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EUPITHECIA NAN ARIA. 
NARROW-WINGED PUG. 
Plate XXX. Figure 4. 
This insect measures rather above three quarters of 
an inch in width. 
Male : fore wings dark grey, with numerous waved 
whitish lines across; the third line whitish, much indented 
and crossed by a white streak which runs to the tip of the 
wing; the fringe whitish, spotted with dark grey ; central 
spot black. 
Localities for this species are York, Scarborough, Edin¬ 
burgh, Glasgow, Stowmarket, Manchester, Birkenhead, 
Darlington, Brighton, Isle of Man, Lynton, Saddleworth, 
Preston. 
The situations where it is found are woods. 
The perfect insect appears in May and August. 
The caterpillar is white or greenish-white with a row of 
red spots on the back, bordered on each side by an inter¬ 
rupted line of the same colour, the sides spotted with red; 
underneath there is a central red line. A variety is of a 
bright green ground colour, with a series of white spots 
along the back, through which runs a dark green line of 
purple at the tail end. Another is pink and white. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 
August, September, and October. 
It feeds on the blossoms of the heath ( Calluna vulgaris ). 
The chrysalis is enclosed in a cocoon of earth. It is 
deeply tinged with red, the thorax and wing cases yellow. 
The chrysalis of the green variety has a green tint all 
over it. 
