EUPITHECIA JASIONEATA. 29 



species, and considers it new to science. With the 

 consent, therefore, of Mr. Ficklin, to whom the whole 

 merit of the discovery is due, I propose to name it 



Eupithecia jasioneata. 



[Description of perfect insect omitted.] 



The larva is short and stout; the ground colour 

 pale ochreous-brown ; the central dorsal line dull 

 olive-brown, interspersed with lozenge-shaped spots 

 of a similar colour ; the latter become merged into 

 the central line on the anal segments ; the head is 

 blackish ; the spiracular Hues are indistinct, yellowish 

 on each side, with slanting brown markings. The 

 whole larva is wrinkled, rough, and sparsely studded 

 with yellowish warts and hairs. 



It feeds in September on the seed-heads of Jasione 

 montana. The perfect insect appears in May. (H. 

 Harpur-Crewe, 6th August, 1881 ; E.M.M., Sep- 

 tember, 1881, XVIII, 80; and Entom., September, 

 1881, XIV, 198.) 



Eupithecia lariciata. 

 Plate CXXXV, fig. 1. 



A notice of the occurrence of this insect, hitherto 

 undetected in Britain, has already appeared in the 

 pages of the Entomologist's Monthly Magazine. A 

 description, therefore, of the larva and pupa may not 

 prove an unpleasant sequel. This I am able to supply 

 through the kindness of Mr. Edward Hopley, who 

 forwarded me a small batch of impregnated eggs, 

 from which I reared nine or ten larvse. 



There appear to be two well-marked varieties of the 

 larva. 



Var. 1. Ground colour bright grass-green, some- 

 what darker on the centre of the back ; central dorsal 

 line dark green ; anal tip of central dorsal line red- 

 dish ; subdorsal line wanting, or so faint as to be 

 scarcely visible ; spiracular line whitish or pale straw- 



