Localities for this species are Brighton, Lyndhurst, 
and Newcastle-on-Tyne, South Wales, Killarney. 
The situations where it is found are on mountains. 
The perfect insect appears in April and May. 
EUPITHECIA PIMPINELLARIA. 
Plate XXIX. Figure 28. 
This insect measures a little over three quarters of 
an inch in expanse. 
Male: fore wings greyish, with a tinge of dull yellowish 
along the outer and lower margins, and with numerous 
waved tranverse lines; the second line bent below the 
upper margin ; third line whitish and much indented; 
central spot black. 
Localities for this species are Deal, Brighton, and 
the Isle of Wight, ? Llanferras, Conway, Waterford. 
The situations where it is found are hedge-sides and 
banks. 
The perfect insect appears at the end of June, and 
in July. 
The caterpillar is green, with three purple lines along 
the back, the middle one broad and distinct, the others 
very indistinct; between the segments yellowish, as is 
the line on the sides, the back is spotted with a few 
small white raised spots, and some black ones, the lower 
part green. Another variety is purple, with two lines 
of deeper tint along each side of the back. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 
September and the beginning of October. 
