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EUPITHECIA SUBNOTARIA. 



PLAIN PUG. 

 Plate XXX. Figure 5. 



THIS insect measures from above three quarters of an 

 inch to nearly an inch in expanse. 



Male: fore wings dull greyish yellow, crossed hy 

 numerous darker waved lines, and a narrow pale band 

 beyond the middle; third line whitish, at the lower corner 

 white; central spot dark grey, but inconspicuous. 



Localities for this species are the banks of the Orwell 

 and the Stour, Gravesend, Ipswich, Bexley, Kingsbury, 

 Lewisham, Bristol and Exeter, Prenton near Birken- 

 head, Brighton, Faversham. 



The situations where it is found are woods, gardens, 

 and lanes. 



The perfect insect appears in June and July. 



The caterpillar is dull yellowish-green, pale green or 

 reddish-grey, studded over with minute white and some 

 black raised spots, with a row of angular-shaped dull olive 

 spots along the back, run together towards the head and 

 tail, and sometimes bordered by an indistinct olive line, 

 the spots and lines in some individuals very faint; the 

 divisions between the segments yellowish or reddish, the 

 line on the sides yellowish. 



The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 

 August, September, and October. 



It feeds on the orache {Atriplex laciniata), and the 

 goose-foot (Chenopodium album). 



The chrysalis is found enclosed in a cocoon of earth 

 It is yellowish on the thorax and the body, the wing- 

 cases dark green. 



