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Species 21. — Eupithecia subpuscata" — (Plate LXX., Fig. 1) — Measures 9 or 10 lines in expanse, and A.H.Ve^ 

 has all the wings ashy brown, with the apical margin, and a dot in the middle of each, darker ; the former bearing 

 a nearl)' obsolete whitish undulated striga, terminating near the hinder margin in a more distinct dot ; the disc 

 of the wing with nearly obsolete dusky strigse, most distinct on the costa. Taken in gardens, about the end of 

 May. 



" Synonyme. — PhaJana subfuscala, Haworth ; Stephens ; Wood, fig. 667. 



Species 22. — Eupithecia innotata ^ — (Plate LXX., Fig. 2) — Measures 10 lines in expanse, and has the 

 wings grayish-brown ; the fore ones with two fascias, composed of four slender waved dark strig*, which are 

 very indistinct, and with a black central dot, and a darker subapical striga, bordered by a waved whitish one ; 

 the costa vtith several equidistant dark dots ; hind wings paler at the base. Taken near Darenth Wood, Kent, 

 in June. 



' Synonyme. — Phalcena innotata, Borkhausen ; Hiibner ; Stephens ; Wood, fig. 668. 



Species 23. — Eupithecia notata <^ — (Plate LXX., Fig. 3) — Measures 9 lines in expanse ; " fore wings 

 grayish-brown, without the vestige of strigag, with a small central round black dot ; posterior wings rather paler, 

 with some indistinct darker strigas." Taken near London, in June. / 



'■ Synonyme. — Eupithecia notata, Stephens, 111. Haust. 3, p. 286 ; Wood, fig. 669. 



Species 24. — Eupithecia elongata<^ — (Plate LXX., Figs. 4, 5) — Measures from 11 to 13 lines in 



expanse ; all the wings uniformly brown and elongated ; the fore ones with some spots on the costa blackish, 



and with a larger black elongated central spot, placed towards the costa, and vyith a subapical pale waved very 



indistinct striga ; the hind wings rather paler, with the ordinary dot smaller. Taken in gardens, in June. The 



caterpillar is slender, and either green or brown, with slender black markings. 



^ Synonymes. — Phalana elongata, Hawortli ; Stephens; Wood, fig. 671. 

 Geometra pimpinellata, Hubner. 



Species 25. — Eupithecia simpliciata " — Measures 9 or 10 lines in expanse, and is of a more robust figure, 

 and with broader rounder wings than the preceding species ; they are of a grayish-ash, with very indistinct paler 

 strigffi, and with a paler undulated one beyond the middle of the wing, and with a darker margin to all the 

 wings, which is very slightly marked with a waved pale line ; the disc with the ordinary brown dot ; hind -'^^'^ ia^a, 

 wings slightly strigose, and with a waved paler slender subapical line. Taken in woods, gardens, and lanes, in 

 July. 



* Synonyme. — Phalcsna simpliciata, Haworth ; Stephens ; Wood, fig. 672. 



Species 26. — Eupithecia pusillata ^ — (Plate LXX., Fig. 7) — Measures 7 or 8 lines in expanse ; all the 



wings pale ashy, with rather darker strigae, and a border common to all the wings, and with the ordinary black 



central dot ; hind wings rather darker ashy, slightly strigose towards the anal margin. Taken in gardens and 



woods. 



' Synonyme. — Geometra pusillata^ Hubner ; Haworth ; Stephens j Wood, fig. 673. 



Species 27. — Eupithecia absinthiata s — (Plate LXX., Fig. 8) — Measures 10 lines in expanse; all the 

 wings gray-brown ; the fore ones with the costa marked with dark spots, and with the ordinary black central dot, 

 and an interrupted undulated white line near the apical margin, which is dilated next the inner angle ; hind 

 wings with the anal angle ashy, bearing a whitish dot, and the anal margin slightly strigose. Common in 

 gardens, at the end of June. 



e Synonyme. — Phulaena Geometra al>sinihiata,L\aneeas; Haworth ; Hiibner (?); Stephens; Wood. 



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