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EUPITHECIA SATYRARIA. 



SPECKLED PUG. 

 Plate XXIX. Figure 21. 



THIS insect measures three quarters of an inch, to a 

 little over in width. 



Male: fore wings pale grey, crossed by numerous 

 darker waved lines; third line a row of Avhitish dots; 

 central spot blackish but often indistinct. Hind wings 

 pale grey, darker towards the outer margin. 



Localities for this species are York, Castle Eden Dene, 

 Killarney, Brighton, Scarborough, Edinburgh, Halton, 

 Waterford, Glasgow, Simons wood Moss near Birkeiihead. 



The situations where it is found are woods and woody 

 places. 



The perfect insect appears in April and May. 



The caterpillar is whitish-grey, with a row along the 

 back of dull red angular-shaped markings, edged in front 

 with brownish; side line dull red. 



The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in June. 



It feeds on the devil's-bit scabious (Scabiosa succisa), 

 the bedstraw (Galium verum), the St. John's wort 

 (Hypericum calycinuni), &c. 



EUPITHECIA EGENARIA. 

 Plate XXIX. Figure 22. 



THIS insect measures an inch in expanse. 

 Male: fore wings grey, crossed by numerous paler 

 lines; third line rather indistinct, followed by a dark 



