EUPITHECIA. 
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Eupithecia variegata. (Plate CLIl. fig. 24.) 
Expanse inch. 
Male. Pale oclireous or reddisli browu^ irrorated witli dark scales, and sometimes 
blotched or suffused with black over the greater part of the disc of fore wing and marginal 
area of both wings, obscuring most of the markings. Fore wing with three black striga; from 
costa, aiitemedial, medial, and postmedial; three obliquely-superposed black antcmedial spots 
on subcostal, median, and submedian nervures ; a series of four black specks at end of cell, 
origin of first median nervule, interno-mediau interspace, and on submedian nervure ; a post- 
. medial series of black specks on the nervules of both wings, inwardly-oblique on fore wing, 
curved on hind wing ; a series of black cilial specks ; a black speck at end of cell of hind 
wing. Underside with the specks at end of cell and postmedial and cilial series only. 
Eupithecia dentifascla. (Plate CLII. fig. 12.) 
Expanse | inch. 
Male and female. Fore wing dark hrown and reddish brown; a narrow curved subbasal 
black band, the area beyond it somewhat paler ; followed by a slightly darker broad medial 
band, inwardly-bounded by a curved black line, outwardly by a black line with pale outer 
border, nearly straight to third median nervule, then inwardly-oblique, and toothed at second 
median nervule, intei'no-median interspace, and inner margin ; a black spot in centre of this 
band at end of cell ; a fine waved line beyond the band after a short interval ; an indistinct 
waved pale submarginal line. Hind wing with traces of two antcmedial, a postmedial, and 
submarginal bands ; the colour and markings obsolescent from median nervure to costa. 
Both wings with black antecilial line ; cilia fuscous and reddish brown alternately. Under- 
side paler, with scarcely a trace of markings. 
Allied to E. pulycleata. 
Eupithecia asema. (Plate CLII. fig. 23.) 
Expanse § inch. 
Male. Milky white, suffused with pale brown, which seems to form traces of numerous 
waved bands over the whole fore wing, and towards inner and outer margins of hind wing. 
Underside: fore wing suffused with fuscous; hind wing with dark medial and submarginal 
bands. 
