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each side a very narrow and indistinct one; a dusky 
green line on the sides, and a yellowish line on each side 
of the head and the last segment; otherwise, it is of an 
obscure greenish-brown colour, the line along the back 
dusky olive, and the one below it on the sides of a 
similar tint and narrow. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 
August and September. 
It feeds on the rough hawkbit (Apargia kispida and 
the hawksbeard (Crepis taraxacifolia) , the black knap¬ 
weed (Centaurea nigra J, the field scabious (Knautia 
arvensis), the small-flowered autumnal gentian ( Gentiana 
amarella the field gentian (Gentiana campestris J, the 
wild marjoram (Origanum vulgare) y the self-heal (Pru¬ 
nella vulgaris) y the great hedge bedstraw (Galium 
mollugo ). 
The chrysalis is enclosed in a cocoon of earth. It is 
red towards and at the tail; the thorax and wing-cases 
golden yellow with a tinge of red. 
EUPITHECIA PERNOTARIA. 
Plate XXIX. Figure 1G. 
This insect measures nearly an inch in expanse. 
Male: fore wings yellowish-grey, crossed by numerous 
waved lines of a paler colour; the third line whitish; 
central spot black. 
The caterpillar feeds on the golden rod ( Solidago 
virgaurea). 
The perfect insect appears in July. 
