EUPITHECIA ASS1MILARIA. 



Plate XXX. Figure 10. 



THIS insect measures three quarters of an inch or a 

 little over in expanse. 



Male: fore wings light blackish-brown; third line 

 whitish. 



Localities for this species are Glasgow, Newcastle-on- 

 Tyne, Brighton. Lower Guiting, Halton, Ipswich, Derby, 

 Wallasey near Birkenhead, Liverpool, Edinburgh. 

 The situations where it is found are gardens. 

 The perfect insect appears in May and June. 

 The caterpillar is yellowish-green thickly sprinkled with 

 small yellowish-green raised spots, the divisions between 

 the segments yellow, a dark green line along the back, 

 and one below it, on each side, of dark green, but very 

 indistinct. Otherwise, pale green at first, afterwards dull 

 yellowish green, a central line on the back and spots, the 

 latter merged in the former on the front and hindmost 

 segments, the lines on each side of the back dusky, the 

 sides tinged with dull reddish brown and crossed by 

 several slender lines of the same colour, the head greenish 

 marked with black, the body underneath greenish. Another 

 is bright green with a row of brown angular-shaped spots 

 on the back. Another is pinkish, tinged above and below 

 with green, with a dark green line along the back bordered 

 by a black dot on each of the middle segments. 



The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 

 September, October, and November. 



It feeds on the black currant, the wild hop (Humulus 

 lupulus) , and also the red currant. 



The chrysalis is placed in an earthen cocoon and is 

 yellowish-green in colour. 



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