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species ; in some specimens with a narrow fascia before the middle of the wing, abruptly angulated towards the 

 costa, and formed of confluent brownish strig» ; the middle of the wing with the ordinary black dot ; hind 

 wings paler, with dark strigas, especially on the anal edge of the wings. Taken in June and July, in woods ; 

 but not common. 



" SvNoNYME. — Geometra subumbrata, Wien. Verz. ; Hiibner ; Haworth ; Stephens ; Wood, fig. 664. 



Species 18. — Eupithecia subfasciata '' — (Plate LXIX., Fig. 16) — Measures 10^ lines in expanse ; fore 



'""wines narrow, brown, with black longitudinal dashes on the veins, an indistinct fascia across the middle, and 



a pale dentated striga near the extremity of the wings, and an interrupted, black, slender line on the margin 



itself; hind wings paler towards the costal margin, and obscurely strigose on the anal margin. Very rare 



Taken in Darenth Wood, in June. 



" Synonyme. — Eupithecia subfasciata, Stephens ; Wood, fig. 665. 



Species 19. — Eupithecia yvLQATA.^ — (Plate LXIX., Fig. 17) — Measures from 8 to 10 lines in expanse; 

 wings grayish-brown, almost immaculate, with the ordinary central dot nearly obsolete, and a scarcely visible, 

 waved, whitish, subapical striga, dilated toward the hinder angle of the wing, and edged with brown within, and 

 with a slender, dusky, marginal line ; ciUa clouded with dusky; hind wings nearly resembling the fore ones. 

 Taken very commonly in gardens, in June and July. 



" Synonymes. — Phalcena vulgata, Haworth ; Stephens. 

 Geometra minuta, Wien. Verz. ? Hiibner ? 



Species 20. — Eupithecia irriguata^. — (Plate LXIX., Fig. 18.) — " Whitish, anterior wings with 3 dusky 

 bands ; the basal one angulated in the middle ; the second shghtly bent, interrupted in the middle, and terminating 

 on the inner margin in three slender streaks ; the third similarly curved, forming a border, divided transversely 

 by a waved whitish streak, slightly interrupted in the middle ; posterior wings with three waved griseous 

 streaks, the marginal one darkest ; all the wings with a central black dot, and the fringe griseous, interrupted 

 with dusky. Taken in April, on the mountains of South Wales*." We are indebted to the kindness of Mr. 

 Stephens for the preceding description. 

 » SvNoNYHE. — Geometra irriguata, Hiibner ; Geome. 77, f. 397 ; Treitschke, Sch. Eur. vi. st. 2, p. 124 ; Duponchel, L. F. v. yii. t. 202, f. 8. 





DESCRIPTION OF PLATE LXX. 



Insects. — Fig. 1. Eupithecia subfuscata (the brown grey pug). 



t, Fig. 2. Eupithecia innotata (the unspotted pug). 



,, Fig. 3. Eupithecia notata (the dotted pug). 



,, Fig. 4. Eupithecia elongata (^the long-winged pug). 



„ Fig. 5. The Caterpillar. 



,, Fig. 6. Eupithecia simpliciata (the plain pug). 



,, Fig. 7. Eupithecia pusillata (the small grey pug). 



,, Fig. 8. Eupithecia absinthiata (the wormwood pug.) 



,, Fig. 9. Eupithecia sobrinata (the Scotch pug). 



,, Fig. 10. Eupithecia angustata( the narrow-winged pug). 



,, Fig, 11. Eupithecia plumbeolata (the lead-coloured pug). 



,, Fig. 12. Eupithecia subfulvata (the tawny pug). 



,, Pig. 13. Eupithecia cognata (the allied pug). 



,, Fig. 14. Eupithecia succenturiata (the bordered lime-speck 

 P"g)- 



Insects. — Fig. 15. Eupithecia piperata (the peppered pug). 



,, Fig. 16. Eupithecia centaureata (the lime-speck pug). 



Fig. 17. The Caterpillar. 

 ,, Fig. 18. Eupithecia variegata (the marbled pug). 

 „ Fig. 19. Eupithecia consignata (the pinion-spotted pug). 

 ,, Fig. 20. Eupithecia venosata (the netted pug). 

 Fig. 21. The Caterpillar. 

 Plant. — Fig. 22. Centaurea nigra (common knapvceed). 



E. subfuscata, E. notata, and E. innotata, are from the cabinet of 

 J. F. Stephens, Esq. ; the rest are from the collection of Mr. Bentley. 

 The caterpillars are from Hiibner. The caterpillar of E. elongata is 

 sometimes brown, H. N. H. 



• Boisduval gives the south of France and June as the place and time of appearance of this species. 



