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EUPITHECIA SATYRARIA. 
SPECKLED PUG. 
Plate XXIX. Figure 21. 
This insect measures three quarters of an inch to a 
little over in width. 
Male: fore wings pale grey, crossed by numerous 
darker waved lines; third line a row of whitish dots; 
central spot blackish but often indistinct. Hind wings 
pale grey, darker towards the outer margin. 
Localities for this species are York, Castle Eden Dene, 
Killarney, Brighton, Scarborough, Edinburgh, Halton, 
Waterford, Glasgow, Simonswood Moss near Birkenhead. 
The situations where it is found are woods and woody 
places. 
The perfect insect appears in April and May. 
The caterpillar is whitish grey, with a row along the 
back of dull red angular-shaped markings, edged in front 
with brownish; side line dull red. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in June. 
It feeds on the devil’s-bit scabious (Scabiosa succisa ), 
the bedstraw (Galium verum ), the St. John’s wort 
(Hypericum calycinum ), &c. 
EUPITHECIA EGENARIA. 
Plate XXIX. Figure 22. 
This insect measures an inch in expanse. 
Male: fore wings grey, crossed by numerous paler 
lines ; third line rather indistinct, followed by a dark 
