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It feeds on the flowers of the clematis^ Clematis vitalba 
the wild parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris and the convol¬ 
vulus ( Convolvulus major). 
The chrysalis is enclosed in a slight cocoon of earth ; 
and has the body yellow, its tip red, the divisions slightly 
marked with red, the thorax and wing-cases pale yellow. 
EUP1THECIA CORQNARIA. 
THE V-PUG. 
Plate XXX. Figure 19. 
This insect measures from between half an inch and 
three quarters of an inch to the latter width in extent. 
Male: fore wings pale dull green; the first line is dark 
grey and bent; the second line most distinct near the 
upper margin and sharply jagged, with a double grey 
blot before it near the latter. 
Localities for this species are Scarborough, Lyndhurst, 
Exeter, Kingsbury, Darenth Wood, Bristol, Barnstaple, 
Lewes, Killarney, Lewisham, Worcester. 
The perfect insect appears in April, May, June, July, 
and August. 
The caterpillar is exceedingly variable, yellowish-green, 
with three reddish lines along the back, the middle one 
interrupted, and in some instances spread out into a row of 
angular-shaped spots, the two others very indistinct; or, 
pale green, the line and spots entirely or almost entirely 
wanting; or, greenish-yellow with a series of rust-coloured 
angular-shaped spots or bars along the back, the sides and 
lower part more or less tinged with rust colour, the di¬ 
visions between the segments bright yellow; or, bright 
