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band before the submarginal line, which is interrupted by 

 patches of the ground colour, one above, and the other below, 

 the middle ; the submarginal line is whitish towards the inner 

 margin. 



Caterpillar, long and thin ; dark green ; a series of yellow 

 dotted reddish marks on the back, and a yellow-edged reddish 

 line low down along the sides. It feeds, in the autumn, on 

 hawthorn, sloe, currant, sallow, ash, etc. 



The moth is out in May and June, and is sometimes seen at 

 rest on the stems and branches of trees, fences, etc., and may be 

 beaten out of hedgerows. 



Widely distributed throughout England, Wales, Scotland to 

 Perthshire, and Ireland. 



Juniper Pug {^Eupithecia sobri?iatd). 



Two specimens are shown on Plate 99 : Fig. 6 represents a 

 more or less typical example from the Surrey downs, and Fig. 

 7 a pale form from Forres in Scotland. The species varies in 

 tint of ground colour, and in the strength of marking, in all its 

 localities ; but in Scotland there is a greater tendency to pale 

 forms than in England. Mr. H. Mc Arthur, during the present 

 year, obtained an extensive and most variable series from 

 heather, at Aviemore, in Inverness. A pale-brownish tinged 

 white pug found in Kent and the Isle of Wight, at one time 

 referred to E. uliitnarm, Boisduval, and afterwards known as 

 steve?isata, Webb, is really, according to Prout, anglicata^ 

 Herrich-Schaeffer. Whether this is a form of the present 

 species or specifically distinct is still left in doubt, but personally 

 I believe it to be a variety. 



The dark-green, sometimes reddish marked, caterpillars may 

 be beaten from juniper bushes, from April to early June. The 

 moth is out from late July to earl> October, and may be found 



