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EUPITHECIA NANARIA. 



NARROW-WINGED PUG. 



Plate XXX. Figure 4. 



THIS insect measures rather above three quarters of 

 an inch in width. 



Male: fore wings dark grey, with numerous waved 

 whitish lines across ; the third line whitish, much indented 

 and crossed by a white streak which runs to the tip of the 

 wing; the fringe whitish, spotted with dark grey; central 

 spot black. 



Localities for this species are York, Scarborough, Edin- 

 burgh, Glasgow, Stowmarket, Manchester, Birkenhead, 

 Darlington, Brighton, Isle of Man, Lynton, Saddleworth, 

 Preston. 



The situations where it is foiind are woods. 



The perfect insect appears in May and August. 



The caterpillar is white or greenish-white with a row of 

 red spots on the back, bordered on each side by an inter- 

 rupted line of the same colour, the sides spotted with red; 

 underneath there is a central red line. A variety is of a 

 bright green ground colour, with a series of white spots 

 along the back, through which runs a dark green line of 

 purple at the tail end. Another is pink and white. 



The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 

 August, September, and October. 



It feeds on the blossoms of the heath (Call/ma vulgaris). 



The chrysalis is enclosed in a cocoon of earth. It is 

 deeply tinged with red, the thorax and wing cases yellow. 

 The chrysalis of the green variety has a green tint all 

 over it. 



