STIESSSITI ILS eS ee oe oo ee Eee tivetosd o- Paw ese eel aet ap blt—o<% ¥ ae My Ava ee f GERRESTS LILA pees Sas ee INTOMOLOGY STATION UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE LIBRARY 429402 a Ri 5 - : > a a ous QL pet uae | G1S63, ILLUSTRATIONS vy, 3 Ta OF oan Ver an Dal BRITISH ENTOMOLOGY; OR, A Spunopsis of indigenous Insects: CONTAINING THEIR GENERIC AND SPECIFIC DISTINCTIONS; WiTH AN ACCOUNT OF THEIR METAMORPHOSES, TIMES OF APPEARANCE, LOCALITIES, FOOD, AND ECONOMY, AS FAR AS PRACTICABLE. BY JAMES FRANCIS STEPHENS, F.L.S. MEMBER OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY, ETC. EMBELLISHED WITH COLOURED FIGURES OF THE RARER AND MORE INTERESTING SPECIES. HAUSTELLATA. VOL. II. “In his tam parvis tamque feré nullis que ratio! quanta vis! quam inextricabilis perfectio !”"—Plin. ‘“* Finis Creationis Telluris est gloria DE1, ex opera Nature, per Hominem solum.”’—Linné. ot LONDON: PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR ; AND PUBLISHED BY BALDWIN AND CRADOCK. 1829. ILLUSTRATIONS OF BRITISH ENTOMOLOGY. LEPIDOPTERA. Genus CX.—Euptexia mihi. Palpi moderate, subclavate, clothed with elongate scales, the terminal joint exposed, obtuse, rather slender; basal joint slightly curved, rather longer than the third, which is somewhat attenuated and acute ; the second as long again as the third, and gradually attenuated to the apex, which is obliquely truncate: mawille long. Antenne stout, elongate, closely ciliated in the males, with a few short bristles in the females: head small, with a dense frontal crest: eyes naked: thorax stout, subquadrate, with a double crest posteriorly : abdomen moderate, carinated, and crested on the back, the crest on the third segment very long and conspicuous, the terminal segment in the males broad, semicircular, and fringed with long fascicles of hair; in the females somewhat triangular, and but slightly fringed: wings short, entire, deflexed, and longi- tudinally wrinkled during repose: cilia emarginate: stigmata very large. Caterpillar naked, smooth: pupa subterranean. Kupexia differs from Mamestra in having the anterior wings during repose longitudinally wrinkled, the eyes naked, the thorax strongly crested, the wings entire, but the cilia dentate; and the males are further distinguished by the broad semicircular plate at the apex of the abdomen. Sp. 1. lucipara. Als anticis purpurascentibus fascid medid margineque postico fuscis, stigmate postico flavo. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 3—4 lin.) Ph. No. lucipara. Linné.—Don. vii. pl. 230. f: 2.—Eu. lucipara. Steph. Catal. pt. ii. p. 84. No. 6226. Head and thorax dusky-black, crest tipped with purplish-red: anterior wings shining purplish, griseous, or reddish-ash ; the base with several irregular black spots and marks ; the middle with an angulated fuscous or black fascia, in which the stigmata are placed, the anterior of whick is of a plain leaden- brown, the posterior oval, yellow, with a brown hook, and placed on the outer margin of the fascia: the posterior margin fuscous, with an undulated pale striga more or less margined with dusky o¥ black spots: cilia fuscous. B2 4 HAUSTELLATA.—LEPIDOPTERA. with a pale griseous line at the base: posterior wings pale fuscous, with the base ashy-yellow, an undulated pale striga behind the middle, and another on the hinder margin ; cilia as above: abdomen fuscous, with the dorsal fascicles dusky or black. Var. @. With the anterior stigma expanded over the disc as a large brown spot. Caterpillar grass-green, with the margins of the segments and the sides paler ; the head brown; the true legs reddish :—it feeds upon various plants, such as the common bramble, the dock, lettuce, &c., and occurs in the autumn :— the imago appears in the following spring, towards the middle of June, and frequents woody and weedy banks. Not very common: I have met with three or four specimens at Coombe-wood, and about as many at Darenth. ‘The insect has been taken in Devonshire, and in the New Forest. “ Epping.” — Mr. H. Doubleday. Genus CXI1.—Hama mihi. Palpi short, subclavate, the basal joint clothed with elongate scales, the terminal exposed and conic, about as long as the first, subovate, compressed acute ; the first short, rather bent, the second stout at the base, considerably attenuated at the apex: maville scarcely as long as the antenne. Antenne moderate, rather stout, ciliated in the males, and sometimes subserrate, pubescent beneath, with a few bristles, in the females: head small, densely pubescent in the forehead: eyes large, globose, naked: thorax stout, woolly, subquadrate, scarcely crested: wings deflexed during repose, not folded ; anterior rather long, emarginate on the posterior edge: cilia nearly entire: body moderate, carinated, and sometimes with some short fascicles of scales on the back; the sides and apex tufted in the males, scarcely so in the females. Caterpillar naked: pupa subterranean. From Euplexia, Hama is at once known by its denticulated wings and the nearly smooth thorax, exclusively of the difference in the proportions of the palpi, and the dissimilarity in the antenne: the wings are not folded during repose, and the cilia are scarcely emarginate. From Apamea, its short palpi, and stout antenne, with its obscurely crested, stout, woolly thorax, and pale wings, with nearly concolorous stigmata, distinguish it. Sp. 1. Aliena. Alis anticis fusco cinereoque nebulosis stigmatibus strigisque tribus pallidiortbus, externa bidentaté. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 5—7 lin.) No. Aliena. Hiibner.—Mamestra Aliena. Steph. Catal. pt. ii. p. 93. No. 6223. Head and thorax dark cinereous, the latter intermixed with white and black atoms: anterior wings clouded with fuscous and cinereous ; in general with an indistinct darker central fascia, occupying the space between the second and third ordinary strige, and in this the stigmata are placed, the anterior NOCTUIDA.—HAMA. 5 - of which is pale immaculate ash, the posterior clouded with dusky, and more or less distinctly bordered with white, as in Mamestra Brassice: on the poste- rior margins of the wing is a considerably undulated pale striga, with two . distinct angulations, as in most of the insects of the two preceding genera: posterior wings pale cinereous, with a central lunule, the nervures and hinder margin fuscescent, the latter sometimes with an obscure pale striga towards - the anal angle. Not very abundant: taken occasionally in gardens and shrubby places in the vicinity of the metropolis, and in other parts. “ Al- lesley.,—Rev. W. T'. Bree. “ Bottisham.”—Rev. L. Jenyns. Sp. 2. basilinea. Als anticis fusco-griseis undatis, lincolé baseos atraé. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 5—7 lin.) No. basilinea. Wien. V.i—Ha. basilinea. Steph. Catal. pt. ii. p. 84. No. 6227. Head and thorax ashy-brown, the latter sometimes with a griseous tinge: an- .. terior wings the same, with the ordinary strige usually very obsolete, but sometimes more distinct, with dusky margins, and always bearing a distinct though variable black streak at the base, which is generally flexuous and somewhat bifid at the apex ; the stigmata are rather variable in form; the anterior rather pale, the posterior with a dusky patch towards the inner margin of the wing, and more or less bordered with whitish: towards the hinder margin of the wing is a slightly undulated pale striga, and on the margin itself is a row of minute trigonate black spots ; posterior wings nearly plain fuscous-ash, with the hinder margin, nervures, and central spot darker. The anterior wings are occasionally varied beautifully with light griseous or rosy. Caterpillar light gray, with a broad whitish dorsal, and a pale lateral line :—it feeds on grasses in the autumn; the imago is produced towards the end of June, and frequents woody places and gardens. Found throughout the metropolitan district, but not very com- mon. ‘* Kimpton.”— Rev. G. 7’. Rudd. “ Epping.’— Mr. H. Doubleday. Sp. 3. testacea. Alis anticis testaceis, strigis duabus fascidque marginal fus- cescentibus, striga posticd pallida ; posticis albis. (Exp. alar. 1 une. 3—7 lin.) No. testacea. Hiihbner.—Ha. testacea. Steph. Catal. pt. il. p. 84. No. 6228. Extremely variable: head and thorax testaceous: anterior wings the same, a little clouded, with an interrupted waved striga before the middle, and an arcuated one, composed of black lunules, and margined externally with ochra- - ceous, behind the middle, the stigmata being placed between: these are rather small, fuscous, and indistinctly margined with fuscous and white ; there is a third stigma arising from the second striga, formed by a black hook, which frequently produces a black streak, which is prolonged to the third striga : the hinder margin of the wing is irregularly dusky or fuscescent, and is pre- 6 HAUSTELLATA.—LEPIDOPTERA. ceded by a pale undulated striga, which forms its anterior outline: cilia cine- reous, with darker spots: posterior wings white, with a somewhat interrupted marginal fuscous streak: cilia rufescent. Some examples are of a deep fuscous or rufescent tinge, clouded with black, with two strige, and a marginal fascia dusky :—others are very pale testaceous, scarcely clouded, with a deep black mark in the centre of the wings resembling the letter X, with an arcuated striga of black lunules behind the middle:— while some are nearly immaculate. Extremely abundant in the autumn in some years, though in general somewhat rare. In 1818 and 1819 it was in the utmost profusion at Birch-wood and its vicinity. ‘ Epping.”—WMr. H. Doubleday. “ Alderley.”—Rev. E. Staniey. “ Kimpton.”—Rev. G. T. Rudd. + Sp. 4. connexa? Alis anticis albido-cinereis, fasciéd in medio bifidi fusca lineolé obscuriore conjunctd, posticis cinereis fimbrié saturatiore. (Exp. alar. 1 une. 4 lin.) No. connexa? Bork.?—Ha. connexa. Steph. Catal. pt. ii. p. $4. No. 6229. Head and thorax cinereous, the latter with brownish streaks: anterior wings whitish-ash, with a black lineola at the base, and a bifid central fuscous fascia, united by an obscure dusky streak, as in many individuals of the last described insect ; the stigmata are rather pale, with the posterior clouded with dusky ; the posterior margin of the wing is slightly clouded with fuscous, and has a faint and slightly undulated striga: posterior wings ashy-gray, with the margins darker, or fuscescent. ‘Vhere is a specimen of this insect, I believe, in Mr. Haworth’s cabinet, which he obtained from that of the late Mr. Francillen : of its locality I am not aware. Genus CXI}].—Apamea, Ochsenheimer. Palpi raoderate, subclavate, the basal joints clothed with elongate broad scales, the terminal exposed, obtuse, not so long as the basal, very slender, compressed, the apex obtuse, the intermediate joint as long again as the first, slightly bent and somewhat acute at each extremity, basal joint a little curved, rather slender at the base: mazille as long as the antenne. Antenne very slender, pubescent beneath, pilose in the males: head with a dense fascicle of scales on the crown: cyes globose, naked: thorax subquadrate, slightly crested, the crest anteriorly and posteriorly bifid: wings deflexed during repose; anterior elongate tri- angular, obtuse, the apex in the two first species slightly acuminated : ab- domen moderate, scarcely tufted on the back and sides, the apex with a small tuft, obtuse in the males, acute in the females. Caterpillar naked: pupa subterranean. NOCTUIDA.—APAMEA. ft Apamea consists of a group of extremely variable and sombre insects, which are generally distinguished by having the posterior stigma very conspicuous ; the palpi are short, very slender at the base, and subclavate, with the terminal joint exposed and obtuse ; the thorax is crested, the crest distinctly cleft anteriorly and pos- teriorly ; the anterior wings are elongate-triangular, obscurely den- ticulated, and in general obtuse on the hinder margin. Whether all the species as hereunder described are really distinct, I will not undertake to affirm, but they appear to possess sufficiently distinct specific characters. 'Treitschke unites several under one name, but evidently incorrectly. Sp. 1. fibrosa. Alis anticis ferrugineo-castaneis, stigmate reniformi albicant, fascia posticé pallidiore. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 4—8 lin.) No. fibrosa. Hiibner.—Ap. fibrosa. Steph. Catal. part ii, p. 85. No. 6230. Head, thorax, and anterior wings glossy rusty-chestnut, the latter with a broad paler fascia towards the apex, which is irregularly clouded with fuscous, the fuscous tip bounded on its anterior edge with a pale undulated striga; the an- terior stigma subovate, its pale margins above conspicuous: posterior sublunate, white, or griseous in the middle, with a white margin, the latter sometimes united to a bifid white line, formed by the central nervure, and the two branches which divide at the base of the stigma being of that colour: abdomen and posterior wings fuscescent. This varies considerably in colour: in some examples the pale posterior fascia is but little evident, while in others it becomes nearly ochraceous, and the stigmata very pale: the insect decidedly appears to differ from the rest of the genus, and Treitschke removes it to the genus Gortyna, with which however it is difficult to conceive that it ought to be associated ; the form and texture of its wings appearing so dissimilar :—whether the larva has the habit of those . of the Gortyne, I cannot comprehend from Treitschke’s German description : —it feeds on the Iris Pseudacorus, and is whitish and membranous, with the back dirty brownish-red, with a brown head, and a few black or dusky spots. Taken at Whittlesea-mere, in Cambridgeshire, in profusion, towards the middle of July, 1822. Sp. 2. nictitans. Alis anticis flavo- aut fusco-ferrugineis, strigis obscuriorthus, stigmate orbiculari luteo aut rufo, reniformi spe aureo-albo. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 2—A4 lin.) Ap. No. nictitans. Linné 2—No. auricula. Don. xii. pl. 397. f- 3.—Ap. nictitans. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 85. No. 6231. Head, thorax, and anterior wings of a glossy yellowish or brownish-rust colour, with about six or seven equidistant pale fuscous slightly undulated strigx, which are more or less obliterated in different individuals; the anterior stigma 8 HAUSTELLATA.—LEPIDOPTERA. is small, orbicular, and generally luteous or rufous ; the posterior is large, ear- shaped, usually of a whitish-gold, but occasionally rufous or luteous, and is in general slightly strigulated with brown: posterior wings dusky, with rufescent cilia. I cannot perceive any characters indicative of specific difference between this insect and the Noctua erythrostigma of Haworth ; which appears to me to be simply a variety differing from the type, as some of the varieties of Glea satellitia differ from their type. I possess various intermediate gradations, and have seen others, but from the infrequency of the insect in Britain, few cabinets contain a sufficient number of specimens to decide the question satisfactorily. Whether it be really synonymous with Ph. No. nictitans of Linné, I am not positive, but the best continental writers conceive that it is identical. Rare; but taken occasionally on the heaths near Birch-wood to- wards the end of July or beginning of August; also near Margate, and in Devonshire, and the New Forest. “ Isle of Arran.”—Dr. Leach. Sp. 3. secalina. Alis anticis griseo fuscoque variis, strigis duabus pallidioribus, stigmatibus albicantihus. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 4—6 lin.) No. secalina. Hiibner.—Ap. secalina. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 85. No. 6233. Head and thorax griseous, with fuscous clouds and atoms: anterior wings griseous, varied with fuseous, with a few darker clouds of the same, with an abbreviated darker fascia in the middle, in which the stigmata are placed, the anterior of which is placed obliquely, and slightly margined with whitish; the posterior fuscous, edged with white: between the fascia and the posterior margin is a dusky angular costal patch, in which are three or four white costal dots: on the hinder margin is an undulated pale striga: posterior wings fus- cous, with rufescent cilia. As in its congeners, this species varies much; in some examples the wings are paler and less rufescent, with the stigmata larger and whiter; in others there is a black hook or streak, as in Ap. I-niger. Treitschke unites this and the three following species, with the exception of un- animis, under the name Ap. didyma ; but in my opinion erroneously, for it is impossible for a cognate species to be more distinct than the present is from its congeners: with respect to the two succeeding insects, I am inclined to his views, but even with them their characters appear sufficient for specific distinction. Found, though very rarely, in the neighbourhood of London, at the end of July; I possess a pair from Birch-wood, and it has been found in Battersea-fields. Sp. 4. didyma. Alis nigris subnebulosis stigmate reniformz niveo. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 3—4 lin.) No. didyma. Borkhausen.—Ap. didyma. Steph. Catal. part i. p. 85. No. 6232- NOCTUIDH.—APAMEA. ) Head, thorax, and anterior wings deep obscure black, the latter with a few darker clouds and obsolete strige: the costa with a few ochraceous or pale luteous spots, from which sometimes arise some obscure lutescent strige: to- wards the hinder margin is a waved series of lutescent spots: the anterior stigma is minute and nearly obsolete, the posterior usually snow-white, with a minute white spot or two adjoining: cilia a little clouded with dusky: ab- domen and posterior wings fuscous, the base of the latter palest. The colour of the posterior stigma varies: in some examples it is whitish, in others luteous, or flavescent. Not very frequently met with: it is found, however, occasionally in Copenhagen-fields, and in other similar and woody places in the metropolitan district: in the years 1818 and 1819, it was in plenty at Dover, in the beginning of August, having captured a fine series there during those periods. ‘“ Alderley.”—Rev. E. Stanley. + Sp. 5. unanimis. Ap. unanimis. Ochsenheimer.—Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 85. No. 6234. Noctua unanimis. Hiihner. With regard to this insect I am compelled to remain silent, never haying seen a specimen: there seems to be some uncertainty about it with authors ; Och- senheimer in his Catalogue, p. 75, gives it as an Apamea; but his friend and posthumous editor, Treitschke, omits it in his account of this genus, but refers it to Hadena gemina, giving his readers his reason in a long German disquisi- tion, at the end of his description of Ap. didyma:—it will therefore probably sink as a species. Mr. Dale informed me that he captured a specimen in Scot- land. Sp. 6. oculea. Alis anticis fusco ferrugineoque variis aut nebulosis, obsolete strigatis, stigmate reniformi albido. (Exp. alar. 1 une. 2—5 lin.) Ph. No. oculea. Linné.—Ap. oculea. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 85. No. 6235. Head and thorax fuscous: anterior wings fuscous, varied or clouded with fer- ruginous, with two obsolete paler strige, one before, the other behind, the middle, and the colour darker between; between them the stigmata are placed, the anterior inclining and elongate; the posterior reniform and white; with one or two adjoining white dots; near the posterior margin is an undulated pale striga, and the hinder margin is clouded with fuscous ; the abdomen and posterior wings uniform fuscous. This species is subject to considerable variety: in some examples, the anterior wings are rufescent, and but little clouded, with the posterior stigma luteous or flavescent, with an adjoining white spot: in others, the wings are rusty- brown, with the posterior stigma of a deep ashy-brown :—while occasionally 10 HAUSTELLATA.—LEPIDOPTERA. the anterior wings are nearly of an uniform immaculate fuscous, without a ferruginous or rufescent tinge. All the varieties are destitute of those deep black longitudinal streaks which form so conspicuous a character in the next species. An insect that occurs throughout the metropolitan district in the greatest abundance, frequenting hedges, fields, and pastures, during the month of August. “ Bottisham.”—Rev. L. Jenyns. “ Kimpton.” —Rev. G. T. Rudd. “ Epping.”—Mr. H. Doubleday. “ Common in Salop”.—fev. F. W. Hope. Sp. 7. I-niger. Alis anticis griseo fuscoque variis, litera I nigra in medio. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 3—4. lin.) No. I-niger. Haworth.—Ap. I-niger. Steph. Catal. pt. ii. p. 85. No. 6236. Extremely variable: head and thorax fuscous, the crest of the latter, in fine specimens, rufescent at the apex: anterior wings pale griseous or fuscous, with a darker central fascia, bounded by two pale strige, which are united near the inner margin by a black streak resembling the letter I; in this the stigmata are placed, the anterior wing elongate and oblique, with a black margin, the posterior ochraceous or whitish, with a dark spot at the base, and a duplex pale one at its apex: at the base of the wing are two short black lineole, one of which is on the inner margin; the postericr margin is clouded with fuscous; behind are faintly indicated pale strige: posterior wings fuscous. The colour varies; but all the specimens have the two basal and the central black lineole in the anterior wings: the posterior stigma is sometimes of a snowy white, at others deep fuscous, and of all intermediate shades. Also an insect that abounds in the London district, and I believe throughout the surrounding neighbourhood, in the beginning of August. ‘ Bottisham.”—Rev. L. Jenyns. “ Marton Lodge.”— L. Rudd, Esq. “ Epping.’ —Mr. H. Doubleday. ‘ Shropshire.” —Rev. Ff. W. Hope. Sp: 8. furea. Alis anticis ochraceis aut subrufis, margine costali posticoque irregu- laritér late fuscis. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 3—4 lin.) No. furca. Haworth.—Ap. rava. Steph. Catal. pt. ii. p. 86. No. 6237. Head and thorax fuscous, sometimes with a rufescent tinge: anterior wings ochraceous or rufescent, with a broad undefined fuscous patch on the costa, in which the stigmata are placed ; these vary in colour, as in the two last described, and their form is similar; the ordinary strige are more or less evident, and each nervure, towards the hinder margin of the wing, has two black spots, which form a kind of geminated striga ; the posterior margin of the wing, excepting the apex, is irregularly fuscous, the latter being bounded anteriorly by an undulated striga, which is more or less margined with fuscous : the posterior wings are deep fuscous: abdomen the same. NOCTUIDZ.—MIANA. j] Extremely variable in colour, and in the intensity of its markings: in some examples the pale posterior of the wing is nearly immaculate, in others con- siderably spotted with dusky or black. Noctue furca and rava of Haworth are evidently both referrible to the same species; and as the former name is first in order, I have preferred it to de- signate the species, which Treitschke considers as a mere variety of his Ap. didyma. Not uncommon in August about London, frequenting the hedges of pastures and meadows. In abundance at Hertford and Ripley. “* Bottisham.”—Rev. L. Jenyns. “ Netley.”—Rev. F. W. Hope. Sp. 9. ophiogramma. Alis anticis ochraceis macula magnd subovale costali nigro-fuscd lined longitudinali repandaé alba. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 3—4 lin.) No. ophiogramma. £sper——Ap. ophiogramma. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 86. No. 6238. Head and thorax ochraceous-ash, the latter with a transverse black line in front: anterior wings of an ochraceous or griseous hue; with a large subovate deep fuscous costal patch, in which the stigmata are placed ; this is bounded, in fine specimens, with a repanded longitudinal white line; on the anal angle of the wing is a cuspidated black spot, and another smaller one on the hinder margin near the costa: the stigmata vary in colour, but the posterior is usually griseous: posterior wings whitish-ash, with an obscure transverse striga. tare: specimens have been taken near Woolwich, in Epping- forest, in meadows near Hackney, and in Copenhagen and Battersea- fields. Genus CXIII.—Mzana mihi. Palpi short, porrected obliquely, the two basal joints sparingly clothed with elongate scales, the terminal one exposed, somewhat acute, and placed obliquely, very slender when denuded ; the basal joint short, stouter than the following, which is slightly curved, attenuated towards the apex, and nearly three times as long as the basal ; terminal elongate-ovate, nearly as stout as the second, and about the length of the basal: maville elongate. Antenne short, finely ciliated and pubescent in the males, simple in the females: head with a frontal crest : eyes naked : thorax subquadrate, with a posterior dorsal crest: abdomen slender, with a small tuft at the apex in the males, and a little crested on the back: wings entire, deflexed, anterior elongate-triangular, with indistinct, nearly concolorous, stigmata. Caterpillar naked: pupa subterranean. The insects of this genus are amongst the smallest of the Noc- tuide, and, like those of the cognate genera, they are extremely prone to vary: it is therefore not without considerable doubt that I have given them nearly as deseribed by Mr. Haworth, who, in another place, justiy remarks, “ When neighbouring species abound 12 HAUSTELLATA.—LEPIDOPTERA. in varieties, it becomes difficult to separate them correctly :”—as sucl: is the case with the Miane, and but little attention has been paid to the rearing of them, it would clearly be hazardous to unite them, till experience clears up the point. The species of this genus may be known from the preceding by the small size and the nearly concolorous posterior stigmata on their anterior wings, the smallness of their palpi, slenderness of their body, and by the thorax not being crested anteriorly ; exclusive of their gracile palpi, and their proportions when denuded. Sp. 1. literosa. Prare 25. f. 1.—“ Alis anticis glaucis strigd posticd flexuost rose, lineolis litere formibus in medio nigris.’—Haw. (Exp. alar. 10—11 lin.) No. literosa.—Haworth.—Mi. literosa. Steph. Catal. part i. p. 86. No. 6239. Head cinereous: thorax anteriorly cinereous, with a dusky transverse line, the disc and sides rosy, the crest cinereous: anterior wings glaucous-ash, tinged with rosy, with a bright rosy flexuous posterior striga, followed by a pale one ; the base of the wings of a darker hue than the apex, stigmata pale, the anterior with a black streak on each side, the posterior with a black streak on the anterior edge alone; between the stigmata and the hinder margin is usually a longi- tudinal abbreviated black line ; the posterior stigma is pale glaucous, and behind it arises a considerably arcuated, though obscure paler striga ; on the hinder margin of the wing is an interrupted brownish-red line: cilia fuscous, with arosy tinge: posterior wings pale fuscous. In some examples the black streaks on the anterior wings are obsolete. This beautiful species, although rare, I have frequently captured at Darenth-wood, about the middle of July, flying towards dusk over the low hedges of the fields leading to the wood from the lane: it has also been found at Dover and in other places. “ Epping.” — Mr. H. Doubleday. ‘“ Near Wanstead.’—Mr. Bentley. Sp. 2. strigilis. Alis anticis anticé cinereo fuscoque variis, posticée alho strigé undaté pallidiore margine fusco nebuloso. (Exp. alar. 10 lin.—1 une. 1 lin.) Ph. No. strigilis. Linné.—Mi. strigilis. Steph. Catal. partii. p.86. No. 6240. Head and thorax ashy-brown, the latter with a transverse dark streak anteriorly : anterior wings with an undulated black striga at the base, bounded externally with white; then a whitish one edged with black on its outer margin, followed by the ordinary stigmata, which are cinereous; and behind the posterior one is a third, arcuated, white striga, through which pass some abbreviated black streaks ; this is followed by a broad white fascia, which terminates in a pale undated striga, the space between which and the hinder margin is clouded with griseous and fuscous: the cilia are dusky-brown, with pale streaks: the posterior wings fuscescent: the cilia cinereous. This species varies much; in some examples the second and third strige are CM Curtis, det. slit 4 London, Pub.by EL. Stephena, t.Suly, 1829, Chara ET ine aor C0 ety, Kee mn BES hac (iim ite ie: owe Li kWane ut ng NOCTUIDE=.—MIANA. 13 united by a black line, which is more or less distinct in various species :—in others, the space between the stigmata is black: while some have the broad white posterior fascia suffused with reddish, and in others it is nearly ochraceous. Caterpillar ashy-white, with a dorsal and two lateral lines violaceous, and black stigmata ; head small, yellowish-brown. Not very common: taken occasionally in woody places near London, also in Devonshire, the New Forest, in Norfolk, Suffolk, and near Cheltenham, &e. “ Matlock.”—Rev. F. W. Hope. “ Al- derley.”—Rev. E, Stanley. “ Kimpton.”—Rev. G. T. Rudd. a Sp. 3. latruncula. Alis anticis fuscis cupreo micantibus stigmatibus strigisque pallidioribus. (Exp. alar. 10 lin.—1 une. 1 lin.) No. latruncula. Hiihner.—Mi. latruncula. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 86. No. 6241. Head and thorax as in the last, but darker: anterior wings fuscous or reddish- ash, with very obsolete strige, and the posterior margin more or less glossed with cupreous: stigmata usually paler than the disc: posterior wings deep fuscous, with reddish cilia. A most variable species, both in size and colour: in some specimens the latter is nearly of a pale uniform cinereous, with the margins of the stigmata and those of the ordinary strige dusky or black: others have a broad whitish fascia on the posterior margin, nearly as in the last-mentioned species, some dusky, or nearly black ; but in all the varieties the greater uniformity in the colouring of the basal half of the wing, the striga being very obsolete in general, distinguishes this species from Ag. strigilis. More abundant than the preceding insect; frequenting the same haunts, and almost too closely allied to be really distinct: it is however smaller, and in the present state of our knowledge it is advisable to keep it separate; for as Mr. Haworth says, when speaking of this genus, “ to join them into one would be a capital error, no less indeed than mistaking a section for a species.” “ Bot- tisham.”—Rev. L. Jenyns. Sp. 4. Aithiops. Alis omnibus nigris, anticis atro nebulosis. (Exp. alar. 11 lin. —1 unc.) No. Ethiops. Haworth—Mi. Athiops. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 86. No. 6242. Entirely black, or very deep fuscous; the anterior wings with several darker clouds, or very black lineole ; the posterior margin faintly cupreous, with an obscure paler undulated striga. Var. g. Much paler, but marked as in var. «. Not uncommon, and found with the preceding insect, from which 14 HA USTELLATA.—LEPIDOPTERA. it chiefly differs by the dinginess and uniformity of its colours, especially of the hinder portion of the anterior wings. Sp. 5. humeralis. Alis anticis equaliter anticé fuscis, posticé cinereo-albidis, margine postico fusco; corpore elongato. (Exp. alar. 10—12 lin.) No. humeralis. Hiihner.—Mi. humeralis. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 86. No. 6243. Head and thorax cinereous or whitish: anterior wings from the base to beyond the middle cinereous or fuscous, sometimes dusky; then a broad white or pale ashy space, more or less clouded with fuscous, and bearing towards the hinder margin of the wing an undulated pale striga, between which and the hinder margin is irregularly clouded with fuscous: cilia cinereous with darker clouds: body rather long. Anterior wings sometimes nearly of an uniform pale ochraceous or whitish-ash, with the usual markings very indistinct ; at others nearly of an uniform pale cinereous, with the posterior half rather paler than the base: posterior wings in all the varieties pale fuscous, with the margin darkest. . Not very common round London, but in the utmost profusion near Dover about the middle of August; also at Hastings, Brighton, and Shoreham. I have occasionally taken it at Hertford and Ripley. “ Bottisham.”—Rev. L. Jenyns. Sp. 6. terminalis. Als fusco-rufescentihus margine postico undatim nigricante. (Exp. alar. 10—13 lin.) No. terminalis. Haworth.—Mi. terminalis. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 86. Wo. 6244. Closely allied to some of the varieties of the last, but of a sombre hue, and without the white posterior fascia on the anterior wings; which latter are scarcely clouded, but are of an uniform rufescent brown, with the hinder margin slightly clouded with fuscous, and bearing an undated pale striga: cilia cinereous: posterior wings deep brown, with ashy cilia. This also varies: in some examples there are a few dark scattered marks towards the centre of the anterior wings, and the posterior are cinereous, with a dark broad fuscous margin. Taken near London, about Walthamstow, Darenth and Coombe woods; not uncommon in the Isle of Dogs and near Stratford-le- Bow; and in Copenhagen-fields: rare near Dover, where the pre- ceding abounds. Sp. 7. rufuncula. “ Alis toto rufis, strigis tribus obsoletissimis pallidioribus.” — Haw. (Exp. alar. 10—12 lin.) No. rufuncula. Haworth.—Mi. rufuncula. Steph. Catal. pt. ii. p. 86. No. 6245. Thorax, abdominal tuft, and anterior wings rufous, the latter with two straight paler strige in the middle, and another waved one towards the hinder margin, NOCTUID®.—CELENA. 15 but rather obscure; on the margin itself is a row of very minute lunate- triangular black spots: posterior wings reddish-brown, with rufous cilia. I have a single example only, which is too much injured to describe. Taken in Norfolk and in Suffolk. Sp. 8. fasciuncula. Alis anticis rufis aut ochreo-griseis, in medio fascié lata saturatiore stigmatibus ordinariis pallidioribus interrupta. (Exp. alar. 9}— 12 lin.) No. fasciuncula. Haworth.—Mi. fasciuncula. Steph. Catal. pt. ii. p. 86. No. 6246. Head, thorax, and anterior wings deep rufous; the latter with a darker central fascia, greatly attenuated, and brownish towards the inner margin, where it is obsoletely margined with white, the edging formed of a portion of the ordinary central strige ; in the hinder margin are a few reddish-brown clouds, and the cilia are fuscous, with a red tinge: posterior wings fuscous, with whitish or cinereous cilia. Var. &. With the head, thorax, and anterior wings of an ochraceous or whitish red, the latter with darker clouds, and a dusky-brown streak uniting the two central strige, towards the inner margin of the wing. This very distinct, though variable, species is occasionally found in Copenhagen-fields, near the entrance of Agbush-lane, but it is far from common. I have specimens from Hertford. } Sp. 9. minima. “ Alis rufo-cinereis, maculis duabus ordinariis strigisque tribus pallidioribus.” Haworth. (Exp. alar. 8 lin.) No. minima. Haworth—Ap. minima. Steph. Catal. pt. ii. p. 86. No. 6247. Anterior wings with a straight white striga before the middle, intersected with black lines: then the usual stigmata appearing like small round spots, and between them a fuscous cloud, which reaches to the costa; then an arcuated white striga, as in Ap. rufuncula ; and lastly, a broader undated pale striga towards the posterior margin: cilia cinereous: posterior wings fuscous, with white cilia. Few examples of this insect, which is the smallest of the Noc- tuidee, are in collections. Mr. Haworth captured a single specimen many years since at Darenth-wood; it has since been taken in other parts. ‘ Whittlesea-mere.”—Messrs. Bentley and Chant. Genus CXIV.—CELzNA mihi. Palpt not very short, porrected obliquely, the two basal joints densely clothed with elongate scales, the terminal exposed, rather obtuse, sublinear: basal joint short, reniform, scarcely stouter than the second, which is nearly linear, a little curved and slightly acute ; terminal stouter than the first, elongate-ovate, 16 HAUSTELLATA.—LEPIDOPTERA. obtuse: mawille elongate. Antenna moderate, rather stout, pubescent be- neath, and ciliated in the males: head with a dense tuft of scales on the crown : eyes naked: thorax large, somewhat downy, not crested: body rather short and slender, the sides and apex tufted, the apical tuft largest in the males: wings defiexed, entire ; anterior elongate-triangular, obtuse ; stigmata especially the posterior, conspicuous, and not concolorous. In bulk, the Celeenz nearly resemble the insects of the preceding genus, but they may be distinguished therefrom by their broader anterior wings, which have the posterior stigmata very conspicuous, and in general the adjoining nervures pale, as in Nenia: the thorax is stout, rather pubescent, and not crested; the palpi densely clothed with elongate scales, with the terminal joint exposed, somewhat linear and obtuse, not subacuminate, as in Miana :—they are less variable than the insects of the last genus, and appear to frequent damp situations, being usually found on the borders of extensive sheets of water. Sp. 1. renigera. Puate 25. f.2. Alis anticts virescente-fuscis flavo varits, fascrt in medio saturatiore, in qua stigmata ordinaria site, posticis albidis fimbria fusca. (Exp. alar. 1 une. 4 lin.) Ce. renigera. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 87. No. 6248. Head, thorax, and abdomen of an uniform ashy-brown: anterior wings the same, tinged with greenish, and a litile varied with yellow, with an obscure black lineola at the base, and an imperfect undated black striga ; in the middle is a dark fuscous fascia attenuated on the inner margin, and banded anteriorly and posteriorly by an indistinct black or dusky striga, the latter a little angulated behind the posterior stigma: in this fascia the usual stigmata are placed, the anterior one being minute, sublinear, and margined with black, the posterior kidney-shaped and flavescent : adjoining the second transverse striga is a third stigmatiform mark of a deep black, with the centre rather fuscous: posterior wings whitish, with a dusky or brown border. Of this remarkably conspicuous and distinct species, I have hitherto seen but three specimens; one in my own cabinet, the other two in that of Mr. Stone: my specimen I obtained from the Mar- shamian collection, and Mr. Stone’s were taken, I believe, near London, many years since ;—it does not appear to be noticed by continental writers. Sp. 2. Haworthii. Prate 25. f. 3.—Alis anticzs roseo-fusces basi lineolis duabus nigris, postice strigd dentatd flavescente, stigmatibus ordinariis ochracevs. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 2—4 lin.) Ap. Haworthii. Curtis, vi. pl. 260.—Ce. leucographa? Steph. Catal. part ii. p. $7. No. 6249. NOCTUIDH.—CELENA. 17 Head and thorax brown, tinged with rosy: anterior wings rosy-brown, with two black lineole at the base, the second placed on the inner margin, a pale un- dulated whitish transverse striga before the middle, and a second behind; be- yond the latter is a pale yellowish or whitish fascia, bordered towards the hinder margin with a slightly waved dentated yellowish striga, edged internally with some black triangular spots: the stigmata are cream-coloured or ochra- ceous, the anterior one with a dusky centre, the posterior with an ashy line ; the central nervure is whitish, as are the two which branch off from it at their junction with the posterior stigma; on the hinder margin is an interrupted black line; behind the central nervure is a black hook: posterior wings fus- cous, with a central spot, and the margin darker. Not having an opportunity of consulting Hiibner’s work at the time that portion of my Catalogue containing a notice of this species was printed, I suspected from Ochsenheimer’s specific character, that it might be the Noctua leuco- grapha of the first-mentioned author, but having recently obtained the true No. leucographa, and having kindly been allowed by my friend J. G. Children, Esq. to examine his copy of Hiibner’s valuable publication, I could not find the present insect figured therein; and, as it has been lately named after my friend Mr. Haworth, it is with pleasure I retain the appellation, as a testimony of his useful labours, in furnishing us with a knowledge of the indigenous Lepidoptera. Taken in considerable plenty, in July, near Whittlesea-mere. Sp. 3. hibernica. Alis anticis rufescente-fuscis fascia postich strigdque dentata pallidioribus, stigma anticéd obsoleté. (Exp. alar. 1 une. 3 lin.) No. hibernica. Haworth MSS.—Ce. hibernica. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 57. No. 6251. Head and thorax of a reddish-brown ; anterior wings the same, without any black lineole at the base, with a very obscure whitish transverse undulated striga before the middle, and another somewhat more evident behind the middle; beyond the latter is a whitish fascia, in which is a paler dentated striga, slightly edged interiorly with reddish-brown; the anterior stigma is in general obsolete, the posterior dirty ochraceous, with a dusky centre; on the hinder margin is an interrupted black line; the central nervure is rather pale towards the apex only, and the two which branch from it a little so at the base: posterior wings ashy-fuscous, with a fimbria and central lunule darker. This differs from the foregoing in the simplicity and uniformity of its colours ; the anterior wings not having any of the black markings that form such strong characters in the last described species, and the anterior stigma being in general obsolete. All the specimens which I have seen of this insect were taken near Dublin. Iam indebted to my friend N. A. Vigors, Esq., for the pair which I possess; they were captured, I believe, near Dublin. Haustettata. Vou. III. Isr Jury, 1829. Gs 18 HAUSTELLATA.— LEPIDOPTERA. Sp. 4. lancea. Alis anticis cupreo-fuscis, strigis quatuor obsoletissimis palki= dioribus, posticis flavescente-cinereis fimbria fuscd. (Exp. alar. 11—12 lin.) No. lancea. Esper ?—Ce. lancea. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 87. No. 6250. Considerably smaller than either of the foregoing; head, thorax, and abdomen .of a pale-reddish fuscous; anterior wings the same, nearly of an uniform tint, with four very obsolete paler strige, the first at the base, the second before, and the third behind the middle; the last near the posterior margin, very little curved, but dentate: the anterior stigma is very minute, pale dirty ochreous, the posterior also small, reniform, immaculate; the apex of the central nervure, the two nervures which arise therefrom, and the one to- wards the inner edge of the wing, rather pale: hinder margin of the wing immaculate: posterior wings yellowish-ash, with a fuscous fimbria. The nearly uniformly coloured anterior wings, with the scarcely waved pos- terior striga, and pale hinder wings, exclusively of its small size, are the leading characters of this insect. Taken in Norfolk many years since on the borders of Ramsey- mere: it has, I believe, been also found near Whitilesea-mere. “© Marton Lodge.”—Z. ‘Rudd, Esq. Genus CX V.—ScororuiLa * mihi. Palpi rather distant, porrected obliquely, slender at the base, subclavate, the two basal joints clothed with rather elongate scales, the apical minute, exposed, somewhat acute; the basal joint about two-thirds the length of the second, stout, reniform, the second more slender, rather tumid at the base, the apex attenuated and truncate ; terminal subovate, obtuse: mawille elongate. An- tenne long, pubescent beneath, stout, subserrate, and slightly pectinated in the males; slender and simple in the females: head small: eyes globose, naked: thorax subquadrate, not crested: abdomen moderate, rather depressed, acute at the tip in the females, with a tuft in the males: wings entire, de- flexed ; the anterior narrow, posterior rather large. Caterpillar naked: pupa subterranean. Scotophila has hitherto, by all modern writers, been associated with Achatia, but its characters are evidently too dissimilar to allow of such an union, the palpi being visibly exposed in this genus, and scarcely prominent in Achatia; the proportions of the latter are singularly different, especially the second joint, which is not only totally dissimilar to the same part in Scotophila, but differs con- siderably from the other Noctuids, as more particularly noticed hereafter. ‘The thorax, antenne, and texture of the wings are also very unlike those of Achatia. * 2x0T0S, tenebre ; Giro, ‘amicus. NOCTUIDA.—ACHATIA. 19 Sp. 1. porphyrea. Alis anticis purpureis, strigis punctisque albis quibusdam mgro marginatis, posticis cinerascentibus. (Exp. alar. 10—14 lin.) No. porphyrea. Wien. ViNo. Erice. Don. x. pl. 360. f. 1—Sc. porphyrea. Steph. Catal. pt. ii. p. 87. No. 6252. Head and thorax of a bright rufous-purple, varied with white: anterior wings also bright rufous-purple, a little clouded with black, the costa with a few white spots; at the base are two irregular white, somewhat anastomosing, strige, from the outer of which arises an elongate or teliform stigma, having a black margin, between which and the costa is the usual antexior stigma, which is white, round, small, and mostly immaculate: beyond this is the posterior stigma, which is white, with the centre ashy; from a white spot on the costa, placed midway between the stigmata, a white striga arises, which is considerably arcuated, and dentate externally, and bounded interiorly with © fuscous ; beyond this is another striga of white streaks, and on the hinder margin is an interrupted black line: cilia rufescent: posterior wings cinereous, with an interrupted marginal black streak. Caterpillar feeds upon heath of various kinds. _ Not common: found towards the end of J uly on the heaths near Birch-wood, and in the New Forest. ‘ Marton Lodge, Yorkshire.” —L. Rudd, Esq. Genus CX VI.—Acuatia, Hubner. Palpi very short, nearly concealed by long hairs, the terminal joint not visible ; the two basal joints robust, the first as long again and stouter than the second, slightly curved, second attenuated, the apex truncate, third minute, cylindric, truncate: mazille elongate. Antenne rather long, slender, and simple in the females, subserrated, and rather robust in the males, pubescent beneath: head minute, scarcely visible from above: eyes small, naked: thorax large, downy, wings deflexed during repose ; anterior entire, obtuse: abdomen short, rather Stout, pubescent on the sides, and at the apex. Caterpillar naked, smooth: pupa. subterranean. The nearly concealed, minute, and singular palpi of Achatia, swith the-small head, large pubescent thorax, stout, subserrated an- tenne, and short downy abdomen, sufficiently distinguish it from any other genus of Noctuide. Like the rest of the early vernal genera, as Orthosia, Eriogaster, Biston, Amphidasis, &c., the thorax, both above and below, is clothed with a dense woolly pubescence. Sp. 1. piniperda. Alis anticis ferrugineo flavoque variis, stigmatihus ordinariis confluentibus. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 4—6 lin.) No. piniperda. Kob.—Ac. piniperda. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 87. No. 6253. —Ac. spreta. Curtis, iii. pl. 117. Head and thorax ochraceous, tinted with rosy, the latter more or less spotted with white: anterior wings very variable, ferruginous, varied with yellowish or ochraceous, sometimes ochraceous clouded with rosy-red ; at the base is c2 20 HAUSTELLATA.—LEPIDOPTERA. a pale transverse undulated striga, and a little behind the middle another, placed very obliquely, and crenated exteriorly; beyond this, near the hinder margin, is an undulated obscure ochraceous striga, bordered interiorly with rosy-red: the anterior stigma is round or ovate, white or yellowish, and is connected by a concolorous streak to the posterior one, which is large, placed very obliquely, and in general tinted with rosy-ochraceous within ; nervures sometimes ochraceous: abdomen and posterior wings fuscous, the latter a little tinted with rosy: cilia rosy at the base, the apex pale. Caterpillar bright green, with a dorsal and two lateral lines white, the lower one on each side tinted with ochraceous or ferruginous:—it feeds on the Pinus sylvestris, and other firs: is full grown towards the end of June: the imago appears at the end of March. _ The mere accident of discovering this beautiful species to inhabit Britain, I believe, fell to me, having beaten a chance specimen out of an old fir tree at Hertford, in the April of 1810, which remained unique for three or four years. In the spring of 1815 my friend J. Scales, Esq. took the insect in considerable plenty near Beacham- well, in Norfolk, flying about the blossoms of the black thorn, in the vicinity of some pines, and to him I am indebted for part of my present series; since that period the insect has been taken in the larva state in abundance at Birch-wood, and near Ripley, though happily without creating the havoc, which frequently accompanies its appearance on the continent. ‘ Matlock.”—Rev. F. W. Hope. *¢ York, March 2d, on beech trees, rarely.” — W. C. Hewitson, Esq- Genus CX VII.—Acrezia® mihi. Palpi short, robust, porrected obliquely, densely clothed with compact scales ; the terminal joint exposed, subrhombic ; the two basal joints nearly of equal length and stoutness, the first curved, the second shuttle-shaped, the terminal slender, elongate-ovate: maville elongate. Antenne elongate, slender, pubes- cent beneath, ciliated on each side in the males: the basal joint large and squamose: head small, with a dense frontal crest: eyes large; globose, naked : thorae slightly crested posteriorly: abdomen elongate, somewhat depressed, a little pubescent at the base, slightly carinated in the males, with a small anal tuft; stouter in the females: wings deflexed during repose ; anterior very narrow, linear, entire, glossy ; posterior ovate-triangular, entire. Caterpillar naked, smooth: pupa subterranean. Actebia may be at once distinguished from the preceding genus, with which it is associated by Ochsenheimer and Treitschke, by the comparative bulk of its head, and smallness of its thorax, the latter not being pubescent, and very slightly crested; the anterior wings * Axrn, litus 3 Biow, vivo. NOCTUIDA..—TRACHEA. 21 are very long and linear, and the palpi are fully developed, and not concealed beneath the pubescence of the head:—the narrowness of its linear anterior wings at once discriminates it from Trachea. Sp. 1. precox. Alis anticis virescentihus, maculis ordinariis pallidioribus, fascia undaté abbreviata posticé rufa. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 7—8 lin.) Ph. No. precox. Linné.—Don. vi. pl. 213.—Ac. precox. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 87. No. 6254. Head and thorax hoary, the latter tinted with green: anterior wings ashy-green, and slightly clouded, with an obscure pale whitish striga, bordered with dusky or black, before the middle, and another somewhat arcuated behind; stigmata large, pale; anterior with an ashy central cloud ; posterior reniform, with an ashy cloud in the centre of each lobe; towards the hinder margin of the wing is an undulated rather broad rufous fascia, which does not extend to the costa; this is followed by a much waved pale striga ; on the posterior margin of the wing is an interrupted row of lunate black spots ; the posterior wings and abdomen are fuscous-ash : cilia whitish. Caterpillar griseous, with a dorsal pale line: it feeds on the Sonchus oleraceus, Viola tricolor, and other plants, and appears to abound in sandy and barren situations near the coast: —the imago appearsin the month of June, and again in September. Till within these few years this beautiful insect was to be seen in the best collections only; it has, however, been taken in con- siderable plenty in several parts of the country, generally on the coast; Captain Blomer having found it on that of Devonshire, and Mr. Weaver in the north of England. Genus CXVIII.—Tracuea, Ochsenhewmer. Palpi moderate, the basal joint pubescent, the second densely clothed with com- pact scales, the terminal minute, exposed, ovate ; basal joint stouter and shorter than the second, a little bent ; second stoutest at the base, rather attenuated at the apex ; terminal one third as long as the second, rather slender, ovate: maville elongate. Antenne simple in both sexes, pubescent beneath and ciliated in the males: head with a dense frontal crest, produced into a tuft at the base of each antenne: eyes globose, naked : thorax stout, quadrate, crested anteriorly and posteriorly: abdomen elongate, carinated; and crested on the back in both sexes ; male with a small anal tuft: wings deflexed during re- pose, anterior elongate-triangular, the posterior margin faintly denticulated ; posterior ovate-triangular. Caterpillar naked, smooth: pupa subterranean. The elongate-triangular wings of this genus at once distinguish it from Actebia, and the quadrate, crested, thorax from Achatia; and from Valeria the simple antenne sufficiently remove it: from all the above the greater elongation of the abdomen sufficiently distin- guishes it. . 22 HAUSTELLATA.—LEPIDOPTERA. Sp. 1. Atriplicis. Alis anticis fusco viridique nebulosis, lituré medid albicante bifida. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 8—10 lin.) Ph. No. Atriplicis. Zinn3— Wilkes, pl. 2. f.3. Tr. Atriplicis. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 87. No. 6255. Head greenish-ash: thorax the same, with a greenish anterior and lateral streak : anterior wings cinereous with a green tinge, with paler moniliform strige more or less bordered with black, two before and one behind the middle, the latter arcuated; besides these is a considerably waved whitish one near the hinder margin, which last has a row of black lunular spots; the ordinary stigmata are luteous or greenish, with paler margins, and between these and the inner margin of the wing is an oblique whitish or ochraceous somewhat linear patch, emarginate on its posterior margin: cilia cinereous, interrupted with greenish: posterior wings fuscous, with a darker margin. Caterpillar reddish, spotted with white, with a fuscous dorsal line:—it feeds on various kinds of Dock (Rumex), on Atriplex, Polygonum, Hydropiper, &c.:— the imago appears towards the end of June and again in September. This conspicuous insect still continues rare; specimens have beén captured near Wisbeach, in Cambridgeshire, and near Cheltenham : I possess three fine examples from the latter place, given to me by Dr. Leach. In Wilkes’s time the insect was taken occasionally near London, but I have never seen an example which was captured within the metropolitan district. Grnus CXIX.—Vateria, Germar. Palpi short, very hairy, concealed in the pubescence of the front, the terminal joint alone conspicuous, elongate, linear, truncate; basal joint large, robust, reniform ; second rather shorter and more slender, rather attenuated towards the apex, the terminal nearly as long and robust as the second, elongate-ovate, obtuse: mawille elongate. Antenne stout, bipectinated in both sexes, the pectinations larger, and subclavate in the male: head densely squamous in front: eyes small, globose, naked: thorax robust; subquadrate, slightly crested : abdomen robust, slightly tufted at the apex in the males, obtuse in the females : wings deflexed? during repose; anterior crenulated on the hinder margin, posterior faintly denticulate. Caterpillar naked, the posterior segment quadridentate: pupa subterranean. Both sexes in this genus have the antenne bipectinated, a struc- ture that does not obtain in any other of the indigenous Noctuide ; the females may therefore be readily known by that character alone, and the males by the union of their deeply bipectinated antenne, the pectinations being clavate, with their crenated anterior wings, stout slightly crested thorax, inconspicuous very hairy palpi, with the terminal joint exposed, elongate-truncate. NOCTUIDE.—MISELIA, Ps Sp. 1. oleagina. Alis anticis viridibus fusco wndatis, stigma anticé fuscé albo- cinctd, postict magni alba, maculis duabus fuscis. (Exp. alar. 1 une. 8—10 lin.) Bo. oleagina. Wien. V—Ph. oleagina. Sowerby. B. M.i. pl. 37.—Va. oleagina. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 88. No. 6256. Head and thorax fuscous, sprinkled with green: anterior wings green, with un- dulated fuscous strige, and some white spots on the costa, towards the apex ; anterior stigma round, fuscous, with a white margin, posterior large subovate, white, with a fuscous spot at each extremity; cilia fuscous, with green shades, and interrupted with luteous-ash: posterior wings whitish, with an mterrupted _ transverse striga a little behind the middle, and a marginal fimbria, fuscous ; the latter with an undulated whitish streak close to the hinder margin: cilia fuscous. Caterpillar cinereous, spotted with black, with rufous and black dentate striga behind ; collar red :—it feeds on the black thorn. Very rare: specimens have been found in Richmond-park, and one was taken in the pupa state by Mr. Plastead some twenty or thirty years ago in Battersea-fields:—others have occurred near Bristol, and Mr. Donovan, I believe, captured one in South Wales: —it has also been taken in Scotland: my specimens were from the former locality, and I have been fortunate enough to have had nearly a dozen examples at various periods. Genus CX X.—Mise1ia, Ochsenheimer. Palpi short, porrected obliquely, the two basal joints densely clothed with scales, the terminal exposed and truncate; basal joint above half the length of the second and robust, slightly curved; the second elongate, more slender than the first, sublinear, bent, obliquely truncate at the apex ; third short, subovate- truncate: mazille not very long. Antenne rather long, pubescent beneath, robust, more or less subserrate, and slightly pectinated in the males, simple in the females: head with a frontal crest: eyes small, slightly pubescent: thoraw quadrate, large, crested: wings a little deflexed when at rest ; anterior with.the hinder margin crenate ; posterior generally entire: abdomen elongate, robust, carinated, sometimes very acute at the apex in the females, tufted at the apex in the males. Caterpillar naked, the penultimate joint gibbous or tubercu- lated: pupa folliculated. Miselia is rather an artificial genus; fer it is evident that the three last species ill associate with the two first: however I have not attempted to detach them, from want of time to investigate their characters sufficiently ; the species have considerable resem- blance to those of the following genus; and indeed it is not easy to find conspicuous distinguishing characters in the imago; but there is considerable diversity in the larve, those of the present 24 HAUSTELLATA.—LEPIDOPTERA. genus having the penultimate joint gibbous or tuberculated, while it is simple in Polia. Sp. 1. bimaculosa. Alis albido-cinerascentibus ; anticis subnebulosis, posticis nigro bimaculatis. (Exp. alar. 2 unc.) Ph. No. bimaculosa. Linné.—Mi. bimaculosa. Curtis, iv. pl. 177. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 88. No. 6257. Ashy-white with dusky atoms ; thorax with two oblique black lines ; anterior wings slightly clouded, with a dentated brown striga towards the base, a little before the middle, a whitish arcuated submoniliform one behind the middle, and an undulated interrupted brownish one, margined interiorly with pale ’ castaneous, near the hinder margin; on the costa are several abbreviated, oblique fuscous streaks, and at the base of the wing a sublunate brown spot ; the stigmata are large, pale, edged with brown and ferruginous ; and between the anterior one and the inner margin of the wing is a third stigmatiform spot coloured like the true stigmata: the hinder margin of the wing is spotted with dusky: posterior wings pale, clouded with fuscous towards the apex, with a large brown spot on the anal angle, and a Junate one in the centre, the margin also brown: cilia cinereous. Caterpillar griseous, with longitudinal dusky and whitish strie, each segment with an oblong black spot, in which the stigmata are placed; towards the head is a large brown patch: it feeds on the Elm. The only indigenous example which I have seen of this insect is contained in the collection at the British Museum, to which it was presented by Dr. Leach: it was captured near Bristol, I believe, in July, 1815. Sp. 2. Oxyacanthe. Alis anticis fusco viridi pallidoque variis, lunuld alba mar- ginis tenuioris. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 7-—8 lin.) Ph. No. Oxyacanthe. Linné—Don. v. pl. 165.—Mi. Oxyacanthe. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 88. No. 6258. Head and thorax cinereous, the latter fuscous at the apex: anterior wings fuscous, prettily varied with pale reddish and green, the latter colour pre- dominating on the inner margin: at the base of the wing is a dusky lineola and a transverse undulated striga, the latter followed by the ordinary stig- mata, of which the anterior is large and rounded, the posterior larger and irregularly cordate ; behind the latter is an obsolete slender pale striga, which terminates on the inner margin in a white lunule ; towards the hinder margin is a pale fascia, in which is a row of rounded fuscous spots ; the hinder margin is shining green, delicately edged with an interrupted fuscous line; cilia cinereous, with a row of large fuscous spots: posterior wings fuscous, with the margin darker, and bearing an obscure abbreviated whitish striga. Var. #. Anterior wings more or less fuscous or dusky-brown, without the green tinge, with a row of pale spots on the posterior margin, and the white lunule on the inner edge. NOCTUIDA:.—MISELIA. 25 Some examples are much paler, and others much darker, than in var. «, and many intermediate varieties occur. Caterpillar fuscous, varied with black and white, posteriorly gibbous: it feeds on various plants, especially the white and black thorns: it occurs in June, and the imago at the end of September, and continues to the beginning of November. Far from an uncommon species, especially in the larva state, but less frequently observed on the wing; probably from the late period of its fight. “ Warwick.”—Rev. W. T. Bree. “ Alderley, Cheshire.”—Rev.. E. Stanley. “ Littleton-copse, in 1828, not un- common.”—fRev. G. T'. Rudd. Sp. 3. Aprilina. Alis anticis viridibus, maculis variis atris; posticis utrinque punctis trigonis. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 7—8 lin.) Ph. No. Aprilina. Linné—Mi. Aprilina. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 88. No. 6259.—Ph. No. runica. Don. x. pl. 354. f. 1. Head immaculate green, with a large fascicle of scales at the base of the an- tenne: thorax green, with black marks, one on each side at the base of the Wings, a triangulated one anteriorly, and two reaching therefrom to the scutellum: anterior wings green a little varied, with several irregular black strige margined with white, of which one passing between the stigmata is the broadest and most distinct; towards the hinder margin, the spots of which the striga is composed are arrow-shaped, and on the hinder margin itself is a series of minute similarly shaped marks: stigmata large, white, with the centre green: cilia greenish, spotted with black: abdomen and posterior wings dark fuscous, the latter with a white striga on their hinder margin, and an abbreviated one towards the anal angle: cilia white, spotted with brown. This beautiful insect varies much; in some examples the black strige are rather faint, while in others they are very broad, and become confluent. Caterpillar variable: cinereous, with darker lines and spots on the back and sides; or cinereous, with whitish dorsal spots and lateral lines: it feeds on various trees, as the oak, lime, beech, apple, &c.: the imago appears in October. Also very abundant, and rarely found on the wing, but frequently in the larva state; the latter being readily found in the clefts of the bark of their food; in which situations I have taken them at Coombe and Darenth woods, at Dover, Hertford, and near Ripley. “ Swinton, Somersetshire.”—C. H. Spragg, Esq., who furnished me with the following singular relation. ‘ About the end of April last (1828), I procured a brood of the larve from a stunted oak near Swinton; one specimen of the imago made its appearance every succeeding month, till the beginning of October, & 26 HAUSTELLATA.—LEPIDOPTERA. when I let go the remainder, with one exception, to the number of eighteen; on the 25th of that month, the one before alluded to produced a very fine female specimen; and on the same evening, the windows being open, my room was filled with a swarm of moths; on the capture of which, I found them to be the identical eighteen which I had let go, ail of them males, and not a single specimen of any other insect amongst them.” “ York.”—W. C. Hewitson, Esq. “ Epping."—Mr. H. Doubleday. Sp. 4. compta. Alis anticis fuscis nigro undatis, fascia media lata apice stri- gdque posticd albis. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 4—6 lin.) No. compta. Wien. V—Mi. compta. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 89. No. 6260. Head and thorax brown, varied with white: antenne luteous: anterior wings fuscous, with black undulated strige, and varied with white, with a distinct, oblique, and irregular fascia of that colour in the middle towards the costa, and a rounded somewhat trilobed patch of the same at the apex, from the latter of which a dentated white striga arises and passes to the anal angle; between the stigmata is an oblique brown line and two parallel black ones, forming a character somewhat resembling the letter N; the anterior stigma is pure white, and forms part of the central fascia, the posterior is clouded with fuscous in the centre: posterior wings fuscous, with the base paler. Var. 6. Steph. Catal. l.c—Ph. No. X-scriptum. Sowerby Brit. M. pl. 55.— Anterior wings much darker, especially at the apex, the trilobate white spot almost obliterated, the pale dentated posterior striga alone conspicuous; base of the wing nearly as in var. «; the parallel black lines between the stigmata united in the centre, and forming the letter X, whence the name above employed by Sowerby to designate the very specimen from which this description is drawn up. Caterpillar grey, with brownish dorsal spots: it feeds on the Lychnis dioica: the imago appears in June, and frequents the borders of woods. Not common, but more abundant in some years than others, though previously to 1818 few cabinets contained more than a solitary specimen: since that period many specimens have been taken at Darenth-wood, where I have also captured it, and near Brighton. TSp. 5. albimacula. Alis anticis olivaceo-fuscis, nigro alboque undatis, stigmate anteriort maculdque adjacente albis. (Exp. alar. 1 une. 5 lin.) No. albimacula. Bork.—Mi. albimacula. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 89. No. 6261. . Head and thorax olive-brown, spotted with white: anterior wings olive-brown, with a white spot at the base, and three undulated white strige, edged on m one side with black, two placed before the middle and one behind: anterior stigma white, posterior whitish, with a dusky centre; near the former is a NOCTUIDZ.—POLIA. 27 subquadrate white spot, amd between the latter and the hinder margin is an undated white streak, and on the hinder margin itself is a slender inter- rupted dusky line: cilia white, spotted with black: posterior wings yellowish- brown, with a dusky fimbria, and two whitish spots towards the inner angle. This beautiful and conspicuous species is also unique in the British Museum; the specimen in the collection of that establish- ment having been taken by Mr. Bydder, on a gate near Birch- wood, I believe, in June, 1816: a fact which plainly shows the extreme locality, or uncertain appearance, of particular species, as the neighbourhood where it was captured has been long celebrated for the richness of its entomological treasures; and has been for many years most diligently explored. Genus CXXI.—Potta, Hubner. Palpi porrected obliquely, the basal joints densely clothed with elongate scales, the terminal exposed and slightly squamose, basal joint about half the length of the second, a little bent; second slightly attenuated, obliquely truncate at the apex, terminal compressed, ovate, acute: mazille as long as the antenne. Antenne simple, pubescent beneath, sometimes slightly produced, with pecti- nated lobes in the males; in general each joint producing a bristle: head clothed with short scales: eyes globose, sometimes pubescent: thorax stout, slightly crested: abdomen rather long, stout, sometimes with tufts on the back, the apex obtuse in the females, with a small tuft in the males: wings deflexed during repose; anterior elongate sublanceolate, the hinder margin crenulated, posterior slightly denticulated. The insects of this genus are amongst the largest of the indi- genous Noctuide, but the genus, as it at present stands, is evi- dently most artificial, as may be readily seen by an inspection of the two accompanying figures of Po. polymita and templi; the former insect resembling the Miselic, and the latter apparently closely approximating to the first group of Graphiphora: the six first species are clearly congenerous; but yet notwithstanding Po. tincta has the eyes naked, whereas in the rest they are pubescent: the species after Po. templi are very discordant, but as their cha- racters appear to resemble those of the true Poliz more than those of any other group, I have placed them at the end of this genus: the last species, Po. Chi, in its perfect state has considerable _affinity:to the Apatele; but its larva is widely different. 28 HAUSTELLATA.—LEPIDOPETRA. Sp. 1. advena. Als anticis cinereo-glaucis obsolete strigosis, strigt postica nigro-maculatd. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 10 lin.—2 unc.) No. advena. Wien. V.—Po. advena. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 89. No. 6262. Head and thorax reddish-ash, the latter with a dusky transverse streak in front: anterior wings ashy-brown, with a slight silvery gloss, and three very obsolete . pale strige, bordered with a darker hue, the first abbreviated, and consider- ably waved, at the base, the second rather obliquely placed before the an- terior stigma, the third behind the posterior one; and towards the hinder margin is a more conspicuous pale waved one, edged on its anterior margin with angulated fulvescent spots; on the posterior margin itself is a very slender undulated black striga, composed of sublunate streaks: anterior stigma pale, posterior larger, less distinct, with its outer angle whitish: adjoining the second striga is sometimes a fuscous hook; and the costa of the wing is frequently spotted with whitish: posterior wings plain fuscous, with an obscure marginal streak. Caterpillar feeds on the Leontodon taraxacum and Lactuca sativa: the imago appears at the end of June, and frequents gardens. Not very common: taken occasionally at Coombe-wood, and in other places within the metropolitan district: also in Norfolk, Suffolk, and Devonshire. ‘“ Epping.”—Mr. H. Doubleday. Sp. 2. nitens. Alis brunneo argenteoque variis, strigd postick ex punctis angu- latis confluentibus. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 10 lin.) No. nitens. Haworth.—Po. nitens.. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 89. No. 6263. Of this insect Mr. Haworth says, “I have seen but one specimen of the male, which is closely allied to the former, but smaller, with the antenne setaceous, naked, and not pectinated, and hairy, with the claviform (or third) stigma larger: the anterior wings browner, and more silvery behind, the reniform stigma half edged with pure white towards the apex ; in other respects similar to the last, but the posterior stigma without, whiter.” This insect I should consider to be a mere variety of the fore- going, differing in being rather smaller, and of a brighter hue, were it not from the remarkable discrepancy in the structure of the antenne: it has been taken in Norfolk, and near London. Sp. 3. bimaculosa. Alis anticis albido cinereoque nebulosis strig& posticé den- ticulaté nigra, stigmatibus magnis subocellaribus. (Exp. alar. 1 une. 10 lin. —2 une. 2 lin.) No. bimaculosa. Esper.—Po. bimaculosa. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 89. No. 6264- —Ph. No. grandis. Don. x. pl. 341. f. 1. Head and thorax cinereous or hoary, the latter with black transverse and longi- tudinal streaks, and slightly crested: anterior wings clouded with whitish and cinereous, with indistinct black waved strige, and slightly tinged with ful- vescent; towards the hinder margin is a distinct waved and dentated black NOCTUIDE.—POLIA. 99 striga, and on the margin itself a row of distinct black dots: the stigmata are very large, pale, clouded, more or less, with cinereous in the centre: and be- tween the anterior one and the inner margin of the wing is a third, indicated by a black margin, but very variable in size and colour: cilia cinereous, with brown clouds: posterior wings fuscous-ash, with an obscure striga behind the middle, and the hinder margin dusky. Female more obscure than the male. Caterpillar fuscous, with a waved pale reddish streak on the sides, and two pale lines :—it feeds on the Verbascum Thapsus:—the imago is found towards the end of June. Not unfrequently captured near Darenth and Birch woods, and occasionally at Coombe-wood, and in Epping Forest, resting upon the trunks of trees, as well as in other parts of the metropolitan district. ‘ Alderley.”— Rev. E. Stanley. “ Epping.”— Mr. H. Doubleday. “ Carlisle.”’—T'. C. Heysham, Esq. Sp. 4. occulta. Alis anticis fusco cineredque nebulosis, posticis fuscis, ciliis albis. (Exp. alar. 2 unc. 2 lin.) Ph. No. occulta. Linné.—Po. occulta. Curtis, vi. pl. 248.—Steph. Catal. part ii” p: 89. No. 6265. Head and thorax dark cinereous, with brown spots and clouds: anterior wings clouded with hoary and fuscous, with a black line at the base, intersected by an obsolete waved pale striga; a second, and more distinct pale striga, con- siderably waved, before the middle, to which the anterior stigma, which is pale and heart-shaped, is united, and between the latter and the inner margin is an elongate-ovate stigmatiform spot, also attached to the striga, the posterior stigma is ear-shaped, clouded in the middle, with the margin pale, beyond it is a whitish undated striga, between which and the hinder margin is a fourth irregularly waved one, marked on its anterior margin with elongate dusky streaks: on the hinder margin is a row of triangular black spots: posterior wings fuscous, with the margin and a central lunule darker: cilia white. Caterpillar black on the back, the sides fuscous, with ochraceous lines :—it feeds on the dandelion and lettuce :—the imago appears in July. An insect resembling this species is in the collection at the British Museum, which, for the interests of science, it is necessary to state, was captured in Nova Scotia, Sut not in Britain. This conspicuous and large insect is still to be found in very few cabinets: the first specimens which came to my knowledge were taken by Mr. Hatchett in Epping Forest, many years since, and others have occurred in the same place and near Dover. * Alder- ley, Cheshire.”—Rev. E. Stanley, who kindly presented me with the only specimen he ever captured. Sp. 5. tincta. Alis anticis hepaticis cinereo-argenteis nebulosis, strigis vartis 30 HAUSTELLATA.—LEPIDOPTERA. undulatis, maculis tribus ad strigam eaternam adjacentibus nigris. (Exp- alar. 1 unc. 10 lin.—2 unc.) No. tincta. Bork.—Po. tincta. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 89. No. 6266. Head hoary: thorax cinereous, with a lateral and anterior black streak, the crest rufescent: anterior wings pale reddish-brown, clouded with silvery-ash, with obsolete waved pale and brown strige: anterior stigma ovate, pale silvery- ash, witha black margin, posterior reniform, clouded in the centre with cine- reous and brown, and also edged with black: between the anterior stigma and the inner margin of the wing is a black hook: and towards the hinder margin of the wing is an undated pale striga, producing a blackish spot on the inside, at its origin on the costa; a darker one towards the middle, and a larger, and still deeper coloured one, at the anal angle; the hinder margin of the wing itself has a crenated black line: cilia reddish-ash, with the margin paler: posterior wings fuscous, with a central spot, and the margin darker: cilia whitish. Caterpillar gray, with fine black stripes on the back, and pale whitish or ochra- ceous lateral ones, with a reddish undulated streak above the latter :—it feeds on the Ononis spinosa, &c., and the imago is produced towards the end of June. I have two or three times captured this beautiful species in Darenth-wood, ‘by accidentally beating it out of the branches of the lofty oaks, situated near the south-western skirts of the wood : specimens have been found at Coombe-wood, and in other parts in the vicinity. Sp..6. Herbida. PLrare (27. f. 3.—Alis anticis fuscoviridiquevariis, stigmatibus tribus margine nigris. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 10)lin—2 unc.) : No. Herbida. _Wien..V.—Po. Herbida. Steph. Catal. part ii..p. 90. No..6267. Head and thorax green, with fuscous shades: anterior wings varied with green and fuscous, with an abbreviated white striga at the base, edged with black anteriorly, a second before the middle, becoming greenish towards the inner margin, and bordered exteriorly with black ; then an obscure pale geminated one behind the middle, the space between, in which the stigmata are placed, being darker than the rest of the wing; the ordinary stigmata are large and margined with black, the third is rather small, and the margin is alone con- spicuous: towards the hinder margin of the wing is an undulated pale striga, usually with two or three deep black trigonate spots towards the costa; the margin itself with a row of lunular spots, which are frequently united ; cilia greenish with fuscous spots: posterior wings fuscous, with the margin darker, the cilia whitish: eyes naked. Caterpillar green, with black spots on the back, the stigmata white, the head brown :—it feeds on the Cochlearia Armoracia:—the imago appears in June. Tshave taken this on:the.same \trees.asthe last:in Darenth-wood, Ty Ce yee So) Sa a LLLG: LI Ouatis del. London, Pub IP Sephens Ses 829. NOCTUIDA:.—POLIA. 31 but the insect is far from common: it has been captured in Norfolk, and at Lanark in Scotland. T+ Sp. 7 Polymita?. Prare 26. f. 2—Alis anticis cinereis, stigis albo nigroque undatis, fascia medid virescente-fuscd, in qué stigmata ordinaria. (Exp. alar. 1 une. 9 lin.) Ph. No. Polymita. Linné?—Po. Polymita. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 90. No. 6269. Head and thorax cinereous with a greenish tinge, the latter clouded with fuscous and undated with black: anterior wings with the base and apex cinerascent, the centre greenish-brown, forming a fascia of that colour, in which the stig- mata are placed; this fascia is bounded anteriorly by an oblique crenated white striga margined externally with black, and exteriorly by a strongly dentate or angulated one edged interiorly with black; towards the hinder margin is a waved fuscous cloud, and the margin itself is terminated by a crenate black line: cilia fuscous: anterior stigma suboyate, cinereous with a pale margin ; posterior rather irregular, clouded with cinereous: posterior wings dusky, with an obsolete crenated striga behind the middle, and a whitish cloud at the inner angle: cilia whitish, with a fuscousstreak near the base. The only specimen I have seen of this insect is in the collection of Mr. Vigors, who obtained it from that of Mr. Wilkin :—whether it be truly the Ph. No. Polymita of Linné I am not positive, but it seems to agree with his concise definition of that insect, although not exactly with the figure in Engramelle, referred to by Treitschke. 7 Sp. 8. templi. Pxrare 26. f. 1.—Alis anticis obscure virescentibus, strigis undatis maculisque ordinariis flavescentibus. (Exp. alar. 1 une. 9 lin.) No. templi. Thunberg.—Po. templi. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 90. No. 6268. Head and thorax obscure greenish-ash: anterior wings the same, with three or four obsolete waved strigz and the ordinary stigmata, which are very small, the anterior least and rounded, the posterior reniform, the striga towards the hinder margin considerably waved ; cilia greenish-ash, with fuscous spots: posterior wings yellowish-ash, with a slightly waved fuscous striga behind the middle, and an obsolete one near the hinder margin, the margin itself paler than the rest of the wing, with an interrupted dusky line: cilia cinereous : eyes — naked. I have seen but three specimens of this remarkable insect, which unquestionably deviates considerably from the rest of the genus, though it bears some little affinity to the following species, but as I do not possess it, I am unable to give the necessary examination to ascertain its place: the specimen, whence the accompanying figure was taken, was found at Liverpool in the autumn, about ten years since, and is in the collection of Mr. Stone; a second was taken in 32 HAUSTELLATA.—LEPIDOPTERA. Devonshire, I believe by Captain Blomer, about six years since, and a third at Birmingham in October, 1825. Sp. 9. flavocincta. Alis anticis fusco cinereoque variis, atomis aurantiis adspersis. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 8—10 lin.) No. flavocincta. Wien. V.—Don. x. pl. 334.—Po. flavocincta. Steph. Catal. part li. p. 90. No. 6270. Head and thorax cinereous varied with fuscous, and a few fulvous atoms: anterior wings hoary, obscurely fasciated with fuscous, and strigulated with white and dusky, with irregular fulvous or orange-coloured spots: the stigmata are large, rather indistinct and obscure; near the posterior margin is a faint striga of fulyous spots, each with a fuscous spot attached anteriorly : posterior wings whitish-ash, with a crenated fuscous striga behind the middle, and a cinerascent marginal fimbria: eyes naked. Some specimens are much darker than others, and are more strigulated with dusky. Caterpillar green, with a pale-dorsal and lateral line: it feeds on various plants, such as the dock, currant, gooseberry, lettuce, willow, bird-cherry, &c.:—the ’ imago appears in the autumn, towards the end of September, and frequents gardens and hedges. For several successive years, I captured this insect in a garden at Hertford, but for these last eight or ten years I have not seen a single living example: the insect is, however, not very abundant. «‘ York, in a fir plantation.”—-W. C. Hewitson, Esq. “ Epping.” —Mr. H. Doubleday. Sp. 10. dysodea. Alis anticis cinereis atomis undique fulvo-aurantiis, fascid media nigricante strigisque duabus lunulatis. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 4—5 lin.) No. dysodea. Wien. V.—Po. dysodea. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 90. No. 6271. —Ranunculus Moth. Wilkes, pl. 14. fig. inf: Head and thorax cinereous, varied with fulvous and rosey: anterior wings cinereous, with a white striga at the base, edged anteriorly with fulvous; a second before the middle, with one or more fulvous spots ; a third composed of white lunular spots, each margined anteriorly with dusky, behind the middle, and considerably arcuated, the colour between these two strige being some- what fuscous, and bearing the ordinary stigmata, which are cinereous, and more or less bounded and spotted with fulvous: near the hinder margin is a series of fulvous spots: cilia tessellated with fulvous and fuscous: posterior wings cinereous, with a fuscous border. Caterpillar dark-green, with dusky spots on the back, and a yellowish lateral line :—it feeds on lettuce, wormwood, &c.:—the imago comes forth towards the middle of July, and affects gardens and hedges. Not very uncommon, and certainly more abundant than the fore- going species: I have taken many specimens at Darenth-wood, and at Hertford and Ripley.“ Epping.”—Mr. H. Doubleday. NOCTUIDH.—POLIA. oe Sp. 11. serena. Alis anticis cinereis, fascié lata fusca in medio strigis albican= tibus utroque adnaté. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 2—4 lin.) No. serena. Wien. V.—Po. serena. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 90. No. 6272.— Ph. No. Par. Don. x. pl. 338. f. 3. Head and thorax white, with delicate fuscous or black waves: anterior wings snow-white at the base and apex, the centre with a broad fuscous fascia, which is bounded on each side with a whitish or subfulvous striga, and marked with undated black strigse within: the stigmata are cinereous, with white margins: on the white ground at the base is a geminated black costal striga, and on that of the apex some obsolete fuscous clouds, with a sub- triangular fuscous spot on the costa: cilia pale cinereous, spotted with white: posterior wings cinereous, with a central spot and the margin fuscous: cilia white. Very variable in colour: in some examples the central fascia is nearly ochraceous: in others very deep fuscous, and of all intermediate shades; the white is sometimes sullied, and much clouded towards the hinder margin of the wing. ; Caterpillar feeds on the Hieracium umbellatum, Leontodon hispidum, Sonchus palustris, &c.:—the imago is produced towards the end of June. Not very common, but rather more so in some years than others: in June, 1819, in passing a pollard and rotten ash in the lane leading from Dartford to the common, in company with the late Mr. Blunt, we found the trunk literally covered with this insect, there being several dozens reposing thereon; and from them I selected the series which I at present possess. Sp. 12. seladonia. Alis anticis viridi cinereoque variis, strigis nigris obsoletis, nebulisque atris sparsis, striga pallida versus marginem posticum. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 4—6 lin.) No. seladonia. Haworth.—Po.? seladonia. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 91. No. 6273. Head greenish-brown, with a rosy tinge: thorax green, with dusky and white atoms: anterior wings greenish, varied with cinereous and rufous, with several oblique abbreviated black streaks on the costa, and obscure strigse on the disc: the ordinary stigmata rather pale-green, with a similar coloured spot nearly adjoining the anterior one, towards the inner margin ; near the hinder margin of the wing, which is sometimes rather pale, is a pale undated striga, producing some irregular trigonate black spots on its outer edge: on the margin of the wing is a series of minute trigonate black spots: cilia greenish, spotted with fuscous: posterior wings cinereous, with a fuscous: lunule: the centre and the margin fuscous, the latter with a pale striga, sometimes clouded with fuscous. Extremely variable: in some examples the anterior wings are nearly of an uniform pale-green, wita a few black strige; in others, they are of a dark HaustTetxata. Vou. III. Isr Aucust, 1829. D BY HAUSTELLATA.—LEPIDOPTERA. fuscous, tinted with green and red: and occasionally they have the inner margin, the stigmata, and a fascia at the apex nearly pure white, and a striga of the same on the hinder margin, in which is a row of black lunular spots: this last variety is very rare, and appears to resemble the No. Protea of Hiibner: an insect which Ochsenheimer places in his artificial genus Hadena. Caterpillar dirty-green, with various dusky and paler stripes and dusky clouds: it feeds on the oak: the imago comes forth at the end of September. Not uncommon: occasionally in the greatest profusion at Darenth- wood in the larva state: also found at Birch-wood, Coombe, Hert- ford, Ripley, &c.; and throughout the metropolitan district. “© Epping.” — Mr. H. Doubleday. “ Netley.” — Rev. F. W. Ffope. Sp. 13. Chi. Alis canis, anticis cinereo-subnebulosis, x nigro notatis. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 5—6 lin.) Ph. No. Chi. Linné.—Don. xii. pl. 406.—Po.P? Chi. Steph. Catal. part ii. p» 91. No. 6274. Head, thorax, and abdomen hoary, speckled with minute cinereous dots: an- terior wings hoary, clouded irregularly with cinereous and fuscous; with the usual stigmata hoary: behind the posterior one an obsolete whitish striga, composed of lunular spots; and towards the hinder margin another striga of pale ochraceous spots, having a few small black trigonate ones on its inner edge; between the stigmata and the inner margin of the wing is a black character, resembling the letter .: posterior wings of the male white, with the nervures dusky, and margin fuscous ; of the female fuscous, with a dark margin. There are considerable varieties in colour in this insect, some examples being much darker and more strongly marked than others. Caterpillar green, with two white lateral lines: it feeds on the Aquilegia vul- garis, Sonchi oleraceus and arvensis, Arctium Lappe, Lactuca sativa, &c.: —the imago appears in July, and frequents barren districts. Not hitherto found near London, but in plenty in all the northern _ counties, especially Derbyshire, Yorkshire, Cumberland, &c., also on the mountains of North Wales; concealing itself in the stone walls which are so common in those districts. ‘ Allesley.”—Rev. W. T. Bree. ‘On Stonehenge.”—Rev. G. T. Rudd. ‘ New- castle, common.”—W. C. Hewitson, Esq. Genus CX XII.—Apatera, Hiibner. Pailpi rather short, porrected, clothed with hair-like scales, the terminal joint slightly exposed ; basal joint about half the length of the second, rather stouter NOCTUIDA.—APATELA. 35 and reniform ; the second elongate, a little acuminate at the apex ; terminal elongate, sublinear, obtuse: mawille moderate. Antenne rather short, robust, simple in both sexes: head with a dense somewhat woolly frontal tuft: eyes small, globose, naked: thorax not crested, somewhat woolly: body elongate, carinated on the back, with a small tuft at the apex in both sexes: wings entire, deflexed during repose; anterior elongate-triangular, the posterior margin a little rounded, acute at the apex; stigmata indistinct. Larva very hairy, and sometimes with dense fascicles on the back: pupa folliculated. Apatela Leporina, which forms the type of Hubner’s Apatele, and its ally A. Bradyporina, differ so considerably in form from the Acronycte of Ochsenheimer, and their larve are so remarkably dissimilar, that I long since separated them as a genus, to which Noctua Aceris (and several North American species) may be added: the larve of all the species are clothed with extremely long hairs, which are so compactly placed in the typical species as almost to conceal their form; and several have, in addition, one or more dense tufts on the back, as in the Dasychire. Sp. 1. Leporina. Alis anticis albis punctis lineolisque flexis nigris, posticis niveis tmmaculatis. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 5—8 lin.) Ph. No. Leporina. Linné.—Don. x. pl. 327. f. 1.—Ap. Leporina. Steph. Catal. part il. p. 91. No. 6275. Head, thorax, and anterior wings white, the latter with a slightly curved black lineola at the base, arising from a similar-coloured streak, which has its origin at the apex of the palpi, and passes through the eyes and along the sides of the thorax ; behind the basal lineola are two black spots placed transversely, the largest on the costa, the other opposite to the apex of the lineola on the disc ; behind the middle on the costa is a more or less flexuous black streak, with a smaller one opposed to it near the inner margin; beyond this is a faint, somewhat interrupted, and frequently nearly obliterated, black striga ; and on the hinder margin is a row of black spots: posterior wings shining immaculate snowy-white ; the nervures sometimes a little fuscescent. The black markings are larger and more distinct in some specimens than others, and the row of spots on the posterior margin is sometimes continued to the apex of the cilia. Caterpillar clothed with long yellow, or yellowish-white hairs, with several black tufts down the back: it feeds on the alder, willow, poplar, birch, elm, &c., in the autumn ; and the imago appears about the middle of May; and occasionally a second brood is produced in August. Somewhat rare: the larva is occasionally beaten out of the birches in Coombe-wood; and I have captured it in Darenth- wood; it likewise occurs at Birch-wood. « Packington.”—Rev. W. T'.. Bree. 36 HAUSTELLATA.—LEPIDOPTERA. Sp. 2. Bradyporina. Plate 26. f- 3. Alis anticis albidis fusco irroratis punctis lineolisque atris, posticis alhis margine nigro punctato. (Exp. alar. 1 une. 5—6 lin.) Ac. Bradyporina. Ochsenheimer.—Ap. Bradyporina. Steph. Catal. partii. p. 91. No. 6276. Head and thorax dirty-white or cinereous: anterior wings whitish, thickly irro- rated throughout with minute black atoms, with a black lineola at the base, and other markings, as in the last; but the posterior dentate striga very distinct, and nearly continuous from the costa, where it arises from a black spot, and bends suddenly and considerably outwards, to the inner margin; the hinder margin is very strongly spotted with black: posterior wings white, with a row of dusky and black spots on the hinder margin: abdomen cinereous. Caterpillar grass-green, clothed with long decumbent white hairs: it feeds on the Prunus domestica: the imago appears in the beginning of June. Far more rare than the last: it has been found at Birch and Darenth-woods; and in other places in their vicinity. Sp. 3. Aceris. Alis anticis cinereo-canis aut fuscis, lineolis undatis annuloque nigris, posticis albidis fusco-venosis. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 6—8 lin.) % Ph. No. Aceris. Linné.—Don. x. pl. 330.—Ap. Aceris. Steph. Catal. part ii. p- 91. No. 6277. Head, thorax, and abdomen hoary, thickly sprinkled with minute fuscous dots ; palpi laterally dusky: anterior wings hoary-ash, with a trifurcate black lineola at the base, and several dusky obsolete waved strige ; anterior stigma formed by a black ring, posterior more or less obscure ; behind the latter is an arcuated and considerably dentated whitish striga, bordered on the outside by a fuscous band; hinder margin pale hoary-ash, with a row of black spots on the edge itself, each spot continued to the apex of the cilia, which are cine- rascent in the intervals: posterior wings white or whitish, with the nervures dusky at the apex, and sometimes a pale cinereous interrupted striga behind the middle; cilia cinereous, interrupted with fuscous. Var. 6. With the thorax, abdomen, and anterior wings dark fuscous, the latter marked as in, var. ~: posterior wings sometimes white, at others cinereous, with darker nervures and transverse striga. Caterpillar thickly clothed with long yellow hairs, with five red and yellow tufts on the back, and a row of white catenated spots edged with black:—it feeds on the horse-chestnut, maple (Acer), oak, ash, &c. in the autumn:—the imago appears towards the end of June. Not uncommon; especially where the horse-chestnut abounds. Var. 8. I have reared from the same batch of eggs which has produced the ordinary state of the insect; it is therefore satis- factorily proved to be merely a variety. “ Epping.”—Mr. H. Doubleday. ‘* Bottisham.”—Rev. L. Jenyns. ** Cambridge.” — C. C. Babingion, Esq. NOCTUIDA.—ACRONYCTA. 57 Genus CX XIIJ.—Acronycra, Ochsenheimer. Palpi not very short, porrected obliquely, rather slender, covered with short scales, the terminal joint distinct ; basal joint reniform, half the length of the second, and stouter; the second elongate, somewhat linear, and truncate at the apex ; terminal short, ovate: maxilla moderate. Antenne rather slender, slightly pubescent beneath in the males, simple in the females: head small, with a short frontal crest: eyes small, globose, naked: thorax quadrate, not crested, clothed with elongate scales: abdomen scarcely elongate, stout, slightly carinated, with a small tuft at the apex and elongate lateral scales in the males; sometimes crested down the back; wings entire, deflexed during re- pose ; anterior rounded at the apex, obtuse; stigmata in general distinct. Larva slightly diversified, clothed with elongate fascicles of hair, and some- times with an elevated dorsal prominence: pupa folliculated. By restricting Acronycta to the following insects, a more natural genus does not occur throughout the Noctuide, notwithstanding several of the species differ considerably from the type, and there is much diversity in the larve :—all the latter, however, are fur- nished with distinct, rather short, fascicles of hair, and some of them have, in addition, one or more dorsal protuberances: but that of A. Alni is less pilose, and the hairs are capitate. Sp. 1. megacephala. Alis anticis cinereis, nigro-undatis, ared posticd albidd, posticis albis, fusco-venosis, margine fuscescente. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 7—8 lin.) No. megacephala. Wien. V—Ac. megacephala. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 92. No. 6278. Head and thorax gray, mixed with fine black dots: anterior wings cinereous, with several more or less obsolete dusky or black undated strige, of which a geminated one before the stigmata, and a dentated and bent one behind, are most evident, the arch of the latter forming the outline of a large pale patch in place of the posterior stigma; the anterior stigma pale, with a black circle, and sometimes a dusky centre; near the hinder margin is an obscure un- dulated pale striga ; the margin itself rather pale, varied with cinereous, with a faint row of black dots: cilia cinereous, interrupted with dusky: posterior wings white, with dusky nervures and border; the hinder margin with an interrupted dusky line; cilia white, with dusky spots. In some examples, the pale patch near the posterior margin is obliterated: others are considerably suffused with dusky throughout ; and some have a distinct pale striga, composed of lunular spots, behind the place of the posterior stigma. Caterpillar with the head large, the back dusky, with yellowish lunular spots on the sides, and a large subquadrate sulphureous spot, edged with black, on the eleventh segment above :—it feeds on the poplar and on willows:—the imago is 38 HAUSTELLATA.—LEPIDOPTERA. said to appear in May or the beginning of June, and in the autumn; I have frequently taken it in July; and on the 2d ult. I found a specimen, in the act of drying its wings, on a poplar at Kentish-town. Not very uncommon: I have frequently taken the insect at Hertford and at Darenth. “ Bottisham.”—Rev. L. Jenyns. Sp. 2. Ligustri. Alis anticis fusco virescentique variis nigro subundatis, maculd magna posticd albidé; posticis fuscis. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 5—6 lin.) No. Ligustri. Wien. V.—Ac. Ligustri. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 92. No. 6279. Head and thorax cinereous, varied with fuscous: anterior wings varied with greenish and brown or dusky, with a geminated waved black striga before the stigmata, and several rather less distinct between them; the anterior stigma is round, brownish, with a white margin, and placed in an obscure rather pale transverse fascia; beyond the posterior stigma, and forming part of its hinder margin, is a large ashy-white spot, having a sort of a catenated border, the exterior portion of which is formed of the arch of the ordinary third striga ; adjoining to which on the inner margin, near the anal angle, is a small pale lunule; the hinder margin is cinereous, with fuscous spots; the cilia ashy, interrupted with brown: posterior wings fuscous. Var. 6. With the anterior wings almost entirely suffused with fuscous; the pale margins being nearly obliterated: posterior deep fuscous. Caterpillar pale yellowish-green, with three fine yellowish-white longitudinal stripes and slender black hairs :—it feeds on the privet (Ligustrum vulgare):— the imago appears at the end of June. Not common: I have taken the insect at Darenth-wood, and have seen several from the neighbourhoods of Croydon and Brighton; also from Devonshire, where it is found near Plymouth and near Ashburton. ‘“ Epping.”—Mr. H. Doubleday. “ Matlock.”—Rev. F. W. Hope. Sp. 3. Alni. Als anticis fusco-nigris, maculé magnd basali apiceque cinereis; atro strigosis, posticis albis, margine fusco. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 6—7 lin.) Ph. No. Alni. ZLinné.—Don. x. pl. 327. f.2.—Ac. Alni. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 92. No. 6280. Head and thorax hoary, with a black lateral line: anterior wings with a large subovate cinereous patch at the base, extending beyond the anterior stigma ; and a Jarger blotch of similar hue, occupying the apex from the posterior stigma, and stretching obliquely across nearly to the anal angle, which latter is also cinereous; the rest of the wing is suffused with deep fuscous-black, with a broad intensely black line at the base, and another towards the anal angle; a dentate black striga, margined anteriorly with hoary, passes through the cinereous apical patch, and an obscure undulated pale one near the hinder margin, interrupted by a longitudinal slender black streak towards the apex: cilia hoary, interrupted with fuscous: posterior wings white, with a pale NOCTUIDZ.—ACRONYCTA. 39 fuscous fimbria, and some of the nervures of that colour towards the apex: cilia irregularly interrupted with fuscous. Caterpillar black, with yellow dorsal spots, and elongate capitate hairs :—it feeds on the alder, oak, birch, willow, poplar, lime, &c.; and the imago is found to- wards the beginning of June. Rare, but widely dispersed; specimens having been taken in Norfolk, Huntingdonshire, Dorsetshire, the New Forest, Devon- shire, &c. ‘“‘ Collingbourne-wood, May 29, 1828.”—Rev. G. T. Rudd. “ Allesley and Coleshill."—Kev. W. T. Bree. +Sp. 4. strigosa, Alis anticis fusco cinereoque variis, lineolis tribus atris ante marginem interiorem. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 3? lin.) No. strigosa. Wien. V.—Ac. strigosa. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 92- No. 6281. Head and thorax cinereous sprinkled with fuscous, with a slender black lateral line: anterior wings whitish-gray mixed with dusky-brown, with a pale striga before the middle, and an arcuated one behind, and pale stigmata, the anterior of which is bordered with black, and the latter partially so; the inner edge of the wing is fuscescent, with three longitudinal black streaks: on the hinder margin is a slender black line ; and the cilia are white, interrupted with dusky: posterior wings grayish-ash, with a transverse striga beyond the middle, and a narrow marginal line. Caterpillar yellowish-green, with an irregular broad, yellowish-brown, dorsal line, sprinkled with plack ; head reddish :—it feeds on the black thorn and mountain-ash. Mr. Haworth possesses a single specimen of this insect, which, I believe, was captured in Norfolk:—I have not seen it in any other collection. Sp. 5. Psi. Alis anticis cinereo-fuscis; characteribus Psi nigris, posticis fusces- centibus, fimbria saturatiore. (Exp. alar. 1 une. 6—7 lin.) Ph. No. Psi. Linné.—Don. iv. pl. 133.—Ac. Psi. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 92. No. 6282. Head, thorax, and abdomen ashy-brown, the sides of the two former with a black line; anterior wings also ashy-brown, with a deep black elongate sub- ramose line at the base, and another towards the anal angle, resembling the letter Y ; on the costa are some abbreviated black streaks, and between the stigmata a black signature, somewhat resembling the letter x, but sometimes indistinct ; near the hinder margin is an irregular dentate black striga, with a faint black y towards the apex; the anterior stigma is round and margined with black, but the posterior is nearly obliterated ; cilia fuscous-ash at the base, white at the apex, and irregularly interrupted with dusky: posterior wings more or less fuscescent, with the nervures at the apex and the hinde * margin darker. 40 HAUSTELLATA.—LEPIDOPTERA. Some examples are much brighter than others, and considerably resemble the next species ; but they are usually of a smaller size than that species. Caterpillar black, with a broad yellow dorsal line, and transverse red streaks on the sides; the fifth segment with an elongate black conical protuberance: it feeds on the lime, alder, poplar, beech, &c.:—the imago is found towards the end of June. One of the most abundant of the British Noctuide, frequenting pales, walls, and trunks, especially in the vicinity of woods and shrubby places. “ Epping.” —Mr. H. Doubleday. ‘“ Common at Kimpton.”—Rev. G. T. Rudd. ‘ York and Neweastle.”—W. C. Hewitson, Esq. Sp. 6. tridens. Alis anticis cinereo-canis, characterihus Psi nigris, posticis albidis fimbrid pallid? cinerascente. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 6—8 lin.) No. tridens. Wien. V.—Ae. tridens. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 92. No. 6283. Extremely similar to the foregoing : of a pale hoary-ash, with a black lateral line on the head and thorax; anterior wings also hoary-ash, with a stout black trifurcate lineola at the base, an oblique waved black striga before the middle, and an arcuated dentate one near the hinder margin, bearing a faint black ) near the apex, and a stronger one at the anal angle; on the costa are several abbreviated oblique dusky streaks, of which the one between the stigmata is longest, and is sometimes prolonged by a fuscous cloud towards the centre of the wing; the anterior stigma is bordered with black, excepting a small portion towards the base of the costa; and at the anterior edge of the posterior one is a black semicircle, through which a black streak from the anterior stigma passes somewhat obliquely; cilia hoary, in- terrupted with slender fuscous streaks: posterior wings whitish, with a pale ashy margin, and sometimes a faint transverse dusky striga behind the middle ; cilia pale, spotted with fuscous. In some specimens the posterior wings are suffused with fuscous; and the anterior ones vary much in colour, as well as in the strength and intensity of their markings. Caterpillar black, with a narrow yellow dorsal line, and red lateral one, the sides with some yellowish marks, and the fifth segment spotted with white, with a conical dorsal protuberance: it feeds on the plum-tree, sloe, willow, white thorn, &c.: the imago appears in June. Not uncommon in woods and woody places, upon palings, trunks, &e., throughout the metropolitan district, and in other parts. “© Epping.” —Mr. H. Doubleday. | Sp. 7. cuspis. “ Alis anticis cinereis, luteo mixtis, characteribus psiformibus atris.’—Ochs. (Exp. alar. 1 unc.—8 lin.) No. cuspis. Hiihner?—Ac. cuspis? Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 92. No. 6284. Very similar to the foregoing, but rather larger: cinereous, with a black lateral NOCTUID&.—ACRONYCTA. 4l thoracic line; anterior wings grayish-white, a little tinted with luteous, with a strongly ramose black lineola at the base, and a powerful undated black posterior striga, in which are two dark y-like marks; the stigmata are nearly as in the last, and the cilia whitish-ash, spotted with black: posterior wings whitish, with a dusky central lunule, transverse striga behind the middle, and posterior fimbria. There is an insect in Mr. Hatchett’s collection which appears to agree with the above: it was taken near Dulwich; but as several years have elapsed since I saw the specimen in question, it is pro- bable that I may be mistaken in the identity of the species. If it be not this species, it is a most extraordinary variety of the pre- ceding. Sp. 8. auricoma. Als cinereis, anticis cano nigroque nebulosis, strigd posticd dentata nigra, ad angulum ani charactere psiformi. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 5—7 lin.) No. auricoma. Wien. V—Ac. auricoma. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 92. No. 6285. Head and thorax cinereous, the latter whitish on the sides, with a black margin ; anterior wings clouded with hoary and cinereous, or black ; with a dentate black line at the base, then a geminated waved striga, and towards the hinder margin an arcuated and considerably dentate one, having, near its termination at the anal angle, a black oblique streak, which, with the curved portion of the striga, forms the letter y: the hinder margin has sometimes an obscure waved pale striga, at others some faint dusky spots: cilia cinereous, spotted with fuscous: anterior stigma subocellated, with a black iris, and cinereous pupil ; posterior cinereous, edged with hoary and black: posterior wings fuscous, with the base rather ashy in the males. A very variable insect: some examples are nearly immaculate, with the trans- verse strige very distinct ; others, on the contrary, are very much clouded or suffused with black, with the strige more or less evident. Caterpillar black, with a reddish-yellow spot on each segment, and orange legs : hairs yellowish-red :—it feeds upon various plants, especially the birch, aspen, heath, bramble, dewberry, whortleberry, &c.; and is found in the autumn :— the imago appears in the beginning of June. Not uncommon in certain years at Coombe-wood, and in Rich- mond-park, reposing during the day on the trunks of birch trees especially. In the year 1816 the insect was in great abundance at the former place, but since that period one or two solitary examples only have been obtained. . Sp. 9. similis. Alis cinereis, strigd subundata atré ante medium, alia fusca obliqué abbreviaté medio, tertidque cand submoniliformi limbi postici; posticis albidis fimbria subfuscd. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 5 lin.) No, similis. Haworth—Ac. similis. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 93. No. 6286. 42 HAUSTELLATA.—LEPIDOPTERA. Too closely allied to the last, of which I suspect that it is a mere dwarfish variety : it resembles the male of the preceding, but is of a deeper hue, and has the striga before the anterior stigma simple, with the wing dusky behind, as in the following species, and having a submoniliform striga of hoary dots: towards the hinder margin is a slightly dentate black striga, with a faint y at the anal angle: posterior wings somewhat fuscous, with the margin darker. Found with the preceding insect. Sp. 10. Menyanthedis. Prare 27. f. 1—Alis anticis albo-cinereis, fusco-nebu- losis, maculis ordinariis strigdque posticad flecuost nigris, ad angulum uni charactere psiformi. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 6—7 lin.) No. Menyanthedis. Hiibner.—Ac. Menyanthedis. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 93. No. 6287. Head and thorax grayish-white, the latter with a black lateral line ; anterior wings also whitish-gray, with a broad fuscous posterior margin, on the anterior edge of which isa strongly and rather closely denticulated pale striga, margined externally with black, and bearing a Y mark near the anal angle: at the base of the wing is a dentate black striga; and on the costa between the stigmata is an oblique black line, frequently placed upon a suffused dusky spot; the an- terior stigma is very small, and is formed by a black ring ; the posterior is very _ imperfect, and more or less edged with black : cilia whitish, spotted with brown: posterior wings ashy-gray, with’a central spot and the margin dusky: cilia whitish, sometimes cinerascent at the base. Caterpillar black, with a longitudinal brownish-red lateral stripe above the legs :—it feeds on the Menyanthes trifoliata:—the imago is found in June. This insect I believe has not hitherto been found in the neigh- bourhood of London, but it appears to be far from uncommon in the vicinity of Manchester, and in other parts of the north. Sp. 11. Rumicis. Alis antics cinereoque fuscoque varits, strigis undatis nigris maculaque ad marginem interiorem albd; posticis cinereis margine fusco. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 5—6 lin.) Ph. No. Rumicis. Lnné.—Don. iv. pl. 126.—Ac. Rumicis. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 93. No. 6288. Head and thorax whitish-gray, varied with black and ochraceous ; anterior wings gray, thickly strigated with black, the strigee very much waved, and placed in zigzags; the anterior stigma is placed in rather a clear patch, and is ocellated, the pupil being dusky, and the iris black; the posterior stigma is placed in an oblique dusky blotch, and is strongly margined with black, with its disc somewhat clouded with cinereous: between this stigma and the inner margin is an emarginate white spot, and on the posterior margin an undulated whitish striga : cilia cinereous, spotted with fuscous : posterior wings cinereous, with the margin and a central spot fuscous: abdomen ochraceous-ash. Caterpillar fuscous, spotted on the sides with white and red, with a yellowish lateral line:—it feeds on the oak, poplar, bramble, dock (Rumex), &c.:—and CH Carter teh. fundon, Pub. by JS 1 Denice, Vow, 1822. de Ne jeg ta pei ¥ cael ee cepa 9 Pee Race Toh sician Me: Nip? di Jus ae te NOCTUIDEH.—ACRONYCTA. 43 occurs in the autumn; the imago appearing towards the beginning or middle of May. A very common species, not only throughout the metropolitan district, but in other parts: I have received specimens from the New Forest, Devonshire, Norfolk, &c. ‘ Alderley, Cheshire.” —Rev. E. Stanley... “Epping.”.—Mr. H. Doubleday. ‘“ Netley.” —Rev. I’. W. Hope. Sp. 12. Euphorbia. Alis anticis cinereis, fusco undatis, stigmatibus albidis, abdomine cinereo. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 5—6 lin.) No. Euphorbie. Wien. V.2—Ac. Euphorbie. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 93. No. 6289. Closely allied to the foregoing: head and thorax cinereous, with a dusky lateral line; anterior wings cinereous, with a short basal striga, an undulated one before the middle, and a curved one behind, the space between the latter paler, and bearing the stigmata, which are rather pale and distinct, the an- terior round, with a fuscous margin, the posterior reniform, clouded with cinereous, and bordered with fuscous; cilia spotted with fuscous ; posterior wings and abdomen cinereous. Caterpillar light-brown, with black dorsal spots, a ferruginous lunule on the neck, and a white streak on the anterior segments: it feeds on the Euphorbie Esula and Cyparissias:—the imago is produced in the beginning of May or the end of April. This insect has been taken, though rarely, in the New Forest, and near London. . Sp. 13. Euphrasie. Alis anticis ex flavo cinereis, fusco undatis, abdomine flavo- cinerascente. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 6 lin.) Ac. Euphrasie. Ochsenheimer.—Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 93. No. 6290. Head and thorax cinereous, varied with black, with the sides of the latter with a black line: anterior wings of a flavescent-ash, thickly strigated with black undulations, nearly as in Ac. Rumicis, but more obscurely; a pale waved striga near their posterior margin, and the latter spotted with fuscous; the anterior stigma obliterated; the posterior obscure plain cinereous, with a fuscous margin: posterior wings pale whitish-ash, with the border and a central lunule faintly suffused with fuscous: abdomen yellowish-ash: pos- terior wings dusky in the female. Caterpillar black, with a row of white spots on the back, and irregular rufescent spots on the sides; legs black: it feeds on various plants, as the Euphrasia officinalis, the white thorn, bramble, whortleberry, birch, Euphorbie Esula and Cyparissias, &c.:—the imago appears in June. My specimen of this insect was caught near London; I believe at Birch-wood. 4A, HAUSTELLATA.—LEPIDOPTERA. Grnus CX XIV.—Bryopuiwa, Ochsenheimer. Palpi porrected obliquely, rather long, slender, subclavate ; the two basal joints clothed with compact, rather stout scales; the terminal joint exposed, elongate, acute ; basal joint about as long as the terminal, slightly bent, and slender; second one-half as long again as the basal, a little curved near the base; terminal very slender, rather acute: mazille moderate. Antenne moderate, rather slender, basal joint incrassated, pubescent within in the males, simple in the females: head small, with short compact scales on the forehead ; eyes large, globose, naked: thorax rather slender, not crested: abdomen slender, carinated, and slightly tufted down the back, with a small tuft at the apex in the males, acute in the females: wings slightly deflexed during repose; ante-= rior broad, elongate, triangular, entire: posterior rather ample. Larva slightly pilose. Pupa folliculated. Bryophila bears considerable resemblance to the Diphthere in the form of its wings and the slenderness of its trunk and abdomen: but its smaller size, dissimilar palpi,—which, when denuded, are extremely slender, with the articulations nearly of an uniform thick- ness, excepting the apical one, which is rather more slender,—and general habit, sufficiently distinguish it from the insects of that genus. Sp. 1. glandifera.. Alis anticis viridibus, lituris strigisque undatis nigris albo adnatis, costa nigro punctatd. (Exp. alar. 11—14 lin.) No. glandifera. Wien. V.—Br. glandifera. Steph. Catal. pt. ii. p. 93. No. 6291. —Ph. No. Lichenes. Don. vii. pl. 223. f- 3. Head and thorax grayish-green, the latter with a few black marks, which are sometimes obsolete: anterior wings of a pale green, with various irregular black lines and strige, more or less bordered with white; costa spotted with black ; stigmata rather obsolete, anterior placed in an oblique fuscous patch, posterior more distinct, subcordate, pale fuscous ; behind this is a bent sub- moniliform white striga, narrowly bordered interiorly with white, and exte- riorly with a fuscous or greenish fascia, between which and the posterior margin is a triarcuated black striga, and on the hinder margin itself a row of fuscous spots ; cilia whitish, with fuscous spots: posterior wings fuscous-ash, palest at the base; cilia white. An extremely variable insect: sometimes nearly white, at others of a rufescent or hoary tinge, with the markings more or less obsolete, or confluent: posterior wings often with a narrow whitish striga behind the middle. Amongst the varieties which I possess are some which appear to belong to the Noctua Par of Hiibner. Caterpillar dirty ochraceous-yellow, with black spots, and a whitish or gray dorsal line, with a brown head: it feeds on the Lichen saxatilis :—the imago is produced towards the end of June, and continues some time on the wing. NOCTUIDA.—DIPHTHERA. 45 Not uncommon on walls, &c. near London, particularly on an old wall at Bagnigge-wells, and near the World’s End, Chelsea. ‘*¢ Coleshill.”—Rev. W. T. Bree. Sp. 2. perla. Alis anticis cinerascentibus nigro undatis, maculis duabus Suscis albo marginatis. (Exp. alar. 11 lin.—1 unc.) No. perla. Wien. V.—Br. perla. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 93. No. 6292. Less than the preceding: head and thorax white, immaculate: anterior wings white, with several waved transverse black strige, an irregular abbreviated broken one at the base, a second before the middle, forming a margin to a large irregular fuscous spot, in which the anterior stigma, which is round and margined with whitish, is placed, the posterior stigma is bilobed, and also fuscous, edged with whitish and dusky ; beyond this is a very slender some- what angulated black striga, followed by a row of irregular black spots, and finally a marginal series of minute black dots, which are frequently edged within by a slender white striga composed of united lunular marks; cilia white, with a faint row of fuscous spots at the base : posterior wings ashy- white, with a central lunule, and the margin more or less fuscous: cilia white. More variable than the foregoing: anterior wings sometimes ochraceous or slightly virescent, with the strige more or less obliterated ; or pale rufous-ash, with fuscous strigee, which are more or less obscure or confluent. Caterpillar yellowish-gray with a black head: it feeds on the Lichen saxatilis -— the imago appears towards the end of July or beginning of August. Also a very abundant species, especially on some old walls near Brompton, and on that of Greenwich-park, as well as in several other places throughout the metropolitan district. “ Epping.”— Mr. H. Doubleday. “ Bottisham.”—Rev. L. Jenyns. ‘Genus CX XV.—Drirutuera, Hiibner. Palpi distant, porrected obliquely, rather clavate, the two basal joints clothed with elongate scales, the terminal considerably exposed, elongate, the apex acute; basal joint very short, second elongate, robust, slightly bent, truncate obliquely; terminal elongate, slender, acute: mavzille elongate. Antenne rather short, slender, simple in both sexes, pubescent beneath in the males, the base with a small fascicle of scales: head rather broad, with the forehead clothed with short compact scales: eyes globose, naked: thorax not crested: abdomen not very stout, the back with a row of short tufts, the apex with a tuft in the males, and in the females somewhat acute: wings deflexed during repose: the anterior entire, somewhat elongate-triangular; posterior ample, entire. Larva pilose, resembling that of the genus Hypogymna: pupa folli- culated, changes on the ground. Diphthera in form somewhat resembles the insects of the pre- AG HAUSTELLATA.—LEPIDOPTERA. ceding genus, but the thorax is stouter, the palpi more robust, with the basal joint very minute: the antenne rather stout, pubescent; the head transverse, the wings ample, without the ordinary strigz on the anterior; the cilia elongate: and the larva bears considerable resemblance in structure to those of the genus Hypogymna. Sp. 2. Orion. Alis anticis perviridibus plagd longitudinali alba, maculis fas- cidique atris, apice punctorum trigonorum serie unica. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 4—5 lin.) Ph. No. Orion. Esper.—Di. Orion. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 94. No. 6295. Head green, immaculate, with the sides whitish: thorax also green, with a trans- verse line anteriorly and some large spots on the back and behind black ; an- terior wings bright apple-green, with a broad longitudinal white dash on the disc ; a black spot at the base, beyond which is an irregular broad black fascia, and about the middle an interrupted and very irregular black striga, to which are united two black spots, the posterior of which is transverse and edged with white, in place of the ordinary stigmata; behind the middle is a black striga, which is considerably varied towards the costa, and has a fuscous shining spot near the apex, and another near the anal angle; on the hinder margin is a row of minute trigonate black spots, bordered anteriorly with white: cilia white, spotted with fuscous; costa whitish, with a line at the base, and two spots between the strige, black: posterior wings deep fuscous, with two ab- breviated white strige at the anal angle: cilia white, spotted with fuscous: abdomen ashy-brown, with a row of black dorsal spots. Var. 6. Di. runica. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 94. No. 6294. Ph. No. aprilina. Don. x. pl. 347. f. 1.—With the anterior wings a little less spotted with black. Caterpillar fuscous, with large oval ochraceous dorsal spots, and minute white ones between ; each segment with a row of ferruginous tubercles, each bearing a fascicle of hairs: it feeds on the oak:—the imago is found in the beginning of June. +Sp. 1. ludifica. “ Alis anticis virescentibus abdomineque flavo nigro punctatis.” Linné. Ph. No. ludifica. Linné.—Turton (!)—Di. ludifica. Steph. Catal. partii. p. 94. No. 6293. note. . White above, with a black spot between the antenne: thorax white, spotted with black, with a double reflexed black bow in front: anterior wings whitish, with various black zigzags and irregular black strige; cilia spotted with black: posterior wings ochraceous, yellowish on the inner margin; cilia white, with black spots: abdomen yellow, with a row of black spots on the back. Caterpillar dusky, striped with blue and yellow, with the neck and posterior segments spotted with white :—it feeds on various trees, on the oak, black thorn, willow, &c. Introduced by Turton into the indigenous Fauna, but improperly. NOCTUIDM.—THYATIRA. AN Whether there be two species confounded together under the above name, as separated in my Catalogue, the rarity of this beautiful species in Britain does not allow me to decide; but cer- tain it is that the splendid figures of Sepp are widely different from those of the Papillons d'Europe; the larva having but three large ochraceous patches on the back, and the imago being very much spotted throughout with black, in the latter work. Near London a few examples have occurred at Birch-wood, and others have been taken in the west of England and near Ipswich during the past year:—Var. a. * Oakhampton-park, Somersetshire.” — Dr. Leach. Var. B. “ Woodlands, near Plymouth.”—Dr. Leach. Genus CX XVI.—Tuyatira, Ochsenheimer. Palpi distant, obliquely porrected, the two basal joints clothed with very long hairy scales, the terminal exposed, short, obtuse ; the basal joint shorter than the apical, more slender than the second, and slightly bent, the second elon- gate, robust, a little attenuated towards the apex, terminal slender, elongate- ovate: maville rather short. Antenne short, rather stout, pubescent within in the males, somewhat slender in the females: head rather broad; eyes globose, naked: thorax transversely crested: abdomen slender, slightly re- flexed on the sides, which are tufted, the apex with a small tuft in the males: wings deflexed, entire; anterior obtuse, broad, somewhat acumi~« nated at the apex, without the ordinary strige ; posterior ample. Larva naked, gibbous anteriorly: pupa folliculated. The comparatively robust thorax of the Thyatire, which is covered with light silky hairs, forming a transverse crest, and the superior robustness and brevity of the antenne, at once distinguish this genus from the preceding, and the obtuseness of its anterior wings from the following, to which it seems somewhat allied. Sp. 1. derasa. Als anticis basi siliceis, medio fulvo albidoque variegatis, fasciis duabus albis, postice convergentibus. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 6—8 lin.) Ph. No. derasa. Linné.—Don. vii. pl. 223. f.1.—Th. derasa. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 94. No. 6296. Head pale griseous; thorax griseous, with white and hoary shades: anterior wings with a large pale fuscous patch at the base, appearing as if destitute of scales, at the base of which arises an oblique slender white line, which unites, at a right angle near the costa, with a similar oblique line arising nearly at the base of the costa, and passing to the inner margin of the wing a little behind the middle; from the anal angle a third and more distinct one arises, nearly at right angles with the second, and terminates at the apex with a slight curve; between these two last fascie the space is varied with 48 HAUSTELLATA.—LEPIDOPTERA. cinereous and fulvous-brown, and bears the ordinary stigmata, which are* bounded by white, the posterior one having a white centre; and behind them, towards the anal angle, the wing is most delicately pencilled with numerous slender cinereous and fuscous zigzag strige ; the costa is white, with a few fulvous spots within and black spots on the margin; on the hinder margin is a white striga, composed of connected elliptic arches ; posterior wings fuscous, with a paler central cloud; the posterior margin and cilia somewhat ochreous. Caterpillar greenish-yellow, with dusky-brown spots and black lines: the imago appears at the end of July, or beginning of August. Not very uncommon, though usually esteemed rare; specimens occur occasionally at Darenth-wood; and the insect has been taken in Epping Forest, near Hertford, and in other places within the metropolitan district. ‘ ‘Teignmouth, Devon.”—Rev. W. T. Bree. “ Epping.” — Mr. H. Doubleday. Sp. 2. batis. Alis anticis olivaceo-fuscis maculis subrotundis quinque sesquialtera incarnatis, posticis fuscescentibus, strigd pallida. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 5—7 lin.) ‘Ph. No. batis. Linné.—Th. batis. Curtis, ii. pl. 72.—Steph. Catal. pt. ii. p. 94. No. 6297. Head gray-brown, thorax the same, transversely varied with pale ash, and tinted posteriorly with rosy: anterior wings olive-brown, with an irregular large pale rose-coloured spot at the base, in which are some pale fuscous clouds ; a second small one near the middle of the inner margin ; two, nearly united, at the apex of the costa, the apical one rather irregular in form ; a larger spot on the anal angle, which is generally fuscescent in the centre, and a minute one adjoining it in the posterior margin, which latter, in fine specimens, has a series of rosy lunules, bordered with fuscous anteriorly: posterior wings fuscescent, the base palest, and a transverse pale slightly waved striga behind the middle; cilia flavescent. The rosy spots are sometimes clouded with fuscous, and are sometimes white on the margin. Caterpillar dusky or ferruginous, the back gibbous, the sides with a pale zigzag streak, the third segment with a bifid tubercle :—it feeds on the bramble, and the imago is found from the middle of June to the end of July. A beautiful insect, usually esteemed rare, but improperly, as it ‘occurs annually in several districts, especially at Darenth and Coombe-woods, and in Epping Forest.‘ Coleshill.” —Rev. W. T. Bree. “ Norwich.”—W. C. Hewitson, Esq. “ Epping, not very uncommon.”— Mr. H. Doubleday. Genus CXXVII.—Eniorvus, Treitschke. Antenne slightly pectinated on the inner side, and rather pubescent beneath in the males, simple in the females: thorax crested: abdomen rather slender : NOCTUIDH.—CALYPTRA. 49 Genus CX XVIIJ.—Catyprra, Ochsenheimer. Palpi elongate, ascending, clothed with short capitate scales, which are rather longest in front of the two basal joints ; the terminal joint scarcely less robust than the preceding ; the basal joint shorter than the apical, rather stouter than the second, which is twice the length of the first, and a little acumi- -Iinated at the apex, terminal joint nearly as long as the second, linear, its apex a little turned: maville rather short. Antenne rather short, robust, bipectinated to the apex in the males, the pectinations very short at the tip, subserrated and pubescent in the females: head transverse, with a tuft of ’ scales on the forehead: eyes rather small, globose, naked: thorax stout, with a short acute crest anteriorly; abdomen rather stout, somewhat depressed, obtuse at the apex, the male with a subquadrate tuft: wings deflexed during repose ; anterior deeply emarginate, and dentate, on the hinder margin ; pos- ~ terior slightly denticulate: /egs stout, woolly; two basal joints of the posterior tarsi with long fascicles of scales, especially in the male. Caterpillar slender, naked: pupa folliculate. This singular genus is no less unfortunate in being constantly shifted about in arrangements, than for the continual variation in its nomenclature. Ochsenheimer gave the name Calyptra to it, without being aware of Lamarck having applied nearly the same term to a genus of Patellide (Calyptreea, Lam.; Calyptrus, De Mont.); an appellation changed by Treitschke to Calpe, and by wings entire, deflexed, anterior slightly emarginate on the hinder margin : ' legs, anterior porrected when at rest, those of the males furnished with long ' woolly hairs as far as the penultimate joint of the tarsi; of the females - simple. +Sp. 1. Pteridis. Alis anticis fuscis albo-maculatis fasciisque duabus purpureis. (Exp. alar. 1 une. 5. lin.) No. Pteridis. Fabricius, Samouelle (!)—Er. Pteridis. Steph. Catal. part ii. p- 94. No. 6298. note. Anterior wings fuscous, with the nervures, the margin of the stigmata, and three patches at the apex, whitish; before and behind the middle a broad purple _ fascia, and a transverse spot of the same colour on the anal angle: posterior wings dusky, with a pale striga beyond the middle. Caterpillar feeds on the Pteris aquilina. In the Entomologist’s Compendium, this remarkable species is erroneously intro- duced as a native of Britain. Haustetzara. Vou. III. Isr Aucust, 1829. E 50 HAUSTELLATA.—LEPIDOPTERA. Latreille to Gonoptera; the latter of which is equally objectionable with Calyptra, as a name of similar import, though slightly dif- ferent in its orthography, was long since applied by Dr. Leach to Papilio Rhamni, as described in vol. i. p. 8. It would therefore be the best course to follow Treitschke, and retain Calpe as the generic name, were it not that Ca. libatrix differs considerably from the type, whence a difficulty arises on that head, which induced me to employ Calyptra in my Catalogue, and to retain that name for the British species. ‘The location of the genus is far from satisfactory, but it has apparently some points of resemblance to Eriopus and Thyatira, rather than with any other indigenous genera, though its affinity thereto is very remote. Sp. 1. Libatrix. Alis anticis griseis rufo-nebulosis punctis duobus niveis, stri« gaque geminaté posticé obliqua alba. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 8—10 lin.) Ph. No. Libatrix. Linné.—Don. vi. pl. 216.—Ca. Libatrix. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 95. No. 6299. Antenne griseous, with a snow-white spot at the base; head fusco-griseous ; thorax rufo-griseous, with the anterior margin, a dorsal line, and a transverse streak fuscescent: anterior wings fusco-griseous, with an irregular extended patch at the base rufous, sprinkled with minute yellowish dots, and a row of whitish ones on the central nervure; this patch is divided transversely by an obscure whitish striga margined exteriorly with fuscous; a little behind the middle is an oblique geminated white striga edged interiorly with fuscous, from thence to the hinder margin plain griseous, with minute fuscous dots, and an obso- lete undated whitish striga; at the base of the wing is a small snow-white spot, in place of the anterior stigm a asecond, and in lieu of the posterior stigma two black dots, placed transversely: abdomen rufescent; posterior wings fuscous, with a darker streak behind the middle, the base sometimes cinereous: legs griseous, tibia with a white spot; tarsi snow-white, annu- lated or spotted with ferruginous. Caterpillar green, with reddish stigmata and a white lateral line: it feeds on the poplar, and on willows:—the imago appears towards the end of July and in April, and sometimes during the winter. An abundant and highly beautiful species, frequenting places where poplars and willows abound, secreting itself in weedy banks, under bridges, outhouses, &c. ‘ York and Newcastle.”—W. C. Hewitson, Esq. “ Kpping.”—Mr. H. Doubleday. “ Carlisle.”— T. C. Heysham, Esq. NOCTUID.—CEROPACHA. 51 Genus CX XIX.—Ceropacua*® mihi. Palpi short, porrect, scarcely ascending, somewhat distant, two basal joints clothed with long scales or hairs, terminal more or less elongate and exposed ; basal joint rather short, a little stouter than the second, and reniform ; second elongate acuminate, the apex somewhat obliquely truncate; terminal subclavate, obtuse; maville rather short. Antenne short, robust, rather slender at the base and apex, somewhat compressed in the middle, pubescent within, occasionally subserrate, simple in the females: head small, trans- verse, with a fascicle of hairs on the forehead: eyes globose, naked: thorax not crested, sometimes rather woolly: abdomen more or less attenuated ; with or without lateral tufts, the back carinated: wings deflexed during repose, entire, rather various in form ; anterior obtuse on the posterior margin, with the apex somewhat acute. Larva elongate, slender, naked, sometimes residing in a tortuous leaf; pupa folliculated. The genus Ceropacha, as its name—which however is not clas- sically constructed, the proper term Pachycera having been more than once preoccupied—implies, may be readily known by the brevity and stoutness of the antennz, which are somewhat flattened towards the middle, and slightly attenuated at each extremity: but the genus, as it at present stands, is evidently a very artificial one; nevertheless I have not thought proper to separate the various members of which it is composed, but have permitted them to remain as in my Catalogue as sections, pointing out some of their more conspicuous deviations from the type. A. With the anterior wings very broad and glossy; the abdomen slender; the palpi very short and slender, with the scales rather abbreviated on the basal joints. Sp. 1. fluctuosa. Alis anticis cinereo-albicantibus fascia latissimaé fusct in medio, in qua lunuld strigisque nigricantibus. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 4—8 lin.) No. fluctuosa. Hiibner—Ce. fluctuosa. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 95. No. 6300. Head cinereous or fuscous: thorax griseous-brown, with the anterior and lateral margins cinereous ; anterior wings cinereous at the base, with a black dot and fuscous striga; then a broad fuscous fascia extending beyond the middle of the wing, in which are some darker flexuous strige, and an obscure black lunule, edged exteriorly with whitish, in place of the posterior stigma ; beyond the fascia is a slender denticulated fuscous striga, and towards the hinder margin is an indented whitish one, arising from an oblique blackish: streak on the costa, placed on a dusky ground; on the margin itself is ee eee * Keoses, CONUS 7H7G05, CTASSUS. E2 52 HAUSTELLATA.—LEPIDOPTERA. an interrupted dusky line; cilia fuscescent: posterior wings whitish, with a striga behind the middle, and the posterior margin dusky; cilia pale ochraceous. Caterpillar yellowish-white, with dusky-brown head: it feeds on the birch:— the imago is found about the middle of June, in woody places. This handsome species is far from common; it occurs in Darenth and Birch-woods, and very rarely at Coombe : in the former locality I have captured several examples at different periods. Sp. 2. duplaris. Alis anticis cinereis, fascia fuscescente in medio, in qua punctis duobus nigris. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 3—6 lin.) Ph. Ti. duplaris. Linné.—Ce. duplaris. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 95. No. 6301. Antenne, head and thorax ashy-griseous, the latter margined with cinereous: anterior wings fuscous-asti, with the base rather paler, and having a short curved fuscous striga, and a second, edged with whitish, on the outer edge of the pale blotch; this is followed, as in the last species, by a broad fuscescent fascia, in which are some obscure transverse slightly waved strige, and on its exterior edge, in place of the posterior stigma are two distinct black dots, beyond which is a pale hoary-cinereous fascia, terminated by a dentate fuscous striga, from whence to the hinder margin is fuscous, with an undulated whitish striga, posterior margin with a slender obscure interrupted fuscous line; cilia fuscous, with minute darker spots at the base: posterior wings fuscous-ash, with an obscure paler striga behind the middle, and a dusky central lunule. Very similar to the preceding, but smaller, and much darker and less glossy, but distinguished at once by the geminated black spots on the anterior wings. Caterpillar yellowish-green with a reddish dorsal line and minute white dots; the head reddish-brown :—it feeds on the poplar :—the imago appears to- - wards the middle of June, and frequents woody places. Not very uncommon at Darenth-wood and near Ripley: it occurs also in the New Forest, Devonshire, &c. ‘ Epping, very common.” — Mr. H. Doubleday. B. With the anterior wings broad, with distinct transverse fascie ; body not very stout; palpi a little elongate, the second joint somewhat dilated, with rather long scales. Sp. 3. diluta. Als anticis cinereis, fasciis duabus rectis ferruginets obsoletis, strigéque pallidiori undat#. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 3—6 lin.) No. diluta. Wien. V.—Ce. diluta. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 95. No. 6302.—Half Mourner. Harris. pl. 35. f. 6—8. Head and thorax cinereous, the latter with a transverse dusky streak in front ; anterior wings cinereous, irregularly clouded with obsolete dusky spots; with two nearly straight transverse pale ferruginous fascia, more or less distinct, NOCTUIDA:.—CEROPACHA. b3 and with a dusky or whitish undulated striga, the anterior one placed before the middle, and edged exteriorly with black; the posterior one behind the middle, and bordered anteriorly with the same colour; behind the last is generally a pale waved striga, and an obscure one on the hinder margin, which has a slender dusky line ; cilia slightly rosy: posterior wings whitish, with a fascia behind the middle, and the hinder margin cinereous; cilia resy or whitish. In some examples, the second transverse fascia is completely obliterated: and others have the rudiments of a third striga at the base of the anterior wings. Caterpillar pale, with a fuscous dorsal line, and black head: it feeds on the oak: —the imago appears towards the end of August. A rare species; but found in several parts of the metropolitan district: I have captured specimens at Darenth-wood, and have seen others which were taken in the New Forest. ‘ Epping.”— Mr. H. Doubleday. Sp. 4. Or. Alis anticis cinereis fusco wndatis, maculé media griset OR feré representante. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 6—8 lin.) No. Or. Wien. V.—Ce. Or. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 95. No. 6303. Ph. No. gemina. Don. x. pl. 347. f. 3. Head and thorax cinereous, the latter with a transverse striga in front; anterior wings also cinereous, with a geminated striga at the base, then a fascia com- posed of numerous undated fuscous strige, and behind the middle a second fascia composed of five considerably angulated strigi, the two outer ones being black, the central one fuscous, and the other cinereous ; between the fascia are two griseous spots in place of the stigmata, the anterior one round and ge- nerally pupilled ; the posterior with two black or fuscous spots, and forming a character resembling the letter R; near the hinder margin is a slightly waved palish striga, arising from an oblique dusky streak at the apex of the wing, and producing, externally, some faint black streaks on the nervures ; on the hinder margin is a faint interrupted dusky line: posterior wings fuscous, with the margin darker, and the cilia cinereous. Caterpillar green, with the head brown, with the anterior margin black :—it feeds on the poplar, and appears towards theend of June. Rare: taken in several places throughout the metropolitan district: I have obtained specimens from Epping Forest, captured near Chigwell Row, and have ence taken the insect at Darenth. I believe specimens have been taken in Devonshire. Sp. 5. octogesima. Prater 27. f. 2.—Alis anticis purpurascentibus fusco undatis, maculti media flavé, figuram 80 feré representante. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 6—7 lin.) No. octogesima. Hiibner?—Le. octogesima. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 96. INo. 6304. ‘ 54, HAUSTELLATA.—LEPIDOPTERA. Head fuscous: thorax griseous, fuscous anteriorly: anterior wings purplish, darkest at the base, which has an obscure geminated dusky striga ; towards the middle of the wing is a second deep black, slightly bent, geminated striga, preceded by a somewhat obscure dusky one ; and behind the middle is a third, also of a deep black, and considerably curved ; between these strige is an irregular yellow spot, bearing three fuscous clouds, and forming the figure 80; between the third striga and the hinder margin is a single curved fuscous striga, followed by a waved pale one, reaching from the costa to the anal angle; and at the apex is an oblique slightly curved black streak ; on the hinder margin is an interrupted black line; the cilia are cinereous, with the apex darkest: posterior wings whitish-ash, with an obscure fascia behind the middle, and the hinder margin fuscescent. Caterpillar yellow, with black lateral dots, and three large spots anteriorly, the head brown :—it feeds on the poplar:—the imago is produced at the end of May or beginning of June. Of this remarkably distinct species, I have hitherto seen but two examples; one in my own cabinet, captured near Birmingham ; the other taken in the larva state last season, by my friend the Rey. F. W. Hope, at Netley in Salop, and reared by him, 30th May last, and shown to me alive. It has been taken near Bristol. C. With the anterior wings elongate, rather narrow, obtuse: the posterior ab- breviated, small: body short, robust, pilose or woolly: palpi very hairy at the base, the last joint considerably elongated and exposed. Sp. 6. flavicornis. Alis anticis cinereis, strigis tribus atris, antennis luteis, thorace hirsuto. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 6—7 lin.) Ph. No. flavicornis. Linné.—Don. x. pl. 352. f: 2.—Ce. flavicornis. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 96. No. 6305. Head cinereous, mixed with black; thorax very pilose, cinereous, with black irrorations, and frequently two distinct streaks of the latter colour towards the anterior margin: anterior wings cinereous, tinged with greenish or yellowish towards the costa, with a geminated, oblique, subundulated deep black striga before the middle; a second, somewhat angulated in the centre, behind the middle, and a single undulated one near the hinder margin, reaching from the apex of the wing to the anal angle; the hinder margin itself with a faint slender dusky line; cilia ochraceous-ash, spotted with fuscous; anterior stigma very large, pale yellowish-ash, with a delicate fuscous margin, and sometimes a dusky centre: posterior wings fuscous-ash, with the margin, and a striga behind the middle, darker: antenne bright luteous, with the base more or less cinerascent. In some examples, the anterior wings have one or more additional black trans- verse strige, especially towards the base, and in others the strige are nearly obliterated. Caterpillar yellowish-green, speckled with black, with a faint white lateral line, and two larger black spots with white pupils ; head brown :—it feeds on the NOCTUIDA..—TETHEA. 55 birch, rolling the leaves up like a tortrix, and also on the poplar and oak :— the imago appears towards the end of February or beginning of March. Rare: I have several times taken the larve at Coombe-wood, and once or twice at Darenth. I believe specimens of the insect have been taken at Birch-wood. Sp. 7. ridens. Alis anticis viridi fusco alboque variis, maculé baseos strigisque duabus undatis albidis, antennis flavescentibus. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 5—6 lin.) No. ridens. Fabricius.—Le. ridens. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 96. No. 6306.— No. chrysoceras. Beckwith, in Linn. Trans. ii. pl. 1. f. 1—3. Head and thorax greenish-brown, mixed with white hairs: anterior wings greenish-grey, variegated with fuscous and white, with a large distinct blotch of the latter colour at the base of the costa, from which arises a transverse undated whitish striga, from whence to behind the middle is a broad fuscous fascia, between which and the hinder margin is a considerably undulated whitish striga, and on the margin itself is a series of black lunules, bordered within, or towards the exterior margin of the wing, with white ; at the apex is an oblique black streak: cilia greenish, with fuscous spots, connected with the black lunules: posterior wings white, with the neryures at the apex and the hinder margin fuscescent: antenne flavescent. Caterpillar yellowish-green, with the upper surface palest, and a whitish stripe anteriorly ; the sides, with some black dots, placed on a dull green streak ; legs brown ; head more or less rufous :—it feeds on the oak :—the imago ap- pears towards the beginning or middle of April. Also somewhat rare: found in Richmond-park, at Coombe-wood, and near Otford in Kent: also near Walthamstow, and in the New Forest. ‘ Epping.’”—Mr. H. Doubleday. Genus CX XX.—TeEtTHEA, Ochsenheimer. Palpi rather short, distant, porrected obliquely, not very robust, clothed with moderate scale-like hairs, the apical joint not concealed, ovate-acuminate; the basal joint half the length of, and stouter than, the second, slightly curved ; the second elongate, rather slender, somewhat linear, slightly acute at each extremity, terminal about half the length of the basal, more slender than the second, elongate-obtuse: mazille moderate. Antenne rather short, somewhat robust, pubescent within, each joint with a short bristle on each side in both sexes: head with a short tuft on the forehead: eyes naked, globose: thorax slightly crested anteriorly; abdomen very slender, not elongated, ca- rinated above, the sides and apex with short fascicles of hair: wings deflexed ; anterior abbreviated, retuse or slightly emarginate on the hinder margin, of plain colours, with nearly straight pale transverse lines ; posterior rather ample, a little emarginate towards the costa on the hinder margin: hinder tibie rather 56 HAUSTELLATA.—LEPIDOPTERA. stout, with elongate hairs on their outer edge. Caterpillar naked, smooth, very slender: pupa slightly folliculated. The retuse subemarginate anterior wings of this genus, combined with the slenderness of the antenne, which are setose, slightly: crested thorax, and dissimilar palpi, sufficiently distinguish it from the preceding and following, with which the continental naturalists have associated it: the only species known are of obscure colours, and the anterior wings are transversely marked with distinct, some- what parallel, pale, nearly straight strige. Sp. 1. subtusa. Alis anticis fusco cinereis, stigmatibus tribus olivaceis flavescente marginatis, strigisque quatuor flavescentibus. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 1—3 lin.) No. subtusa. Wien. V.—Te. subtusa. Steph. Catal. pt. ii. p. 96. No. 6307. Head and thorax uniform fuscous-ash ; anterior wings also fuscous-ash, with an olivaceous tinge, with an abbreviated straight yellowish striga on the costa at the base ; a second also straight placed rather obliquely, and midway between the first and the anterior stigma, pointing from the body when the wings are extended ; a third incurved one behind the stigmata, and between it and the hinder margin, a fourth very obsolete undulated one: stigmata olivaceous, with yellowish margins; the third, which is placed between the ordinary an- terior one and the inner margin, as in the Agrotes, arises from the second striga; the hinder margin is rather darker than the rest, and has a delicate obscure pale line on its extreme edge ; cilia olivaceous: posterior wings fus- cous, with pale cinereous cilia. It varies a little in colour, and in some examples there is a fuscous fascia across the anterior wings, as in the following species. Caterpillar whitish-green, with pale stripes and small white spots, the head black, with a white forehead :—it feeds on the poplar. Not common: found occasionally at Coombe and Darenth-woods, and in Epping Forest, near Chigwell. ‘ Epping.”—Mr. H. Doubleday. Sp. 2. retusa. Alis anticis fusco-griseis, subemarginatis, strigis tribus valle diortbus, stigmatibus duobus olivaceis pallidé marginatis. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. —1 unc. 1 lin.) Ph. No. retusa. Linné.—Te. retusa. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 96. No. 6308. Ph. No. ehrysoglossa. Beckwith, in Lin. Trans. ii. pl. 1. f. 10—11. Head and thorax immaculate ashy-brown : anterior wings griseous-brown, with an abbreviated slightly incurved pale striga at the base, a second, nearly parallel with the former, between it and the anterior stigma, pointing towards the body on the inner edge of the wings, when the latter are expanded, and behind the posterior stigma a third also parallel with the others: each of these strige is margined on the outer edge with fuscous, and the space between the third striga and the hinder margin is entirely of that colour, with an NOCTUID®.—BOMBYCIA. 57 extremely obscure undulated striga about the middle; the stigmata are oli- vaceous, edged with pale ashy-brown, and between them, but nearest to the posterior one, is usually a transverse irregular fuscous fascia: cilia chestnut- brown: posterior wings fuscous, with pale reddish cilia. Caterpillar extremely slender and green, with three white lines on the back and one on the sides: it feeds on the sallow and poplar :—the imago appears to- wards the end of July. More abundant than the preceding species, but not common: it frequents the same haunts, and has also been taken in Devonshire and near Hertford. Sp. 3. gracilis. Alis anticis emarginatis, fuscis, strigis duabus sesquialterd, marginibusque stigmatum pallidioribus. (Exp. alar. 1 une. 1 lin.) No. gracilis. Haworth.—Te. gracilis. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 96. No. 6309. Very similar to the last, of which it may be only a variety: it differs in being rather larger, and in having the body longer and more gracile: the anterior wings being of a deeper fuscous, and wanting the undulated posterior striga, which is more or less conspicuous in the two foregoing species: the strigze are placed as in the last, and the wings are of a more uniform colour. Found with the preceding, from which it is scarcely specifically distinct. Genus CX XXI.—Bompycra, Hubner. Palpi very short, porrected nearly horizontally, the basal joints sparingly clothed with long hairs, which project nearly to the apex of the terminal one, which is not concealed ; two basal joints nearly of equal length, the first very robust, subreniform, the second straight, attenuated to the apex, truncate, terminal less than half the length of the basal, ovate-acuminate: maville rather short. Antenne moderate, bipectinated and pubescent in the males, the pec- tinations extremely short at the apex, subserrated in the females, each joint . producing a short bristle on each side: head small, with a rather elongate fascicle of scales on the forehead: eyes globose, naked: thorax rather stout, not crested: abdomen short, carinated, the sides and apex with fascicles of scales in both sexes: wings entire, deflexed during repose; anterior narrow, elongate, the hinder margin rounded ; posterior small, scarcely emarginate: posterior tibie rather stout. Larva naked, smooth: pupa changes in a delicate web. The pectinated antenne of the male sufficiently distinguish that sex from the two preceding genera with which this genus has hitherto been associated, and the short, straight palpi separate both sexes from the above and from the following ; and the female is still farther distinguished from Cymatophora by its abbreviated obtuse 58 HAUSTELLATA.—LEPIDOPTERA. abdomen, which in the genus just mentioned is elongate and very acute; the scanty clothing to the palpi and the truncation of their second articulation are also peculiar characters. Sp. 1. Viminalis. Alis anticis cinereo-canescentibus fulvo undatis, stigmatibus ordinariis pallidis, lineolaque basi atrdé. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 1—3 lin.) No. Viminalis. Fabricius. —Bo. Viminalis. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 96. No. 6310. Head and thorax gray, the latter with a transverse dusky striga in front: an- terior wings shining hoary-ash, with fuscous clouds and tinted with purplish or fulvous; with a deep black line at the base, the space between which and the anterior margin is pale immaculate hoary-ash; the ordinary strige are rather indistinct, pale with fulvescent margins; the stigmata are pale, slightly clouded in the centre with cinereous, and bordered with an interrupted black line, and there is a third indistinct one, also edged with black, and united by a black hook to a spot of similar hue between the posterior stigma and the inner margin: on the hinder margin is a row of black dots: cilia cinereous, tinted with rosy: posterior wings hoary, with a faint fuscous line on the margin: cilia hoary, sometimes tinted with rosy: abdomen with its sides and apex in the male more or less rosy. This varies considerably in colour, some examples being brilliantly suffused with purple, and others being nearly plain ash. Caterpillar pale-green, with five pale or whitish longitudinal stripes; head brown or dusky, with black spots: it feeds on various kinds of willow. Taken at Coombe and Darenth-woods, and near Hertford and Ripley; not very abundant. Genus CX XXII.—Cymartornora, Treitschke. Palpi rather short, ascending, densely clothed with elongate scales at the base, the terminal joint exposed and somewhat acute; basal joint about the length of the terminal, a little bent and slightly stouter than the second, which is rather slender and curved, with the base a little attenuated; the apex obtuse, terminal ovate-conic subacute; maxille moderate. Antenne rather long, bipectinated nearly to the apex, and pubescent in the males, subserrated in the females: head small, round: eyes large, globose, naked: thorax rather stout; not crested, clothed with woolly hairs beneath: abdomen rather slender, very pubescent, with longer tufts on the sides and at the apex in the males; less pubescent in the females, somewhat elongated, robust at the base and abruptly conic towards the tip, which is very acute, the ovipo- sitor being generally exserted: wings deflexed during repose; anterior entire, obtuse, rather broad; posterior ample; legs stout, woolly at the base. Larva naked, smooth; pupa folliculated. NOCTUID#.—COSMIA. 59 The ascending squamose palpi of this genus readily distinguish it from Bombycia, with which the males agree in having the an- tenne bipectinated; and the breadth of the anterior wings, as well as the robustness of the thorax, the densely woolly under surface, and the pubescent abdomen of the male, and elongated acute one of the female, form the prominent marks of distinction. By this last character the females approach towards those of the following genus, but the rotundity of the hinder margin of the anterior wings and subserrated antenne at once divide them therefrom. Sp. 1.00. Alis anticis pallidé flavis ferrugineo strigosis et subreticulatis, stig- matibus tribus flavis, postico cordiforme. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 3—7 lin.) Ph. Bo. Oo. Linné.—Don. v. pl. 179.—Cy. Oo. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 97. No. 6311. Head and thorax pale ochraceous-yellow, sprinkled with dusky; anterior wings pale yellow, with a pale ferruginous fascia near the base, and another between the stigmata, but united to the anterior margin of the posterior one; before the middle is a submoniliform incurved striga pointing towards the body; and behind is a second arcuated one, both formed by a pale ferruginous ge- minated striga ; and towards the hinder margin is another ferruginous striga, a little curved near the costa; the hinder margin is pale ochraceous yellow; the nervures throughout are ferruginous, and produce a reticulated appearance ; the stigmata are very conspicuous, pale-yellow, with ferruginous edges, the anterior one round, the posterior heart-shaped, with a more or less distinct angulated ferruginous central mark; between the anterior stigma and the inner margin is a third round or ovate stigma, also yellow, edged with fer- ruginous; cilia spotted with the latter colour: posterior wings yellowish-white. Var. 6. With the base of the anterior wings clouded with dusky-ferruginous, and a broad fascia of the same colour extending from the posterior stigma nearly to the hinder margin ; in other respects similar to the above. Caterpillar ferruginous or dusky, with white spots and lines, and the head black :—it feeds on the oak, and the imago is produced towards the beginning of June or the end of May. Not very common; it has however been taken rather plentifully near Chigwell-row, in Epping Forest, and at Darenth-wood. I have also taken it on Clandon Common, and it has been found in other places in the vicinity. “ Leatherhead.”—7'. Lupton, Esq. “ York, on oaks.”—W. C. Hewitson, Esq. Genus CXXXIII.—Cosmia, Ochsenheimer. Palpi moderate, ascending, densely clothed with elongate scales on the two basal joints, the terminal exposed, somewhat acute: basal joint elongate, nearly three- 60 HAUSTELLATA.—LEPIDOPTERA. fourths the length of the second, arcuated, the second scarcely more slender than the first, linear, and somewhat bent at the base ; terminal more slender; elongate, above half the length of the second, slightly attenuated at the apex, which is acute: mazille moderate. Antenne short, rather slender, pubescent within, each articulation furnished with a bristle on each side, shortest in the females: head small, rounded: eyes large, globose, naked: thorax stout, not crested: abdomen rather slender, with tufts of hair on the sides, and a larger tuft at the apex, especially in the males, of the females gradually attenuated from the base to the apex, which is somewhat acute: wings deflexed during repose ; anterior subtriangular, slightly truncate or obscurely emarginate on their hinder margin, with distinct angulated strige ; posterior rather ample. _ Larva naked, with a few scattered hairs: pupa subterranean. From Cymatophora, this genus differs by having the anterior wings somewhat truncate or emarginate, as well as by the slender- ness of its palpi and the simplicity of its antenne; and from Xanthia—with which it agrees in its truncated anterior wings— the absence of the thoracic crest, and deep angulated strigz on the anterior wings, readily distinguish it: the species are estival. Sp. 1. diffinis. Als anticis ferrugineo-brunneis, maculis tribus aut quatuor margine anteriori albis, punctisque duobus apicis nigris. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 2—4 lin.) Ph. No. diffinis. Zinné.—Co. diffinis. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 97. No. 6312. White-spotted Pinion. Harris, pl. v.f. 8. Head and thorax pale rosy-brown; eyes black: anterior wings variegated with rosy-brown and ferruginous, with dusky shades; the former colour pre- dominating on the costa; at the base of the latter is a slender abbreviated white striga; before the middle is a subtriangular, slightly flexuous white spot, from which arises a pale striga reaching to the inner margin, and bordered exteriorly with fuscous; behind the middle is another white spot, rounded an- teriorly and emarginated posteriorly, from which also arises a pale or whitish streak, which is considerably bent at its origin, and margined anteriorly with fuscous ; at the apex of the costa is a fourth rather faint arcuated white spot or striga, continued to near the anal angle, and united by a pale longitudinal marginal line to the transverse striga last-mentioned: at the apex of the costa are two black dots: cilia rosy-brown: posterior wings deep fuscous, with fulvous cilia. _ Some specimens are of a richer hue than others, and the white costal spots are more or less distinct. Caterpillar green, striped with white, with the head and anterior legs black ;—it feeds on the elm :—the imago appears towards the middle of August. Not very abundant; taken occasionally on the elms in Copen- hagen-fields, and in other places in the vicinity of London: I have NOCTUID®.—COSMIA. 61 met with it at Hertford, and near Ripley: and I believe it has been found in Devonshire. “ Epping.”—Mr. H. Doubleday. Sp. 2. affinis. Allis anticis fusco-ferrugineis stigmatibus distinctis puncto nigro notatis, posticis nigris ciliis flavescentibus. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 1—2 lin.) Ph. No. affinis. Linné.—Co. affinis. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 97. No. 6313. Albin, pl. xxxi. f. 49. Head and thorax asin the preceding, but more dusky: anterior wings ferruginous or griseous-brown, with a more or less distinct abbreviated whitish striga at the base on the costa, then another flexuous one before, and a third somewhat angulated behind the middle, arising from a more distinct white patch ; be- tween these are placed the usual stigmata, which are merely indicated, the anterior by a black spot, the posterior by two similar ones, placed trans- versely, and surrounded by a pale circle; behind the posterior stigma is generally a dusky angulated striga; and near the hinder margin is an in- distinct undulated pale one; at the apex of the wing are two black spots: posterior wings black, with yellowish cilia. Scarcely two specimens occur precisely similar; in some examples, the spots on the costa of the anterior wings are nearly white, as in the foregoing species, and in others they are almost obliterated: the colour of the wings also varies much, being sometimes nearly fuscous, and at others of a rosy-ferruginous. Caterpillar greenish-white, with obscure green lines, and elevated black dots, each segment with a black'lunule above the stigmata :—it feeds on the elm:— the imago occurs towards the end of July. Not uncommon: in plenty in July, 1827, in the shady lanes near Ripley, where the elms abound: also taken at Hertford, in Copen- hagen-fields, near Stepney, Bow, &c., and I believe throughout the metropolitan district. Sp. 3. Pyralina. Alis anticis bruneis fusco undatis, lituréque postich sublunart costali albidé. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 4—5 lin.) No. Pyralina. Wien. V.mHatchett, in Entom. Trans. 1. pl. 9. f. 1.—Co. Pyralina, Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 97. No. 6314. Head and thorax rufous: anterior wings of a rich purplish red or brown, with strongly undulated fuscous strige, and a deep angulated whitish one behind the middle, edged anteriorly with black, and arising from the base of a sub- lunar whitish spot, which extends nearly to the apex of the wing, which latter bears two rather suffused fuscous spots: towards the hinder margin is a faint undulated striga: cilia deep reddish-brown: posterior wings pale fuscous, with rufous cilia: abdomen fuscous, with a resy tuft at its apex. Caterpillar green, with fine white lines, with a few white spots on the back:— the imago is produced towards the end of July. Rare: but few examples having occurred in England: two or 62 HAUSTELLATA.—LEPIDOPTERA. three have been taken near Birch-wood in different years, and one has been found in Epping Forest. ‘“ Barham.”—Rev. W. Kirby. Sp. 4. trapezina. Alis anticis griseis, flavicantibus vel rufescentibus strigis saturatioribus, puncto medio nigro, margineque postico nigro punctato. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 3—5 lin.) Ph. No. trapezina. Linné.—Co. trapezina. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 97. No. 6315. Dun-bar. Harris, pl. x. f: n—v. Extremely variable: head and thorax plain griseous, yellowish, or rufous; anterior wings the same, with darker shades, with a delicate abbreviated fuscous striga at the base, an oblique distinct one, edged with whitish anteriorly before the middle, and a third arcuated one behind, approximating towards the second on the inner margin, and whitish exteriorly ; between the last and the hinder margin is a slightly undulated pale striga, which is sometimes very obscure and somewhat interrupted; on the hinder margin is a row of minute black spots, the stigmata are rather obscure, the margins alone being visible, with a black spot at the base of the posterior one: between them is generally a rather broad somewhat angled dusky fascia: posterior wings fuscous, with the costa yellowish, and cilia rufous. In some examples, the space between the second and third strige is suffused with fuscous, and others are of a nearly uniform tint ; in colour scarcely two in- dividuals agree: in some the posterior wings are rufous, with a fuscous fimbria, while others have the margin ochraceous, with rufous or luteous cilia. Caterpillar green or dusky, with cinereous streaks and yellowish spots :—it feeds on various trees, as the oak, lime, hazel, birch, poplar, &c. and does not hesitate to attack other larve and devour them, as well as its own species ; hence (in common with the larva of Glea satellitia) called the Monster :—the imago is produced towards the end of July, and continues for some time. Extremely abundant, not only throughout the metropolitan district, but in more distant parts, as Devonshire, Glamorganshire, Shropshire, &c. Sp. 5. fulvago. Alis anticis flavescentibus aut luteis, strigis duubus subferrugineis, stigmatibus pallidioribus, posteriort macula nigra. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 5—8 lin.) No. fulvago. Wien. V—Co. fulvago. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 97. No. 6316. No. angulago. Hatchett, in Entom. Trans.i. pl. 5. fig. sup. Head and thorax plain yellow or luteous; anterior wings the same, with an ob-= scure abbreviated striga at the base, a distinct one-angled striga before the middle, and a somewhat sinuated one behind the middle, of a ferruginous hue ; the latter is followed by an obscure undated striga ; andon the hinder margin itself are some more or less distinct dusky ferruginous spots: cilia a little tinted with ferruginous at the apex; stigmata rather pale, the margin slightly ferruginous, the posterior one with afuscescent spot at its base ; abdomen and posterior wings of a yellowish-white or straw-colour. NOCTUID®.—XANTHIA. 63 In some specimens there is a strong fuscous angulated fascia between the stigmata : others are nearly quite plain. Caterpillar dirty-green, with a whitish dorsal stripe and three pale lateral ones :— it feeds on the birch :—the imago appears towards the end of July. Very rare; and I believe hitherto only taken on the borders of Birch-wood, where, however, not above three or four specimens have been captured within these ten years. Grnus CX XXIV.—Xanrtuia, Hubner. Palpi rather short, obliquely porrected, thickly clothed with elongate scales, the terminal joint slightly exposed and obtuse, basal joint less than half the length of the second, rather slender at its base, curved upwards, second very long, attenuated and somewhat acute at the apex, terminal elongate, apex slightly conic: mawille as long as the antenne. Antenne rather stout, long, simple in both sexes, pubescent, ciliated transversely beneath in the males: head round, small: eyes naked: thorax somewhat robust, slightly crested ; abdomen moderately stout, carinated in the males, cylindric and rather acute at the tip in the females, with a small tuft at the apex ; sometimes depressed in both sexes, with the sides slightly reflexed: wings entire or crenulated, deflexed during repose: anterior subtriangular ; posterior moderate. Larva naked: pupa subterranean. Xanthia, as at present constituted, is strictly an artificial group, many of the species of which it is composed scarcely agreeing in one particular, excepting in the flavescent or golden tints— whence the name of the genus—which adorn their anterior wings and trunk: all however have the thorax slightly crested, the palpi with the terminal joint not very much exposed*; but the palpi themselves differ in their external form, some being obliquely porrected, others nearly straight; the form of the anterior wings differs greatly, some species having them crenate and others entire, but all are rather emarginate on the posterior margin; again, Xa. croceago has the abdomen very much depressed, with porrect palpi, and evidently differs much from the rest of the genus, as does also Xa. rufina, which has the abdomen rather elongate, the anterior wings acute and somewhat reticulated, &c.: most of the species are autumnal, some however are zstival. * By this term, when alluding to the terminal joint of the palpi, here and elsewhere, I merely intend to express that this part (which is always clothed with minute short scales) is visibly produced beyond the long scales which usually ornament the basal joints, not that it is naked. 64 HAUSTELLATA.—LEPIDOPTERA. Sp.1. flavago. Alis anticis aurantiis, punctis maculis fascidque maculosd obliqua pone medium purpurascentibus, thorace anticé subfusco. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. - 3—4 lin.) No. flavago. Fabricius.—Xa. flavago. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 98. No. 6317. Albin. pl. \xviii. f. a—d. Head and anterior portion of the thorax reddish-fuscous, tinted with orange ; hinder portion of the latter orange ; anterior wings of the latter colour, with a large spot at the base of the costa, a smaller flexuous one towards the middle, and an oblique transverse fascia composed of numerous confluent spots to- wards the hinder margin purplish; there are also a few scattered spots of the same hue on the disc, and towards the hinder margin a row of somewhat fuscescent ones; cilia purplish; stigmata very obsolete, the posterior indicated | by a fuscous spot, and a minute purplish one towards the costa, situated on the anterior margin of the oblique transverse fascia: posterior wings pale-yellow, with an obscure transverse fuscescent striga behind the middle; cilia yellow. Caterpillar brown, a little clouded with dusky, with a round head :—it feeds on the sallow and plantain:—the imago is produced in the beginning of September. Not uncommon in the woods near London; at Oak of Honour and Sydenham woods, and at Coombe I have frequently taken it; and also at Birch-wood. It also occurs at Darenth. Sp. 2. fulvago. Alis anticis flavis rufo-fusco subfasciatis, strigdque posticé punctorum fuscorum, thorace flavo. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 3—65 lin.) Ph. No. fulvago. Linné.—Xa. fulvago. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 98. No. 6318. Ph. rubago. Don. x. pl. 338. f. 2. Head and thorax yellow, the latter with two rufo-fuscous spots: anterior wings also yellow, with a deep fuscous spot at the base, followed by a subinter- rupted rufo-fuscous fascia, arising from a distinct spot on the costa, then some irregular clouds of the same colour, followed behind the middle of the wing by a broad but very much interrupted and irregular fascia of similar hue, composed of spots and lunular marks, and towards the hinder margin a row of distinct fuscous dots: the anterior stigma is faintly indicated by a fusco-rufescent ring, and the posterior by a deep fuscous spot at its base: cilia pale-orange, with the tip darker: posterior wings yellowish-white, with sulphureous cilia. Var. g. With the fascie on the anterior wings more confluent and of a deep fuscous, the cilia spotted with fuscous. Var. y. With the anterior wings of a rich orange, obsoletely but more regularly fasciated with purplish-brown than in var. «, and the row of fuscous spots on the posterior margin nearly obsolete. Var. >. With the anterior wings very pale-yellow, and obsoletely clouded and fasciated, the cilia very deep fuscous at the tip, and the posterior row of spots very distinct. NOCTUIDE.—XANTHIA. 65 Caterpillar pale, with a brown head:—it feeds on the birch :—the imago comes forth about the middle of September. Very common; frequenting woods and plantations where the birch is plentiful throughout the metropolitan district. Sp. 3. gilvago. Alis sulphureis fulvo vir nebulosis, puncto pone medium strigique posticd punctorum fuscorum. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 4—5 lin.) No. gilvago. Fabricius ?—Xa. gilvago. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 98. No. 6319. Head, thorax, and anterior wings nearly of a plain unclouded pale sulphureous or lemon-yellow, the latter with a dusky spot in the place of the base of the posterior stigma, and a row of minute, though very distinct, fuscous dots to- wards the hinder margin, five or six in number; the anterior stigma rather paler than the rest of the wing, with a faint luteous circle; cilia immaculate : posterior wings and cilia pure wate Probably a mere extraordinary variety of the foregoing: its chief difference from var. 9. of which consists in its very pale sulphureous-yellow unclouded anterior wings, and in the distinctness and intensity of the posterior series of dots. Taken, but very rarely, in company with the former, at Darenth and Birch woods. Epping, once taken.” —Mr. H. Doubleday. Sp. 4. aurago. Allis anticis aureo-flavis rufo-nebulosis, fasciis duabus Cee ae. fuscescentibus. (Exp. alar. 1 une. 4—5 lin.) No. aurago. Wien. V.i—Xa. aurago. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 95. No. 6320. Head orange: thorax the same, mixed with purplish-red : anterior wings golden- yellow, clouded with rufous, with a distinct, somewhat trilobate, purplish-red or fuscescent fascia at the base, and a broad one of similar hue on the hinder margin, having a waved striga, composed of golden-yellow spots in the middle; which striga arises from an expanded spot of similar hue near the apex of the costa, and divides the fascia, as it were, into two, the exterior por- tion being of a deeper colour, and frequently spotted with yellow; anterior stigma formed by a subannular rufous cloud ; posterior very indistinct, with a rufous cloud at its base ; cilia fuscescent, obsoletely spotted with yellow at the base: posterior wings pale reddish-yellow, with an indistinct posterior striga, the margin, and the cilia rufous. As in its congeners, this beautiful and very distinct species varies considerably in the intensity and brilliancy of its colour. Caterpillar griseous, with oblique fuscous lineole :—it feeds on the sallow and on willows :—the imago is produced towards the end of August or beginning of September. Not common; taken occasionally at Darenth-wood, and near Peckham. Sp. 5. centrago. Alis anticis crenatis aureo-flavis, fascié unangulati medio margineque postico fuscescentibus, thorace rufescente. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 4—5 lin.) Haustevzata. Vor, LI., lsr Auvcust, 1829. F 66 HAUSTELLATA.—LEPIDOPTERA. No. centrago. Haworth—Xa. centrago. Curtis, ii. pl. 84.—Steph. Catal. pt. ii. p- 98. No. 6321. Head and thorax of a rich orange-yellow tinted with red: anterior wings golden- orange: with a dusky spot, or abbreviated line at the base, a broad reddish- brown fascia in the centre, broadest towards the costa, where it is nearly obliterated ; and on the hinder margin is another fascia of similar hue, rather irregularly crenate in its anterior edge; cilia also fuscescent: in the central fascia, towards the costa, is a deeper somewhat quadrate spot in place of the posterior stigma, and the fascia itself is margined with pale golden-yellow: posterior wings pale reddish-yellow, the margin darkest, and two obscure strige behind the middle ; cilia brownish. The crenated and somewhat angulated anterior wings of this elegant insect obviously distinguish it from its congeners, with which it chiefly seems to agree in its orange colours. Four or five specimens only were known of this handsome species before the summer of 1827, when five or six pair were captured in the north of England, by Mr. Weaver:—the former specimens were captured, one in Dorsetshire, and three in Norfolk; and one was in Mr. Francillon’s collection, but of its locality I am not aware. Sp. 6. citrago. Alis anticis luteis rufo adspersis, strigis quatuor venisque ferrugineis- (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 4—6 lin.) Ph. No. citrago. Linné.—Xa. citrago. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 98. No. 6322. Head luteous-orange: thorax the same, with a rufo-fuscous stripe down its centre: anterior wings rich luteous-orange, thickly sprinkled throughout, especially towards the apex, with minute rufous atoms, with the nervures and four transverse strige ferruginous ; the first striga abbreviated, incurved, and basal ; the second before the anterior stigma angulated near the costa, and somewhat flexuous to the inner margin; the third between the stigmata much broader than the others, slightly bent towards the middle, placed obliquely, and nearly uniting with the second on the inner margin, which is deep fuscous ; the fourth is placed behind the stigmata, and runs nearly parallel with the third; and between it and the hinder margin is a rather obscure pale striga, composed of lunular spots; the hinder margin itself is faintly edged with fer- ruginous; the anterior stigma is very distinct, round, pale-luteous, with its centre rufescent, and its margin ferruginous; the posterior is also clouded with rufous, with the margin ferruginous; cilia reddish-orange: posterior wings pale reddish-yellow, with the margin darker, and the cilia luteous: ab- domen flavescent, with a row of rufo-fuscous tufts of hair down the back. Caterpillar fuscous, with a pale dorsal and lateral streak, a flavescent line above the legs, and two elongate black spots on the side of each segment: head red- dish ;—it feeds on the lime :—the imago appears about the middle of August. Rather uncommon: the only locality that I am acquainted with is Epping Forest, near Walthamstow, where the late Mr. Blunt NOCTUIDA.—XANTHIA. 67 used to find the larve rather abundantly on the lime trees, crawling upon the bark. Sp. 7. fimbriago. Alis anticis flavis rufo-subnebulosis, margine postico latissimo rufo-fuscescente. (Exp. alar. 1 une. 4 lin.) Xa. fimbriago mihi. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 99. No. 6322. Head pale luteous-yellow; thorax the same, with two fuscous spots (probably the rudiments of a transverse striga, the crest being rubbed off my speci- men); anterior wings pale luteous-yellow from the base nearly to the posterior stigma, with a pale subquadrate rufescent spot on the costa, and several minute irregular rufous clouds on the disc; the anterior stigma whitish, with a fuscescent circle; posterior half of the wing rufo-fuscescent, with a purplish hue, with the anterior edge and region of the stigma, and an undulated striga towards the hinder margin, at the extreme edge of the latter, and the cilia of a deeper hue; the discoidal nervures are slightly fuscescent; and behind the posterior stigma is a slender, but very distinct, flexuous line, extending to about the third nervure from the inner margin: posterior wings reddish- yellow, with the base paler or whitish. The only example I have seen of this very remarkable and distinct species, I obtained from the Marshamian cabinet: it ap- pears to be perfectly new, but of its locality I am ignorant. Sp. 8. croceago. Alis anticis flavo-ferrugineis strigis punctisque fuscis, margine anteriori albo punctato. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 1—4 lin.) No. croceago. Wien. Vi—Xa. croceago. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 99. No. 6324. Head and thorax rufo-fuscous, the latter highly and acutely crested towards the anterior margin; anterior wings ferruginous-yellow or orange, with the ordinary strige rather indistinct, the base somewhat clouded with pale fus- cous, and the apex with some darker spots placed in two distinct rows, one, geminated, a little behind the posterior stigma, the other on the hinder margin itself; and midway between these is a slightly waved fuscous striga; and from the base of the posterior stigma to the inner margin is a more distinct oblique fuscous striga, which has frequently a branch, placed at a right angle, at its origin on the stigma, leading between the stigmata to the costa; which latter has five or six very distinct, subequidistant, white spots placed between the base and the posterior stigma; stigmata rather large, pale-orange, with darker clouds: posterior wings white, with a pale abbre- viated rosy or fuscescent striga behind the middle, and a central spot, both sometimes obsolete. The colour of the anterior wings, and the intensity of their markings, vary considerably. Caterpillar yellowish, with a fuscous dorsal line, and oblique lateral orange streaks ;—it feeds on the oak:—the imago appears in September. Xa. croceago apparently differs considerably from the preceding species of the genus: the palpi being porrected horizontally, with the terminal joint slightly F2 68 HAUSTELLATA.—=LEPIDOPTERA. depending: the head is also furnished with a conical crest of scales, and the abdomen is greatly depressed in the females: but the proportions of the joints of the former and their form are not very dissimilar to those of the true Xanthize when denuded:—I have therefore still retained the insect in this genus. Not uncommon, frequenting the oak woods of Surrey and Kent; also found near Hertford and in Devonshire. Sp. 9. rufina. Alis anticis rufis, stigmatibus pallidioribus, fasciis duabus stri- gaque saturatioribus. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 4—6 lin.) Ph. Bo. rufina.. Linné.—Xa. rufina, Steph. Catal. part ii. p.99. No. 6325. Head and thorax uniform bright rufous, immaculate: anterior wings also rufous, with an undulated fascia at the base, an angulated striga between the stigmata, and a broader fascia, interrupted by the nervures being of a paler hue, behind the stigmata of a deeper colour; stigmata rather pale, with the margins slightly paler; cilia with the apex rather dark: posterior wings fus- cous, with the costa somewhat ochraceous, the hinder margin and the cilia rufescent: abdomen rufous, with the base fuscous, and a few cinereous hairs intermixed. Extremely variable in colour, some examples being suffused with a rich cas- taneous hue; others, on the contrary, are nearly ochraceous; the markings are very constant, but differ in intensity. Caterpillar reddish-brown, spotted with white, with a white lateral line ;—it feeds on the oak ;—the imago is produced about the middle of September, and frequents woody places. Not uncommon, especially in the woods of Kent, within the metropolitan district: it also occurs in Epping Forest, near Hert- ford, and at Coombe-wood. With the insect just mentioned should evidently be associated Noctua macilenta of Haworth (Orthosia? macilenta, vol. ii. p. 148), No. ferruginea of the Wiener Verzeichnis, as surmised in the above page *, which, with some continental species, appear to form a group intermediate between Xanthia and Gortyna, but not strictly re- ferrible to either; differing from the true Xanthie by the acuteness and general form of the anterior wings, and the elongation of the abdomen; from both by having the thorax scarcely crested, and from Gortyna by the larva not being radicivorous :—it therefore ap- pears to me that the most advisable and proper course to adopt, * As I am now satisfied that the Noctua flavilinea of Haworth is synony= mous with the Orthosia macilenta of the continental writers, and the insect above alluded to with their Xanthia ferruginea; the names of these species must consequently be changed on the score of priority. NOCTUID#.—GORTYNA. 69 - would be at once to erect the group into a distinct genus, as I do not conceive that the progress of science is likely to be so much im- peded by such a proceeding, and the consequent imposition of a new name to indicate an intermediate type, as by a withholding of truth and misrepresentation of facts, in order to diminish the extent of one’s labours; though in this, as in several other instances, I have merely called attention to the points, without proceeding to de- signate such discordant insects by anew generic name; leaving that open for my successors. Genus CX XXV.—Gortyna, Ochsenheimer. Palpi short, slightly ascending, the basal joints clothed with long hair-like scales, theterminal exposed, ovate obtuse, the basal joint curved upwards and attenuated at the apex; the second elongated, somewhat attenuated, the terminal rather _ short, subovate, obtuse: maville slender and very short. Antenne simple in both sexes, pubescent beneath: head rather small, with a dense tuft before the antenne : eyes globose, naked: thorax subquadrate, with a compressed acute crest in front: abdomen elongated, the sides producing fascicles of scales, ro- bust in the females, and obtuse at the apex, which is rather broad, and has a subquadrate tuft in the males: wings deflexed when at rest ; anterior triangular, slightly emarginate at the apex; cilia of all a little indented. Caterpillar fleshy, slightly hairy, radicivorous: pupa internal. The elongated robust abdomen of this genus, with the short palpi and maxillz, the broad, triangular, slightly indented, anterior wings, and the dissimilar palpi, are good characters of discrimination from the preceding, from which the habits of the larvee (which are either internal feeders or radicivorous) also remove them. Sp. 1. micacea. Als anticis rufescentibus, stigmatibus fascidque externa dilu- tiortbus ; posticis albidis, strigd pone medium fuscd. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 3—7 in.) No. micacea. Esper.—Go. micacea. Curtis, vi. pl. 252. Steph. Catal. part ii. p- 99. No. 6326. Head and thorax rufescent, sometimes with a rosy tinge; anterior wings the same, with an undulated striga at the base; a second before the middle, an- gulated towards the costa; and a third oblique one behind the middle; the space between the two last being of a deeper or fuscous hue, and bearing the ‘Stigmata, which are paler, and have their margins faintly edged with fuscous ; the hinder margin of the wing, from the third striga, is paler than the rest, and has.a very obscure waved fuscescent striga, with a paler exterior margin ; and the margin of the wing itself has a slender brownish line; cilia ashy- 10 HAUSTELLATA.—LEPIDOPTERA. brown, tinted with rosy: posterior wings whitish, with a striga behind the middle, and a central lunular spot dusky ; cilia rosy. It varies much in colour; sometimes the rosy tint is wanting; at others, it is very brilliant. Caterpillar flesh-colour, with minute black dots, with a reddish dorsal line, and a pale lateral streak; the extremities flavescent :—it feeds on bulbous roots:— the imago appears about the middle of July or beginning of August. Not very common: it has however been taken very frequently in the vicinity of London: and in abundance near Cork; it also occurs in Norfolk, Devonshire, and in the New Forest. Sp. 2. flavago. Alis anticis aureo-flavis atomis brunneis adspersis, fascits duabus rufo-fuscis, stigmatibus flavis. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 4—7 lin.) No. flavago. Wien. V.—Go. flavago. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 99. No. 6327. Head reddish-brown, with a flavescent cloud on the forehead: thorax the same, with four ill-defined ferruginous spots, two in front, and the others laterally on the disc: anterior wings of a rich golden-yellow, with an irregular rufous- brown fascia near the base, accompanied on each side with an imperfect fer- ruginous striga; on the hinder margin is a similarly coloured but broader fascia, margined anteriorly with a dentated ferruginous striga, composed of obsolete Iunular spots, and exteriorly with an irregular flavescent fascia, thickly irrorated with rufous-brown, except at the apex ; between the fascie the ground colour of the wings is thickly sprinkled with reddish-brown scales, and between the stigmata is an indistinct rusty-brown striga; the stigmata are of a brighter yellow, the anterior waved with a slight ferruginous central ~ cloud, the posterior ear-shaped, with two somewhat lunular ferruginous clouds, frequently confluent: there is also a third stigma, of a parabolic form, placed between the anterior one and the inner margin, and united to the ferruginous striga which accompanies the fuscous fascia on the outside ; cilia rufo-fuscous : posterior wings somewhat ochraceous, with a central lunular spot, a striga be- hind the middle, a marginal fascia, and the cilia fuscescent. Slightly variable in colour, some specimens being of a paler hue than others. Caterpillar dirty-white, spotted with black, the first and last segments black ; head yellowish brown ;—it feeds on the pith of the burdock ; and also subsists TSp. 3. luteago. Alis anticis flavis stigmatibus pallidioribus, strigis duabus dentatis maculisque nebulosis fuscis. No. luteago. Wien. V.—Samonelle (!,)—Go. luteago. Steph. Catal. part ii. p- 99. No. 6328 note. Size of Xanthia citrago: antenne ferruginous, with a white shaft: anterior wings flavescent, with two very much dentated fuscous strigs in the middle, approximating towards the inner margin, where they nearly unite: posterior wings whitish. NOCLUIDA:.—NONAGRIA. val on Verbascum thapsus, Scrophularia aquatica, and Sambucus nigra, according to Ochsenheimer :—the imago is found about the middle of September.* Not uncommon in places where the burdock abounds; its pre- sence may be detected by the appearance of the plants, which when attacked by the larve droop and look sickly. * Alderley.”—Rev. E. Stanley. “ York and Halifax.”—W. C. Hewitson, Esq. Genus CX XX VI.—Nonaeria, Ochsenheimer. Palpi nearly vertical, very thickly clothed with elongate scales on the two basal joints, the terminal one exposed, with the scales rather elongated beneath ; basal joint reniform, nearly horizontal, stouter than the following, and above half its length ; the second rather elongate, straight, acuminate: the terminal very short, ovate: maxilla moderate. Antenne rather short, stout, subserrated, sometimes slightly pectinated in the males, pubescent beneath: head small, subtriangular, with a dense tuft of scales on the forehead: eyes large, globose, naked: thorax rather stout, slightly crested anteriorly: abdomen elongated, not very robust, with a large tuft at the apex, especially in the males: wings deflexed during repose; anterior elongate, narrow, slightly crenated on the hinder margin; posterior somewhat triangular, faintly denticulate. Larva fleshy, internal: pupa internal. The larve of the Nonagrie, like those of the preceding genus, reside within the stems of plants, and subsist upon their internal substance; but the imago differs materially from that of Gortyna, especially in the form of the anterior wings, which are strongly nervose, and slightly crenated; by which character they differ con- | siderably from the insects of the following genus, in which that part is entire; the antenne, especially in the males, are much stouter and more pilose, and the thorax is much less crested. Sp. 1. Typhe. Alis anticis rufescente-fuscis albo venosis, punctis lunulisque marginalibus nigris, posticis albidis margine fuscts. (Exp. alar. 1 une. 9 lin. —2 unc.) Ph. Noc. Typhe. Esper—Non. Typhe. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 100. No. 6329. Head and thorax pale fuscous, sometimes with a reddish tinge; anterior wings dull reddish-brown, with the nervures distinct and pale towards the hinder margin, the discoidal one dilated and margined with deeper fuscous; at the base of the wing is a deep fuscous spot, and on the disc are some irregularly disposed smaller ones, with a distinct row of slightly elongate lineole towards the hinder margin, which latter has a series of fuscous lunular marks, in- ean ee ee ee ee ee _ * Erroneously inserted as an indigenous species in the Entomologist’s Com- pendium: it is a native of Hungary and Russia. ; 72 HAUSTELLATA.—LEPIDOPTERA. terrupted by the white nervures; on the costa are some dusky spots towards the base, and three or four whitish ones near the apex: posterior wings whitish, with a central mark, and the hinder margin fuscescent, and on the margin itself a row of blackish lunules; cilia slightly ochraceous. Caterpillar green, spotted with black, with a palish lateral line; it feeds on the pith of the Typha latifolia:—the imago is produced about the middle of August. Not very uncommon, where the bulrush abounds: in Battersea- fields and near Edmonton, and in several other parts of the metro- politan district, specimens have been captured. ‘ Allesley.”—Rev. W.T. Bree. ‘ Epping.”—Mr. H. Doubleday. Sp. 2. pilicornis. Prarn 9. f. 1.—Alis anticis cinereo-rufescentibus, vix atomosis strigd posticd curvatd ex punctis obsoletis fuscis ; posticis albis. (Exp. alar. 1 une. 11 lin.) Noe. pilicornis. Haworth.—Not. pilicornis. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 100. No. 6330. Head and thorax pale, immaculate, hoary-ash ; anterior wings of a pale reddish- ash, very sparingly irrorated with black, the margins of the nervures of a darker hue, and the intermediate areolets whitish in the centre, giving the wing a faintly striated appearance ; towards the hinder margin is a faint series of larger fuscous dots, six or seven in number ; cilia whitish-ash: posterior wings white, with a few scattered black atoms, and a darker central cloud: abdomen hoary-ash, with a rufescent tinge, and a little irrorated with black. In Mr. Hatchett’s collection is a single example of this fine insect, which may possibly be merely the other sex of the following; and I possess a specimen which was taken in September, 1826, I believe, near Croydon. 7Sp. 3. crassicornis. Alis (anticis) cinereo-rufescentibus, strig& obsoleta punc- torum fuscorum ; posticis fuscis. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 11 lin.) Noe. crassicornis. Haworth.—Not. crassicornis. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 100. No. 6331. Size of the foregoing, of a dull somewhat reddish-ash: anterior wings veined, as it were, with subfulvous, white and cinerascent, with numerous minute fuscous atoms, and about six larger ones towards the posterior margin, placed in an arcuated line; abdomen stout, large, with the apical tuft large and - lutescent ; posterior wings fuscous, with the cilia lutescent: antennex stout, thick, and hairy. The only specimens I have seen of this species (which chiefly differs from the foregoing by having the anterior wings more thickly irrorated with fuscous, and the posterior ones entirely of that colour) have been captured in Norfolk. In my Catalogue, I have in- CAL Gurks, Gel. London, fb, by J E Stephens, tug, 1 1830. Poi lidbisly Te NOCTUID@.—LEUCANIA. 13 advertently given the preceding as a desideratum to my cabinet, instead of the present species. +Sp. 4. Canne. Alis anticis flavo-rufescentibus serie unicé maculdque obsoletd in medio nigris. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 8 lin.) No. Canne. Ochsenheimer.—Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 101. No. 6332. Head and thorax pale reddish, or yellowish-ash; anterior wings the same, with a few minute dusky atoms, with some larger spots at the base, and a row still more distinct towards the hinder margin, and forming an arcuated striga: in the middle of the disc is a single spot of similar hue: posterior wings reddish or yellowish-ash. There is a single example of this species (which is much smaller than either of the foregoing) in the collection of Mr. Stone, cap- tured near Scarborough : and I believe there is a second in that of Mr. Haworth, taken by him near Hull. Genus CX XXVII.—Leucania, Ochsenheimer. Palpirather short, considerably bent upwards, approximating, the basal joints with elongate compact scales, the terminal exposed and nearly denuded, obtuse; basal joint slightly bent, horizontal, second vertical, as long again as the first, slightly bent at the base, and alittle attenuated at the apex ; terminal slender, elongate- ovate: maville moderate. Antenne simple in both sexes, thickly ciliated be- neath, especially in the males: head small, subtrigonate: eyes globose, large, pubescent, rarely naked: thorax rather stout, woolly, not crested: abdomen slightly elongate, carinated, rather slender in the males, with a large tuft at the apex, stouter, and somewhat conic in the females: wings incumbent during repose; anterior rather narrow, the hinder margin entire, the apex acute; nervures distinct, apparently elevated. Larva slightly pilose: pupa fol- liculated. Exclusively of other characters, Leucania may be known from Nonagria, by the integrity of the hinder margin of the anterior wings; the insects are generally of much smaller size; and their larva are not internal feeders, but they are pilose, and subsist upon leaves; the pupa being folliculated. Sp. 1. Comma. Alis cinerets, anticis lineolé haseos serieque punctorum nigrorum margine externo nigris, venis albis. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 5—6 lin.) Ph. No. Comma. Linné.—Le. Comma. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 100. No. 6333. Head and thorax pale fuscous-ash, with a rufescent tinge, the latter with a transverse darker streak in front, and a few scattered black atoms: anterior wings cinercous or pale fuscous, the costa whitish at its base nearly to the apex ; GA HAUSTELLATA.—LEPIDOPTERA. at the base is a distinct deep black streak, nearly half the length of the wing, and towards the base of the inner margin is a second minute one parallel with the first, and sometimes nearly obliterated: the nervures are white, and be- tween them at the apex of the wing other black lineole are interposed; and on the hinder margin of the wing itself is a row of minute black dots; at the apex of the discoidal areolet, in place of the posterior stigma, is a large black dot: cilia pale fuscous: posterior wings fuscous, with the base whitish. This species varies a little in the intensity and colour of its markings. Caterpillar naked; above dirty reddish-brown, with black spots, with three slender black dorsal streaks, the anterior segment black, with three white lines ;—it feeds on the common sorrel (Rumex acetosa):—the imago appears towards the beginning of July. Not very common: it has been captured near Dartford; also in the neighbourhood of Coombe-wood, and near Hull in Yorkshire. “ Dublin."—N. A. Vigors, Esq. ‘ Common in gardens, near Epping.”—Mr. H. Doubleday. Sp. 2. littoralis. Alis anticis ochraceis, lined medié trifurcaté nigra aut fusca marginath, venisque aliquot albis; posticis albis. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 6—7 lin.) Le. litoralis. Curtis, iv. pl. 157.—Le. littoralis. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 100. No. 6334. : Head and thorax pale immaculate ochraceous; anterior wings pale ochraceous, sometimes with an ashy or rufescent tinge, with a distinct longitudinal white line arising at the base and terminating at the apex, margined above half way with black, and the rest with fuscous; this line passes over the principal nervure, gives off a slight twig interiorly, a little behind the middle, and shortly after becomes bifid; the nervures at the apex of the wing are also more or less white, with fuscescent streaks between; cilia pale fuscous, in- terrupted with whitish: posterior wings white: abdomen pale ochraceous, with its base whitish. Some specimens are rather fuscescent, and the fuscous streaks between the ner- vures vary considerably. The first example of this species was captured on the coast near Christchurch, in Hants, which remained unique for a considerable period; in 1827, Mr. Weaver took several specimens, I believe, on the coast of Cumberland, whence it may be presumed to be a maritime species. tSp. 3. obsoleta. Alis anticis flavido-fuscis puncto medio venisque albis, strigdé margineque externo nigro-punctatis. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 6—7 lin.) No. obsoleta. Hiibner.—La. obsoleta. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 100. No. 6335. Head and thorax pale reddish-brown or cinereous: anterior wings yellowish- brown or reddish, with a dot in the middle and the nervures white, the latter with a few darker lineole between, towards the apex, as in its congeners ; a little NOCTUIDA.—LEUCANIA. 45 behind the middle isa distinct row of black dots, forming an arcuated striga; and on the posterior margin itself is asecond row of similar but smaller spots; cilia slightly flavescent: posterior wings ashy-gray, with the apex whitish, the margin with a few small black dots ; cilia whitish. Very rare: there are specimens in the British Museum, of which I know not the locality; but a single example, apparently of this species, was captured by Mr. Chant at the end of Britannia-street, City-road, leading to the fields, about three years since, in June. Sp. 4. impura. Alis anticis fusco-flavidis, venis postice albidis punctis tribus nigris, posticis fusco-griseis. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 4—5 lin.) No. impura. Hiihbner.—Le. impura. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 100. No. 6336. Albin, pl. xxxiii. f: 53.e—h. Head and thorax pale immaculate flavescent or ochraceous-brown; anterior wings the same, or slightly rufescent, with the nervures whitish, and the in- tervals at the apex striated as it were with lighter and darker shades of fus- cescent and cinereous; rather beyond the middle are three conspicuous black dots, placed in a triangle, and on the margin itself is a row of extremely minute ones, which are sometimes completely obliterated, and are rarely con- tinuous, one or more being generally wanting: posterior wings deep fuscous, with a darker central lunule; cilia pale. Var. &. Anterior wings with a conspicuous transverse striga, composed of irre- gular black dots towards the posterior margin, and a blackish imperfect lineola at the base. Caterpillar dull straw-colour, with a few black specks, a slender dorsal line, and a dirty yellowish lateral streak ;—it feeds on carices:—the imago abounds in the middle of July. Extremely common in every woody place and thicket throughout the metropolitan district, and I believe equally abundant in other parts of the country: Sp. 5. punctina. Tota rufescens, alis anticis ipso margine postico fusco punc= tatis, posticis pallidis angulum ani versus latissimé cinereis. (Exp. alar. 1 unc, 5—6 lin.) No. punctina. Haworth—Le. punctina. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 100. No. 6337. Too closely allied to the preceding: differs in being entirely rufescent, with a distinct row of black dots on the hinder margin of the anterior wings; with the posterior wings pale, but the inner margin broadly cinereous towards the anal angle. Mr. Haworth says—“ Of this I have seen but two specimens; had it occurred as frequently as the last (Le. impura), I should have supposed its difference from that species merely a sexual one,’—in which opinion I fully coincide. Found near London, with the foregoing. 16 HAUSTELLATA.—LEPIDOPTERA. Sp. 6. arcuata. Alis anticts pallidé stramineis, punctis duobus nigris medio, posticis albis cinereo-infuscatis serie arcuatd punctorum fuscorum pone medium. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 5 lin.) Le. arcuata. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 101. No. 6338. Head and thorax pale straw-colour, the latter rather darker in front; anterior wings the same, appearing obscurely striated with rufescent, the nervures being of the former colour, and the intervals being rufescent, with two straw- coloured streaks, united at their origin; on the disc are two conspicuous black spots, one placed at the bifurcation of the interior discoidal nervure, the other between that and the hinder margin of the wing; the hinder margin immaculate ; cilia reddish straw-colour: posterior wings white, slightly tinted with cinereous towards the hinder margin, with an arcuated series of black or fuscous spots, a little behind the middle, each spot being placed upon a ner- vure; cilia white. I captured two specimens of this species at Ripley, in the be- ginning of July, 1827. Sp. 7. paliens. Als anticis pallidé rufescentibus venis albis, punctis tribus aut quatuor nigris, posticis albidis. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 5—6 lin.) Ph. No. pallens. Linné.—Le. pallens. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 101. No. 6339" Head and thorax pale-reddish, with a brown tinge, anteriorly: anterior wings rufescent, with the nervures white, and the intervals with two pale ochraceous strie, as in the preceding species: rather behind the middle are three black dots, placed in a triangle, and occasionally towards the costa is a fourth ; posterior margin immaculate; cilia pale-reddish: posterior wings whitish, with an obscure fuscescent shade in certain positions; cilia white: abdomen pale-rufescent, with the base paler or whitish. Caterpillar dusky, with paler dots, and four whitish streaks :—it feeds on the common sorrel and the chickweed (Alsine media) :—the imago is produced about the middle of July. Not uncommon in hedges, gardens, on the borders of woods and in shady lanes throughout the metropolitan district. “ Rockcliff, Durdan, &c., Cumberland.”—7"’. C. Heysham, Esq. ‘“ Epping.” Mr. H. Doubleday. Sp.8. rufescens. Alis anticis rufescens, immaculatis, posticis albidis venis certo sité fuliginosis. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 5—6 lin.) No. rufescens. Haworth.—Le. rufescens. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 101. No. 6340. Pale-rufescent ; head and thorax anteriorly rather brownish: anterior wings immaculate, with the nervures very pale; the intervals as in the preceding species, with two pale streaks ; the hinder margin and the disc immaculate ; cilia rufescent: posterior wings whitish, with the nervures in certain lights, and a cloud towards the hinder margin fuscescent ; cilia white. Var. 6. The anterior wings with two or three obsolete pale fuscous streaks; the posterior more distinctly clouded with fuscous. NOCTUIDE.—LEUCANIA. var Not uncommon; frequenting the same haunts with the last; of which I suspect it may be only a variety. Sp. 9. suffusa. Alis anticis rufescentibus cinereo-striatis, puncto medio lineolisque duabus obsoletis fuscescentibus ; posticis albidis nebula fusca. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 5 lin.) Leu. suffusa mzhi. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 101. No. 6341. Head and thorax immaculate, reddish-ochraceous: anterior wings rufescent, with the nervures and two intermediate lines pale or whitish-ash; with a single discoidal spot of a more or less deep fuscous, and two or three obscure longi- tudinal fuscous streaks towards the hinder margin, which is immaculate ; cilia pale rufescent, slightly interrupted with pale at the base, the apex im- maculate: posterior wings whitish, with a broad undefined fuscous cloud towards the hinder margin, the latter immaculate ; cilia ochreous-white: ab- domen the same, with the base paler. Of this species, which appears very distinct, several examples have been taken by Mr. Stone, near Limehouse and in the Isle of Dogs; I met witha solitary specimen at Ripley, in June, 1827, and possess one from the collection of the late Mr. Griffin, which was captured in Norfolk. Sp. 10. ochracea. Alis anticis pallidé ochraceis, immaculatis, obsoletissimé fus- cescente striatis, posticis albido cinereis margine saturatiore. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 1 lin.) Considerably smaller than either of the foregoing: head and thorax pale ochra- ceous, immaculate ; anterior wings the same, with a slightly rufescent tinge in certain lights, and immaculate, obscurely striated with pale fuscous between the nervures, the stri2 at the base and on the inner margin being darkest, as in Le. Comma ; cilia pale immaculate ochraceous: posterior wings whitish- ash, with the margin slightly darker ; cilia white. In size, this species resembles some of the following species, but may be readily distinguished from them by the pubescence of its eyes, by the anterior wings not being irrorated with fuscous or black, and by the paleness of its posterior wings. I possess a pair of this species, which is very dissimilar to either of the foregoing: one was taken at Darenth-wood at the end of August, about ten years since ; the other on the borders of Whittle- sea-mere, in September, 1824. Sp. 11. fluxa. Alis anticis fusco-rufescentibus, atomis venisque nigricantibus, posticis fuscescentibus ; oculis nudis. (Exp. alar. 1 unc.—1 unc. 1 lin.) No, fluxa. Hiihner.—Le. fluxa. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 101. No. 6343. Head and thorax reddish-white or fulvous; anterior wings the same, sparingly irrorated with dusky or black ; with an undefined cloud on the costa, a more 48 HAUSTELLATA.—LEPIDOPTERA. distinct longitudinal striga passing over the discoidal nervure, and an imper- fect one at the base of the inner margin, with all the nervures at the tip of the wing also dusky or black; on the hinder margin itself is sometimes an indistinct line of minute dots ; cilia fulvescent or cinereous: posterior wings fuscescent, with the base and costa somewhat cinereous; cilia fulvescent or ochraceous: abdomen reddish or whitish-ash : antenne fulvescent. This and the four following species differ from the rest of the genus in haying the eyes naked, and the terminal joint of the palpi more slender and acute, the thorax more woolly, and in being of a smaller size: they also occur later in the season, and affect marshy districts. The chief locality of this species is on the borders of Whittlesea- mere, where the insect has been taken in tolerable plenty, at the end of July; specimens have also been captured in Battersea- fields. Sp. 12. pygmina. Alis anticis rufescentibus margine antico ciliisque saturatiorzbus, posticis fuscescentibus ; oculis nudis. (Exp. alar. 10 lin.—1 unc.) Leu. Phragmatidis. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 101. No. 6344.—No. pygmina. Haworth ? Head and thorax pale rufescent, immaculate ; anterior wings also rufescent, with a hoary cast, very faintly clouded on the costa with darker atoms, and the same on the disc and nervures at the apex of the wing; cilia rather brighter than the rest of the wing, immaculate: posterior wings pale fuscescent, with the costa paler; cilia ochreous or rosy: abdomen whitish, with the apical tuft ochraceous. Smaller than the preceding, with the anterior wings considerably narrower, and of a much paler hue: it occurs rather later in the season; appearing about August, and continuing till the middle of September. Not common; found in Battersea-fields and near Hertford ; also in the marshes near Hackney, and in the neighbourhood of Coombe- wood. Sp. 13. pallida. Alis anticis ochraceo-albidis, immaculatis, venis ad apicem atomis nigris minutissimis sparsis, posticis albidis ; oculis nudis. (Exp. alar. 9 lin.) Le. pallida mzhi. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 101. No. 6345. Head and thorax pale hoary-white ; anterior wings of an ochraceous-white, with the costa and central nervure obscurely fuscescent, and the nervures towards the apex very sparingly sprinkled with extremely minute fuscescent atoms, and a more compact patch of the same in the hinder margin near the apex — of the costa; cilia white: posterior wings whitish, with a slight ashy tinge towards the hinder margin; cilia white: abdomen and apical tuft hoary- white. NOCTUID#.—-LEUCANIA. 79 Differs from the foregoing in its smaller size, and in the almost total absence of spots or markings on the anterior wings, and by the posterior ones being nearly of a pure white. I possess one specimen only, which was given to me by my late friend Mr. Blunt, who captured the insect in the marshes near West Ham, in Essex. Sp. 14. Neurica. Alis anticis ochraceo= aut fusco-rufescentibus, strigé posticad punctorum minutissimorum fuscorum; posticis cinerascentibus ; oculis nudis. (Exp. alar. 10—11 lin.) No. Neurica. Hiibner ?—Le. Neurica.—Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 101. Io. 6346. Head and thorax pale immaculate white or rufescent: anterior wings ochra~ ceous or pale fusco-rufescent, with a bifid fuscescent cloud at the base, en- closing a whitish space; the nervures, especially towards the apex, slightly fuscescent; a little behind the middle is an arcuated series of minute fus- cescent or blackish dots ; cilia pale rufescent or ochraceous, slightly clouded with fuscous at the apex: posterior wings pale whitish-ash, with the hinder margin rather darker, or obscurely fuscescent: cilia rufescent or whitish ; abdomen the same. The arcuated striga of minute fuscous dots on the anterior wings, and the paleness of the posterior ones, sufficiently characterize this species. Of this insect I have seen but two specimens (the sexes); one of which was captured in the marshes near Lea-bridge, and the other was found near Whittlesea-mere. + Sp. 15. geminipuncta. Als anticis rufo-fuscescentibus, vittd latd rufa marginis tenuioris, punctoque parvo geminato niveo loco stigmatis postici; posticis fuscis. (Exp. alar. 10—11 lin.) No. geminipuncta. Haworth.—Le. geminipuncta. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 101. No. 6347. Head and thorax pale immaculate rufescent, sometimes with a fuscous hue: an- terior wings the same, with a broad brighter rufescent streak on the inner margin, reaching nearly to the apex; on the nervures, towards the apex especially, are a few dusky atoms; and in place of the usual posterior stigma are two minute white-or snowy spots; cilia rufescent: posterior wings fuscous, with the cilia pale ochraceous ; abdomen whitish; antenne rufous. Of this remarkably conspicuous species, I have hitherto seen but four specimens : two of which are in the collection of Mr. Hatchett, who captured them in the marshes near the Temple Mills, in the autumn ; the third is in the British Museum, and the fourth in the collection of G. Milne, Esq. 80 HAUSTELLATA.—LEPIDOPTERA. Sp. 16. pudorina. Alis anticis fusco-rufescentibus, atomis nigtris adspersisy stria longitudinali obscuriore. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 7—9 lin.) No. pudorina. Wien. Verz.—Leu. pudorina. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 101. No. 6348. Head and thorax pale hoary rufescent, the latter very woolly and paler behind: anterior wings pale rufescent, with a fuscous tinge, the latter produced by the wings being longitudinally clouded and sparingly irrorated with pale fuscous ; from the base nearly to the middle of the hinder margin a deeper and more distinct longitudinal fuscous stria extends, and, in some examples, a second, somewhat parallel, between it and the inner margin; at the base of the wing is also an obscure streak, and some others between the nervures, which are more or less of an ochraceous tinge, at the apex; cilia immaculate rufescent: posterior wings fuscous, with a reddish hue towards the margin ; cilia rufescent: abdomen ochraceous, with the lateral and anal tufts rufescent. Caterpillar dirty whitish-yellow, with a slender white dorsal line and a whitish dusky one on each side: head brown. This larger and conspicuous species was, I believe, unknown to British collectors before 1821, when a single example was cap- tured in June of that year, in the New Forest; and in the sub- sequent season many specimens were taken on the borders of Whittlesea-mere; where the insect has frequently occurred since. ; Sp. 17.impuncta. Alis (anticis) rufescentibus griseo-atomosis, lineola obliquiét fusca apicis, punctoque minutissimo albo bast stigmatis posticr. (Exp. alar. 1 une. 8? lin.) No. impuncta. Haworth.—Le. impuncta. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 101. No. 6350. Rather less than Nonagria crassicornis: the anterior wings rufescent, sprinkled with griseous, with an oblique fuscous streak at the apex, and a minute white spot in the place of the base of the posterior stigma: head, thorax, and an- tenne rufescent; abdomen pale ash: posterior wings pale fuscous; cilia rufescent. This insect differs considerably in appearance from the rest of the genus, the anterior wings being more acute than in the foregoing, and the stigmata being somewhat visible. The only example I have seen of this species was in the col- lection of the late Mr. Francillon, and now enriches the fine one of Mr. Haworth; of its locality Iam not aware :—I have seen foreign specimens resembling it, but it does not appear to have been re- corded by continental writers. NOCTUID#:—SIMYRA. bail | Genus CXXXVIII.—Simyra, Ochsenheimer. Palpi rather short, slightly ascending, somewhat approximating, and very acute at the apex, or parallel and slightly acute, the basal joints clothed with woolly hairs, the terminal scarcely exposed ;: basal joint as long as the terminal, subovate, stout; second equal in length to the other two, slender; terminal, elongate, slender, acute: maville short. Antenne simple in both sexes, of the male stout, and pubescent within: head small: eyes small, naked: thorax rather stout, woolly, not crested: abdomen moderate, more robust in the females, the sides and apex producing some tufts of hair: wings entire, de- flexed during repose ; the anterior simple, not very long, broad, elongate~ triangular, somewhat retuse, or sublanceolate, with the apex acute, the surface suffused with dusky atoms: Jegs moderate, anterior tibie in the males with a long spur. Larva pilose ; pupa enclosed in a papyraceous web. Simyra, although it contains three indigenous species only, is nevertheless an artificial genus, and will doubtless some day be divided; Si. maculosa differing so considerably in habit from its present congeners, its wings being very glossy, the anterior some- what abbreviated, broad, elongate-triangular, slightly retuse, and repanded on the hinder margin, with its palpi approximating and very acute; whereas in the others the wings are but little shining, very acute at the apex, and sublanceolate; the palpi less acute and parallel: the larva of Si. venosa forms a strong papyraceous web, in which it undergoes its cliange to pupa, as does also that of Si. nervosa; but of the metamorphosis of the other species I am unacquainted. Sp. 1. musculosa. Ales anticis ochraceis tincturd virescentibus immaculatis, venis pallidioribus, posticis fuscescentibus margine saturatiore. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 3—4 lin.) No. musculosa. Hiibner.—Si. musculosa. Steph. Catal. part il. p. 102. No. 6350. Head and thorax hoary-ochraceous immaculate, the latter with a greenish- brown tinge ; anterior wings plain immaculate ochraceous, with a greenish- brown cast, the base palest, and the hinder margin darkest; the nervures, towards the hinder margin especially, paler than the wing, and in fine speci- mens slightly tinted with greenish; cilia fuscescent, or brownish: posterior wings fuscescent, with the base and nervures paler, the surface minutely irrorated with fuscous atoms; cilia ochraceous-brown. Female of a paler hue. This plain insect differs a little in colour, some examples being much darker and more virescent than others. Haustexxata. Vou. III. Ist Sepr. 1829. G 82 HAUSTELLATA.—=-LEPIDOPTERA. Till within these few years one or two examples only of ,this msect were known: they were captured, I believe, on the borders of Ramsey-mere; but many specimens have been taken recently on the shores of Whittlesea and Yaxley meres, whence the insect would appear to affect marshy districts: the female seems to be much rarer than the male. Sp. 2. venosa. horace alisque anticis canis, aut ochraceis, his albo-venosis lineis tenuissimis fuscis; posticis albis. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 6—8 lin.) No. venosa. Borkhausen.—Si. venosa. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 102. No. 6351. Head and thorax pale hoary-white or ochraceous, the latter sometimes with a faint dusky transverse line before the middle; anterior wings also pale- hoary or ochraceous, thickly sprinkled with minute black atoms, with a more or less distinct dusky or black lineola from the base nearly to the middle, and a faint one near the apex, and frequently two or three others towards the hinder margin, running parallel with the nervures ; on the hinder margin itself, towards the apex, are occasionally one or two black dots; the cilia are pure white: posterior wings and abdomen immaculate white. Var. 6. Anterior wings without the longitudinal dark lineole. Var. y. Anterior wings ochraceous-ash, with the base of the costa hoary, and the cilia ochraceous-brown; the disc not irrorated with black, and the dark lineole wanting. Caterpillar very hairy, yellowish above, with spots and dots of rufous, fuscous, and, black, a yellow lateral line interrupted with brown dots:—it feeds on Carices:—the pupa is black-brown, and enclosed in a strong papyraceous cocoon :—the imago appears about the middle of June. Apparently not very uncommon in the fenny districts of Hunting- donshire and the north of Cambridgeshire, numerous examples having been captured on the borders of Whittlesea-mere, and one or two near Wisbeach. I am not aware of its having been found in any other locality. Sp. 3. nervosa. Alis anticis sublanceolatis cinereo-fuscis pallide striatis, posticis cinereis venis fuscescentibus. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 3—4 lin.) No. nervosa. Wien. Verz.—Si. nervosa. Steph. Catal. part i. p. 102. No. 6352. Head, thorax, and abdomen immaculate hoary-white; anterior wings pale- ashy- or hoary-brown, with paler or whitish longitudinal streaks following the direction of the nervures, which latter are fuscescent; cilia the same ; posterior wings pale cinereous, with minute darker atoms, the nervures brownish. The caterpillar feeds on the elm :—the imago appears in June. Leucania pudornia is sometimes erroneously placed in collections for this species. NOCTUIDE.—PHLOGOPHORA, 83 Very rare: I have as yet seen but three specimens: one in the collection of Mr. Haworth, captured by the late Rev. J. Burrell, in Norfolk; a second in that of Mr. Pittard, taken by him near Darenth-wood; and a third in my own, found, I believe, in the same neighbourhood as the last. Genus CX X XIX.—Puuocoruora, T'reitschke. Palpi rather large, ascending, clavate, compactly clothed with dense short scales; the terminal joint very minute, obtuse, exposed ; basal joint reniform, stouter than the second, which is compressed, more than twice as long as the first, and acuminated at the apex; terminal minute, ovate-conic: maville elon- gate. Antenne rather long, slender, simple in both sexes, of the male finely pubescent within, and slightly serrated: head somewhat rounded, densely clothed with scales: eyes globose, naked: thorax stout, with an acute short crest in the centre anteriorly, and an elongate bifid one posteriorly: wings longitudinally wrinkled during repose; anterior elongate triangular, the pos- terior margin deeply indented, and excavated behind the middle; posterior ovate-triangular, slightly indented: abdomen rather short and slender, downy at the base, the sides and apex with pilose tufts, and a row of fascicles down the back. Larva rather slender, naked, simple: pupa folliculated, the folliculus delicate, and placed on the earth. Ochsenheimer includes Phlogophora ina division of the Hadenz of Schrank; but his continuator, Treitschke, has formed it into a genus including Euplexia (before described) and several other continental species; but it is evident that if we are to consider meta- morphosis and outline of any importance in the discrimination of Lepidopterous genera, as doubtless they are, itis impossible to asso- ciate the present genus either with Euplexia or Hadena. Phlo- gophora approximates in metamorphosis to Cucullia, though its affinity to Simyra is very remote; it agrees with Euplexia in folding the anterior wings longitudinally during repose, a posture assumed by no other indigenous genera of this family; and from that genus the present is at once distinguished with facility by the wings as well as the cilia, being deeply indented or notched; the anterior being elongate triangular, with a very deep excavation behind the middle of the posterior margin, reaching to the anal angle, and bearing three denticulations. Sp. 1. meticulosa. Alis anticis eroso-dentatis, pallidis, base incarnati, fascid triangular medio purpurascente. (Exp. alar. 1 une. 9 lin,—2 unc.) G2 S4 HAUSTELLATA.—LEPIDOPTERA. - Ph. No. meticulosa. Linné. Wilkes, pl. 3.—Ph. meticulosa. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 102. No. 6353. Head and thorax yellowish or greenish-white, the latter with fine transverse greenish-brown strige, with the apex of the dorsal tufts purplish: anterior wings pale rosy-white, the base more of a flesh colour, with a subdolabriform brownish spot on the inner margin; in the middle of the wing is a large somewhat triangular fascia, tinted with rosy ; in this the stigmata are placed ; they are rather indistinct, especially the posterior ; the anterior is of a rosy hue, with the margin paler, and is united to the posterior, which is obliterated. behind in the fuscous fascia; beyond which is a broad pale rosy space, termi~ nating near the hinder margin in an olivaceous fascia, in which is a sublunate dusky or black streak near the apex, which is rosy; cilia olivaceous, with a brown tinge towards the anal angle: posterlor wings whitish, with the ner- vures, a central lunule, and two or three, more or less distinct, strige behind the middle brownish; the margins somewhat ochraceous, with brownish cilia. It varies very much in colour, and the ground of the anterior wings is sometimes of a rich purplish-red throughout. - Caterpillar green, or brownish, with a white dorsal and lateral line, the former interrupted:—it feeds upon various herbaceous plants:—the pupa is shining red-brown :—the imago appears towards the end of April, again in the middle or end of June, and a third brood in September. A highly beautiful-and extremely abundant species, frequenting gardens, hedges, woody and shady lanes, in most parts of the south re) of England; in profusion, in certain years, near Dover, especially in June, 1819. “ York and Newcastle.”—W. C. Hewitson, Esq. *¢ Black Hall, Cumberland.”—T. C. Heysham, Esq. Genus CXL.—Cucutuia, Schrank. Palpi short, thickly clothed with loose scales, inclining upwards, the terminal joint slightly exposed, obtuse; the basal joint longest, curved upwards, rather clavate, the second shorter than the first, slightly attenuated, terminal elon- gate-ovate, acute: mawzlle longer than the antenne. Antenne long, rather slender, simple in both sexes, with a tuft of hair at the base within: head small, rounded: eyes globose, naked: thorax with an acute crest anteriorly: abdomen elongate, carinated on the back, and generally with fascicles of hair; the apex with a larger tuft, frequently divided: wings deflexed; ante- rvior lanceolate, acute at the apex, sometimes denticulated ; posterior small, slightly emarginate. Larva naked? pupa enclosed in an earthen cell, lined with silk, the head-case produced. Cucullia, with the exception of the two last species, consists of a very natural assemblage of insects, which are no less distinguished by the acuteness of their anterior wings and the elongation of their NOCTUIDZ.—CUCULLIA. 85 bodies, than by the remarkable similarity which exists amongst the species, which in several instances approximate so closely, that were it not from experience as to their metamorphosis, periods of flight, &e. there are not wanting individuals who would consider them as mere varieties; but whoever has the opportunity, and will take the trouble, to consult the splendid works of Sepp, Hubner, Roésel, Engramelle, &c. will feel satisfied of their specific di- stinctions, without taking into consideration those minute characters, in the imago, that are readily seized by a practised eye. A. Wings denticulated. Sp. 1. Scrophularie. Alis anticis ex albido flavis, marginibus fuscis ; posticis albidis, fimbria fuscé. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 8—9 lin.) No. Scrophularie. Hiibner.—Cu. Scrophularie. Steph. Catal. part il. p. 102. No. 6354.—Ph. Verbasci. Wallces, pl. 15. Head ochraceous-brown, with paler streaks; thorax ochraceous, with the tip of the crest fuscous or brown, and the sides minutely spotted with the same ; anterior wings of a whitish yellow, or pale ochraceous, the costa pale fuscous, with three white spots towards the apex, the inner margin also pale fuscous, with a pale mark towards the anal angle resembling the figure 3, the latter fuscous, with three or four flavescent streaks ; the hinder margin is slightly streaked with pale fuscous, and bears a slender pale line parallel with its edge, and bordered exteriorly with darker fuscous; cilia ochraceous-brown : posterior wings whitish at the base, the nervures and hinder margin brownish : cilia whitish, slightly varied with brown: abdomen, with the dorsal tufts, deep brown, the sides clothed with ochraceous silken hairs. Caterpillar greenish-white ; the head yellowish ; the back and sides with some black and yellow spots :—it feeds on the Verbascum and Scrophularia ; and is found in the autumn, the imago appearing the following May. Although considerably rarer than the following insect, this species is greatly dispersed throughout the country. I possess specimens captured near Cheltenham, and have seen others from Gloucester and Bristol. In September, 1821, I found the larve in profusion in Mr. Kirby’s garden at Barham, feeding ona Verbascum, but un- fortunately they perished during my journey home; other persons have also found the larvee abundantly on Riddles-down, near Croydon, in the autumn, and have succeeded in rearing the imago, which is now contained in most collections, though formerly only in few. Sp. 2. Verbasci. Alis anticis medio ex flavido fuscis, marginibus obscurtoribus ; posticis fuscis, aut ochraceo-albidis fimbrii nigricante. (Exp. alar. 1 une, 9 lin.—2 unc.) 86 HAUSTELLATA.—LEPIDOPTERA. Ph. No. Verbasci. Linné.—Cu. Verbasci. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 102. No. 6355. Albin. pl. xiii. f. 18. Similar to the preceding, but of a much darker colour : head varied with ochraceous and deep fuscous; thoracic crest ochraceous, with two transverse white streaks posteriorly, and its hinder edge deep fuscous; centre of the thorax also deep fus- cous ; sides pale ochraceous, rarely sprinkled with black atoms: anterior wings, with the costa, broadly deep fuscous, shaded gradually paler towards the disc, which is of an ochraceous or yellowish brown, sometimes of a cinereous tinge towards the anal angle on the posterior margin; a little before the middleis a faint deeply angulated pale transverse striga, edged exteriorly with fuscous, and behind the middle is an extremely obsolete indented striga, terminating ina distinct bilunate white or flavescent mark, resembling the figure 3, a little be- hind the middle of the inner margin; the space from which to the anal angle is of adeep, somewhat castaneous-brown, striated with ochraceous; the hindermargin isslightly striated with fuscous, and on its extreme edge are some lunular spots of the same hue, bordered. with a pale line; cilia fuscous, with lighter shades and interrupted with whitish: posterior wings fuscous or ochraceous white, with the margin dusky; nervures brown; at the base of the cilia is a pale line ; cilia ochraceous, clouded with brown: abdomen with a fuscous dorsal line. This species is in general of a larger size and of a darker colour than the pre- ceding ; but examples occur of a pale ochraceous, with fuscescent margins to the anterior wings. Caterpillar cinereous or whitish, spotted with yellow and black:—it feeds on the various species of Verbascum about July :—the imago appears in the fol- lowing April. Not uncommon in the neighbourhood of Darenth and Birch woods; and abundant in the larva state near Hertford: it is also far from rare throughout the metropolitan district. ‘ Suffolk.”— W. C. Hewitson, Esq. B. Wings entire. Sp. 3. Asteris. Alis anticts medio cinereis, marginibus castaneo-fuscis, exteriore punetis tribus albis, stigmatihus ordinariis distinctis. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 10 lin.—2 unc.) No. Asteris. Wien. Verz.—Cu. Asteris. Curtis,i. pl. 45. Steph. Catal. part ii. p- 103. Wo. 6356. Head fuscous ; thorax gray-brown, with pale-brown transverse streaks anteriorly, and a deep black one before the middle, the sides or petagie ashy-brown, spotted with black: anterior wings rather slender and very acute, of a cinereous hue, with delicate brown pencilings in the middle, the costa broadly chestnut brown, with about three distinct white spots near the apex, the inner margin deep brown, with a lunular whitish mark, edged with brown towards the anal angle, which latter is delicately streaked with whitish-ash and brown; on the hinder margin of the wing is a slender, somewhat interrupted, brown NOCLUIDZ.—CUCULLIA. 87 line, and the cilia are cinereous, with a darker line towards the base; the stigmata are distinct, rather large and ovate, or elongate; they are rather paler than the wing, with a delicate interrupted brown border, and clouded disc: posterior wings ashy-brown, with the margin darker, and the nervures dusky ; cilia whitish, with a yellowish-brown line at the base. The intensity of colour varies considerably in different specimens. Caterpillar, with the head brownish, spotted with dusky, a broad yellow dorsal streak, beneath which is a narrower violaceous one, followed by a broad dirty green one, and a‘slender whitish-yellow one passing over the stigmata; the lower part of the body and legs green :—it feeds on the flowers of the Solidago virgaurea, and on various species of starwort (Aster) :—the imago appears the beginning of July. Not common: found occasionally in Darenth-wood, and on the borders of the downs near Croydon; it has also occurred near Fulham, and in Norfolk. Sp. 4. Thapsiphaga. Alis anticis medio ex albido-cinereis, marginibus fusces- centibus, serie duplict punctorum nigrorum. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 10 lin.) Cu. Thapsiphaga. T'rettschke ?—Steph. Catal. part ti. p. 103. No. 6357. TWead and thorax whitish-gray, the former brownish on the forehead, and the latter with some faint streaks of the latter colour: anterior wings long and slender, of a whitish-ash, the costa dusky or blackish, with some whitish spots near the apex; the inner margin is brownish, with an irregular whitish spot behind the middle, and a longitudinal blackish streak ; the hinder margin is finely streaked with black, and has two rows of minute black dots ; the cilia whitish-ash, with dusky or blackish shades: posterior wings whitish-brown, with the nervures darker; the cilia somewhat ochraceous, with a narrow brown line at the base. In the British Museum is, I believe, a specimen of this species,’ which was captured in June, 1815, near Birch-wood, in Kent, and is the only indigenous example I have hitherto seen. Sp. 5. Umbratica. Alis anticis striatis canis, maculié centrali ferrugineé, lineola longitudinali nigra adjacentibus punctis nigris ; posticis alhidis, fusco venosis. (Exp. alar. 1 une. 8 lin.—2 unc.) Ph. No. Umbratica. Linné.—Don. viii. pl. 262. f. 2—Cu. Umbratica, Steph. Catal. part il. p. 103. No. 6358. Hoary-ash ; head with dusky shades; thoracic crest transversely striated with dusky-ash, with a darker interrupted streak in front: anterior wings hoary, finely striated with cinereous and black, with a large somewhat ovate fer- ruginous cloud or spot rather beyond the middle, vanishing at its edges into the ground colour of the wing, and a distinct elongated black line at the base, beyond the apex of which, on the dise of the wing, towards the costa, are three or four distinct black spots, between which and the hinder margin is a faint 88 HAUSTELLATA.—LEPIDOPTERA. considerably waved dusky striga, obscurely edged with whitish exteriorly ; hinder margin with an interrupted black line ; cilia cinereous: posterior wings whitish, with the extreme edge and nervures fuscous ; cilia white. Caterpillar dusky, or bluish-gray, with three rows of orange-red spots:—it feeds on the Sonchus oleraceus and 8. arvensis:—the imago appears towards the middle of July, and frequents low hedges ; it varies considerably in colour. This is decidedly the most common species of the genus, but it is nevertheless far from abundant; it occurs usually on open palings, secreting itself beneath the cross bars, and in such situa- tions I have occasionally met with it, Cu. Chamomille, and Cu. fissina (which is probably a variety of the last), on Wimbledon- commen, near Roehampton. “ Netley, Salop.”—Rev. F. W. Hope. * York, and in Suffolk.”—W. C. Hewitson, Esq. ‘“ Epping.”— Mr. H. Doubleday. Sp. 6. Tanaceti. Alis anticis canis, lincolis duabus longitudinalibus atris ; posticts albis margine fusco. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 8—10 lin.) No. Tanaceti. Wien. Verz.—Cu. Tanaceti. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 103. No. 6360. Head cinereous: thorax the same, with a transverse fuscous striga on the fore part : anterior wings, slender, acute, hoary, or whitish-gray, with a slender black lineola at the base, reaching nearly to the middle, and a shorter one towards the middle, which is somewhat flexuous near its termination ; to- wards the apex of the wing, on the hinder margin, are two or three abbreviated black streaks, the nervures are fuscescent, and the spaces between cinereous, with dusky or hoary longitudinal streaks ; on the hinder margin is an in- terrupted slender black line ; the cilia are cinereous, with the base transversely streaked with a darker line, and the apex whitish: posterior wings nearly white, with the nervures and hinder margin dusky ; cilia white. Caterpillar cinereous, spotted with black, and lineated with yellow: it feeds on the tansy ( Tanacetum vulgare), the wormwood ( Artemisia vulgaris ), chamomile, &c. :—the imago appears towards the end of July. Not common; found occasionally in the woods near the metro- polis; also in Norfolk, Suffolk, Devonshire, and North Wales. Sp. 7. Lactuce. Alis anticis obscure cinereis, fusco obsolete undatis, maculé centrali subferrugined ; posticis fuscis, bast dilutioribus. (Exp. alar. 1 une. 10 lin.—2 unc.) No. Lactuce. Wien. Verz.—Cu. Lactuce. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 103. No. 6359, Head and thorax as in the preceding, but of a darker hue: anterior wings ob- scure cinereous, obsoletely waved’and striated with fuscous, with a somewhat ferruginous or yellowish spot towards the centre, as in Cu. Umbratica, but less distinct ; towards the apex are some pale longitudinal streaks; the imer NOCTUID&.—CUCULLIA. 89 margin is of a deep fuscous-ash, with some flexuous pale and dusky streaks ; the hinder margin of the wing has a slender interrupted black line; the cilia are cinereous, with two darker lines at the base: posterior wings fuscous, with the base rather paler; the nervures and a central spot dusky; cilia white, with the base somewhat ochreous. Caterpillar dusky-ash, with a reddish dorsal streak, bordered on each side by greenish spots, a yellowish lateral line, spotted with black, above the legs, and a black head: it feeds on the lettuce (Lactuca sativa), Sonchus oleraceus and arvensis, Lapsana communis, &c.:—the imago appears about the middle of July. _ Found occasionally in the lanes about Darenth and Birch woods, but far from abundant: also taken at Coombe-wood, and in other parts near London. “ Marton Lodge, Yorks.”’—L. Rudd, Esq. Sp- 8. lucifuga. Alis anticis cwruleo-cinereis, venis strigisque longitudinalibu’ nigris; posticis undique fuscis. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 10 lin.—2 unc.) No. lucifuga. Wien. V.—Cu. lucifuga. Steph. Catal. partii. p. 103. No. 6361. Rather larger than Cu. Lactuce: the head is dusky, with ashy-spots; thorax whitish, with brown transverse strige ; the sides whitish-gray, with dusky edges: the back dusky, with whitish hairs : anterior wings rather broad, of a bluish-ash ; the costa at the base palest ; the nervures more or less dusky or black : towards the apex of the wings on the posterior margin are several longi- tudinal whitish streaks, edged with grayish, and terminated by a series of lunular black marks, beyond which is a transverse ashy-white streak ; cilia ashy-gray, with the tip white: posterior wings deep dusky-brown, the cilia whitish, with the base a little dusky. Caterpillar dirty-yellow, with dusky shades, with greenish-blue spots on the sides, and four lateral streaks; head glossy-brown: it feeds on Sonchus oleraceus and similar plants:—the imago appears in the beginning of July. Frequents the same localities as the last, but less abundant. “‘ Netley, Salop.”—Rev. F. W. Hope. Sp. 9. Chamomille. Alis anticis obscuré cinereis, nigro striatis, macula sub- centrali albidé ; posticis fuscis, basi albidis. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 6—9 lin.) No. Chamomille. Wien. Vi—Cu. Chamomille. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 103. INo. 6362. Head fuscous, with cinereous strie: thorax cinereous, with an anterior black striga, and some obscure cinereous ones ; the back dusky : anterior wings ob- scure ash-colour, striated with black, the strie very delicate and following the direction of the nervures, the spaces between being longitudinally striated with whitish and cinereous; at the base is a more distinct black streak, placed ona pale ashy ground, and at its extremity, a little behind the centre of the 90 HAUSTELLATA.—LEPIDOPTERA. disc, is a somewhat rhomboid, or emarginated, pale ashy or whitish spot: cilia ashy-brown, with a dusky streak and longitudinal black lines: posterior wings fuscous, with the base paler; cilia white, with two dusky transverse lines. Caterpillar cinereous, with two incurved ferruginous streaks on each segment ; head yellowish-brown ; it feeds on the flowers of the Chamomile ( Matricaria Chamomille) :—the imago appears in June. Rare: found near Birch-wood and in the vicinity of Wimbledon- common: also in Devonshire, the New-forest, and near Wal- hamstow in Epping-forest. Sp. 10. fissina. Alis anticis striatis, fusco nubilosis, maculé subcentrali allida, posticis fuscis. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 6—7 lin.) No. fissina. Haworth.—Cu. fissina. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 103. No. 6363. Very similar to the preceding, of which it is probably a mere suffused variety: its head and thorax are similar; the anterior wings are of a deeper ash, and the black markings are more obscure, the basal one being, however, the most distinct, and terminated, as in Cu. Chamomille, by a somewhat lunular or rhomboid pale spot, a little behind the centre of the disc; cilia ashy-brown, with the apex pale: posterior wings entirely of a deep fuscous: tail con- siderably divided, appearing bifid. I conceive that this insect is merely the opposite sex of the fore- going, differing chiefly in having the posterior wings of a deeper colour throughout, and the general tint much darker than in that species; it inhabits the same localities, but is far from common. +Sp. 11. Gnaphalii. Alis anticis fusco cinereoque variegatis, striis longitudinalibus interruptis margineque posteriori atris. No. Gnaphalii. Hiibner.—Cu. Gnaphalii. Curtis (!)—Steph. Catal. part ii. p- 103. Vo. 6364. note. Size of Cu. Absinthii: head and thorax brown, with white dashes and dusky centre: anterior wings marbled with grayish-ash and brown, with inter- rupted longitudinal black streaks, and a yellowish line at the base; the streaks near the hinder margin are shorter and finer than towards the base, and the margin itself is dusky or blackish; cilia brown, with two darker lines at the base; the apex white: posterior wings yellowish-brown, with ochraceous-white cilia. I have never seen an indigenous example of this species, which inhabits the south of Russia and the north-east of Germany, in any of the numerous collections which have come under my inspection: it is introduced by Mr. Curtis, in his Synoptic List of the British Cucullia, but without giving the slightest clew to its locality, capture, &c.; I therefore conceive that it is in- serted through error, knowing the usual origin of these Synoptic Lists. NOCTUIDH.—CUCULLIA. 91 Sp. 12. Absinthii. Alis anticis canis, fasciis punctisque in tetragonum positis nigris; posticis albicantibus, fimbria fuscd. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 6—7 lin.) Ph. No. Absinthii. Linné.—Don. ix. pl. 304.—Cu. Absinthii. Steph. Catal. part ii. p- 103. No. 6365. Head deep brown, varied with white: thorax hoary-white, with the anterior margin rather dusky, and three transverse brownish streaks: anterior wings hoary-ash, with two irregular black transverse fascix, the first before the middle, somewhat geminated, the second about the middle, on the costa, and between this last and the apex are sometimes the rudiments of a transverse arcuated striga ; between the fascie, in place of the anterior stigma, are four distinct black spots, placed in a square, and between the hinder fascia and the rudimentary striga are four other black dots similarly placed; on the hinder margin is a row of black dots; and on the costa, towards the apex, are three or four minute white ones; cilia grayish white: posterior wings whitish, with a dusky fimbria, cilia white. Caterpillar green, streaked with yellow and red spots:—it feeds upon the wormwoods (Artemisie absinthium and vulgaris); the pupa is brown, ante- riorly green:—the imago appears about the beginning of July. This insect used formerly to be not uncommon in the neigh- bourhood of London, occurring in plenty in Bunhill-fields; but for nearly half a century I believe few, if any, examples have been taken; on the coasts of South Wales and Devonshire, numerous captures have been made within these few years. “ Barnstaple.” —T. Cocks, Esq. ‘ South Wales.”—Captain Blomer. +Sp. 13. Artemisix. Alis anticis viridibus, maculis argenteis; posticis albidis, margine dilutiore cinereo. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 6 lin.) No. Artemisia. Wien. V.—Cu. Artemisia. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 104. No. 6366. Head and thorax silvery-white, with greenish transverse lines: anterior wings bright clear green, with seven or eight silvery spots, one placed at the base, very large, and giving off a twig on the inner margin of the wing, then a gemi- nated one, divided by a longitudinal dusky streak, and edged on the inner margin with the same; this is followed by a second geminated spot of an ovate form and smaller size, also divided by a dusky streak; on the costa, at the apex, is a large flexuous one, and parallel with the hinder margin is a linear elongate one; the hinder margin is silvery; and the cilia white: poste- rior wings white, with a pale dusky border; cilia also white. Caterpillar slightly pilose, green, spotted with white, with a dorsal and lateral series of red tubercles:—it feeds on the Artemisia sylvestris:—the pupa is green, and folliculated :—the imago appears in June. This conspicuous insect evidently differs considerably from its congeners, both in its primary and final stages; its larva being pilose and warty; and the imago having its wings adorned with brilliant metallic scales, and being of a 92 HAUSTELLATA.—LEPIDOPTERA. different form to those of the other species, by the former character beauti- fully leading the way to the brilliantly ornamented Plusie. I have, however, not thought proper to discriminate it further from the other Cucullie. One example only of this remarkably beautiful insect has hitherto been captured in Britain; this was taken about twenty years ago near “ Dedingstone, by Mr. Shelton.”—Dr. Leach. Genus CXLI.—CuHaricuea mihi. Palpi short, curved upwards, entirely clothed with long scales and hair; the basal joint cylindric, a little curved, about as long as the other two united ; second two-thirds the length of the basal, ovate-acuminate, terminal very short, ovate, obtuse: mamille longer than the antenne. Antenne slender, elongate, simple in both sexes, pubescent beneath, the basal joint large, very pilose beneath: head subtrigonate: eyes rather large, globose, naked: thorax slightly crested anteriorly: abdomen short, and rather cylindric, with a slightly bifid tuft at the apex, in the males; elongated, acute, somewhat depressed, with short dorsal and lateral fascicles of scales, in the females: wings deflexed, entire; anterior sublanceolate ; cilia elongate: legs rather short and stout, pilose; anterior tibie very short, armed with two shining horny spines at the apex, the inner one long and curved. Larva naked, fleshy, smooth: pupa simple, folliculated. The acute glossy spines that arm the apex of the anterior tibiz (a character which I have elsewhere only observed in the Pome- ridian genus Petasia) serve at once to distinguish this genus from the other Noctuide; it is also further distinguished from Cucullia, to which it is evidently closely allied, by the comparative brevity of the maxille, wings, and abdomen, by the terminal joint of the palpi being completely enveloped in scales, and in other less im- portant particulars, exclusively of the liveliness of its colours. Ochsenheimer and Treitschke include this genus in their artificial one Xylina, without even constructing a section for its reception. Sp. 1. Delphinii. Alis anticis purpurascentibus, fasciis duabus albidis, posticis albidis fimbrid fuscé extus purpureo marginatd. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 3—4 lin.) Ph. No. Delphinii. Zinné.—Ch. Delphinii. Curtis, il. pl. 76. Steph. Catal. part il. p. 104. Vo. 6368. Head and thorax ochreous white: anterior wings at the base with a broad trilobed bright rosy-purple fascia, bordered with a slender fuscous and whitish striga; a little behind the middle, towards the hinder margin, is a narrower one of similar colours; the space between these is of a pale rich rosy-lilac, and bears a small oval pale rosy-ochreous spot in place of the NOCTUID©.—CALOPHASIA. $3 anterior stigma, and a larger pluish-lilac one in lieu of the posterior stigma ; posterior margin pale rosy-ochraceous, with a dusky line at the base. of the cilia, which are fulvous-white : posterior wings white, with a fuscous fimbria, bordered exteriorly with rosy; cilia whitish. This brilliant species varies considerably in colour; one of my specimens has the anterior wings suffused with a rich bluish-purple, and the posterior with a broad fuscous fimbria scarcely margined with rosy. Caterpillar yellowish, spotted with black, with two yellow lines ;—it feeds on the Delphinium consolida :—the imago appears in June. Few indigenous examples of this truly beautiful and rare insect are to be found in British cabinets; in that of the British Museum, and in my own collection, are specimens from the neighbourhood of Windsor, caught about fifteen years since, in June; and in some of the older cabinets are others which have ocenrred in the vicinity of London; but I grieve to add, that from the great rarity and beauty of the insect, many individuals persist in the execrable practice of introducing continental’ specimens into their cabinets, thereby diminishing instead of increasing the value of their collec- tions, and misleading instead of instructing the student who is de- sirous to obtain a knowledge of our indigenous productions, as it is rarely that the proprietors of such specimens take the pains to distinguish them by any visible mark:—upon this point see re- remarks, vol. i. p. 129, &c. Genus CX LII.—Caropuasra* mihi. Palpi very short, subclavate, porrected, densely clothed with elongate hair-like scales, the terminal joint slightly visible ; maxille longer than the antenne. Antenne elongate, slender, simple in both sexes ; the basal joint very stout, and pubescent beneath: head small, subovate, with a dense fascicle of scales on the front: thorax with an acute crest anteriorly : abdomen short, acute, with- out dorsal fascicles of scales: wing's entire, deflexed ; anterior short, elongate- triangular; cilia very long; posterior ovate-triangular, rather small; cilia short. Larva naked, smooth, funiform: pupa enclosed in a stout web ; its head-case recurved into a short horn on the breast. This and the preceding genus form a portion of the fourth section of the artificial group Xylina of Ochsenheimer; a genus which, as I have elsewhere shown, ought to be subdivided, although the British species are but few in number, as it is not the mere extent TUR i * Kéaov, lignum; $205, apparitio. 94, HAUSTELLATA.—LEPIDOPTERA. of a group, but the diversity existing amongst its members, which calls for subdivision, and the consequent application of new names. That Calophasia is closely allied to'Cucullia there can be no doubt, and its singular pupa confirms its affinity, while it removes it from Xylina and its kindred genera. Ph. No. perspicillaris of Linneus, which I have a faint recollection is in Mr. Swainson’s cabinet, ap- pears to belong to the present genus. Sp. 1. Linarie. Puate 29. f. 2.—Alis anticis fusco-cinereis, alho nigroque striatis, macula reniformi alba nigro cinctd. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 2—8 lin.) No. Linarie. Wien..Y.—Ca. Linarie. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 104. No. 6367. Head brown, with whitish shades: thorax fuscous, with transverse white strige in front: anterior wings varied with fuscous and ash, each marginal areolet towards the apex with a black dash or line more or less edged with white, present- ing a striated appearance; near the centre of the wing is an attenuated black streak with a fuscous spot in its middle, and between it and the posterior margin is a reniform snowy-white spot, more or less margined with black; between the attenuated black streak and the inner margin is an elongate, linear, white, line edged with black at its apex, and from this a lunular cine- reous striga with black edges extends to the inner margin, and an arcuated striga of similar colour extends from the costa, passing closely behind the reniform white mark, to the middle of the inner margin; cilia very long, white, interrupted with brown : posterior wings pale fuscous, with the nervures and hinder margin dusky ; cilia white. Caterpillar pale yellow, with a broad lighter stripe on the back, and black and white lateral strie ; head cinereous, spotted with black:—it feeds on the An- tirrhinum Linarie, preferring the petals. The only examples I have seen of this remarkably conspicuous insect are contained in the collection of the British Museum, and in my own cabinet; they were captured in June, 1817, at Wood- side, near Epping, and were obtained while recent, by Dr. Leach, who, with his wonted liberality, supplied me with the fine specimen whence the accompanying figure was designed. Genus CXLIII.—Eremosia* mihi. Palpi short, subclavate, distinct, curved upwards; the terminal joint slightly exposed, conic-acute ; mawille as long as the antenne. Antenne rather long, very slender, simple, finely pubescent beneath in the males, the basal joint rather large: head large, densely squamose: ‘horaa subquadrate, slightly * Eonuos, desertus 3 Brow, vivo. NOCTUIDH.—EREMOBIA. 95 crested behind: abdomen moderate, gradually attenuated to the apex, which is slightly tufted ; its back carinated, with a row of short, scaly, tufts; wings entire, deflexed during repose ; anterior elongate-triangular, with the hinder _ margin a little produced in the middle; cilia very long; posterior ovate- triangular ; c7lia short: legs rather short ; anterior tibiw greatly abbreviated ; posterior flattened, broad, with a lateral tuft of hairs. Caterpillar slightly hairy: pupa rather slender. The only indigenous species of this genus has hitherto been associated with Xanthia, with which it appears solely to agree in its flavescent or rather ochraceous colour, its habit, period of flight, and locality being totally different from those of the genus just mentioned. Like the Plusie, and kindred genera, the Eremobize fly by day, and again in the twilight, while the Xanthiz repose during the former period: they frequent exposed heathy downs, and appear in the beginning of summer. From Xanthia this genus may be known by the elongation of the cilia on the anterior wings, and by the rotundity of the hinder margin of the latter; the dis- similar proportions of the palpi, and by the form of the latter ; by which latter characters it may be distinguished from Abrostola and Plusia, exclusively of its obscurely crested thorax. Sp. 1. ochroleuca. Alis anticis ochraceo albicantique variis, fascis tribus macu= laribus fuscis, lined alba cinctis; posticis fuscescentibus fimbrié saturatiore. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 4—6 lin.) No. ochroleuca. Wien. V.—Er. ochroleuca. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 104. No. 6369. No. citrina. Don. x. pl. 340. f. 2. Head, thorax, and abdomen, yellowish-white, or ochraceous, with brownish clouds on the two former; anterior wings varied with ochraceous and white, or hoary, with a small fuscous dot at the base, then a subquadrate brownish fascia, followed by an irregular broken fuscous band, edged with white a little before the middle, and towards the hinder margin by an oblique paler band, bearing a black streak about its middle, and a few dusky clouds towards the inner margin of the wing; near the posterior margin is an undulated whitish striga, and on the margin itself is a row of trigonate black spots; cilia oechraceous-white, interrupted with cinereous: posterior wings brownish, or cinereous, with a dusky fimbria, the latter separated from the colour of the base by an undulated transverse ochraceous stigma: cilia white, with a few cinereous clouds at the base. The Phytometra bifasciosa of Haworth is a variety of this species, or rather an old example, with the colours a little suffused: the original in Mr. Swainson’s cabinet. Caterpillar pale-yellow, with a brighter yellow lateral streak, on which are some small dots, with fine hairs:—it feeds on tritici:—the imago appears about July. 96 HAUSTELLATA.—LEPIDOPTERA. Few-specimens of this species have been captured near London; two or three, however, have been taken on the downs near Croydon, and I believe some have occurred in Epping-forest :—the insect has been found abundantly on the South Downs, and on the hills near Dover: it has also appeared in Norfolk, and in Bedfordshire. Genus CXLIV.—Asrosroia, Ochsenheimer. Palpi rather long, ascending, slender; the terminal joint greatly exposed, elongate, attenuated; basal joint arcuated, slender, about half the length of the second, which is nearly straight, slightly attenuated at the apex, terminal as long as the basal, sublinear, elongate: mawille rather long. Antenne simple in both sexes, rather slender, pubescent within in the males: head small, with a crest between the antenne: eyes globose, naked: thorax stout, with the anterior margin having two more or less ocellated spots ; the back with a dense elongate bifid crest: abdomen moderately elongate, with compact fascicles of scales down the back, especially towards the base: wings obso- letely indented: anterior elongate-triangular, without metallic spots or strige ; the anterior stigma duplicated, as it were, and placed obliquely across the disc, the scales on its edge frequently elevated: cilia very long. Larva, with the anterior segments attenuated, the fourth rather gibbous, the caudal one with one or two prominences; with sixteen legs, the anterior pair of prolegs rather small: pupa enclosed in a soft folliculus on the earth. The insects of this genus are rather nocturnal than diurnal, though the less typical may be observed “ winging their way” in the solar rays during the afternoon: they may be distinguished from the Plusic, with which they nearly agree in the external appear- ance of the palpi, by the anterior wings being destitute of metallic ornament, although in A. illustris they are extremely similar in form to those of the Plusiz, with which genus Treitschke unites them, though manifestly improper; the larve having sixteen legs» the two anterior prolegs being smallest, while in Plusia they possess but twelve. Sp. 1. triplasia. Alis anticis fuscis, bast flavescentibus, arct duplict contrario ; stigmatibus tribus pallidioribus, posticis fuscts. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 4—5 lin.) Ph. No. triplasia. Linné.—Ab. triplasia. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 104, No. 6370. Head deep brown, with a transverse black streak: thorax ochraceous-brown, with two obscurely subocellated spots in front, bounded by a fuscous line ; the crest immaculate ; anterior wings, with the base of an obscure rusty-griseous, or yellowish, bounded by an arcuated black striga, edged with griseous an-= NOCTUIDEH.—ABROSTOLA. 97 teriorly, from thence to the hinder margin fuscous, with another striga be- yond the stigmata, turning in an opposite direction from the first, black an- teriorly and griseous posteriorly ; and between this and the posterior margin are two obsolete, somewhat waved, strige, composed of pale, indistinctly lunular, spots; and near the costa, at the apex, are two or three black longi- tudinal streaks ; the hinder margin itself has a fine dusky line; the stigmata are large and rather paler than the ground of the wing, the anterior one ex- tending obliquely over the disc and appearing doubled; cilia fuscous: pos- terior wings dusky cinereous, with a central lunule, and a broad marginal band brownish-black ; cilia dirty-white. Caterpillar green, with a white streak on the three anterior segments, a black spot on the two following, edged with ochraceous, the latter colour passing obliquely downwards in a streak to the lateral line, the remaining segments with an oblique white streak, the colour behind being dusky ;—it feeds on the nettle (Urtica dioica) :—the imago appears in July. . Not very uncommon throughout the metropolitan district, and in the south of Britain, frequenting gardens, wood-sides, &c. I have often captured it ina garden at Hertford. ‘* Epping.”—Mr. H. Doubleday. +Sp. 2. Asclepiadis. Alis ex fusco-nigricantibus, basi dilutioribus ; anticis arct duplict contrario, lineolis atris ad marginem externum. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 4—6 lin.) No. Asclepiadis. Wien. V—Ab. Asclepiadis. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 104. No. 6371. Deep dusky-black or brown; wings of a fuscous-black, with the base paler ; anterior with an arcuated striga at the base, and another behind the middle, turning in the opposite direction ; the costa with black streaks. Caterpillar feeds upon the Asclepias Vincetoxicum ; it is pale, spotted with black, with a yellow lateral line. Upon a recent collation of the synonyms of this genus, I find that the fol- lowing alterations appear requisite in my Systematic Catalogue, the synonyma there given having been brought together long since. From Ab. Asclepiadis dele the references to Haworth, Samouelle, Donovan, Harris, and Hiibner, and transpose the four first to Ab. Urtice, and the last to Ab. triplasia. I have never seen this species, which I have been informed has been captured in the north of England. Sp. 3. Urtice. Alis anticis fusco glaucoque nebulosis, arcu duplici contrario ; posticis fuscis. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 4—7 lin.) No. Urtice. Hiibner.—Ab. Urtice? Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 105. No. 6372.— Ph. No. triplacea. Don. ix. pl. 298 ? Head and thorax brown, the latter with two very distinct subocellated spots in front, edged with brownish-black, behind which is a broad distinct trans- verse black streak; the crest clouded with brown; anterior wings with the Havusrentara, Vou. III. lst Fesruary, 1830. H 98 HAUSTELLATA.—LEPIDOPTERA. base and apex clouded with glaucous and brown, the centre fuscous, forming a kind of fascia, bounded on the basal edge with an arcuated black striga, edged anteriorly with rusty-griseous, and on the posterior margin with a similar striga turning outwards; the stigmata are placed between these strige, pale glaucous, with a black margin, the anterior with elevated scales at its discoidal extremity; behind the posterior stigma is a distinct geminated pale glaucous fascia, of which the outer branch terminates at the apex of the costa, where it intersects a black spot composed of two or more confiuent black streaks; on the hinder margin is an undulated black striga; cilia fus- cous, with the base paler: posterior wings fuscous, with the base rather paler; cilia cinereous, with fuscous clouds. Caterpillar grass-green, with longitudinal darker shades, a whitish lateral stripe, the fourth and fifth segments with a black mark, edged with white on the back, the remaining segments with some white spots on the sides: it feeds on the nettle (Urtica dioica) :—the imago appears towards the end of July. Common in the neighbourhood of the metropolis, affecting banks, shady and woody lanes, shrubberies, &c. ‘* Netley, Salop.”. —Rev. F. W. Hope. “ Epping.”.—Mr. H. Doubleday. <* Kimp- ton, common.”—Rev. G. T. Rudd. Sp. 4. illustris. Alis anticis cinereo-eneis viridi fuscoque nebulosis, rubro micanti- bus, strigis albis duplicatis, exteriore flexuosd. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 6—-8 lin.) No. illustris. Fabricius—Ab.? illustris. Steph. Catal. part i. p. 105. No. 6373. Head rosy-ash ; thorax cinereous, with the anterior margin slightly ferruginous, and the crest a little tinted with green posteriorly ; anterior wings brassy-ash, very glossy, and varied with greenish and fuscous, with rosy tints; with an abbreviated oblique whitish striga at the base, between which and the middle is a double.oblique rosy-white striga, reaching on the inner edge nearly to the base; beyond the middle is another duplex reddish-white striga, which is slightly flexuous, and between this and the posterior margin is a single flexuous striga of similar hue, arising from near the apex of the costa, and terminating on the anal angle; and on the posterior margin itself is another striga of similar colour; between these two last strigze are two rusty spots, one at the apex of the costa, and the other in the middle of the posterior margin; and on the inner margin near the anal angle is a third ; between the duplex strigze the stigmata are placed; they are simply indicated by whitish margins; the posterior one, however, sometimes having two cinereous clouds ; the central nervure is also whitish ; the ciliareddish-ash: posterior wings cinereous, with a darker central striga and posterior margins. } Caterpillar bluish-green, with a yellow lateral stripe, with three black patches on each segment on either side, and a dirty-green stripe on the back, and beneath the lateral line three other minute black dots on each segment: it feeds on the Aconite: pupa green, spotted with brown, enclosed in a delicate web :—the imago appears in June or July. NOCTUID&.—PLUSIA. 99 This beautiful insect has been but rarely captured in England, and I believe not a single example has occurred during the past twenty years; though previously to that period a considerable number was found by Mr. Spratt, flying during the day-time on Salisbury-plains: and Mr. Donovan caught a specimen in South Wales. Grnus CXLVI.—Puusia, Ochsenheimer. Palpi longer than the head, ascending, densely clothed with elongate scales, those of the second joint produced into a conic projection, extending nearly GENUS CXLV.—Catorantra* mihi. Antenne moderate, slightly pectinated in the males; simple in the females: head small, rounded: thorax highly crested: hody elongate: wings deflexed during repose ; anterior entire, broad, green, with transverse sinuated fascie ; posterior moderate. When I named this genus—of which, for want of specimens, I can only give the above insufficient characters—in my Nomenclature, I was not aware that the name Celsia had been applied by Linné to designate a genus of plants: finding, however, that to be the case, I have substituted the present appellation, and I here take occasion to remark, that the term Melia, recently given to a singular indigenous genus of Lepidoptera, must also be withdrawn, that name being likewise employed by the illustrious Swede for a genus of plants. +Sp. 1. Celsia. Alis anticis viridibus, fascid sinuato-dentatd margineque externo fuscis. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 5—8 lin.) Ph. Bo. Celsia. Linné. Martyn (! )—Celsia viridis. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 105. No. 6374. Head green; anterior wings green, with a fuscous transverse central fascia, having its margin slightly waved, with a single tooth on each, the dentations standing opposite to each other, and behind the posterior one a griseous lunar mark in the middle of the wing; the hinder margin is also fuscous, the inner edge of the fimbria being waved: posterior wings dusky: thorax and abdomen greenish, fringed with red. Linneus states that it is found on the hop; Villers on the birch. Martyn gives this singular-looking insect as British in his Vade-mecum ; but as I have never seen an indigenous example in any collection, I presume that it does not inhabit Britain: it is a native of Hungary, Austria, &c.; but it has been found in Sweden. * Keaos, pulcher; Tosa, fascia: 3 ’ 2 ‘ H 2 100 HAUSTELLATA.—LEPIDOPTERA to the apex of the terminal one, which is distinctly visible ; basal joint as long as the apical, reniform, second above twice the length of the first, slightly bent and acute at the apex, terminal linear, obtuse: mazille longer than the an- tenne. Antenne simple, finely ciliated within in the males, pubescent in the females: head small, crested: eyes naked: thorax robust, strongly crested behind: abdomen elongate, stout, with compact fascicles of scales down the back and at the base, the apex with a small tuft, in the males especially: wings deflexed when at rest, anterior repanded, and more or less adorned with brilliant metallic streaks or patches; cilia emarginate, elongate; posterior entire. Larva slender, with twelve legs; six pectoral, four ventral, and two caudal. Pupa enclosed in a folliculus. The Plusiz, as their name imports, are eminently distinguished by the richness and splendour of their appearance, all the species having their wings more or less adorned with effulgent metallic pencillings, blotches, fascize, or dots, upon a rich purplish or rufo-fulvescent ground; the thorax bears a remarkably high crest, and the back of the abdomen is in general furnished with elongate tufts of hair-like scales; the palpi are rather long, ascend considerably, and have the terminal joint much elongated and slender; the larvee possess twelve legs only, the prelegs being only six in number, one pair placed on the eighth segment, another on the ninth, and the third pair on the anal one; when walking they bend their back, thence termed half- loopers ; they spin a delicate silken web, in which they change to a shining pupa. which is generally armed with an acute spine at the apex. Nature having richly clothed the species of this genus, they “‘ extract the nectar from their favourite flowers” by day, seemingly that their brilliant liveries may be exposed to view; it being almost universally the case, that the most gorgeously attired animals make their appearance in the full blaze of the sun, while those of sombre and dingy hues affect only the obscurity of midnight. Sp. ]. Iota. Alis anticis brunneo griseo ferrugineoque variis, litterd v punctoque contiguo marginibusque stigmaticum aureis. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 5—8 lin.) Pl. No. Iota. Linné?—PI. Iota. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 105. No. 6375. Head and thorax rich purple-brown, the latter with fine transverse lines, and slightly varied with ferruginous: anterior wings richly variegated with brown, griseous, and rust-colour, the ordinary strige being of a rosy-brown, con- siderably undulated, and generally more or less finely adorned with delicate golden dashes ; towards the centre of the disc, between the stigmata and the inner margin, is a curved mark resembling the letter v, and between it and the anal angle an oblong ovate spot of a brilliant golden hue; the posterior NOCTUIDZ.—PLUSIA. 10] stigma is delicately margined with gold, and the anterior one has a golden edge placed on its inner side alone, forming a golden lunule immediately above the v mark; cilia rosy-brown, with darker shades: posterior wings reddish- ash, with an oblique striga, the nervures and hinder margin fuscous ; cilia as in the anterior wings: abdomen cinereous, with the dorsal tufts and sides tinged with rose-colour. This beautiful species varies much: in some of my specimens the golden marks on the anterior wings are united, and form the Greek y, as in Pl. Gamma: but in all the varieties the undulated metallic strige exist. Caterpillar green, spotted with white: it feeds on the Nettle, Archangel, Bur- dock, &c.:-—the imago appears in the beginning of July, and is found in woody situations. Not very common; found occasionally at Coombe and Darenth woods, most frequently at the latter place: it also oceurs in various parts of the country, as Devonshire, the New Forest, &c. ‘* Netley.” —Kfev. F. W. Hope. “ York and Newcastle.”—W. C. Hewitson, Esq. “ Allesley and Coleshill."—Rev. W. T. Bree. Sp. 2. percontationis. Alis anticis hrunneo, ferrugineoque variis litura angulaté punctoque contiguo aureis. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 6—8 lin.) Pl. percontationis. Ochsenheimer.— Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 105. No. 6376. —Ph. No. Iota. Don. vii. pl. 256. f. 1.? Head, thorax, and abdomen, as in the last, but of a paler tinge: anterior wings elegantly varied with brown and ferruginous, the ordinary strige slightly flexuous, and totally destitute of metallic ornament, the space between the second and third from the discoidal nervyure to the inner margin of a deep fuscous purple, and bearing an angulated mark resembling the Greek » or », and a rounded spot generally acute anteriorly, of a bright gold colour: stig- mata indistinct, the posterior slightly margined with dusky: posterior wings as in PI. Tota. This varies considerably in colour, and slightly in the form of its markings: one specimen in my collection is of a pale rich reddish-purple, with darker shades, having the angulated golden litura very small, and the adjoining spot perfectly round and somewhat distant; while others are of a deep purplish- brown hue, with the golden marks of a large size, and nearly united. I am fully persuaded that this insect is perfectly distinct from the preceding, notwithstanding the opinion of Treitschke and others to the contrary. In the first place, it is usually of a larger size, and the form and position of the ordi- nary strige, as well as their sinuations, the shape of the metallic characters on the disc, and the absence of the latter on the strige and margins of the stig- mata—exclusively of the great diversity in the colour of the two insects—are important distinctions; and secondly, the period of appearance is different ; 102, HAUSTELLATA.—=LEPIDOPTERA. * the present species appearing towards the end of June “, and frequenting lanes in preference to woods; a point to which my attention was called by an old practical collector, Mr. J. Standish, sen., who, although now verging upon fourscore, still follows his favourite pursuit with considerable ardour. Found in the lanes near Darenth-weod and Hertford, and pro- bably in other parts; but, from having been hitherto confounded with the foregoing, I am not certain of other localities. Sp. 3. bimaculata. Als anticis fusco-brunneo ferrugineoque variis,| maculis duabus aureis. (Exp. alar. 1 une. 8 lin.) Pl. inscripta? Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 105. No. 6377. Head, thorax, and abdomen as in the last described: anterior wings varied with fuscous-brown and ferruginous, with a biundulated golden striga at the base, enclosing a black spot, then another, similarly coloured, before the stigmata ; much angulated at the origin on the costa, and waved interiorly, followed, behind the stigmata, by an obscure crenulated bent one, without metallic ornament ; stigmata very obsolete, without golden edges: on the disc are two large bright golden spots, the anterior emarginated towards the base, and rounded posteriorly; the hinder triangular-ovate; between the anterior one and the costa is a faint golden lunule, asin Pl. ota; cilia rufescent, immacu- late: posterior wings reddish-ash, with a central lunule, an oblique striga, the hinder margin and the nervures dusky. A single example of this beautiful and remarkably distinct insect —which is not the No. inscripta of Esper—was obtained by me from the Marshamian collection, where it was placed as the opposite sex of Pl. lota;—of its locality I am ignorant. Sp. 4. interrogationis. Alis anticis atro cinereoque vartis, in medio litter& v punctoque contiguo argenteis. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 3—é lin.) Ph. No. interrogationis. Linné.—PI. interrogationis. Steph. Catal. part il. p. 105. No. 6378.—Pl. aurosignata. Don. viil. pl. 453. Head, thorax, and abdomen of an ashy-gray, intermixed with darker shades: anterior wings of a bluish ashy-gray, prettily marbled with deep black, in some examples with a purplish or rosy tinge; the ordinary strige are not always very distinct, the second and third are, however, geminated, and the * The continental writers state that there are three broods of Pl. Iota annually, the first _in April, the second towards the end of June, and the third in the beginning of July :— from their own showing, therefore, it is evident that there must be more than one species confounded under the above name, as it is clear that the June brood cannot produce again in so short a period as the commencement of July ;—is it not, therefore, probable that one species may be single brooded, and the other double, as in Vanessze Polychloros and Urtice ? NOCTUIDZ.—PLUSIA. 103 posterior one is considerably undulated and black; in the centre of the disc is a silvery mark resembling the letter v, and adjoining to it is a round silvery spot; posterior margin dark ash; cilia cinereous, interrupted with dusky: posterior wings dusky-gray; the cilia dusky with black spots. Like its congeners this species varies ; but from its rarity in the south of England I have been unable to obtain more than a single variety, which has the central silvery marks on the anterior wings, very large and distinct, and the posterior margin broadly clouded with cinereous. The caterpillar feeds on the nettle (Urtica urens) :—the imago appears towards the end of June or beginning of July. Not uncommon on the extensive moors of the north of England and in Scotland, but rarely, if ever, found south of the Humber and Mersey. ‘In plenty in the Isle of Arran..—Dr. Leach. Sp. 5. Gamma. Alis anticis griseo fuscoque variis, gamma grecorum argented adjacente maculé ferrugined. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 4—8 lin.) Ph. No. Gamma. Linné. Don. viii. pl. 265. f. 2.—Pl. Gamma. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 106. No. 6379. Head, thorax, dorsal and abdominal crests deep ashy-gray ; abdomen cinereous: anterior wings varied with griseous and fuscous, sometimes with a silvery tinge, with a triangular paler blotch on the costa near the apex, the ordinary strige nearly as in Pl. Tota, but less undulated ; the stigmata as in that insect, with metallic borders, and adjoining to the anterior one a conspicuous silvery character closely resembling the Greek y, but a little curved at the bottom: cilia griseous, spotted with fuscous: posterior wings pale ashy-brown, with the nervures and hinder margin deep fuscous; cilia whitish, spotted with dusky. Var. 6. Anterior wings darker, less silvery, and deeply tinged with rosy, with the central character of a golden hue. Caterpillar green, with a brown head, a lateral yellow streak and white dorsal strie: it is polyphagous ;—the imago is treble brooded, appearing in April, June, and September. By far the most common species of this genus, frequenting every hedge and field where flowers abound; flying during the early part of the day, and in the afternoon, and again before and after dusk ; extremely abundant during September last at the Hermitage, South Lambeth, and in the neighbouring gardens. “ Near Carlisle, com- mon.” —T. C. Heysham, Esq. “* York and Newcastle.’—W. C. Hewitson, Esq. ‘* Common near Swansea.” —L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. T Sp. 6. circumflexa. Alis anticis rufo cinereoque nebulosis, maculé flexuost argented. (Exp. alar. 1 une. 4. lin.) Ph. No. circumflexa. Linné.—Pl. circumflexa. Steph. Catal. part i. p. 106. No. 6380.—Ph. flexuosa. Don. xii. pl. 412. Smaller than the preceding: head and thorax gray-brown, with a reddish tinge 104 HAUSTELLATA.—LEPIDOPTERA. on the dorsal and abdominal crests: anterior wings marbled with rufous and cinereous, with an elongate flexuous silvery character, extending nearly from the base of the inner margin to about the middle of the wing, where it becomes somewhat expanded ; on the costa, towards the apex, is asomewhat triangular pale streak: posterior wings as in Pl. Gamma. 7 Var.2? With the flexuous silvery stripe extending from the second striga to the anterior edge of the third, and throwing off a branch towards the costa. The form of the silvery mark is very dissimilar in this variety to the former ; its origin commencing about the centre of the second striga, instead of the junction of the same with the base of the inner margin; its form is also dif- ferent, being rather arcuated than flexuous. An insect of great variety, of which the examples in the late Mr. Swainson’s collection are the only specimens I have seen; but of their locality I am not aware. There is a specimen in Mr. Do- novan’s cabinet, which is said, by Mr. Haworth (vide Entomclogical Transactions, v. i. p. 241.) to have been taken in Essex; but Mr. Donovan tells us that it was found in Yorkshire, seemingly from having confounded it with the preceding species. ‘ Near Hull, Yorkshire.”"_W. C. Hewitson, Esq. + Sp. 7. biloba. Alis anticis purpureo-fuscis strigis flecuosis liturdque aureis, maculique bilobé centrali argented. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 5. lin.) Pl. biloba. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 106. No. 6381. Fuscous, tinged with purplish: anterior wings of a rich purplish-brown, with darker undulated strige, nearly as in Pl. Gamma; at the base are several flexuous golden strige, and towards the costa, near the apex, is a mark of a similar hue, resembling a reversed 4: in the centre of the wing is a large brilliant silvery patch, producing two lobes towards the costa; the rest of the wing and the posterior wings resemble those of Pl. Gamma. One specimen only of this species has hitherto come under my inspection; it is in the cabinet of W. Swainson, Esq., formerly be- longing to his father; but of its locality the possessor could not furnish me with any particulars. It appears to be as unknown to the continental writers. + Sp. 8. aurifera. Alis anticis diluté fuscis, maculé magna subtriquetré aured. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 4 lin.) No. aurifera. Hiihner—Pl.aurifera. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 106. No. 6382. Head orange or fulvous, varied with griseous; thorax gray, with an orange fascia; anterior wings pale fuscous, with three transverse strige, and a large subtriangular golden-green patch in the middle, broadest anteriorly, and nar- rowed towards the inner margin; in the hinder margin is a fine yellowish line ; the cilia are fulvous, with dusky spots: the posterior wings brownish, with the base palest, and the margin darkest ; cilia dirty-white. NOCLUIDA,.—PLUSIA. 105 The above insufficient description was taken some time since, and I have not had an opportunity of correcting it recently. Alsoan insect of extreme rarity, and of which two examples only have yet been observed by me; one was taken near Dover by the late Rev. J. Lyon, and is now in the British Museum; the other was found, I believe, in the vicinity of the metropolis, and at present forms a prominent ornament of a collection at Manchester, having been rescued from oblivion by Mr. Ingpen. Sp. 9. chrysitis. Alis anticis diluté fuscis, fasciis duabus orichalceis, quandoque medio confluentibus. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 4—6 lin.) Ph. No. chrysitis. Zinné.—PI.chrysitis. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 106. No. 6383. Albin. pl. Ixxi. f: a—d. Head orange-yellow: thorax the same in the centre, but more dusky, with its sides mixed with brownish and gray: anterior wings pale fuscous, with a golden-green fascia near the base, and a second of similar hue, and broader, placed obliquely behind the middle, very often united between the stigmata and the inner margin by a longitudinal patch to the anterior one ; the margins of the stigmata and the nervures at the apex, as well as a fine line on the hinder margin of the wing itself, are of a deeper fuscous than the ground colour of the wing; cilia of a reddish-brown: posterior wings fuscous, with rufescent cilia: abdomen yellowish-brown, with its sides and anal tuft ru- fescent. The metallic fascize on the anterior wings vary considerably in colour ; in some examples they are of a greenish hue, in others of an orange or gold colour, or brassy. Caterpillar green, with a white lateral line, and faint oblique whitish streaks ‘above; it feeds on various plants, as nettles, burdock, thistles, &c.: the pupa is enclosed in a delicate reticulated folliculus :—the imago appears towards the end of June, and frequents weedy banks in lanes. A common and elegant species, frequenting weedy hedges, where nettles abound, the borders of woods, gardens, meadows, lawns, &c., throughout the metropolitan district. “ Epping.” —Mr. H. Double- day. ‘ Netherton."—7T. C. Heysham, Esq. “ Netley.”—Rev. F. W. Hope. Sp. 10. orichalecea. Alis anticis fusco-purpurascentibus postice pallidioribus, maculé magné posticé trapexiformi orichalced. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 8—10. lin.) No. orichalcea. Fabricius.—Pl. orichalcea. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 106. No. 6384.—Ph. No. erifera. Sowerby, pl. 29. Head and thorax tawny-brown or griseous, with the sides of the latter slightly violaceous; anterior wings of a purplish-brown, the base and apex rather paler, with a large trapeziform golden patch on the hinder margin, near the costa, 106 HA USTELLATA.—LEPIDOPTERA. arising from the posterior stigma, which is very obsolete: the anterior ordi- nary striga is very obscure, the second simple and slightly biangulated, the third also simple, passing through the golden patch, in which it is biangulated, and terminating in a pale lunular mark on the inner margin ; cilia purplish- brown: posterior wings very glossy, and of a yellowish-brown, with the base rather paler, and the nervures and hinder margin fuscescent ; cilia rufescent: abdomen yellowish-gray. Caterpillar green, with a whitish dorsal line, and a broad whitish-green streak on each side, each segment with a white spot: it feeds on the hemp agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum) :—the imago is found in June. Unlike the foregoing, this is an insect of considerable rarity, and but few instances have occurred of its capture near the metropolis ; specimens have been found near Crayford, in Kent, and I believe in Ashdown Forest; but near Newberry, in Berkshire, the inseet has been taken in some plenty by Mr. Dale, from whom I received a pair, though for several years past it seems to have disappeared. Examples have also occurred near Manchester. Sp. 11. bractea. Alis anticis fusco-purpurascentibus, maculd magna angulaté ante medium aurea, nitida. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 8—10 lin.) No. bractea. Wien. Verz.—Sowerby, pl. 28.—PI1. bractea, Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 107. No. 6385. Head, palpi, and anterior margin of the thorax rich purplish-red, the latter dusky posteriorly: anterior wings marbled with purplish-brown and griseous, with the base and hinder margin palest ; near the former is an obscure abbre- viated striga, then another margined on each side with fuscous, considerably before the middle, rather obscure on the costa, but very distinct from the discoidal nervure to the inner edge, and placed obliquely ; behind the middle is a third striga also bordered with fuscous on each side, and slightly undu- lated ; from the apex to the anal angle is a fourth, rather indistinct, and much angulated, the space between which and the posterior margin is pale; the apex of the wing itself having an oblique darker cloud; between the second and third strigz the disc is of a deeper hue than the rest of the wing, the costa excepted ; and on the outer edge of this blotch is a brilliant, large, angu- lated golden spot, varying considerably in form ; cilia pale purplish-brown: posterior wings ochraceous-ash at the base, with the nervures, an oblique striga, and the hinder margin, dusky; cilia ochraceous-ash, with a reddish hue near the base. Var. 8. Of asmaller size, with the discoidal spot of a silvery hue. A native of the northern districts of England and the south of Scotland, frequenting mountains, heaths, and exposed gardens, &e. I possess a splendid example from the neighbourhood of Edinburgh, and others from Derbyshire: it has been found near Birmingham. NOCTUIDMH.—HELIOTHIS. 107 “On the hills near Netley, Salop.”—Rev. F. W. Hope. “ Near Cottingham.” —A. H. Haworth, Esq. Sp. 12. Festuce. Als anticis flavo hrunneoque variis maculis nitidissimé aureis punctoque minutissime nigro. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 5 lin.) Ph. No. Festuce. Linné. Wilkes, pl. 17.—Pl. Festuce. Steph. Catal. part ii. _ p. 107. No. 6386. Head and thorax tawny-griseous, the latter with a transverse fuscous streak, and its sides and crest tipped with the same; anterior wings of a rich golden brown, or varied with yellow and brown, with the nervures and several oblique streaks of a darker hue, producing a reticulated appearance, especially on the inner margin, which is palest, and tinted with gold; on the costa, at the base, is a pale yellowish-brown patch glossed with gold, and towards the apex a second of a larger size; to this last is attached a brilliant oblong golden blotch, and in the centre of the wing are two other extremely glossy spots of similar hue, the basal one being somewhat triangular, and the other elongate- ovate ; in the place of the posterior stigma is a minute jet-black dot: cilia reddish-brown: posterior wings fuscous, with a darker central lunule; cilia rufescent. It varies a little in colour, and in the form and size of the golden spots on the anterior wings. Caterpillar green, with a darker dorsal streak, anda pale yellowish mark on each segment ; it feeds on the bulrush ( Typha latifolia), Festuca fluitans, Poa aquatica, and other aquatic plants; the pupa is placed in a delicate white folliculus, situated beneath a broad leaf of the Fescue, which is bent down angularly for the purpose by the larva :—the imago appears about the middle of August. Found in marshy districts, inhabiting the meadows in the vicinity of Rotherhithe; the Surrey Canal, near Greenwich, Woolwich, &c. also the ditches of Battersea-fields: but not very abundant :—it has likewise occurred on the borders of Whittlesea and Yaxley Meres. Genus CXLVII.—Heuioruis, Ochsenheimer. Palpi short, scarcely ascending, densely clothed with elongate scales, the ter- minal joints almost concealed and somewhat conic ; the two basal joints of nearly equal length, the first being slightly curved, the other straight and at- tenuated at the apex; terminal small, ovate, obtuse: maville as long as the antenne. Antenne rather short, alike in both sexes, pubescent within: head rather small: eyes naked: thorax stout, not crested: body robust, slightly elongate, with a few fascicles of scales down the back ; the sides and apex, especially in the males, ciliated: wings elongate, triangular, deflexed during repose ; anterior entire, slightly repanded, without metallic pencillings, more- 108 HAUSTELLATA.—LI'PIDOPTERA. or less flavescent ; cilia somewhat elongate: posterior rather large, of brilliant colours, with the margin and a broad central lunule darker ; cilia rather long. Larva slender, mostly spotted on the sides, with sixteen legs: pupa sub- terranean. The species of Heliothis may readily be known from the Plusize by the total absence of all metallic ornament on their anterior wings; they are however of gay and lively colours, and their posterior wings also partake of their gaiety, unlike those of the Plusize, which are generally of a sombre cast: they may also be distinguished by the absence of the thoracic crest, their abbreviated palpi, com- paratively short abdomen, and by the more elongated form of the anterior wings. ‘They fly by day, and again in the evening. From Anarta, with which genus they nearly agree in the proportion of the joints of the palpi, their large size and flavescent tints, as well as their subrepanded anterior wings, elongated abdomen, smooth thorax, naked eyes, &c. distinguish them. Sp. 1. marginata. Alis anticis flavo-ferrugineis strigis rufo-fuscis fasciéque externa fusca, posticis luteo-albidis, limbo nigro. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 5—6 lin.) No. marginata. Habricius—Don. v. pl. 150. f. 1.—He. marginata. Steph. Catal. part il. p. 107. No. 6387. Head, thorax, and anterior wings of a ferruginous-yellow, or tawny ; the latter with several nearly equidistant strige; the first at the base a little bent ex- teriorly ; the second beyond triangulated and flexuous; the third behind the anterior stigma angulated outwardly ; the fourth placed very obliquely be- hind the stigmata ; and behind this a broad fuscous fascia gradually shaded off to the hinder margin, and in which is placed a fifth undulated striga, com- posed offuscous lunules; and on the hinder margin itself is a sixth formed of delicate united crescents: the margins of the stigmata are alone conspicuous, and are of a rufous-brown; cilia fulvous, with the tip purplish: posterior wings yellowish-white, or ochraceous, with the base, a central lunule, and the hinder margin fuscous; the extreme edge of the latter rufous-ash; cilia whitish. Anterior wings sometimes fuscous at the base; in other respects similar tothe above. The ground colour of the insect varies slightly. Caterpillar green, with reddish-brown clouds, a dusky line on the back, anda whitish stripe on each side; it feeds on the Restharrow ( Ononis spinosa _) :— the imago is found in the beginning of June. Far from an abundant species, chiefly occurring in the woods of Kent, especially at Darenth and Birch Woods; I have also seen the insect taken at Coombe-wood; and I believe it has likewise oc- curred in the New Forest and in Devonshire. NOCTUIDH.—HELIOTHIS. 109 Sp. 2. peltigera. Als anticis lutescentibus, maculd costalis fused adjacente stigmate reniformi, puncto gemino nigro ad angulum ani, posticis albidis, fimbrié fuscd. (Exp. alay. 1 unc. 7—8 lin.) No. peltigera. Wien. Verz.—He. peltigera. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 107 No. 6388. Ph.straminea. Don. ii. pl. 61. Head and thorax lutescent: anterior wings the same, with darker clouds; at the base of the inner margin is a dusky patch ; on the costa, at the origin of the second ordinary striga, which is nearly obliterated, is a small brown dot, followed about the middle by a cloud of the same colour, which is united to the posterior stigma, which is reniform and of a deep fuscous ; and at the apex of the costa is a second cloud of similar hue with the first ; the anterior stigma is indicated by a minute black dot; and behind the posterior one, midway between it and the margin, is a double series of luteous-brown lunules, the rudiments of the third striga ; the posterior margin is rather pale, and has a row of very minute black dots ou its extreme edge, with two of a larger size and very conspicuous on the anal angle ; cilia dusky luteous ; posterior wings whitish, with a central lunule, the nervures and hinder margin fuscous ; cilia white, with a luteous streak at the base. A variable insect: in some examples the costal clouds on the anterior wings are obsolete ; and the posterior margin of the same wings has sometimes a dusky fascia. In one specimen that has come under my inspection, the anterior wings are entirely suffused with fuscous, with the usual markings rather more distinct : but in neither of the indigenous specimens which I possess or have observed have I noticed the minute white dots, figured, of a silvery hue, by Donovan, and described by Haworth. A very rare species; appearing, however, in certain years rather abundantly; in 1827, several examples were captured simultaneously in different and very distant localities; near Dover, Brighton, Bir- mingham, Manchester, the New Forest, Devonshire, and in and about the metropolis itself. I had formerly obtained specimens near Brighton. “ York, once.”—W. C. Hewitson, Esq. Sp. 3. dipsacea. Alis anticis griseo-flavis fasciis duabus obscurioribus, posticis albido nigroque variis. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 3—4 lin.) Ph. No. dipsacea. Linnd.—Don. x. pl. 327. f. 3—He. dipsacea. Steph. Catal. part il. p. 107. No. 6389. Head and thorax of agreenish-fuscous or ochraceous: anterior wings of a griseous- yellow, with two irregular obscure dusky fascie, the first near the centre, and the second behind the stigmata, sometimes united by a dusky cloud on the inner margin ; between these fascie, behind the posterior stigma, is a sub- quadrate luteous spot: on the hinder margin is a row of somewhat triangular dusky spots; cilia dusky luteous: posterior wings whitish, clouded with black at the base, with a broad black crescent in the centre, and the hinder margin with a black fimbria, in which is a whitish spot ; cilia whitish. 110 HAUSTELLATA.—LEPIDOPTERA. This insect is subject to considerable variety: in some specimens the anterior ~yings are luteous-ash, with the fascie nearly visible; in others they are as above, with the fascie much suffused over the surface; the colour of the pos- terior wings also varies; in one specimen which I possess they are luteous, varied with black as above :—this example closely resembles Noctua scutosa of Hiibner, but it is in too bad a condition to determine its identity. Caterpillar red, with a cinereous head, the body with interrupted whitish lines; it is polyphagous, feeding upon various species of teazle (dipsacus ), plantain, dock, &c.:—the imago appears about the middle of July. Also an uncommon species; found occasionally flying in the clover fields, by day, near Darenth-wood; and in 1818 I saw three or four specimens in the beginning of August, sporting about the vicinity of Broadstairs: it has been taken in the New Forest by Mr. Dale; and near Brighton and Dover. ‘ Parley-heath, Hants, not uncommon.’ —Mr. Ingpen. i Genus CXLVIII.—Anarta, Ochsenheimer. Palpi short, very densely clothed with elongate hair-like scales, the terminal joint concealed ; the two basal joints of equal length ; the basal stout, slightly curved, the second rather more slender, sublinear, terminal very minute, sub- globose: mazilie as long as the antenne. Antenne similar in both sexes, pubescent within: head small: eyes globose, sometimes pubescent: thorax obscurely crested: abdomen short, robust or slender, the sides and apex ciliated: wings deflexed during repose ; anterior sublanceolate, or triangular, entire ; cilia short ; posterior rather small, of lively colour, with a dark fim- bria; cilia very robust. Larva naked, spotted, with sixteen legs ; pupa en- closed in a folliculus on the ground. Anarta (which with propriety might be formed into two genera ; the first embracing the typical species, with a robust body, pu- bescent eyes, sublanceolate gaily coloured anterior wings, ob- scurely crested thorax, &c.; the second, which I had provisionally called Gymnopa in my MS., containing those with the body slender, eyes naked, anterior wings subtriangular, and rather sombre, the thorax smooth, palpi very short and nearly concealed in the scales of the front) may be known from the preceding genera by the pubescence of its eyes, or the relative slenderness of the ab- domen, exclusively of the proportions of the articulations of the palpi, of which the terminal joint is nearly obsolete, and the two basal ones nearly of an equal length as in Heliothis; from which genus the subcrested hairy thorax distinguishes the typical species, and the tenuity of the abdomen the remainder. Like the three NOCTUIDH.—ANARTA. lll preceding genera they fly by day, a little before noon, and in the afternoon and evening. — Sp. 1. Myrtilli. Alis anticis rufo-ferrugineis, macula media strigisque flexuosis albidis, posticis luteis, fimbria lata nigra. (Exp. alar. 10—1@. lin.) Ph. No. Myrtilli. Zinné.—An. Myrtilli. Curtis, iii. pl. 145.—Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 107. No. 6390. Head and thorax reddish-brown, streaked with yellowish-white ; anterior wings of a rich ferruginous-red, with various whitish undulated strige, and whitish fuscescent clouds ; the second and third ordinary strige margined with dusky, the former on its outer, and the latter on its inner, edge, forming a sort of dolabriform fascia, in which is placed a conspicuous white spot of an irregular shape ; the posterior striga is of a whiter hue than the others, and is very much waved ; cilia fuscous, spotted with white at the apex : posterior wings luteous, with a broad deep fuscous or black marginal band ; cilia luteous: abdomen dusky, the margins of the segments whitish. Var. 6. With the anterior wings deep fuscous, with a rufous tint, with a small pyramidal white spot, and a posterior waved white striga ; cilia and posterior wings as in Var. «. In intensity of colouring, and the strength and position of the whitish strige, there is considerable variation. Caterpillar grass-green, with a bluish head ; each segment irregularly spotted with elongate luteous and white marks, with an irregular black dorsal and lateral line, the latter edged with white beneath ; it feeds on the whortleberry (Vaccinium Mpyrtillus) and heath:—the imago appears the middle of June, and continues to the end of July. This elegant insect is not uncommon in several parts of England, though it appears to be rather local, and to frequent heathy and ex- posed situations, where it may sometimes be observed flying swiftly and irregularly in plenty “ in the solar rays.” I have taken it oc- casionally near Darenth, and have received it from the New Forest, and Devonshire: it also occurs in Norfolk. York and Newcastle, on heaths.”"_W. C. Hewitson, Esq. “In profusion on the heaths near Marton, in 1827.”°—L. Rudd, Esq. “ Parley-heath, abun- dantly.”—Mr. Ing pen. + Sp.2. cordigera. Alis anticis nigris, fasciis undatis stigmateque albis, posticis Jflavis margine nigro. No. cordigera. Thunberg.—An. cordigera. Curtis (/)—Steph. Catal. part ii. p- 108. No. 6391, note. : Head and thorax black: anterior wings dusky-black, with a quadrate marginal whitish patch at the base, a reniform white spot a little behind the middle, the hinder margin cinerascent, with a fuscous band: posterior yellow, with a broad fuscous fimbria. 112 HAUSTELLATA.—LEPIDOPTERA. Sp. 3. Heliaca. Alis anticis subcupreo-fuscis, fascitd posticé pallidiore, strigdque medio flecuosk nigré; posticis nigris, fucid medio luted. (Exp. alar. 7—9 lin.) No. Heliaca. Wien. Verz.—An.? Heliaca. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 108. No. 6392. —Ph. No. Arbuti. Don. x. pl. 343. f. 3.—Gymnopa Heliaca. Steph. Nomen. second edition. Head, thorax, and abdomen deep fuscous, the two former with whitish dots, and the latter annulated with the same ; anterior wings of a glossy coppery brown, with an irregular flexuous black striga in the middle, followed by an obscure broad indefinite palish band, between which and the hinder margin is an un- dulated pale cinereous striga; cilia luteous and black alternately ; posterior wings black, with an irregular luteous fascia in the middle; cilia luteous. The luteous fascia on the posterior wings varies in breadth and colour. Not uncommon in the vicinity of London, flying in the after- noon in weedy lanes and meadows, on the borders of woods, espe- cially at Coombe and Colney-hatch; also near Darenth and Birch woods, Hertford, Ripley, the New Forest, &e. ‘“ York.”—W. C. Hewitson, Esq. “ Epping.”—Mr. H. Doubleday. ‘ Coleshill and Warwick.” —Rev. W. T. Bree. “ Netley.” — Rev. F. W. Hope. GENUS CXLIX.— Acontta, Ochsenheimer. Palpi rather short, curved upwards, and clothed with short compact scales, the terminal joint distinct and conical; the basal joint nearly two-thirds the length of the second, a little bent ; the second also curved, rather acute at the tip ; the terminal elongate, slender, attenuated, acute: maville as long as the antenne. Antenne alike in both sexes, simple, pubescent beneath: head rather broad: eyes naked: thorax slightly crested ; abdomen slender ; wings defiexed during repose, entire; anterior rhomboidal; cilia rather long; pos- terior slightly notched on the hinder margin. Larva fusiform, naked. The Acontiz are all rare, and remarkably handsome; their pre- valent colours are white or cream colour, blotched or fasciated with black or fuscous; they fly by day in the sunshine, and are distin- guished with facility from the insects of the preceding genus, by the In Mr. Haworth’s collection is a specimen of an insect closely resembling one of the varieties of An. Myrtilli above described, which Mr. Haworth presumed might be identical with Hiibner’s No. albirena, or the No. cordigera of Thun- berg ; but the specimen in question evidently belongs to An. Myrtilli; conse- quently the existence of An. cordigera in England is problematical, as no specimen is preserved in any of the numerous collections that have come beneath my observation, NOCTUID.—ACONTIA. : 113 comparative nudity of the~ palpi, and by the dissimilar proportions of their joints, as well as by their pied appearance, by which they may be readily known from the Erastriz. Sp. 1. luctuosa. [4955 Haustretiata. Vot. III. Ist Jury, 1831. a 266 HAUSTELLATA.—LEPIDOPTERA. Woods. “ Allesley."—Rev. W. T. Bree. “ York, rarely."-—W. C. Hewitson, Esq. “ Epping.” —Mr. Doubleday. Genus CCXIX.—Cuarissa, Curtis. Palpi short, porrected obliquely upwards, not projecting in the form of a beak, slightly remote, densely clothed with short scales; triarticulate, basal joint long, curved at the base; second slightly attenuated, terminal minute ovate: maville long. Antenne long, stout in the males, and compressed, the inner edge produced and slightly pubescent; slender and simple in the females: head small: forehead slightly prominent: thorax slender: wings placed in the form of a triangle during repose ; anterior slightly crenate, posterior irregu- larly indented ; all with an ocellar spot or a round dot in the centre, and of obscure colours: abdomen rather long, obtuse, and slightly tufted in the males, shorter and acute in the females: legs moderate: posterior tibie slightly clavate in the males, and furnished with two pair of short spurs. Larva with 10 legs. Charissa differs from the preceding genera by having the palpi much shorter, those of the male being compressed, and somewhat produced within; the wings are short, rather deeply crenated or indented on the hinder margin of the posterior ones, and in the typical species furnished with an ocellar mark in the centre: the posterior tibize are also somewhat thickened and dilated in the type, but scarcely so in the conterminous species. Sp. 1. obscuraria. Als nigro pulverulentis subcrenatis, puncto medio ocellaris, strigis duabus dentatis atris. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 3—5 lin.) Ge. obscuraria. Wien. Verz.—Ch. obscuraria. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 140. No. 6617. Dusky-black, with the wings somewhat crenate and very thickly pulverulent with black, with a distinct ocellar dot in the centre, and the anterior with two dentated strige in the middle of a very deep black, and on the hinder margin of all is a scarcely interrupted black line: cilia clouded with fuscous: the dentated hinder strige of the anterior wings is continued beyond the middle of the posterior ones. Caterpillar above brownish-violet, with the three anterior segments brightest, the following with yellowish stripes, and each segment with two white dots: it feeds on the dewberry (Rubus cesius), and the southernwood (Artemisia campestris) :—the imago appears in July. Very abundant in the New Forest, Hants, and also, I believe, in Devonshire. ‘ Baron-wood.”—T’. C. Heysham, Esq. GEOMETRIDZ.—CHARISSA. 267 Sp. 2. dilucidaria. Alis cinereis atomis fuscis, strvis punctatis obscuriorthus, macula ocellari in omnibus. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 4—5 lin.) Ge. dilucidaria. Wien. Verz.—Ch. dilucidaria. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 140. No. 6618. Wings cinereous sprinkled with blackish-brown dots, the anterior with two obscure crenated strige composed of blackish dots, the outer line being con- tinued on the posterior wings, a little behind the middle; the space between the strige on the anterior wings is rather dark, and has a distinct ocellar spot in the middle; as have the posterior wings within the strige: cilia griseous spotted with black. Taken in Devonshire in June. Sp. 3. pullata. Alis cinereis strigd denticuluté ante alteraque communi pone medium, annulo interjecto saturatiore. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 3—4 lin.) Ge. pullata. Wien. Verz.—Ch. pullata. Steph. Catal. pt. ii. p. 140. No. 6619. Ph. Ge. 4-pustularia. Don. xiii. pl. 463. Wings cinereous, thickly sprinkled with darker spots and black dots, the anterior with two denticulated black strige, one before, the other behind, the middle, somewhat approximating towards the inner margin, and between them, towards the costa, a black ring with a pale centre; towards the hinder margin is a slightly clouded undulation, and on the hinder margin itself an inter- rupted black line; posterior wings with a single denticulated striga behind the middle, between which and the base is a dark ocellar spot as in the anterior wings; the hinder margin has also an interrupted black line ; cilia of all the wings cinereous, with darker clouds. Abundant behind the Castle at Dover in August, and found also in Devonshire. ‘“'Tynemouth.”—G. Wailes, Esq. Sp. 4. serotinaria. Alis omnibus albidis atomis numerosis fuscis, strigd dentatd, annuloque medio nigris, ordineque punctorum nigrorum marginali. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 4 lin.) Ge. serotinaria. Hiibner?—Ch. serotinaria. Steph. Catal. part il. p. 140. No. 6620. Wings whitish, with a flavescent tinge and numerous fuscous dots, with a common dentate fuscous striga rather behind the middle, and a central black annulus; towards the hinder margin is a pale waved striga, clouded within with fuscous, and the hinder margin itself has a series of minute black dots ; the anterior wings have also a triundulated fuscous striga towards the base ; cilia of all the wings pale yellowish-ash, with some darker shades. Found in Sussex, and it is supposed formerly near London. + Sp. 5. operaria. Alis cinereis ochraceo variegatis, anticis strigis duabus punc- mr 2 268 HAUSTELLATA.—LEPIDOPTERA. toque interjecto fuscis, strigdque postica pallida, posticis strigis duabus pallidis interiore intus nigro adnaté. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 8? lin.) Ge. operaria. Hubner.—Ch. operaria. Curtis, iii. pl. 105. Steph. Catal. part ii. p- 144. No. 6621. “* Dull gray, variegated and tinged with pale ochre, glossy. Antenne dull fer- ruginous: thorax and abdomen gray, sprinkled with whitish scales, the latter darkest at the edges of the segments: wings rather narrow, anterior dark gray, irregularly variegated with white scales, an obscure transverse curved fascia (Striga) towards the base, another beyond the middle, parallel to the posterior margin, sinuated; and a pale indented one near the same margin : seven minute black dots at the base of the cilia, and a large obscure one near the middle approaching the costa: posterior wings with a sinuated obscure fascia (striga) near the centre, pale at the external edge, and a paler one nearer, parallel with the margin, upon which there are a few black spots, and a larger very obscure one between the fascia and the base.”—Curizs, /. c. This species seems to depart from the genus; but not having a specimen, I am compelled to remain silent upon its distinctions. All the examples hitherto captured of this species I believe have occurred in Scotland towards the end of July. ‘“ Flisk, N. B.’— Rev. J. Fleming. Genus CCX X.—Pacuycnemia * meh. Paipi rather long, approximating in form of a beak, subclavate, acute, densely squamous, the scales elongated on the basal joints; triarticulate, basal joint elongate, slightly curved at the base, attenuated to the apex ; second rather shorter, also a little attenuated at the apex; terminal short, ovate: mawille very long. Antenne short, the articulations slightly produced within in the males, and a little pubescent, simple in the females: head small; forehead prominent, somewhat globose: eyes large: thorax slender: wings entire; anterior elliptic, with very obsolete markings; posterior ample, oval: abdomen rather long, curved, slender, acute at the apex and very slightly tufted in both sexes: legs short ; posterior tibie thickened and dilated. From all the foregoing genera Pachycnemia differs by the elliptic form of the anterior wings, and from Chesias by the robustness of the posterior tibize, exclusively of other characters. One species only is known, which frequents poor and arid heaths. * lagu, crassus; xyz, tibia. GEOMETRIDA.—CHESIAS. 269 Sp. 1. Hippocastanaria. Als anticis argenteo-cinereis, linets duabus obsoletis migricantibus cinereo adnatis, posticis albidis rubro micantibus. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 3—4 lin.) Ge, Hippocastanaria. Hibner.—Pa. Hippocastanaria. Steph. Catal. part ii. p- 141. Wo. 6622. Head and thorax dark cinereous ; anterior wings the same, with a silvery hue, with two very obsolete dusky strige, one incurved towards the base, the other behind the middle and repanded; the former bordered anteriorly and the latter posteriorly with pale cinereous; in the centre of the disc is a rather conspicuous fuscous dot, and the nervures are mostly fuscous: on the hinder margin is a row of black dots; cilia silvery-ash: posterior wings whitish, with a reddish tinge, and an obsolete striga towards the hinder margin, which last has a row of faint dots: cilia pale immaculate. The female is smaller, with the wings narrower and darker, the anterior with the space between the strige forming a conspicuous dark fascia, and the posterior have an irregular dark strigose wave in the middle. Apparently very local: I possess two fine specimens from Roch- ford in Essex, and others from the New Forest, where the insect appears to be in plenty in July: it also occurs near Birch-wood, and the female in my collection I captured in April on Ockham- heath, near Ripley. Genus CCX XI.—Cugsias, Treitschke. Palpi long, projecting in form of a beak, approximating at the apex, acute, densely scaly ; triarticulate, the basal joint short, slightly robust, second elongate, rather slender at the base, and somewhat thickened towards the apex, terminal longer than the first, ovate-lanceolate ; mazi/le rather long. Antenne simple in both sexes, the articulations in the males very slightly pro- duced within and pubescent, a little compressed: head small; forchead globose, prominent: eyes large: thorax slender: wings entire, glossy ; anterior ovate-lanceolate, uot distinctly fasciated ; posterior oval, ample: abdomen somewhat robust, stout, cylindric, obtuse, and slightly tufted at the apex: Jegs simple; ¢ibice slender. Larva elongate, slender, naked, not tuberculate ; pupa subterranean. From Pachyenemia, with which genus Treitschke unites the present, Chesias appears to differ by the great dissimilarity in the structure of the palpi (the basal joint not being so long as the apical one, whereas in the former genus the basal joint is longer than the second, and the apical one comparatively minute), combined with the glossiness and dissimilar form of the wings, and by having all the tibie slender. ° 270 HAUSTELLATA.—LEPIDOPTERA. Sp. 1. Spartiata. Alis anticis griseo-cinereis fusco variegatis et nebulosis, strié pallida subtus costam, a basi usque per apicem. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 3—6 lin.) Ph. Spartiata. Fabricius.—Don. x. pl. 342. f. 2.—Ch. Spartiata. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 141. No. 6627. Anterior wings griseous-ash, variegated and clouded with fuscous, three conspi- cuous oval blotches of the latter colour being placed transversely across the wings—the first, which is largest, in the middle of the costa, the second in the middle of the disc, and the third somewhat towards the base of the inner margin ; these spots are more or less marked with whitish or deeper clouds; nearly parallel with the costa is a conspicuous longitudinal pale streak, which reaches to the apex of the wing; and towards the hinder margin is a pale ashy-white streak, the space between which and the margin itself is dark fuscous, some- times bordered with ashy on the hinder margin, which always has a slightly interrupted black streak: posterior wings fuscous, immaculate, with a darker marginal line; cilia of all fuscous at the base, pale at the apex. Caterpillar green or yellow with a pale or white lateral line: it feeds on the broom (Spartium scoparium) :—the imago appears towards the end of Sep- tember, or in October. Local: not uncommon in the larva state amongst the high broom which abounds so in the waste near Coombe-wood.—“ Allesley.”— Rev. W. T. Bree. “ Little Orton.” —T.C. Heysham, Esq. Sp. 2. obliquaria. Alis cinereis, anticis postice rufescentibus strigd flexd fascie- formi pone medium brunneo-fusca, alterdque posticé alba. (xp. alar. 1 une. 2—$8 lin.) Ge. obliquaria. Wien. Verz.—Ch. obliquaria. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 141. No. 6628.—Ph. Bombycata. Don. xi. pl. 386. f. 4. Griseous ; anterior wings rufescent, especially behind the middle, with a faint rectangular fuscescent striga near the base, and a very indistinct one towards the middle, behind which is a conspicuous fuscous-brown somewhat flexuous one: towards the hinder margin is a whitish striga, sometimes crenate, which terminates in an oblique line at the apex, and on the margin itself is a faintly interrupted black line, occasionally bordered within with whitish ; cilia cine- reous, with a darker central line: posterior wings pale fuscous, immaculate. Less frequent than the last, but nevertheless far from abundant in the south: I have occasionally taken specimens on the palings surrounding the premises of Coombe-wood House. “ Epping.”— Mr. Doubleday. “ Gibside.”—G. Wales, Esq. GEOMETRIDZ.—THERA. 27) Genus CCX XII.—Tuera * mihi. Palpi rather short, remote, approximating at the apex, acute, triarticulate, the basal joint curved, of equal length with the second, which is a little attenuated at the apex, both equally robust, terminal minute, subglobose : maville mode- rate. Antenne short, pubescent within in the males, sometimes slightly bipecti- nated nearly to the apex, which is simple ; of the females simple, or with the articulations very slightly produced: head small; forehead flat: eyes small : thorax slender: wings, anterior ovate-triangular, with a transverse central fascia ; posterior ample, oval: abdomen rather long and carinated down the back in the males, with a large tuft at the apex; shorter, rather stouter, and acute in the females. This genus is also united to the former by Treitschke; but it evidently differs not only in the structure of its palpi (of which the basal joint is of equal length with the second, and the terminal one is minute, subglobose), but in the form, markings, and texture of its wings :—the species of the present genus feed in their earlier stages upon plants of the fir or juniper kind, and I believe all have two annual broods. The first species differs by having the antenne of the males slightly pectinated, and of the females obscurely ser- rated. A. With the antenne slightly pectinated in the males. Sp. 1. simulata. Als anticis rufo-cinereis, basi fascidque media angulata, fusco marginatd, rufescentibus, posticis rufo-albidis. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 2 lin.) Ge. simulata. Hiibner.—N. G. simulata. Steph. Catal. pt.ii. p. 142. No. 6629. Anterior wings reddish-ash, with a rufescent patch at the base, bordered by a curved, slightly angulated, fuscescent striga; in the middle of the wing a waved, angulated, rufescent fascia, also bordered on each side with a fuscous striga, and having a fuscous dot on the disc towards the costa; the wing is darker behind the central fascia, and has an obscure whitish waved striga towards the hinder margin, clouded within with fuscous: posterior wings and abdomen pale reddish-white. Slightly variable in colour, and a little so in the intensity and form of the markings. Not common: my specimens were all taken in the neighbour- hood of Birch-wood towards the end of June.—“ Flisk, N. B.”— Rev. J. Fleming. * @nga, insula. 272 HAUSTELLATA.—LEPIDOPTERA. B. With the antenne simple in both sexes. Sp. 2. variata. Alis anticis cinereo-fuscis, fascia basi alteriique medit angulata obscuriortbus, linedque obsoleté dentata albidd. (Exp. alar. 10—14 lin.) Ge. variata. Wien. Verz.—Entom. Trans. i. pl. 7. f: 1—N. G. variata. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 142. No. 6630. Griseous ; anterior wings with a fuscous fascia at the base, a second in the middle, produced into a strong sinuated lobe without, and considerably attenuated towards the inner margin, in some examples broken, towards the costa is a black dot; the hinder margin is considerably clouded with fuscous, and bears a more or less distinct whitish dentate striga ; on the hinder margin are some fuscous dots, and the cilia are cinereous, spotted with fuscous : posterior wings brownish. Extremely variable, both in tint, and in the breadth and intensity of the markings on the anterior wings, the basal and central strige being sometimes nearly black, at others reddish. Caterpillar green, with a whitish spotted dorsal line, a white lateral one, bordered with yellowish beneath ; it feeds on the various kinds of fir, especially the Pinus picea and P. Abies :—the imago appears in June, and a second time in September. Very abundant in some years in fir-plantations: I have taken the insect in profusion at Birch-wood and Hertford; also occasionally near Hampstead, andat Ripley. ‘ Epping.”—Mr. H. Doubleday. «¢ Alderley, Cheshire.’— Rev. E. Stanley. Sp. 3. fulvata. Adis anticis griseo-cinereis, fascit media sinuaté rufescente. (Exp. alar. 1 une. 3 lin.) Ph. fulvata. Fabricius?—N. G. fulvata? Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 142. No. 6631. Anterior wings griseous-ash, with an obscure fascia at the base, and a distinct angulated one in the middle reddish, the latter with a fuscous dot towards the costa, and considerably attenuated towards the inner margin of the wing; the hinder portion of the wing is slightly clouded with fuscous, and has a very obsolete whitish striga towards the margin: posterior wings plain fuscous. This may probably be only a variety of the foregoing species, which it greatly resembles: from the first it differs by having the antenne simple in both SEXES. Found occasionally in the midland counties of England, and also in the north. ‘ Baron-wood, Orton.”—T. C. Heysham, Esq. Sp. 4. Juniperata. Puare 31, f.2. Alis cinerascentibus, anticis fasciis duabus fusco-griseis, linedque apicis fuscd. (Exp. alar. 1 unc.) Ph. Ge. Juniperata. Linné.—N.G. Juniperata. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 142. No. 6632. GEOMETRID©.—OPORABIA. 273 Wings cinereous ; anterior with an abbreviated fuscous fascia at the base, some- what biangulated without; a second, considerably indented within and lobate without, and very much sinuated from the lobe to the ‘inner margin— which portion of the fascia is composed of a series of oval rings—with a black dot towards the costa: hinder margin slightly clouded with fuscous, with a faint pale striga, and a distinct oblique line at the apex: cilia pale: posterior wings paler, with an angulated darker line towards the hinder margin: all the wings have a few scattered fuscous atoms. Caterpillar green, with a whitish and reddish line; it feeds on the juniper (Juniperus communis) :—the imago appears in September. I have seen but two specimens of this insect, both of which occurred amongst the juniper-bushes which abound in one part of Birch-wood. Genus CCX XIII.—Oporasria * mihi. Palpi minute, not visible from above, depending, triarticulate, the basal joint stout, reniform; the second very short, subquadrate; terminal minute, ovate: maville short. Antenne short, the articulations produced within in the males, and each side furnished with several fine hairs, which produce a slightly pectinated appearance; simple in the females: head small, short; forehead broad: eyes globose: thorax slender: wings ample, thin, anterior rounded, disposed in a triangle during repose; anterior ovate-triangular, more or less marked with undulated strige; posterior somewhat oval: body short, slender, and obtuse, with a slight tuft at the apex in the males; stouter and acute in the females: legs simple: both sexes with wings. Larva smooth, naked, lineated: pupa subterranean. The delicately thin, rounded, and ample wings of this genus, united to the minuteness and structure of the palpi, the pilose and slender antenne, abbreviated abdomen, and other characters, point out its claim for distinction. Sp. 1. dilutata. Adis alhido-cinereis, antics strigis variis undulatis duplicatis triplicatisve saturatiorihus, posticis lineis fuscescentibus ad marginem posticum. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 2—7 lin.) Ge. dilutata. Wien. Verz.—N.G. dilutata. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 142. No. 6633.—Ph. inscriptata. Don. xv. pl. 517. Wings whitish-ash, with various waved fuscescent strige on the anterior, mostly disposed in fascie of two or three lines each, and placed nearly equidistant * Orwex, autumnus; (iow, Vivo. 274 HAUSTELLATA.—LEPIDOPTERA. from each other ; the first at the base, the second before and the third behind the middle, and a fourth towards the hinder margin, on which is an interrupted black line: posterior wings paler, with some waved lines towards the hinder margin. Extremely variable ; some examples are almost entirely of a plain cinereous, others of a deep fuscous; without strige: the latter are more or Jess confluent in different examples; and the nervures of the wings are generally marked with a broken fuscous line; in some instances forming a conspicuous X mark on the disc of the anterior: the posterior wings have sometimes a deep border, at other times they are immaculate. Caterpillar dirty-green, with reddish spots and a yellowish lateral line: it feeds on the oak, elm, ash, &c.:—the imago appears in October. Very abundant throughout the southern districts of England. ‘s Epping.” —Mr. Doubleday. “ Strand-on-the-green.”— Rev. A. H. Matthews. ‘* Newcastle, Meldon-park, Keswick, &c. common.” —G. Wailes, Esg. ‘ Baron-wood.”—T. C. Heysham, Esq. Genus CCX XIV.—CHEIMATOBIA®™ mihi. Palpi very minute, depending, remote, obtuse, slightly squamose; triarticulate ; the basal joint curved; second as long, cylindric; terminal minute, ovate: maville very short. Antenne stout, slender, the articulations produced within and strongly pubescent in the males; simple in the females: head small, rounded: eyes globose, small: thoraz slender: wings ample, thin, entire, nearly wanting in the females; anterior with transverse lines or fascie, rounded on the hinder margin: posterior ovate-triangular, as large as the anterior: abdomen very short and slender in the males, with a small anal tuft, stouter and obtuse in the females: legs simple. Larva slender, naked, with pale lateral lines, not tuberculated: pupa subterraneous. The insects of this genus are remarkable for the plainness of their hues, which partake of the character of the season in which they appear—the winter, whence their name. In the minuteness of their palpi they resemble the preceding genus, but from that they differ by the dissimilarity of the antennz and palpi, the texture of the wings, the females being nearly apterous, &c. Sp. 1. brumata. 275 strigosa 39 Bradyporina 35 Calyptra 49, 325 CHEsIAS 269, 333 tridens . 40 Leporina 34 — Libatrix 50 obliquaria 270 ACTEBIA 20, 329 APLocERA 295, 333 CaMPZA 175,331 Spartiata 270 preecox 21 = cesiata 295 margaritaria 176 CuLoRissaA 310, 331 INDEX. Page Page Page Page Cu. eloraria . 316 Et. Spinachiata 240, 328 Ev. centaureata 289, GE. Quercinaria 166, 327 putataria. 317 __ testata 240 328 sublunaria . 170 Thymiaria . 316 ELLopia 176,332 cognata : 288 =‘ Tiliaria 4 164 viridata ‘ 316 fasciaria i 177. ~—sconsignata - 290 GEOMETRIDE 14], Ciparta . 213,333 EMMELEsIA 296,332, elongata 286, 328 142, 331 costovata . 220 333 exiguata 283, 328 GL&a . 5 329 didymata 214,328 affinitata 3 297 ~—innotata (j 285 GoRTYNA 69, 330 ferrugata . 216 albulata 5 299 inturbata - 281 flavago ‘ 70 fluctuata - 219 Alchemillata 297 = laevigata ° 282 luteago - 70 implicaria . 219 bifasciata . 300 Linariata - 279 micacea 69, 326 latentaria . 217 ~~ bliandiata - 299 minutata 285, 328 Grammuatophora 193 montanata . 219 candidata 301,328 xanata 289 GRAMMESIA . 331 miaria . 218 decolorata . 297 nebulata . 284 GRAPHIPHORA 330 munitata x 214 ericetata 7 298 nigrosericeata 281 Gymnopu 112, 326 ‘olivata . .218,328 heparata .. 302 = notata A 286 HapENA . 33) propugnata . 220 luteata 5 301 ochreata a 283 Hatia . 193, 352 4-fasciaria 215,328 nassata . 298 _ piperitata - 288 Vauaria . 194 Salicata 217 ~~‘ rivulata : 298 plumbeolata . 287 Vaunigraria 194 unidentaria . 215 rusticata : 300 pulchellata . 280 Hama 5 4, 330 CLEOGENE 291, 333 sylvata 5 301 _ pusillata 287, 328 Aliena 0 4. niveata : 291 —‘ teniata : 299 ~=—rectangulata 280,328 basilinea . 5, 324 tinctaria 5 291 trigonata 0 299 ~=orufifasciata . 282 connexa 5 6 CLEoRA . 180,332 turbaria y 298 __ sericeata p 281 testacea . 5, 324 bajularia - 181 unifasciata . 300 simpliciata - 287 HarpPaLyce 220, 333 cinctaria : 183 Ennomos . 322,331 singulariata . 283 biangulata . 229 Lichenaria 181,327 flexula : 323 sobrinata - 288 Corylata . 226 pictaria : 183 EPHYRa 198, 332 Strobilata - 282 fulvata : 221 teneraria 182, 327 albicinctata . 200 suberata : 280 Galiata d 222 viduaria F 182 _ ocellaria 3 200. =subfasciata . 284 ocellata : 222 CosmIa 59, 330 omicronaria , 198 subfulvata . 287 ruptata : 22 affinis 5 61 orbicularia 199,328 subfuscata . 285 4-annulata . 223 diffinis 0 60 pendularia . 199 subumbrata . 284 silaceata : 226 fulvago 3 62 porata x 200. ~—ssuccenturiata 288 subtristata . 224 Pyralina . 61,325 punctaria . 200 trimaculata . 283 sylvaticata . 225 trapetzina 62,325 ttrilinearia . 201 variegata - 290 tristata : 223 CROCALLIS ey 331 EPtione 203, 321,331 V ata : 281 unangulata . 325 elinguaria 2, 327 advenaria - 204 venosata 290, 328 unilobata . 223 CucuULLIA a 330 apiciaria . 203 vulgata . 298 HetropHosus — 330 Absinthii 91 dilectaria . 204 EvpLEexta 3, 329 Hetiotnis 107, 330 Artemisie . 91 vespertaria . 204 Jlucipara . 3,324 dipsacea 5 109 Asteris ; 86 ERASTRIA 116, 331 EurYMENE 205, 331 marginata . 108 Chamomille 89 albidilinea . 120 dolabraria - 205 peltigera . 109 fissina . 90 apicosa : 119 Evrwatia 252, 332 Hemeropni1als9,332 Gnaphalii - 90 Bankiana . 117_~—elutata . 254 abruptaria . 189 Lactuce : 88 fuscula . 119,327 impluviata 254,328 HemirnEa 178, 352 lucifuga 2 89 minuta 5 118 = miata 5 258 Cythisaria . 180 Scrophularie . 85 ostrina ‘ 189 Psittacata . 253 Smaragdaria 179 Tanaceti - 88 sulphuralis . 118 Frponia 147, 333 __vernaria =—-179, 327 Thapsiphaga 87 venustula - 118 atomaria 5 148 Hercyna 6 302 Verbasci 5 85 uncana 5 117. carbonaria 149,327 Himera . 160, 331 Umbratica 87,326 EREMoBIA 94,330 cericetaria 149,327 _pennaria : 160 CYCLOPHORA 198 — ochroleuca . 95 fuliginaria . 149 Hirparcuus 177, 332 CYMATOPHORA 58, Ertopus . 48,329 melanaria . 149 Papilionarius 178 330 Pteridis . 49 GEomETRA 163,531 Hypernia = 153, 332 Oo : 59, 325 Euciipia . 138,331 Almiaria . 164 capreolaria . 153 Desmophora - 116 Glyphica 138,327 angularia - 167 connectaria . 154 elegans 9 1160 Mi : 139, 327 Canaria ; 165 defoliaria . 155 DirHTHERA 45, 320 _ triquetra 139 Carpiniaria . 167 prosapiaria 5 154 ludifica : 46 Evcosmra 265,332 delunaria . 170 Hypsipetes . 253 Orion - 46,325 undulata . 265 ~ erosaria 5 165 Hyrra .- 292, 333 runica : 46 EupuastA 115,331 fuscantaria . 167 auroraria . 292 DYPTERYGIA 330 =©catena 4 116 — illunaria 168, 327 Idcaa ine ; 244 -ELectra . 233,332 Euprrmecta 279,333 illustraria 170,327 Lampetia 153, 326 achatinata . 241 abbreviate . 283 Juliaria 168, 327 LAMPROPTERYX 233 comitata 3 239 ~=©Absinthiata 286,388 lunaria : 189 332 Populata . 239 albipunctata . 284 ochraria 3 166 badiata 235, 328 pyraliata - 241 angustata . 289 Quercaria . 166 piceata 234, 328 Havusretiata. Vot. III. 31st Jury, 1831. AA INDEX. Page Page Page Page La. suffumata 234 Mr. bimaculosa 24 P.percontationis 101,326 Sr. musculosa . 81 Larentia 210,332 compta 26 PacitopHasta 314, nervosa i 82 bipunctaria . 212 Oxyacanthe 24, 324 333 -venosa . 82 cervinata. 211 Mormo 129, 330 marginata . 314 Siona 244, 328, 333 Chenopodata 211 Maura . 129, 327 Poxia 27, 330 dealbata J 245 multistrigaria 212 MyTHIMNA 330 advena 28 Speranza 145,333 Larissa : 242 N4ANIA 329 Dbimaculosa 28, 324 brunneata Pele LeEUCANIA 73, 331 Noctuinz 329 Chi c 34 limbaria . 145 arcuata 5 76 NonaGRIa 71,330 dysodea ; 32 sylvaria : 145 Comma 73, 326 Canne 73 flavocincta 32 STEGANOLOPHIA 232, fluxa 77 _crassicornis 72 ~~ herbida 30, 324 333 geminipuncta 79 pilicornis 72 nitens 28 Prunata - 233 impura . 793,326 Typhe : 71 occulta . 29 STILBIA 124, 331 littoralis 74 NuMERIA 194, 332 _ olivacea 325 anomalata 125 neurica 3 79 pulveraria 195 —polymita? 31 STRENIA 302, 332 obsoleta 6 74 NyssIa 156, 332 _ seladonia 5 39 ~~ clathrata . 303 ochracea C 77~—=“i+hispidaria’ 157,327 serena 33 Tanagra i 293 pallens : 76 ODONTOPERA 162, Templi 31 TretTHEa . 55, 330 pallida , 78 332 tincta 29, 324 gracilis ai) Phragmatidis 78 bidentata . 163 Potyommatus retusa : 56 pudorina 80, 326 Opuiusa 125, 331 Salmacis 235 subtusa ° 56 punctina 5 75 crassiuscula 126 PoLtypuasia 227,332 THEra . 271, 332 pygmina 78, 326 — grandirena 127 amenata 228 = fulvata 272 rufescens A 76 ~~ ludicra : 126 centumnotata 230 J uniperata . 272 suftusa Fi 77 ~~‘ lusoria - 125 commanotata 230 ~—s simulata . 271 unipuncta 80 OpoRaBia 273, 332 concinnata - 229 variata ; 272 LozorpHora 276, 332 dilutata : 273 immanata - 228 THyaATIRA 47, 330 costestrigata 277 ORTHOSIA 331 marmorata 229 batis : 48, 325 dentistrigata 277 OuraPTERYX 174,331 perfuscata 231,328 derasa i 4] hexapterata . 278 Sambucaria 175, 327 saturata 231 Timanpra 317, 331 polycommata 276 PacHycNEMIa 268,333 Psopos 143, 333 emutaria 318 rupestrata . 277 Hippocastanaria 269 alpinata ¢ 144 imitaria 318 sexalisata 278,328 Petton1a 206,333 trepidaria - 144 subroseata . 319 viretata . 278 vibicaria 207 Psycophora 144 variegata - 316 LozocrRaMMA 258,333 PeRtcaLttia 17], 331 PrycHopoDa 305, 333 TRACHEA 21, 330 petraria 259 Syringaria . bisetata « 307 Aviplicis, a) 922 Lyt#a : 331 PHALANA - 176 cinereata - 306 TripHana 329 Macaria. 319,334 PHastanE 209,333 contiguaria 308 TripHosa 261, 332 alternata ss. 320. plumbaria - 209 dilutaria - -305 cervinata . 262 liturata 3 320 PoipatapTERYX 255, fimbriolata . 306 cinereata - 263 notata 0 319 332 immutata 308 — dubitata oi) $262 preatomata 321 angustata . 258 incanata . 307 VaLtERIA . 22, 330 subrufata 320 lignata 5 257 limboundata -. 307 cleagina é 23 unipunctata 321 _ lineolata ‘ 257 _—lividata 306 VENILIA 303, 332 Masia . 150, 333 polygrammata 256 omata 307 maculata . 304 favillacearia 150, 327 _ tersata 256 purpurata - 3808 4-maculata . 304 MAMESTRA - 330 ~~ Vitalbata 256 ~—rubricata - 308 XAanTHIA 63, 330 MELANIPPE 225,248, Puicatia 155,332 trigeminata . 307 aurago - 65 332 _ pilosaria 156, 327 PyRaLIDz 141 _ centrago 65, 325 hastata 5 248 PHLOGOPHORA 83, 329 PYROPHILA 329 citrago . 66 Melanthia A 297 meticulosa 83, 326 RuizoLtiTHA 330, 333 croceago . 67, 326 Metra 160 Poy tToMETRA120,331 Rumt1a 173, 332 — fimbriago a Ail Mirana .. 11, 330 enea 4 121 Crategata 174 flavago 5 64 Athiops . 13 PLatTyPTERYCIDZ RuSINA 330 fulvago 64, 325 fasciuncula 15, 324 14] ScoLiopTERYx 325, gilvago : 65 humeralis 14 Prusta . 99,330 329 rufina : 68 latruncula 13,324 aurifera 6 104 ScopELorus 124, 321 XANTHOLEUCA 329,333 literosa -. 12, 324 biloba 104 _ inops 124 XERENE 249, 333 minima 9 15 bimaculata . 102 Scoria . 244,328 adustata . 250 rufuncula 14, 324 _ bractea 106 Scorornita 18, 331 albicillata . 249 strigilis . 12,324 circumflexa . 103 porphyrea 19,324 contaminata 251 terminalis. 14 _ chrysitis 105, 326 Scorosia 259, 332 plumbata . 251 Minoa - 293,333 Festuce 107,326 Rhamnata 260 procellata 250 Cherophyllata 293 Gamma 103, 326 Sparsaria 261 _rubiginata - 251 Euphorbiata 293 Tota - 100,326 vetulata . 260 XyLiIna 329 MisELIA 23, 330 = inscripta 102 SEGETIA 330 XYLOPHASIA 330 albimacula 26 _interrogationis102,326 SEMIOPHORA 331 Yopsipetes - 203 Aprilina 25, 824 orichalcea 120, 217 105 Simyra . 8), 331 Zerynthia ry os bo RO EH oo tO EDO HO NO tO OND mW BO = gO LIST OF PLATES. Miana literosa Jelena renigera Haworthi ; c ; Polia? Templi ? polymita ? : b Apatela Bradyporina Acronycta Menyanthedis Ceratopacha octogena Polia herbida Geometra sublunaria illustraria- : : Epione vespertaria Nonagria pilicornis : : : Calophasia Linarize Acontia Solaris ° Alcis fimbriaria 4 Cleora viduaria : » 3 Aplocera flavicinctata : : Ptychopoda ? rubricata Thera Juniperata . C Macaria unipunctata Abraxas pantaria Emmelesia ericetata 5 5 ns — teniata : . 5 END OF VOL. III. ERRATA. Page 71, line 3, and 2 from bottom, dele *. 80, —— 17, for larger, read large. —, —— 22 and 28, for impuncta, read unipuncta. 104, —— 12, for variety, read rarity. 110, 2, for nearly, read scarcely. 121, —— 27, for alpi, read Pulpi. 124, —~ 11, for sublaneolate, read sublanceolate. —, —- 18, for stigmatiforous, read stigmatiferous. 143, —- 24 and 25, for Psychophora, read Peecilophasia. 145, —- 19, for Ims. Suec. read Ins. Suec. parsi. p- 9. —, — 28, jor Pinetani, read Pinetaria. 157, —-—last but one, for Lemure, read Lemures. 158, —— 18, for prodromaria, read prodromarius. 230, —- 26 and elsewhere, for Strand-on-the-green, read Weston-on-the green. LONDON: FRINTED BY THOMAS DAVISON, WHITEFRIARS. wig |