34 EUPITHECIA DENOTATA. 



are two varieties, the one yellowish-brown, the other 

 red. 



The perfect insect appears at the end of June and 

 in July. 



The larva is by no means rare in the eastern 

 counties ; I have also taken it in Derbyshire. (H. 

 Harpur-Crewe ; Ent. Annual, 1861, p. 136.) 



Yar. 1 has the ground colour bright green, 

 sometimes darker on the centre of the back ; the 

 central dorsal line is darker green ; the subdorsal 

 lines are paler ; the anal tip of the dorsal line is 

 crimson ; the head is reddish ; the spiracular line is 

 pale green ; the belly is green, paler than the ground 

 colour ; the segmental divisions are pale yellowish- 

 green. 



It resembles much the larvaa of E. fraxinata and 

 E. lariciata. 



Var. 2 is pale russet-green ; the dorsal line is 

 darker ; the subdorsal line is slightly darker ; the 

 head is reddish-brown ; the anal tip of the dorsal line 

 is crimsonish-red ; the spiracular line is yellowish, 

 margined underneath with russet-brown ; the belly is 

 yellowish- green ; the segmental divisions are paler. 



Var. 3 is neutral crimsonish-red ; it is paler towards 

 the spiracular line ; the dorsal line is madder- brown ; 

 the subdorsal lines are indistinct, reddish-brown ; the 

 head is redclish-brown ; the tip of the anal segment is 

 crimsonish-red ; the spiracular line is pale straw-colour, 

 margined underneath with neutral red ; the belly is 

 greyish ; the segmental divisions are pale straw-colour. 



Full-fed at the latter end of September. 



It feeds on the seeds of Pimpinella magna and 

 P. saxifraga ; seems most partial to P. magna, upon 

 which plant I have found the larvse rather freely. 

 The colour of the larva seems to assimilate with the 

 seeds ; the green ones upon green unripe seeds, and 

 the red ones upon the purple ripe seeds. (William 

 Prest, 16th September, 1872 ; Entom., November, 

 1872, VI, 240.) 



