EUPITHECIA SUBNOTAIIIA. 
PLAIN PUG. 
Plate XXX. Figure 5. 
This insect measures from above three quarters of an 
inch to nearly an inch in expanse. 
Male: fore wings dull greyish yellow, crossed by 
numerous darker waved lines, and a narrow pale band 
beyond the middle : third line whitish, at the lower corner 
white; central spot dark grey, but inconspicuous. 
Localities for this species are the banks of the Orwell 
and the Stour, Gravesend, Ipswich, Bexley, Kingsbury, 
Lewisham, Bristol and Exeter, Prenton near Birken¬ 
head, Brighton, Faversham. 
The situations where it is found are woods, gardens, 
and lanes. 
The perfect insect appears in June and July. 
The caterpillar is dull yellowish-green, pale green or 
reddish-grey, studded over with minute white and some 
black raised spots, with a row of angular-shaped dull olive 
spots along the back, run together towards the head and 
tail, and sometimes bordered by an indistinct olive line, 
the spots and lines in some individuals very faint; the 
divisions between the segments yellowish or reddish, the 
line on the sides yellowish. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 
August, September, and October. 
It feeds on the orache (Atriplex laciniata ), and the 
goose-foot (Chenopodium album). 
The chrysalis is found enclosed in a cocoon of earth. 
It is yellowish on the thorax and the body, the wing- 
cases dark green. 
