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EUPITHECIA PUMILARIA. 

 DOUBLE-STRIPED PTJG. 



Plate XXX. Figure 18. 



THIS insect measures from rather under three quarters 

 of an inch to that width in expanse. 



Male: fore wings whitish-grey, with a reddish tinge. 

 The first line is very distinct; also the second line, which 

 is followed by a slender white band; third line indistinct; 

 the outer margin rather dark reddish-grey; central spot 

 very faint. Hind wings pale grey, darker towards the 

 outer margin, crossed by a dark bent line. 



Localities for this species are Scarborough, Exeter, 

 Glasgow, Isle of Wight, Barnstaple, Ipswich, Birkenhead, 

 Manchester, Brighton, Bristol, West Looe, Arran, Cam- 

 bridge, and the Isle of Man. 



The situations where it is found are woods. 



The perfect insect appears in April, May, July, and 

 August. July 16. 



The caterpillar is differently pale yellowish-olive, red- 

 dish-olive, or rusty-red; a dusky blackish-olive line along 

 the back, and a chain of dusky marks more or less distinct, 

 partially bordered with yellow, and emerged in the line on 

 the first and last segments; on each side a broad yellow- 

 ish stripe, dusky on the edges, the side line yellowish, 

 or pale yellowish-green, with an olive-coloured line along 

 the back, longitudinally uniting and laterally dividing a 

 series of marks of the same colour merging in the central 

 line on the first and last segments; on each side of it 

 two other olive-coloured lines; underneath pale dull green, 

 dusky at the edges; the spots and lines vary much in 

 depth of colour, and are sometimes almost wholly absent. 



The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in June. 



