242 THE MOTHS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 



Shaded Pug {Enpifhecia scabiosata). 



The grey, or greyish-brown hned, whitish species shown on 

 Plate 97, Fig. 14, has been known by three names in Britain. 

 It was named and described by Stephens, in 1 831, as piperata 

 (The Speckled Pug), from a specimen, or specimens, taken at 

 Riddlesdown, near Croydon, Surrey ; later, it was supposed 

 to be the snbumbrata, of the Vienna Catalogue (1776), and 

 certainly of Guen^e. The name given to it by Borkhausen, 

 in 1794, appears to be the correct one, and is here adopted. 



Crewe describes the caterpillar as yellowish green, with three 

 dark lines on the back, the outer one not clearly defined ; a 

 yellow line on each side of the head, and of the last ring of the 

 body. 



It feeds on flowers of one of the hawkbits {Leo?itodon 

 hispidus)^ and hawk's-beard {Crepis ta7'axacifolia), etc., from 

 July to September. In June and early July, the moth may be 

 started up from the herbage, as the collector walks over rough 

 ground inland, or more frequently on the coast. It also occurs 

 in fens, marshy places in woods, etc. 



The species occurs in Bucks., Berks., Surrey, and in the 

 seaboard counties from Norfolk in the east to Gloucestershire 

 in the west, also in South Wales ; in the north it is found in 

 Lancashire, Yorkshire, Durham, and Northumberland. It is 

 not common in Scotland, but has been reported from various 

 parts, extending from Wigtown to Argyll and Aberdeen. In 

 Ireland it is also a coast insect, from Donegal to Cork. 



Haworth's Pug i^Eupithecia haworthiata). 



The fore wings of this species (Plate 98, Fig. 2) are pale 

 greyish, with dark cross lines, and still darker narrow bands ; 

 hind wings, similar, but markings less distinct. Resembles 



