244 



Localities for this species are York, Scarborough, Worth- 

 ing, Birkenhead, Lewes, Lyndhurst, Dulvvich, Cambridge, 

 Manchester, Lewisham, Darlington, Newcastle-on-Tyne, 

 Torwood, Exeter, Pembury, Kingsbury, Stowmarket. 



The perfect insect appears at the end of April and in 

 May, May 1, May 2. 



The caterpillar is pale yellowish-red, with a pale olive 

 line along the back, and a series of pale olive angular 

 marks, sometimes bordered with yellow and frequently run 

 together in a broad line, the side line yellowish, the divisions 

 between the segments red; underneath is sometimes a 

 yellowish line. 



The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in June 

 and July. 



It feeds on the oak. 



The chrysalis in enclosed in a slight cocoon of earth; it 

 is bright red, the thorax and wing cases paler, the divisions 

 on the body, and the tip, deep red. 



EUPITHECIA EXIGUARIA. 



BARBERRY PUG. 

 Plate XXX. Figure 35. 



THIS insect measures from rather more than three 

 quarters of an inch to nearly an inch in width. 



Male: fore wings dull yellowish-grey, crossed by 

 numerous waved lines, the ground colour forming a pale 

 broad central band, divided by two short black lines, and 

 beyond it is a narrow band; third line rather indistinct; 

 central spot grey. 



Localities for this species are York, Both well, Newcastle- 

 on-Tyne, Cambridge, Halton, Stowmarket, Lower Guiting, 



