacker nervures, or even 

 wholly deep black. Such specimens are in the collection of 

 Dr. P. B. Mason, at Burton-on-Trent ; and a beautiful series 

 has been reared from Welsh larvas by Mr. H. W. Vivian. 



On the wing in May and the early part of June, and as a 

 second generation in July and August. 



Larva rather slender, tapering toward the head, fulvous, 

 with a series of black dorsal triangular spots becoming con- 

 fluent towards the head, and faint or altogether evanescent 

 on the caudal segment ; on either side is a row of conspicuous 

 slanting whitish or yellovvish stripes forming a sort of margin 

 to the dorsal spots ; undersurface dusky, reddish in the 

 middle, and having a dusky central line running the whole 

 length; body studded with various-sized white tubercles, 

 and thinly clothed with short hairs. (Rev. H. H. Crewe.) 



From Mr. Buckler's figures this larva is seen to be some- 

 what broader and stouter than many of its allies, but rather 

 flattened and tapering ; its head, in each case, of the colour 

 of the body. This last character varies, some specimens 



