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from either of them; and again, in another list, we have the 
long, slender, cylindrical larva of Subfulvata of Haworth 
preceding the stout, swelled-out larva of Succenturiata of 
Linn., followed by the long, slender larva of Centaureata, 
which is followed again by the short, broad larva of Linariata. 
Here, I think, we see how utterly chaotic our Eupithecide 
are placed; and in order to clear up the British species, and 
place them somewhat more naturally, | have annexed a list, 
drawn up and arranged entirely from my own knowledge of 
the larve of this genus. Had | obtained any assistance from 
any of my friends the arrangement might have been more 
perfect; but they might have had to share the blame of any 
shortcomings. As itis, l alone am blameable; but as I am 
not acquainted with the larve of more than six or eight of the 
forty to fifty European Eupithecide which are not British, I 
make no pretence of placing the British species as I might 
do had I bred nearly the whole of them, as [ have bred the 
British species. I may say, I treat one or two species, now 
in our list, as mere aberrant forms of good species, and I also 
reject Venosata and Togata as not being true Eupithecias: 
it may be that some of the continental Eupithecide might 
connect them with Curtis’s genus in my mind if I knew these 
larve ; but, in the absence of such knowledge, I prefer to 
reject them, or at best to place Venosata before the true 
pugs. Its larva being so different from any other European 
pug-larva I know, and utterly unlike any British pug-larva, 
I shall then for perspicuity group our British species from 
the form of the larva; and as I have found, during many 
years pug breeding, that this is a pretty general guide to 
markings also, though not absolutely so, I shall follow the 
annexed plan. 
Larva shortish, broad from head to anus.—Venosata. 
Larva short-attenuate.—Plumbeolata, Isogrammata, Pyg- 
meata, Helveticata = Arceuthata, Tenuiata, Rectangulata, 
Pumilata, Debiliata, Valerianata. 
Larva medium and stout.—Trisignata, Pulchellata, Lina- 
riata, Succenturiata, Satyrata, Expallidata, Albipunctata, 
Companulata, Knautiata, Minutata, Absynthiata, Subnotata. 
Larva long, cylindrical, generally tapering to head.— 
Consignata, Castigata, Virgaureata = Pernotata (var.), Irri- 
guata, Vulgata, Abbreviata, Dodoneata, Exiguata, Pimpi- 
nellata, Centaureata, Subfulvata, Nanata. 
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