240 THE MOTHS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 



any of the above is the pale brownish ab. pernotata^ Guen^e 

 {cauchyata, Meyrick). 



The caterpillar is greenish with a scries of purplish-brown 

 edged, dusky green, Y-shaped marks along the back ; above 

 the yellow spiracular line is a row of slanting purplish blotches ; 

 sometimes the general colour is paler, and the markings on the 

 back and sides rosy ; occasionally, the whole of the back is 

 rosy (adapted from Crewe). It feeds on the flowers of knapweed 

 {Centauj'ea 7ngra\ scabious, hawkweed {Hieracium), heath, 

 sallow, etc., etc. : August and September. 



The moth is out in May and June, and is found in woodlands, 

 and on heaths and moors. It is widely distributed over the 

 British Isles, 



Bordered Pug [Eupitheda siiccenhiriata). 



The fore wings are white, clouded and suffused with dark 

 grey on all the margins. The greyish clouding sometimes 

 covers the whole area of the wings, except a very limited 

 space under the black discal spot (ab. disparata^ Hiibner). 

 Plate 97, Figs. 2, a specimen from Lanes., 5, one from Surrey. 



The caterpillar is reddish brown, paler in some specimens 

 than in others ; a series of blackish spear-head marks along 

 the back, connected by a blackish line, and a dusky line on 

 each side ; a whitish line along the spiracles. It feeds, in 

 September and October, on mugwort {Arte?msia vulgar-is)^ 

 tansy {Tanacetuin vulgare), and yarrow {Achillea). It may 

 be reared on garden Chrysanthemum. Chrysalis, dark buff, 

 inclining to brown ; wing cases olive green ; figure 7 on 

 Plate 92 is from a photo by Mr. Main, and is enlarged to 

 twice the natural size. 



The moth is out in July and early August ; it is not readily 

 put up from its hiding-place among herbage, but at night, 

 when on the wing, it will come to light. 



