144 LEPIDOPTERA. 



olive. Abdominal divisions very conspicuously yellow. Per- 

 fect insect appears from May to July. 



Eupithecia sobrinafa. This larva is rather variable in ap- 

 pearance. The ground-colour is either dark green or yellow- 

 ish-red, with a series of rust-coloured dorsal blotches, in- 

 tersected by a central dorsal dark green horizontal line, and 

 bordered on either side by a yellowish one. These blotches 

 generally disappear on the posterior segments, and are some- 

 times wanting altogether. Spiracular line waved, pale yellow, 

 or whitish. Belly with a whitish central horizontal line. 

 Feeds on juniper. I have found it tolerably common on old 

 trees in gardens and shrubberies in Derbyshire. It is full fed 

 at the end of May and in tlie beginning of June, and the 

 perfect insect appears in July. Pupa enclosed in an earthen 

 cocoon or in a slight web amongst the stalks. Head, thorax 

 and wing-cases dark green ; abdomen yellowish. 



Eupitheciapumilata. Short and stumpy, tapering slightly 

 towards the head. Ground-colour pale yellowish-olive, red- 

 dish-olive or rusty red. Central dorsal line dusky olive, 

 almost black. Down the centre of the back a chain of 

 dusky arrow-shaped spots, more or less distinct, and becoming 

 merged in the dorsal line on the anterior and posterior seg- 

 ments. On each side a broad ribbon-like stripe, yellowish in 

 the middle, dusky at the edges. The dorsal spots bordered 

 interruptedly with yellow. Spiracular line yellowish. The 

 larvae fromx which the foregoing description was taken, were 

 reared from eggs sent me by Mr. Hellins, at the end of May, 

 and fed on flowers of Anthriscus sylvestris. They were full 

 fed at the end of June, and the first perfect insect appeared 

 July 16th. Mr. Hellins tells me he has reared the larva on 

 flowers of Clematis.* The pupa, which is enclosed in a 



* A variety occurs which has the ground-colour yellowish-green, 

 almost primrose -yellow. Central dorsal line olive, intersecting and 

 uniting a series of pear-shaped spots of the same colour, becoming 



