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BRITISH MOTHS. 



the head, and a good deal resembles in ap- 

 pearance the caterpillar of E. fraxinata. 



" Var. 2. The ground colour is yellowish 

 red, or reddish buff; the central dorsal line 

 brownish olive ; the sub-dorsal lines brownish 

 olive, occasionally very faint ; the spiracular 

 line is pale greenish yellow ; the aual tip of 

 the central dorsal line reddish ; the belly is 

 whitish, with a dusky central and two broad 

 lateral lines. It feeds on larch and spruce fir, 

 and is full-fed at the end of July. 



"The CHRYSALIS is enclosed in a slight earthen 

 cocoon ; it is rather long and slender ; the 

 thorax is yellowish olive ; the wing-cases 

 deep green; and the body yellowish green, 

 tinged with red ; the abdominal divisions and 

 tip red." 



The MOTH appears on the wing at the end 

 of May ; it was discovered by Mr. Eedle, in 

 Surrey, only a few years ago, and its namu 

 ascertained by Mr. Doubleday ; it is now 

 found to be very abundant in fir plantations 

 in the south of England, but has not yet beer 

 recorded from the north of England, from 

 Scotland, or from Ireland. (The scientific 

 name is Eupithecia lariciata.) 



277. The Triple-Spot Pug (Eupithecia, trisignata). 



277. THE TRIPLE-SPOT PUG. The fore 

 wings are gray, tinged with ochreous, and 

 having a number of transverse bent lines of 

 a darker colour ; three of these originate 

 about the middle of the costal margin, in as 

 many black spots, and below these is situated 

 the usual discoidal spot which is nearly round, 

 and very conspicuous; the hind wings are 

 slightly paler, but very similar ; the under 

 side of this little moth has a discoidal spot, 

 rather conspicuously placed near the centre of 

 each wing. 



The CATERPILLAR is thus described by Mr. 

 Crewe : " Rather short and stout, tapering 

 feut slightly towards the head ; the ground 

 colour is pale green ; the central dorsal and 



sub-dorsal lines dark green, the latter broader 

 than the former ; the spiracular line is waved, 

 and of a whitish or yellowish colour ; the seg- 

 mental divisions are yellowish ; the head is 

 black, and, when at rest, curved considerably 

 inwards ; the anal tip of the central dorsal 

 line is purplish ; the back is wrinkled, and 

 sprinkled with a vesy few short bristly hairs; 

 the belly is green, with a central yellowish 

 line. The CHRYSALIS is enclosed in an earthen 

 cocoon ; its thorax is pale olive ; its wing- 

 cases are pale olive, and very transparent ; its 

 body tapering, and of a reddish yellow colour; 

 its tip and segmental divisions blood-red." 

 It feeds on the flowers of the wild angelica 

 (Angelica sylvestris). 



The MOTH appears in June and July, and 

 occurs in Buckinghamshire and Derbyshire, 

 but has not been recorded from Scotland ; Mr. 

 Birchall obtained it at Howth, in Ireland. 

 (The scientific name is Eupithecia trisignata.) 



278. THE DWARF PUG. The fore wing* 

 are very strongly marked ; the ground colour 

 is pale gray, and there are numerous trans- 

 verse, irregular, interrupted bars of a dark 

 brown colour ; the first of these is more con- 

 spicuous than the rest ; the second is inter- 

 rupted in the middle ; the third includes the 

 usual discoidal spot ; and there is also a series 

 of distinct black lines on the hind margin, 

 just within the fringe, which is alternately 

 dark and pale ; the hind wings are gray, with 

 waved darker bars and a discoidal spot ; they 

 have also a marginal series of dark lines ; the 

 heaa thorax, and body are grayish brown, 

 and speckled ; the body has a black belt near 

 the base. 



The CATERPILLAR is thus described by Mr. 

 Crewe : " Long, slender, and tapering con- 

 siderably towards the head ; ground colour 

 orange red, or dull ochreous green ; central 

 dorsal line dusky olive, often apparent on the 

 anterior segments ; sub-dorsal line of the same 

 colour ; spiracular line yellow ; segmental di- 

 visions orange ; central ventral line yellowish. 

 It feeds on spruce fir (Pinus abies), and is 

 full-fed the first week in July. The CHRY- 

 SALIS is enclosed in a slight earthen cocoon ; 

 it is slender and delicate, of a pale ochreous 



