226 THE MOTHS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 



The species is very local, but is found in Kent (West Wick- 

 ham, etc.), Surrey (Mickleham district), Hants (New Forest), 

 Devon (Exeter district, Plymouth), Wilts. (Watlington district), 

 and Suffolk. 



Ochreous Pug {Eupithecia i?idigata). 



Captured specimens of this pale greyish-ochreous-brown 

 species nearly always have a washed-out appearance, and even 

 freshly emerged examples are unattractive. In some speci- 

 mens, cross lines are more or less traceable on the fore wings ; 

 in others four or five tiny dusky dots will be noted on the front 

 edge ; as a rule, the only clearly defined character is the black 

 discal spot (Plate 96, Fig. i). 



The long caterpillar is greenish-yellow or yellowish-red ; 

 three lines on the back, the central one brownish, but often 

 only distinct on the front rings ; the others, and also one low 

 down along the sides, yellowish ; head, reddish (adapted 

 from Crewe). It feeds, in June and July, on pine and larch, 

 or may be reared on juniper. 



The moth is out in May and June, and sometimes there 

 seems to be another emergence in the latter part of the summer. 

 It frequents pine-woods, where it rests upon the trunks and 

 branches of the trees. 



Generally distributed over the whole of England ; has been 

 found in South Wales, and occurs in Perthshire, in Scotland. 

 In Ireland, it has been noted from Tyrone, Derry, and Galway. 



Pinion- Spotted Pug {Eupithecia i?isigniata). 



The greyish white fore wings have a blackish basal line, and 

 three slender double lines between this and the outer margin ; 

 three blotches on the front margin of the wings, the middle one 



