EUPITHECIA. 117 



Eupithecia variegata. (Plate CLIl. fig. 24..) 



E.xpanse \^ inch. 



Male. Pale ochreous or reddish browu, irrorated with dark scales, and sometimes 

 blotched or suffused with black over the greater part of the disc of fore wing and marginal 

 area of both wings, obscuring most of the markings. Fore wing with three black strigse from 

 costa, antcmedial, medial, and postmedial; three obliquely-superposed black antemedial spots 

 on subcostal, median, and submedian nervures ; a series of four black specks at end of cell, 

 origin of first median nervulc, interno-median interspace, and on submedian nervure ; a post- 

 medial series of black specks on the nervules of both wings, inwardly-oblique on fore wing, 

 curved on hind wing; a series of black cilial specks ; a black speck at end of cell of hind 

 wing. Underside with the specks at end of cell and postmedial and cilial series only. 



Eupithecia dentifascia. (Plate CLII. fig. 12.) 



Expanse § inch. 



Male and female. Fore wing dark brown and reddish brown; a narrow curved subbasal 

 black band, the area beyond it somewhat paler ; followed by a slightly darker broad medial 

 band, inwardly-bounded by a curved black line, outwardly by a black line with pale outer 

 border, nearly straight to third median nervule, then inwardly-oblique, and toothed at second 

 median nervule, interno-median interspace, and inner margin ; a black spot in centre of this 

 band at end of cell ; a fine waved line beyond the band after a short interval ; an indistinct 

 waved pale submarginal line. Hind wing with traces of two antemedial, a postmedial, and 

 submarginal bands ; the colour and markings obsolescent from median nervure to costa. 

 Both wings with black antecilial line; cilia fuscous and reddish brown alternately. Under- 

 side paler, with scarcely a trace of markings. 



Allied to E. poly cleat a. 



Eupithecia asema. (Plate CLII. fig. 23.) 



Expanse | inch. 



Male. Milky white, sufiused with pale brown, which seems to form traces of numerous 

 waved bands over the whole fore wing, and towards inner and outer margins of hind wing. 

 Underside: fore wing suffused with fuscous; hind wing with dark medial and submarginal 

 bands. 



