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EUPITHECIA PUMILARIA, 
DOUBLE-STRIPED PUG. 
Plate XXX. Figure 18. 
This insect measures from rather under three quarters 
of an inch to that width in expanse. 
Male: fore wings whitish-grey, with a reddish tinge. 
The first line is very distinct; also the second line, which 
is followed by a slender white band ; third line indistinct; 
the outer margin rather dark reddish-grey ; central spot 
very faint. Hind wings pale grey, darker towards the 
outer margin, crossed by a dark bent line. 
Localities for this species are Scarborough, Exeter, 
Glasgow, Isle of Wight, Barnstaple, Ipswich, Birkenhead, 
Manchester, Brighton, Bristol, West Looe, Arran, Cam¬ 
bridge, and the Isle of Man. 
The situations where it is found are woods. 
The perfect insect appears in April, May, July, and 
August.—July 16. 
The caterpillar is differently pale yellowish-olive, red¬ 
dish-olive, or rusty-red; adusky blackish-olive line along 
the back, and a chain of dusky marks more or less distinct, 
partially bordered with yellow, and emerged in the line on 
the first and last segments ; on each side a broad yellow¬ 
ish stripe, dusky on the edges, the side line yellowish, 
or pale yellowish-green, with an olive-coloured line along 
the back, longitudinally uniting and laterally dividing a 
series of marks of the same colour merging in the central 
line on the first and last segments; on each side of it 
two other olive-coloured lines; underneath pale dullgreen, 
dusky at the edges; the spots and lines vary much in 
depth of colour, and are sometimes almost wholly absent. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in June. 
