staple, Lewes, Pembury, Worcester, Llenferras, Stow- 

 market, and the Isle of Man. 



The perfect insect appears in June, July, and 

 August. 



The caterpillar is reddish-brown, with a series of dusky 

 olive, spots along the back, confluent at each end, and 

 strung on a paler line of the same colour, on either side 

 a black interrupted line, and a- white one below; the 

 back thickly studded with minute white raised spots, the 

 lower part whitish, with a purple line along it. 



The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 

 September and October. 



It feeds on the flower and seed of the yarrow ( ' Aeliillcea 

 millefolium), the sea worm-wood (Artemisia maritimaj. 



The chrysalis is orange red, the thorax and wing-cases 

 paler in colour. 



ETJPITHECIA SUBUMBRARIA. 

 SMALL BRINGLED PUG. 

 Plate XXIX. Figure 15. 



THIS insect measures rather over three quarters of an 

 inch in expanse. 



Male : fore wings whitish-grey, darker along the upper 

 margin and outer margin; third line whitish; central 

 spot very indistinct. Hind wings whitish, grey on the 

 outer margin. 



Localities for this species are York, Halton, Cambridge, 

 Brighton, Bristol. 



The perfect insect appears in June. 



The caterpillar is of a dull yellowish-green colour, with 

 a broad dark green line along the back, and fcelow it on 



