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EUPITHECIA ABSYNTHIARIA. 
WORMWOOD PUG. 
Plate XXX. Figure 8. 
This insect measures from rather above three quarters 
of an inch to nearly an inch in expanse. 
Male: fore wings brownish grey, with a slight tinge 
of reddish, and three black spots on the upper margin. 
Third line a series of white dots ending in a white 
spot at the lower corner. 
Localities for this species are York, Scarborough, Glas¬ 
gow, Newcastle-on-Tyne,Barnstaple, Edinburgh, Exeter, 
Manchester, Stowmarket, Birkenhead, Faversham, Lower 
Guiting, Halton, Darlington, Lewes, and the Isle of Man. 
The situations where it is found are gardens. 
The perfect insect appears in June and July. 
The caterpillar is very variable—yellowish-green, deep 
rose-red, or dull reddish-brown, thickly studded with 
minute white raised spots, with a range of reddish angular¬ 
shaped spots along the back, generally faint or run 
together towards the head and tail; these spots are 
sometimes wanting in the green variety; on the sides are 
a number of narrow slanting yellow stripes bordering 
the spots on the back; the side line yellow and waved; 
the divisions between the segments yellow. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 
August, September, October, and November. 
It feeds on the ragwort (Senecio jacobcea), the hoary- 
leaved ragwort ( Senecio crucifolius ), the hemp agrimony 
(Ewpatorium cannabinum ), the mngwort ( Artemisia vul¬ 
garis ), the yarrow ( AcJiillcea millefolium ), the golden 
rod ( Solidago virgaurea ), &c. 
