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The chrysalis is enclosed in an earthen cocoon, and has 

 the thorax yellowish-green, the wing-cases bright green, 

 the body reddish-yellow, with a dark green line on the 

 back. 



EUPITHECIA MINUTARIA. 

 Plate XXX. Figure 9. 



THIS insect measures three quarters of an inch or a 

 little over in width. 



Male: fore wings brownish-grey, with a very faint tinge 

 of reddish. 



Localities for this species are Glasgow, Newcastle-on- 

 Tyne, West Wickham, and Prenton near Birkenhead. 



The situations where it is found are heaths. 



The perfect insect appears in June. 



The caterpillar is dull pink or yellowish-red, with a row 

 of dusky marks along the back, through which runs a 

 pink line, faint on the front segments, and almost invisible 

 on the hind ones ; each segment on the back studded with 

 four yellowish raised spots, the side line yellowish, with 

 occasional interruptions of dusky blots; the back also 

 studded with minute white raised spots and a few black 

 ones; the head dull olive; the body underneath dusky 

 or pinkish -white. 



The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 

 August and September. 



It feeds on the flowers of the heath (Cattuna vulgaris}, 

 the yarrow (Acliillcea millefolium), and the wild parsley 

 (Anthriscus sylvestris}. 



The chrysalis is enclosed in an earthen cocoon; the 

 body yellow, generally suffused with red, and deep red at 

 the tip; the thorax and wing-cases golden yellow. 



