EUPITHECIA PLUMBEOLATA. 25 



Baker, of Derby, who took the parent moths on 

 Breadsall Moor, near Derby. 



Pupa either enclosed in a slight cocoon on the 

 surface of the ground, or in a dry corolla-tube of the 

 Melampyrum. Ground colour golden yellow, abdo- 

 minal divisions and tip red. (H. Harpur-Crewe, 

 4th August, 1865; E.M.M,, September, 1865, 11,90.) 



EuriTHECIA PYGM^EATA. 



Plate CXXXI, fig. 2. 



Larva long, very slender, and tapering extremely 

 on the capital segments. Ground colour pale, dull 

 yellowish-green. Central dorsal line pale olive, con- 

 necting a series of very distinct, well-defined, urn- 

 shaped blotches of the same colour, which become 

 confluent on the capital and anal segments. Sub- 

 dorsal and spiracular lines pale olive, sinuous, distinct, 

 and rather broad. Belly without markings. Skin 

 rough and rugose, freely studded with short whitish 

 hairs. 



In form and general appearance this larva comes 

 next to that of E. pulcliellata. It feeds on petals and 

 anthers of Stellaria holostea. Full-fed 20th of June. 



I am indebted to the kindness of Mr. J. B. 

 Hodgkinson of Preston, and the Rev. John Hellins 

 of Exeter, for the opportunity of describing this 

 interesting and almost unknown larva. The former 

 gentleman took a female moth on the 25th of May. 

 She deposited three eggs on a daisy flower, which, 

 together with the parent insect, he forwarded to 

 Mr, Hellins. The eggs hatched on the 2nd of 

 June. 



Mr. Hellins kindly sent me a larva on the eve of its 

 last moult. I had no Stellaria holostea within easy 

 reach, but found it fed freely on petals and stamens of 

 Gerastium tomentosum. 



Mr. Buckler has secured several life-like portraits 



