EUPITHECIA CENTAUREATA. 



LIME-SPECKED PUG. 

 Plate XXIX. Figure 13. 



THIS insect measures from a little under an inch to an 

 inch in expanse. 



Male: fore wings white, clouded with pale grey towards 

 the outer margin; first line grey and waved but rather 

 indistinct; second line also indistinct, waved and grey: 

 central spot black and curved, and between it and the 

 upper margin is a grey blot. 



Localities for this species are Scarborough, Glasgow, 

 Bromsgrove, Ardrossan, Stowmarket, Pembury, Exeter, 

 Edinburgh, Kingsbury, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Birkenhead, 

 Lewes, Brighton, New Brighton, Bristol, Halton, West 

 Looe, Manchester, Worcester, Cambridge, Newnham, 

 Ipswich. 



The situations where it is found are hedgerows and 

 woods. 



The perfect insect appears in May, June, July, and 

 August. 



The caterpillar is very variable, either bright yellowish 

 or bluish-green, with many spots and lines of a darker 

 shade on the back and below it, often making a series 

 of spots; or plain yellowish or bluish-green or greenish 

 or pink-white, with a chain of deep red triple spots on 

 the back run together towards the head, the lower part 

 whitish, with a short red line or spot in the centre of 

 several of the segments. 



The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 

 September. 



