248. THE MOTHS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 



Brindled Pug {^Enpithecia abhreviatd). 



The ochreous grey fore wings of this species (Plate 99, Fig. 3) 

 are crossed by dark, bent lines, and marked with black on the 

 veins ; the central area is sometimes whitish, and generally 

 paler than the ground colour. 



Caterpillar, slender, ochreous brown in colour, with browner 

 lines and redder V-shaped marks on the back. It feeds on 

 oak, in June and July. The moth is not uncommon in oak 

 woods, in April and May, and may be beaten from the boughs 

 in the daytime, and not infrequently found resting on the 

 trunks. Generally distributed, but in Scotland not noted north 

 of Perthshire. 



Oak-tree Pug {Eupithecia dodoncaia). 



This species (Plate 99, Fig. 5) differs from the last in being 

 smaller, paler in colour, more distinctly marked, and with a 

 rather larger and more conspicuous discal spot. 



The caterpillar feeds, in June and July, on young leaves of 

 oak, the flowers of the evergreen oak {Quercus ilex)^ and haw- 

 thorn. It is orange, or ochreous red, with blackish marks 

 connected by a line of the same colour along the back, and 

 yellowish stripes and lines on the sides. 



The moth is out in May and early June, and occurs in some 

 of the woods in most of the southern counties of England, and 

 on the west to Worcesiershire. It has been recorded from Yorks. 

 and Cumberland ; from Glamorganshire, South Wales ; and 

 from counties Armagh, Dublin, Wickiow, and Sligo, in Ireland. 



Mottled Pug [Etipithecia exigtiafa). 



In some respects this species (Plate 99, Fig. 4) is not unlike 

 E. abbrcviata, but the general colour of the fore wings is pale 

 grey inclining to brownish ; a good character is the blackish 



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