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attacking the buds and later stripping the trees of leaves. 

 Gardeners find a layer of cart grease applied to the tree-trunks 

 effective in stopping the female, which is unable to fly, from 

 ascending the trees. It feeds on most deciduous trees. 



Oporabia dilutata, Bkh. (autumnaria, Gn.) " The November 

 Moth." 



General (often in great abundance) throughout the British Isles, 

 N. and C. Europe, W. and N. Asia and N. America. On oak, birch, 



blackthorn, &c. 



Chesias spartiata, Fab. u The Streak." 



Common to British Isles and W. C. Europe. On Gijtisus 

 scoparius, the dried open seed pods of which the imago curiously 

 resembles. Only extremely black specimens observed. Taken 

 by Mr. Dallimore. 



Eupithecia, Curt.— A large genus of small moths, the larvae of 



which usually feed on flowers, seed vessels, or seeds. The moths 



are practically cosmopolitan, and the large number and great 



similarity of those found in these islands often render their 



determination somewhat difficult. They are vulgarly known 

 as " pugs." 



Eupithecia centaureata, F. (oblongata, Thb.). "The Lime- 

 speck Pug." 



A very common species in the South of England and Ireland, 



rock of Gibraltar. 

 Comjiositae, &c. 



W. Asia, and common 



many Umbellift 



Eupithecia succenturiata, L. " The Bordered Lime-speck Pug." 



Habitat much the same as E. centaureata. The larvae feed on 

 the upper surface of leaves of Artemisia vulgaris and occasionally 

 on A. maritima and Achillea. 



Haw. " The Common 



member 



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out Great Britain and C. and S. Europe. On Eubus, Senecio, and 



many 



Hub. " The Wormwood 



Fairly distributed throughout British Isles, and abroad in Hol- 

 Smbiosa many only * 0n fl owers of Erica, Calluna and 



Hb 



A common little moth flying about the furze bushes in the hot 

 sunshine of July and August, and found in most of our English 



Erictr&c C ° Uand and IrelamL 0n no ™ rs of VI**, Cytisus, 



"thecia scabiosata, Bkh. (subumbrata, Gn.). <• The Shaded 



Pug." 



and C. Europe and W, 

 Gentiana, &c» 



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