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tapering towards the head. Has a slightly wrinkled ap- 

 pearance. This larva is almost as variable as E. Ahsynthiata, 

 and so dissimilar are some of the varieties that I am not sur- 

 prised at many a tyro being "awfully puzzled." The follow- 

 ing are those most commonly met with: — Var. 1. Bright 

 yellowish or bluish-green, with a number of dorsal and sub- 

 dorsal spots and lines of a darker shade ; the dorsal markings 

 very often forming a series of disjointed lozenge-shaped 

 spots. Var. 2. Uniform yellow, yellowish or bhiish-green, 

 without any spots or markings whatever. Yar. 3. Greenish, 

 or pinkish-white, with a chain of deep red, trident-shaped 

 dorsal spots, connected together by the central prong, and 

 becoming confluent towards the head. Belly whitish, witli 

 a short red line or spot in the centre of several of the seg- 

 ments. The larva feeds in August and September, upon the 

 flowers of Senecio jacohcea and S. erucifoUus, SoUdago vir- 

 fjau?'ea, Achillea inillefoUum, Eupatorium cannabinumy 

 Pimpinella magna, and P. saxifragay Silaiis jyratensis, 

 Campanula glomerafa, and Scahiosa Columbaria. 



Vars. 1 and 2 I have almost invariably found upon the 

 three first named plants, whilst those on the other flowers 

 were Var. 3. This latter variety strongly resembles the pink 

 form of E. nanata. The pupa is enclosed in an earthern 

 cocoon. There are two varieties, the common one, scarcely, 

 if at all, distinguishable from that of E. Abstjnfhiafa ; the 

 other a uniform pale red. The perfect insect appears more 

 or less from May to August. 



Eupithecia suhfulcata. Long, tapering but slightly to- 

 wards the head. Reddish brown, with a series of dusky 

 olive oval dorsal spots, confluent towards the head and tail, 

 and connected and intersected by a central dorsal line, paler 

 in colour than the spots. Spiracular Hne white. Subdorsal 

 lines black, interrupted. Back thickly studded with minute 

 white tubercles, and less thickly with whitish hairs. Belly 



