with a series of large dull olive or reddish-brown spots or 

 marks on the back, on each side of which is a dusky olive 

 line; the head nearly black. The spots on the back are 

 often indistinct and sometimes wholly wanting. 



The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 

 August and September. 



It feeds on the seeds of the yellow toad-flax (Linaria 

 vulgarisj. 



The chrysalis is reddish-yellow, the tail deep red, the 

 thorax and wing-cases olive. It is enclosed in a cocoon 

 of earth. 



EUPITHECIA PULCHELLARIA. 



PRETTY PUG. 

 Plate XXIX. Figure 12. 



THIS insect measures rather over three quarters of an 

 inch in expanse. 



Male: fore wings pale dull yellowish, with a dull greyish 

 tawny band near the inner corner, and another towards 

 the outer margin; third line dull yellowish- white but 

 very indistinct; central band grey, edged on each side 

 with whitish and crossed by a waved whitish line; central 

 spot black. 



Localities for this species are Harrogate, Scarborough, 

 Lewisham, Huddersfield, Edinburgh, Exeter, Worcester, 

 Manchester, Lyndhurst, Dunoon, Tenterden, Birkenhead, 

 Brighton. 



The perfect insect appears in May. 



