32 EDPITHECIA IRRIGUATA. 



green ; the skin is rather rough and wrinkled ; the 

 central dorsal line is dull rusty red, very indistinct, 

 except on the capital and caudal segments, enlarged 

 on the centre of the median dorsal segments into a 

 somewhat conspicuous elliptic blotch ; the subdorsal 

 and spiracular lines are yellowish, the latter very 

 faint; the head is rusty red; the belly is greenish, 

 without markings. 



It feeds on oak, and is full-fed by the middle of 

 June. 



It much resembles the larvae of E. exiguata and 

 E. consignata, being exactly intermediate between 

 the two. 



I am indebted to the kindness of Mrs. Hutchinson 

 of Grantsfield, and Mr. Buckler of Emsworth, for the 

 opportunity of describing this almost unknown larva. 

 It was bred from the egg by this most indefatigable 

 of fair entomologists ; and Mr. Buckler has, w T ith his 

 usual skill, secured a lifelike figure. (H. Harpur- 

 Crewe, 19th June, 1871 ; Entom., July, 1871, V, 

 348.) 



EUPITHECIA FRAXINATA. 



Plate CXXXII, fig. 8. 



Larva long, smooth, tapering towards the head. 

 Ground colour uniform dull green. Segmental divi- 

 sions yellow. Central dorsal line dingy green or 

 purple, very indistinct, except on the anal appendage, 

 where it is dilated into a large dark purple spot. 

 Spiracular line yellow. Belly whitish, wrinkled ; 

 central ventral line dark green. A variety rarely 

 occurs in which the central dorsal line is wanting, and 

 its place is supplied by a series of dusky triangular 

 blotches, becoming faint or evanescent on the anterior 

 and posterior segments. On each side is a row of 

 slanting yellowish stripes, tinged with pink. 



Pupa enclosed in a cocoon under moss, on the trunks 



