GEOMETERS. 



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s. I first described this magnificent Eu- 

 thecia as British, in the "Zoologist" for 

 15, at p. 1086, and have copied my original 

 iription here ; but it appears to be an insect 

 ' excessive rarity. 



299. THE DOUBLE- STBIPED Pro. The fore 

 igs are very varied and distinctly marked, 

 it all the markings are broken up, or inter- 

 rupted, along the costa ; they have a vinous 

 tint in some specimens, almost rosy ; there 

 are three pairs of whitish transverse lines, and 

 two single ones ; the first single line is very 

 short and near the base, the other single line 

 is parallel with the hind margin, and zigzag ; 

 the three pairs are intermediate between 

 these ; the space between the second and third 

 pair of pale transverse lines is grayish brown, 

 with six, and sometimes seven, dark brown 

 longitudinal wedge-shaped streaks, the bases 

 of which rest on the third pair of transverse 

 lines, and the apices point towards the base 

 of tho wing; the other interspaces are all of 

 a vinous red colour ; the hind wings are gray, 

 th transverse zigzag markings, both paler 

 darker : the body is also variegated, 

 'he CATERPILLAR is thus described by Mr. 

 ?we : " Short and stumpy, tapering slightly 

 rards the head ; ground colour pale yel- 

 rish olive, reddish olive, or rusty red ; cen- 

 dorsal line dusky olive, almost black ; 

 >wn the centre of the back is a chain of 

 dusky arrow-shaped spots, more or less dis- 

 ict, and becoming merged in the dorsal line 

 the anterior and posterior segments ; on 

 ch side is a broad ribbon-like stripe ; yel- 

 ivish in the middle, dusky at the edges ; the 

 sal spots are bordered uninterruptedly witli 

 fellow ; the spiracular line is yellowish. The 

 Caterpillars from which the foregoing de- 

 scription was taken, were reared from eggs 

 su.t me by Mr. Hellins, at the end of May, 

 and fed on flowers of Anthriscus sykestris. 

 They were full-fed at the end of June, and 

 the first perfect insect appeared on the 16th 

 of July. Mr. Ilellins tells me he has reared 

 the caterpillars on flowers of clematis. The 

 ciiHYsALis, which is enclosed in a slight 

 earthen cocoon, has the thorax and wing- 

 cases pale yellow ; the body is short and 



yellow, with a red tip, and .its divisions 

 slightly so." 



The MOTH appears in April and May, and 

 again in July and August, flying about the 

 furze bushes in the sunshine ; it occurs com- 

 monly in most of our English counties, also in 

 Scotland, and is common and generally dis- 

 tributed throughout Ireland. (The scientific 

 name is Eupithecia pumilata.} 



300. The V Pug (Eupithecia coronata). 



300. THR V Pro. The fore wings are 

 green, with numerous black and pale mark- 

 ings ; of these the most conspicuous is a V- 

 shaped black mark, the apex of which points 

 towards the hind margin ; one of the arms of 

 this V, which, however, is rather irregular, 

 touches the costa at about two-thirds of its 

 length, the other vanishes in the middle of 

 the wing; and between this V and the inner 

 margin are four small black longitudinal 

 streaks ; the extreme hind margin has an in- 

 terrupted black line just within the fringe; 

 there are also three pairs of transverse zigzag 

 silvery lines ; the first pair near the base of 

 the wing, the second just within the V mark, 

 the third outside of the V mark ; the hind 

 wings are very pale towards the base, but 

 clouded with smoke-colour towards the hind 

 margin ; the extreme hind margin, as in the 

 fore wings, has an interrupted black line just 

 within the fringe ; the head, thorax, and body 

 are greenish, and adorned with several black 

 markings. 



Mr. Crewe describes the CATERPILLAR as 

 under: <l I think this caterpillar the prettiest 

 of all the genus. It is excessively variable 

 in colour so much so, that it was not until 

 I had repeatedly bred the insect, that I could 

 believe that such different-looking caterpillars 

 could produce the same moth. The following 

 are some of the principal varieties : 



" Var. 1. Ground colour yellowish green, 

 with three reddish dorsul lines; the centre 



