84 f April. According to Dr. Lundbeck, only two specimens, both ^ (J, have been taken in Denmark (Jmie, 1910), and it is onlj known elsewhere from Styria and Hxmgary, so that its occurrence in Scotland is interesting. Perhaps I may be allowed to point out that in the figure of the front leg of JST. aeronetha. (Dipt. Danica, 3, p. 162), the tarsus is repre- sented as consisting of six joints. Blaii^wrie, Perthehire .- February 4th, 1911. [This species also occurs in England, specimens having been taken by Mr. Verrall near Leith Hill (Surrey) in June, 1868, and at Tunbridge Wells (Kent) in June, 1886.— J, E. C.]. ^' NOTE ON JOHN CURTIS' BRITISH ENTOMOLOGY, 1824-1839: 1829-1840 1 and 1862. / BY C. DAVIB8 SHBRBOKN AND J. HAETLEY DUBEANT, fBy ptkwAssion of the Trustees of the British Musevm). The book consisted of sixteen volumes of twelve parts each, = 192 parts. There were 770 plates (1-769 and 205* dupli^ .ted for Hippar- chis arcanins) each (first edition) with two pagefi of teJtt. Parts one and two had five plates each (plates 1-10) : parts 3-59 four plates each (plates 11-238) : part 60 had four plates (plates 239- 241 and an extra plate and text 205* for Hipparchia arcaniws) ; parts 61-192 four plates each (plates 242-769) : total 770 plates. The break | in part 60 of three consecutively numbered plates, instead of four, throws out one's calculations, but the total number of plates is re- adjusted by the additional plate 205.* One number a month was issued with great regularity, com- mencing January 1824, and finishing December 1839, so the dates on the plates may be accepted witli certainty. ^ In the Entomological Magazine, i, 1833, p. 303, it was annoimced that the British Ento- mology would appear in alternate months in double parts, and this arrangement seems to have begun with parts 109-llOi and is noticed to continue to parts 117 and 118. We have also wrappers for 159 and 160, and 169 and 170, but one niay conjectm^ this to have been on irregular proceeding, for tlie Linnean Society of London received most of the parts separately from Curtis Mmself, as seen by the Donation Book of that Society, itself a most valuable record for many works. We do not therefore think that there is any need to disturb the dates given on the plates, at this distance of time, for the sake of a few odd . »-,tt4iiii&|S&,^a^Jir„* ini.y 85 bi-monthly issues, which it would be moat difficult now to date with accuracy. In 1829 Curtis apparently found liis stock of back numbers running short, for he began to bring out a second edition. Parts one to eight were re-written and enlarged, some from two to ten pages, with alterations of nomenclature and additions; parts nine to thirty were reset and reprint-ed without alteration or addition ; and parts 31 to 192 were all of the first edition, i.e., one setting and one printing. The dates and cont-ents of the first eight p^irts of the second edition are as follows : — 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 1829 contains 4, 2, 4, 2, 2 pp. post July, 1830 ' „ 2, 4, 6, 4, 2 pp. ..March, 1834 2Jost 1834 post 1835 ... 1839 ...?1840 ...P1840 2, 10, 2, 2 pp. 4, 8, 2, 2 pp. 2, 2, 2, 2 pp. 2, 2, 2, 2 pp. 2, 2, 2, 2 pp. 2, 2. 2, 2 pp. The only complete copy of original first editicms we have handled is that l>elonging to the Linnean Society ; the Entomolt^ical Society's copy (Curtis' own) is " made up " by the replacement of second editions of the early pai-ts as more up-to-date : so is the copy in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) which was the Earl of Sheffield's, but having a fine copy of the first edition of volume one separately, the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) does now possess the entire first edition. A very fine copy of the complete second edition in the original boards with all the replacing title pages, &c., which are dated " 1823-1840 " is also in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) as is also IJovell Eeeves' reprint of the second edition issued in 1862 (to the best of our knowledge). As clues to the recognition of the second edition of parts one to eight may bementioned : — Part 1, plate 4. PeUades pini becomes in ed. 2... P. denfatus. „ 2, „ 7. Odeiiesis pini „ „ 2.,.De7idrolinm8 pini, and 2 pp. oU 0. potatoria are added. „ 3, „ 11. Molorchus minor hecomed ia ed.. 2.., Necydalie minor. • „ „ „ 12. Lycaena dispar — figures of larva and pupa added on plate ; text extended to 10 pp. „ 4, ,, 16. Peronea is enlarged to 8 pp. „ 6-8. Although the 2 pp. are adhered to, the material is altered and increased, with consequently a crowded second page, as compared with the swond page in edition one. It is interesting to note that at this present moment (Jan., 1911) the 770 original drawings for this beautiful work are being offered for sale by a well-known London bookseller. Jf arch 1«{, 1911. Jj^riStfh^t^M HrlWiltt^i ^ '"^BRITISH ENTOMOLOGY fxt ILLUSTRATIONS AND DESCRIPTIONS THE GENERA OF INSECTS FOUND IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND: CONTAINING COLOURED FIGURES FROM NATURE OF THE MOST RARE AND BEAUTIFUL SPECIES, AND IN MANY INSTANCES OF THE PLANTS UPON WHICH THEY ARE FOUND. BY JOHN CURTIS, F.L.S. HONORARY MEMBKR OF THE ASHMOLEAN SOCIETY OF OXFORD, OF THE IMPERIAL AND ROYAL ACADEMY OF FLORENCE, OF THE ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA, ETC. VOL. VI. LEPIDOPTERA, Part IL LONDON: PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR, AND SOLD BY E. ELLIS AND CO., 92 GREAT RUSSELL STREET, BLOOMSBURY ; SIMPKIN AND MARSHALL, STATIONERS' COURT; AND J. B. BAILLIERE, 219 REGENT STREET. 1823—1840. i- PRINTED BY RICHARD AND JOHN E. TAYLOR, RED LION COURT, FLEET STREET. TO THE HON. CHARLES A. HARRIS, F.G.S., OF ORIEL COLLEGE, OXFORD, THIS VOL UM E IS INSCRIBED, AS A SINCERE TESTIMONY OF THE FRIENDSHIP AND ESTEEM OF THE AUTHOR. London, December 1, 1834. TO WILLIAM SPENCE, Esq., F.R.S., F.L.S., &c., WHOSE WORKS HAVE SO EMINENTLY CONTRIKUTED TO THE CULTIVATION AND ADVANCEMENT OF ENTOMOLOGY, THIS VOLUME IS DEDICATED, AS AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF MANY OBLIGATIONS, AND IN TESTIMONY OF THE SINCERE ESTEEM OF m THE AUTHOR. London, December 1, 1835. 4/^a/ 400 424. PSODOS EQUESTRATA, The gold four-spot Moth. Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Phalsenidae. Type of the Genus, Phalaena equestrata Fab. PsoDOS Treit., Goda, Curt. — Psycophora Kirby, Curt. — Geometra H'uh. — Phalsena Fab., Haw. JntenncE alike in both sexes, rather short and setaceous, inserted near to the eyes on the crown of the head, composed of nume- rous oblong joints, thickly clothed with short hairs and scales (1). Maxilla slender and spiral, not so long as the antennse (3). Labial Palpi rather small, porrected obliquely beyond the head, parallel, very hairy (4), triarticulate, basal joint slightly curved, a little the longest and stoutest, 2nd nearly as long but thinner, 3rd minute (4 a). Head small and very hairy. Eyes small and oval. Thorax hairy. Ab- domen short and slender, obtuse in the male, conical in the female. \V\ng!i forming a triangle when at rest? rounded and entire, superior rather small; cilia even. Legs j hinder pair the longest. Tibiae; anterior short, vnth an internal spine, the others spurred at the apex, the posterior with a pair of spurs also below the middle. Tarsi 5- jointed, basal joint the longest. Claws and Pul villi minute (Sf, hind leg of male). Caterpillars unknown, probably loopers with lOfeet. Equestrata Fab. — Curt. Guide, Gew. 888. 1, — alpinata Hub. Brown-black, alike on both sides ; with a large elongated irre- gular oval orange spot towards the posterior margin of each wing. In the Cabinets of Mr. Dale and the Author. The genus Psodos bears so great a resemblance to Breplia (pi. 121.) in form, structure, and the hairy scales with which it is clothed, that it forms a beautiful passage from the Noctuidai to the Phalaenidae, and, on the other hand, Mr. Kirby's genus Psycophora with its antennae pectinated at the base in the males, will probably connect Psodos with Biston. Psodos like Brepha flies by day, and as the larvae are unknown, it is impos- sible to say if any affinity exists between them in that state. The five continental species of Psodos are all inhabitants of elevated regions ; two only of these have been discovered in these kingdoms, and they are amongst the rarest of our Lepi- doptera. Duponchel says, there is reason to believe that the caterpillar of P. equestrata lives upon the Rhododendron hir- sutuiriy which is not a native of our islands ; it must therefore feed on more than one plant ; and it might be worth while to search those Irish mountains on which the Azalea procumbens grows, as it is the Jplant I should think the nearest allied to Rhododendron of any that are indigenous. 1. P. equestrata Fab. — Curt. Brit. Ent.jpl. 424. The two specimens I possess of this very rare and hand- some moth were taken many years since by Mr. Plastead near Holwood or Holywell, by Bromley in Kent ; and Mr. Dale has another, which he obtained from the cabinet of the late Dr. Abbot. It is very common on the Alps of Dauphiny in July and August. 2. P. trepidaria Hiib. Geo. pi. 66. / 343. ? . — Goda, v. 8. pars 1. pi. 208. 1. Blackish-brown, sprinkled with gray, superior wings with a dark oblique fascia across the middle, the edges crenated or sinuated, having a black dot towards the costa, and an obscure sinuated pale striga near the posterior margin : inferior wings with the base dark, terminating in a crenated margin across the middle, with a black dot towards the superior margin, and a sinuated pale striga towards the posterior ; cilia gray- ish black. Dr. Hooker first discovered this moth "on the very summit of Schecallion, one of the Breadalbane mountains, and 2564 feet above the level of the sea. At the time I took it (he adds) the north and east sides of the neighbouring mountains, of nothing like that elevation, were covered with snow : this was on the 30th of June. Scarcely any other plant could vege- tate but TricJiostomum lanuginosiim and a few patches of the fine Splachnum fastigiatimi. The moth was rapid on wing, tole- rably plentiful, and rendered doubly difficult to take from the huge masses of naked rock with which the summit of Sche- callion is covered, which rendered running dangerous, and often impracticable." In our ramble through Scotland in 1825, Mr. Dale and myself ascended Schecallion on the 11th July, in the hope of finding this rare moth ; and my friend was so fortunate as to capture a beautiful specimen which flew out from a crevice of the rocks, that are so wildly piled together near the summit; but we could not find another. In France it appears the end of July or beginning of August. The Plant is Liniim catliartiaim (Purging Flax). 6/. U/rJ I «<• /X)iS< /J- ndL 615. NYSSIA ZONARIA. The belted Beauty. Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Geometridae. Type of the Genus, Geometra zonaria Wien., Verz. Nyssia Goda, Curt. — Phigalia Goda. — Amphidasis Och. — Geometra Linn., Haw. — Phalsena Fab. Antennce short, inserted near to the eyes on the crown of the head, filiform, scaly, bipectinated in the male, the rays ciliated, short at the base and apex (1 (^) ; simple in the female, with a few scattered hairs amongst the scales ( ? ) . Maxillce none. Labial palpi small, rather drooping and densely clothed with long hairs (4) ; triarticulate (a), basal joint the longest and stoutest, 2nd oblong, 3rd minute, clothed with short scales and concealed by very long hairs. Head small and very much concealed under the thorax (7 the profile) ; eyes small and globose but not prominent. Thorax globose and woolly : Abdomen short stout and attenuated. Wings, superior sub- lanceolate ; inferior rather small subovate. Legs very much alike in size : thighs very woolly : tibiae, anterior with a long slender inter- nal spine (8), the others with short spurs only at the apex (f),- tarsi long and 5 -jointed : claws and pulvilU small. Female with 4 small, spatulate hairy wings. Larvae loopers, naked, with 6 pectoral, 2 abdominal and 2 anal feet. Pupae naked, subterranean. Hiib. Zonaria Wien., Verz. — Curt. Guide, Gen. 890. 3. Male white with a yellowish tinge ; rays of antennae blackish ; thorax with 3 broad black stripes : abdomen black clothed with ochreous hairs towards the apex, margins of the segments fer- ruginous : wings with the nervures black, superior with a black lunule on the disc, beyond which the wing is black, with 2 ob- lique white slightly waved lines, the 1st being the broadest; inferior with a broad blackish fimbria, bearing a broad whitish stripe and a narrow line, sometimes composed of dots, near to the margin ; cilia blackish : legs black spotted with white. Female deep black, clothed with whitish woolly hairs, especially beneath, antennae speckled with white, margins of abdominal segments ochreous, tips of thighs, tibiae and joints of tarsi white. In the Author's and other Cabinets. Nyssia has been separated from Biston by M. Duponchel in consequence of the females being nearly apterous, and the caterpillars varying in tlieir form. He has also formed a ge- nus of one of our species from the more ample wings and smaller abdomen of the male ; it is named Phigalia. 1 . pilosaria Hilb. -pi. S^.f. 1 76. — Wood 18. 465. — pi umaria Esp. — pedaria Fab. Branches of the antennae long and fine in the male ; dull white, head, thorax and abdomen cinereous; wings very ample, freckled with brown, superior with 4 sinuated va- riegated strigae ; inferior with 2 and much paler : 1 and | inch to 1 inch 1 1 lines expanse. End of March, trunks of trees and paling near London, Cheshire and Salop. The larva feeds on the oak, birch, black- and white-thorns, and the elm. Nyssia. 2. hispidaria Fah. — Wood 18. 466. — Ursularia Don. 13. 447. Antennae ochreous, head thorax and abdomen brown ; su- perior wings paler, freckled, with a curved striga near the base, another bicurved beyond the middle, with a spot or indistinct striga between them, and a stronger denticulated one near the cilia, which are spotted ; inferior wings pale, with an obscure striga : expanse 1 5 lines. End of February, trunks of oaks and sallows ; 28th January Mr. Raddon ; 10th March bred by Mr. Cocks of High Bick- ington; end of September Weston on the Green, Mr. Mat- thews; also at Birch and Coomb Woods and Richmond Park. The N. Tauaria Newm. Ent. Mag. seems to be merely a variety ; it was taken in June at Leominster. 3. zonaria W. V.—Curt. Brit. Ent. pi 615 S-^' ? • This beautiful addition to our Lepidoptera was first disco- vered near the Black-rock, on the Cheshire side of the river Mersey, in April 1829, by a friend of Mr. S. Carter, to whom I am indebted for my specimens ; and he informs me that in February 1832 a male was taken near Warrington, that last March he found many pairs on the sands and resting on the grass near the Black-rock. It is recorded also in the Ent. Mag. that Mr. N. Cook took a male on rushes about half a mile below the Black-rock, near Liverpool, in September 1832, and several of both sexes the middle of the same month in the following year: in February 1833 Mr. B. Cooke bred a fe- male, and about the same time a considerable number of the moths were found; and during the same month in 1834 they were so abundant that he could scarcely walk without tread- ing on them. The caterpillar lives principally upon the Achillea Millefo- lium (pi. 19.), Salvia pratensiSf and Centaurea jacea, and I hope that the figure of it from Hubner may lead to its disco- very in this country. The Plant is Veronica hederifolia, Ivy-leaved Speedwell. //J i.^Uh 4, J: e>a/ti.> C^: / ^SijC 3-/ ^<^ ^ 113. ALCIS SERICEARIA. The Satin Beauty. Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Phalaenidae Lat., Leach. Type of the Genus Phalsena repandata Linn. Alcis 'Nobis. Phalaena Linn., Fab. Geometra Haw., Hub. Heme- rophila Steph. AntenncE inserted between the eyes, filiform, bipectinated in the males, simple towards the apex ; branches ciliated, arising near the centre of the joint (1) : simple, hairy beneath, with a bristle arising from each joint in the females (la). Labrum and Mandibles larger than usual (2). MaxillcE long slender, furnished with distinct tentacula towards the apex (3). Labial palpi porrected, visible viewed from above, not hairy, thickly covered with broad scales very much lengthened beneath, terminal joint not quite concealed (4), 3-jointed, basal joint long, recurved, 2nd nearly as long, 3rd ovate, very minute (4 a). Males smaller than the females. Eyes rather large, parallel in front (7). Wings ample, extended horizontally, superior trigonate, infe- rior slightly indented. Abdomen long, linear, somewhat truncated in the males, shorter and conical in the females. Legs rather long and slender. Anterior tibia short, with a long spine on the internal edge. Posterior very long, robust, hollow, furnished, with 2 pair of spurs, a longitudinal suture and a tuft of long silky hair arising at the base, and concealed in the tibia when at rest (8t). Tarsi 5- jointed, posterior short. Caterpillars loopers with 6 pectoral, 2 abdominal and 2 anal feet. Sebiceabia Nobis. Silky brown, speckled irregularly with ochre. Rachis of antennae pale, rays fuscous. Palpi and head brown; neck, base of an- tennae, and a space above the eyes ochre ; sides of thorax pale. Abdomen somewhat black, minutely speckled with ochre, the margins of the segments and the apex of the same colour. Su- perior wings the darkest, a space at the base very dark, a trans- verse spot near the middle black, an indented transverse line beyond the spot and an obscure interrupted waved line near the posterior margin : nervures dark. Inferior wings fuscous at their base, a transverse obscure spot towards the centre, beyond which is a waved transverse line, dark on the internal, light on the ex- ternal edge, limb speckled with longish ochraceous spots. Cilia somewhat striped with ochre, margins of wings with 6 or 7 irre- gular black spots on each. Var. /3. Very pale testaceous, clouded with ochre instead of brown. In the Cabinets of Mr. Stone and the Author. Alois may be distinguished from Bupalus, by the males being invariably smaller than the females; the eyes are larger and not so distant in front, the palpi are more porrected, shorter, and not hairy, the maxillae are very long, the antennae are not pectinated to the apex : the singular character of the hind legs, which 1 believe has never before been noticed, is very difficult to detect, except by dissection ; the 8th and 9th species do not possess it, and possibly some of the others, of which I either had not males, or they were too valuable to be examined. Many of the Lepidoptera have their legs, especially the pos- terior, furnished with brushes of hair, most probably to balance them in their flight ; but none are more curious than those of the males of Aids ; the posterior tibiae are very long and ro- bust, and on the internal side may be traced a longitudinal suture extending the whole length, which from the tibia being hollow can no doubt be opened and the long brush of silky hair may be exserted at the pleasure of the insect. The fol- lowing are our British species. 1. Alcis Kohorar'ia Fab., Don. v. 15. pL 527. 2. sericearia Nob. 3. consortaria Fab., Doji. 10. 333. 2. 4. conversaria Hub., Don. 15. 514. 5. destrigaria Haw. 276. 11. 6. repandaria Linn., Don. 10. 333. 1. 7. muraria Nob. 8. rhomboidaria Hub, 9. Australaria Nob. 10. consobrinaria Haw. 1 1 . fimbriaria Hub. ? Several females and one male of the nondescript figured were taken last July near Lyndhurst in the New Forest, and are now in the cabinet of Mr. Stone, to whom I am indebted for the species as well as for the loan of the beautiful male repre- sented in the plate. It is probably an oak-feeder, one of the females having been found upon the trunk of that tree, and the other specimens having been beat out of the branches. A. 7nuraria is a new species that I found upon walls in the Isle of Arran ; it is nearest allied to A. repandaria ; it is how- ever smaller, of an uniform gray, more speckled, and the markings are more obscure. A. Australaria is an insect from the western counties, re- sembling A. rhomboidaria, but having a deep ochraceous tinge with powerful markings : for the specimen in my cabinet I am indebted to Charles Lyell, Esq., who took it in the New Forest, Hampshire. Epilobium tctragonum (Square-stalked Willow-herb) is the plant represented in the plate. ss W- //y 'J&j.iJ,^ J',^ru.im Od / ^ 88. CLEORA CINCTARIA. Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Phalaenidae Lat.^ Leach. Type of the Genus Phalsena cinctaria Hub. Cleoha Nob. Phalaena Linn., Fab., Lat., Leach. Geometra Hub., Haw. Antennae inserted close to the eyes near the crown of the head, setaceous long and slender, covered with long scales above, hairy beneath, each joint having a io^w larger bristles upon its anterior margin (f. 2, 3 joints magnified), Maxillce slender, not so long as the antennas (3). Labial palpi 2, projecting obliquely a little beyond the head, ob- tuse, thickly covered with short broad scales which extend con- siderably beyond the terminal joint (4), 3-jointed, 1st joint curved upward from the base, 2nd filiform somewhat truncated, 3rd small oval (4 a). Wings extended horizontally, undivided, slightly indented. Abdomen robust and conical in the females. Legs rather robust. Anterior tibiae longer than the basal joint of the tarsus, with a short com- pressed spine on the internal edge, concealed by long scales, 2nd pair terminated by 2 spurs, the hinder pair having 4 spurs, 2 of which are at the apex. Claws distinct, bent. Pul villi distinct (8 a fore leg) . Caterpillars loopers with 6 pectoral, 2 abdominal, and 2 anal feet. Cinctaria Hwfcwer's Lep. Geom. 1. Amplissimce F, PI. 31./. \&Q.fem. Whitish, variegated and minutely spotted with brown. Clypeus with a black line above the palpi. Abdomen with a white narrow band at the base and a dark one following it, with a double row of black spots down the back. Superior wings variegated with ochraceous, especially towards the base and posterior margin where they are darkest, 2 transverse black curved lines near the base and another crenated one beyond an oval ocellus in the centre, with a pale sinuated one near to and parallel with the margin. Inferior wings paler, with an ocellus in the centre, a transverse sinuated stripe internally black, externally white, a shorter one near the base, and one entirely pale near the margin. Posterior margins of wings indented, with a black line. Cilia al- ternately fuscous and ochraceous. Var. a. darker with a black line across the anterior part of the thorax, which is ferruginous on the sides. Abdomen wanting the transverse black fascia. In the Cabinets of Mr. Dale and the Author. The great mass of insects which has hitherto been compre- hended under the appellations Phalcena and Geometra^ renders it necessary that the groups should be separated and formed into new genera : this, however, is a difficult task, and the la- bourer in the field of science must be contented in the first instance to give a general outline ; the minutiae required to establish satisfactory characters can only be obtained by ex- tensive and repeated investigation. With such manifest ob- stacles in an Order, the classification of vv^hich has been so much neglected, it becomes an arduous undertaking: it is therefore with considerable hesitation that the subject of the present article has been constituted into the type of a new genus ; and had it not been perfectly new to this country, it would not at present have been laid before our readers. After examining 7 specimens, 3 of which were British, I could discover no difference in the structure of the antennae, which from their simple form indicate the female sex, although the abdomens of the paler specimens, being slightly contracted towards the base, at first led me to believe that these speci- mens were males : if such be the case, the variety described is p female. I am, however, inclined to think that the males have not been detected at present, and that they will be found to possess ciliated, not pectinated, antennae; in which case they will associate with the following species. 1. Geometra tetragonaria Haiso. MSS. 2. abietaria Huh. S. crepuscularia Huh. 4. consonaria Hzih. 5. punctularia Huh. 6. extersaria Huh. For the introduction of this rare species into our Fauna we are indebted to J. C. Dale, Esq., who first took it on the trunk of an Oak near Brockenhurst, Hants, June 2nd, 1823; a 2nd specimen upon the trunk of a Scotch Fir, Parley Heath, May 11th, 1824; and a 3rd near Lyndhurst, May 31st, 1824-. It has this year again appeared in the New Forest, where I am informed 2 specimens were captured. The plant figured is Hedysarum Onohnicliis (Cock's Head, or Sainfoin). 2^S d^M^-:6Ycf.1$.A&.ay. Ii8%8 225. SPERANZA SYLVARIA. The Rannoch Geometra. Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Phalsenidse Lat, Leach. Type of the Genus Speranza sylvaria Nob. Spbranza Nob. Phalsena Fab. Geometra Hub., Haw. Antennce inserted on the crown of the head close to the eyes, se- taceous, composed of numerous oblong joints the basal one large globose ; each producing 2 ciliated branches in the males (1), — excepting at the apex (lb), and they are much shorter towards the base ; simple in the females and ciliated beneath (2). Maxillce spiral and slender, nearly as long as the antennae, with a few tentacula at the apex (3). Labial palpi porrected nearly horizontally, thickly clothed with scales, the apical joint distinct (4) ; triarticulate, basal and 2nd joints of equal length, the former slightly curved, 3rd minute (4 a) . Head small. Abdomen slender, linear in the male, somewhat conical in the female. Wings, superior of the male with a small protuberance on the upper side, near the base, which is hollow and naked beneath (9 a). Legs long; thighs very long. Tibiae, anterior with a spine on the internal side (8), the others with a pair of spurs at the apex, the posterior producing a pair above the apex. Tarsi very long and slender, 5-jointed. Claws and pulvilli minute. Caterpillars loopers, with 6 pectoral, 2 abdominal, and 2 anal feet? Sylvaria Nobis. Male, fulvous orange. Superior wings lurid, the costa spotted with orange ; 4 darker sinuated strigae across each wing, the 2nd from the base being nearly straight, and a small dark spot in the middle ; inferior wings obscurely and minutely speckled with fuscous, having 2 obscure curved lines and a dull spot between them. Cilia pale fuscous. Beneath orange, speckled with a deeper colour. Female dull orange, freckled with brown, the strigae broader and more distinct than in the male, the spot in the upper wings more obscure. Beneath pale orange, the strigae and spots ferruginous. In the Cabinets of Mr. Dale and the Author. It will be only necessary to state that the genus Fidonia of Ochsenheimer contains PlialcEna heparata, Geometra aiiro- raria, limharia^ Piniaria^ atomaria^ defoliaria, &c., to show how difficult it is to determine, especially without the cha- racters, which is to be considered the type in such a hete- rogeneous mass ; this will be a sufficient reason for my con- stituting a distinct genus of the two insects hereafter recorded, which are remarkably characterized by the protuberance at the base of the upper wings of the males, which is visible to the naked eye. From Alcis our genus may be distinguished by the equal size of the two sexes and the simple hinder tibiae, and from Bupalus and Fidonia by the want of pectinations towards the apex of the male antennae. I can find only two species that will associate with the genus. 1. S. sylvaria Nob. This insect was unknown to Entomologists (unless the G. Pinetaria of Hiibner be the female) until Mr. Dale and myself had the good fortune to discover it in Scotland. We saw the males flying in some abundance on the 14th July in the heat of the day, over the high heath which covers the hil- locks amongst the pine-trees in Black-wood, near the shores of Loch Rannoch : the only female taken I brushed out of the heath at the same time. 2. S. limbaria Fab., Syst. Ent. 624. 24'.—Ent. Syst. 3. pars 2. 141. 46.— /Zaw. 286. ^0.— Harris, Expo.pl. 5,f. 4. — conspicuaria Hilb. pi. 22. 117. 118. There are certainly two broods of this moth in a year, as I have taken specimens in Birch-wood the beginning of May and the end of July, and it is found as late as August. It is attached to broom-fields, and like S. sylvaria, flies during the day ; and the female is the rarer sex. The plant is Melampyrum pratense (Meadow Cow- wheat), which 1 believe was in flower in Black-wood at the time. <35 v.m. cJ,AC/(J:-$^'UwJLim. Cij //<?2/ I - 1 t^<h 33. BUPALUS FAVILLACEARIUS. The Gray Scollop. Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Geometridae. Type of the Genus, Georaetra favillacearia Hiib. BuPALusieftcA., Curt. — Fidonia Och., Goda. — Geometrai/M^., Haw. — Phalsena Linn., Fab. Antenna inserted on the crown of the head close to the eyes, bipectinated to the apex in the males (1), the branches ciliated above (Iff); pubescent beneath in the females, the apex of each joint furnished with a bristle (2). Maxillte very short, twice as long as the palpi, rather broad and flat (3). Labial palpi covered with scales, slightly hairy beneath (4) ; very small, slightly recurved (7 a), triarticulate, basal joint very long, curved at the base, 2nd half as long and linear, 3rd very minute and globose (4 a). Males larger than the females. Head short and globose, the crown scaly ; eyes prominent and globose (7, the face). Thorax clothed with woolly scales. Wmgsjlat and forming a perfect triangle in re- pose; margins entire and convex : cilia equal. Abdomen slender and tufted in the male, stouter and conical in the female. Legs, hinder considerably the longest : thighs long and slender : tibiae, anterior with a very long slender internal spine ; intermediate with a pair of long spurs at the apex ; hinder very long and slender, ivith 2 pair of spurs, one pair considerably beloiv the middle : tarsi, posterior rather the shortest, 5-jointed ; claws and pulvilli distinct (8, afore leg). Caterpillars loopers, with 6 pectoral, 2 abdominal and 2 anal feet P Favillacearius Hiib. — Curt. Guide, Gen. 894. 3. — Belgiaria/ZM^. $ . Male silky grayish-white, slightly tinged with ochreous, freckled with irregular minute dots : superior wings with a piceous in- dented transverse striga towards the base, another waved and oblique one beyond the middle, dentated internally, with 2 large fuscous patches outside and a long piceous spot on the disc, the nervures forming a line of dark dots at the base of the cilia : inferior wings with a dentated waved dark striga beyond the middle and a dark sj^ot on the disc : cilia brownish- ochre : eyes, antennae and legs dark brown. Female more freckled, nervures of superior wings ochreous ; inferior wings sometimes fuscous, excepting the posterior margin. In the Author's and other Cabinets. BuPALUs was established by Dr. Leach, who proposed P. piniaria Linn, as the type : I have retained his name to the species figured, as it stood so in our first edition; but the structure is so different to any of the allied species, that it must form a new genus: ihe three species may be charac- terized as follows : 512 I. BuPALUS. Palpi sJiorty hirsute : maxillcE longish : rays of antennce long. 1. piniarius-Zfrnw. — Don. 10. p/. 336. (5^. — Wood, pi. 18./. 4.53. (J. ? . — Tiliaria Linn. ? . The larvae of this species, which hatch at the end of May, and are found until the end of October, have killed immense numbers of the Scotch fir, in a forest in the neighbourhood of Strasbourg, by devouring the leaves. Discovered by my brother in Pine groves at Benacre, Suffolk, in June : the females are very rare and secrete them- selves in the grass, and when they alight they carry their wings erect. It has been found I believe in Birch-wood, also at Ramsdown, Hants, by Mr. Dale, and it is abundant in Scotland. It is remarkable that the rays of the antennae are longer in the northern than they are in the southern specimens. II. Palpi scaly ^ a little porrected : maxillce longish : rays of antemice long. 2. ericetarius Vill. — Wood, pi. \ 8./457.(?. — plumistriaria J^u^. July, I took several males amongst heath at Black-gang- chine : both sexes abundant the 4th August on heaths, Rams- down and all round Heron Court, also on Urisbeg Moun- tain, Connemara, but very much worn^ the 1st August; Sep- tember in various parts of Surrey. III. M^siA Step. Palpi short a7id scaly : maxilla short : rays of antennce short. 3. favillacearia Hiib. — Curt. B. E. pi. 33. S' ? • — mediopunc- taria Don. Hubner appears to have placed masculine antennae on his fig. 140. pi. 26., which is the female of his G. favillacearia. This beautiful species was first noticed, I believe, by Harris in his Aurelian, as an inhabitant of our island ; it was subse- quently taken in Yorkshire by Mr. Haworth, and latterly by Mr. Dale in great beauty and abundance on West Parley heath, near Ringwood, and Merry-town heath, Hants, and during a visit to that county he was so obliging as to point out the locality to me. The sexes are found together, but the female is rare, from the middle of May to the middle of July on heaths, resting where the turf has been pared off, espe- cially in moist situations : from the moth being so different in colour to the black peat it would be easily detected, were it not for its strong resemblance to the pale, broken pebbles scat- tered about ; and it is perhaps the most easy of all insects to capture, for nothing apparently will induce it to fly during the day : late in the evening I have taken the males flying very sluggishly near Lyndhurst. It has also been observed in Scotland and near Manchester. The plant figured is Tormentilla crecta. Common or Offi- cinal Tormentil, which was growing where the moths were taken. jj67 i^^:<^y cX- €^&.' C^^ ■■ ^. /i-SS / 467. ASPILATES GILVARIA. The Straw or Dover Belle. Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Phalaenidae. Type of the Genus, Phalsena purpuraria Linn. AspiLATEs Treit., Goda.,Curt. — Cabera Och. — Geometra//M6., Haw. — Phalsena Linn. Antenna inserted on the crown of the head close to the eyes, setaceous, clothed with scales, bipectinated in the males nearly to the apex, each joint producing 2 ciliated branches (1(^) : simple in the females, the scales giving them a serrated ap- pearance beneath (19). MaxillcE spiral, slender and not half so long as the antennae (3). Labial Palpi porrected nearly horizontally and clothed with short scales (4) ; triarticulate, basal joint the stoutest and curved, 2nd the longest, slender and nearly linear, 3rd small elongate -ovate (4 a). Males generally larger than the females. Head short and rounded. Thorax globose and clothed with depressed hairy scales. Abdomen long, slender and slightly tufted in the male, stouter and conical at the apex in the female. Wings forming a triangle when at rest, entire ; superior elongate -trig onate, less pointed in the male than female ; inferior trig onate- orbicular , narrower in the female and less rounded. Legs long and slender. Tibise, anterior the shortest, iinth a very long slender spine on the inside, intermediate spurred at the apex, posterior very long with a pair of short spurs at the apex, and an unequal and longer pair below the middle (8 f) . Tarsi long and 5 -jointed. Claws and Pulvilli minute. Obs. A. gilvaria was the species dissected. Caterpillar naked, with 6 pectoral, 2 abdominal and 2 anal feet, the apex apparently forked. Pujja enclosed in a loose web upon the earth. Gilvaria Hiib. — Curt. Guide, Gen. 895. 3. Pale ochre or straw colour ; rays of the antennae and eyes black : abdomen whitish ochre : superior wings freckled with brown, having a dot towards the disc and an oblique bar extending from the interior margin to the apex, of the same colour ; infe- rior wings whitish ochre, with a spot and a transverse line more or less apparent; the cilia ochreous. Underside with the brown spots and stripes more apparent, but the superior are not freckled and there is a dusky patch at the base of the costa ; the infe- rior wings are strongly freckled : inside of legs dusky. In the Author's and other Cabinets. I HAVE repeatedly expressed an opinion that the genera in Le- pidoptera are so perfectly artificial, that Entomologists will never probably agree in the extent and formation of them. The present genus does not appear to me to be sufficiently distinct from Bupalus on the one hand, nor from Cabera on the other, to warrant their being separated ; I shall therefore add the species belonging to the latter group. The males fly during the day and are much more abundant in some of the species than the other sex. 1. A. ^urparana L.— Hub. Geo.pl. 38./ 198 & 199. — Goda. pi. 179./ 1. 2. & 3. The Caterpillar feeds on the Poli/gonum aviciilare (pi. 5). Specimens of the Moth are in Mr. Swainson's Cabinet, but I do not know where they were captured ; I found it not uncom- mon in France near Montpellier, the middle of June. 2. A. citraria Hilb. pi. 40. / 212. & pL 103. / 336 & 537.— Goda.pl. l78.f.4'SL5. June, July and August, flying in clover fields at the back of the Isle of Wight, and amongst the Eryngium maritimum (pi. 53), beyond the Castle, Portsmouth ; Studland heath, near the Agglestone, Isle of Purbeck, and Lulworth Cove, Mr. Dale. 3. A. gilvaria Hiib.—Curt. Brit. Eiit. pi. 467 J & ? . From the middle of July to the end of August, behind the Castle at Dover in abundance. The larva which is copied from Hlibner, feeds on the Achillea millefolium (pi. 19). 4. A. plumbaria F. — Goda. p/. 181. 1. — palumbaria Hiib. 42. 221. End of May and June, on heaths and grassy places in woods everywhere ; a fine variety near Edinburgh, Mr. Dale. Al- though this forms part of the genus Phasiane of Godart, I think it would arrange better with Gen. 907 of my Guide, the Eubolia of the same Author. 5. A. respersaria HzVi. 23. 125. — strigillaria Esp. — Hilb. 104. 540 & 541. var. — Goda.pl. 171. 1. — inasquaria Haiso. 288. 44. •var. June and beginning of July, Kent, open parts in Coombe Wood, the New Forest, Parley Heath, and Glanville's Woot- ton, Mr. Dale. Gen. 896. Cabera Treit. 1 . C. exanthemaria Esp. — Goda. pi. 171. 3 . — striaria Hilb. 1 7. 88. — arenosaria Haw. 289. 48. mr.— a})proximaria Haw. 289. 49. var. May to the end of June, in moist woods. 2. C. pusaria L.—Hilb. 17. SI.— Goda. 171. 2. Middle of May, hedges : the larva, which is different to that of the former species, feeds upon Birch, Sallow, Beech, and particularly Alder. 3. C. rotundaria Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 289. 50. May, moist woods. The Plant is Poa bidbosa (Bulbous Meadow-grass), commu- nicated by C. J. Paget, Esq., from Yarmoudi Denes, Norfolk. MJnn> I JOO c^^. <iy (J:€yu^ui^ '/r^. /, /ido 300. HIPPARCHUS SMARAGDARIUS. The Essex Emerald. Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Phalaenidae Lat.^ Leach. Type of the Genus, Phalsena Papilionaria Linn. HippARCHus Lea., Sam. — Hemithea Goda. — Geometra Hub., Haw., Treit. — Phalsena Linn. Fab. AntenncE inserted on the crown of the head, setaceous, pecti- nated in the males almost to the apex, each joint being covered with scales above and producing on each side a clavate ciliated branch (1). Maxilla: spiral, much shorter than the antennae, rather robust and only slightly ciliated at the apex (3). Labial Palpi porrected nearly horizontally, covered with scales, hairy above and below, the terminal joint appearing naked and distinct (4) ; triarticulate, basal joint short, 2nd long and slightly attenuated, 3rd short spear-shaped (4a), the edges being rigid and compressed, and the apex acute in the male, but not in the female. Head broad, clothed with hairy scales on the crown, with imbricated ones in front. Eyes subovate. Thorax and body often robust, the latter sublinear in the males, ovate-conic in the females. Wings ex- tended obliquely when at rest, the superior covering the inferior, the latter sometimes slightly angulated. Legs long, hinder pair the shortest. Tibiae ; anterior short, producing a dilated spine on the internal side, the others spurred, posterior robust with two pair of spurs, most developed in the females, the lower ones being the longest. Tarsi 5-jointed, basal joint very long in the 4 anterior, the posterior much shorter. Claws and pulvilli distinct (Sf hind leg of male). Caterpillars loopers with 6 pectoral, 2 abdominal and 2 anal feet. Smaragdarius Fab. Ent. Syst. v. 3. pars 2. p. 1 5 1 . n. 81. Female. Green : Antennae whitish, underside and palpi ochreous ; eyes blackish. Thorax with the anterior scales margined with ochre ; superior wings with the costa of the same colour, 2 si- nuated pale ochreous strigae, one before, the other beyond the middle, between which is a whitish spot. Abdomen, upper por- tion of the inferior wings and the extremity of the cilia whitish. Legs yellowish white, thighs green, anterior tibiae subferruginous on the inside. Underside with the outer striga continued round the inferior wings, in the disc of which is a whitish spot as in the superior wings. In the Cabinet of Mr. C. Parsons. Dr. Leach having characterized this genus several years since, his name has been adopted. I have excluded two species of Treitschke's group, in consequence of the antennae being simple in both sexes ; one, P. Thipniaria^ has been already attached to my genus Macaria; and the other, P. viri- data, Linn, probably belongs to the same group. The following are British insects. 1. H. putatarius Linn. Hww. — Hiib. pi. 2. Jl 10. — End of May ; open places in woods. The G. j^irugmaria, Hiib. 9. 4-6, appears to me to be the same insect faded, and my specimens agree better with it than with the former, excepting in size. 2. H. vernarius Liim. — Hub. 2. 7. — lucidata Do7i. 3. 97. — vo- lutaria Haw. — End of July ; chalky places, birch- wood, &c. 3. H. Smaragdarius Fab. — Hiih. 1. 1, represents the female which Godart has copied ; and in these figures there is a white line round the inferior wings, which was not visible on the upper sides of the specimen re- presented in our Plate. For the loan of this rare insect, which is unique as British, I am indebted to Mr. C. Parsons, of the Lawn, Southchurch, Essex. Mr. Parsons found the caterpillar in that neighbour- hood, and the moth was hatched the 30th June, 1826. 4. H. papilionaria Linn. — Hiib. 2. 6. — Don. 8. 287. 1. Haio. — End of July ; in woods and the vicinity of alders, meadows. 5. H. Cythisaria Hiib. pi. \. f. 2. — prasinaria Fab. Haw. — Genistaria Goda. pi. 152. 2. — Beginning of July; grassy places. This insect, as well as most of the other species, frequently fade very much by keeping ; it is therefore possible that the G. coronillaria of Hiib- ner, tab. 93, may be only a gray variety, but it has never been observed in this country. 6. H. Bajularia Hiib. 1. 3. — Goda. — ditaria Fab. — Don. 6. 202. 1. — June and July; open parts in woods, at Birch-wood, Kent, &c. 7. H. Prunaria Linn. Haw. — Sepp. v. 2. pi. 8 & 9. — Don. 1. 21. and v. 9. 293. 3 var. — Corylaria Esp. var. — End of June ; shady groves and skirts of woods, Kent, Norfolk, &c. The last two insects depart from the other species in some respects, but it is better to include them here than to make new genera for them. The plant is Oxalis acetosella (Wood Sorrel). 007 ^miii ^MB ^^W^ 7* '^^ 667. ENNOMOS ANGULARIA. The clouded August Thorn. Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Geometridae. Type of the Genus, Geometra angularia HiXh. Ennomos Och., Goda, Curt. — Geometra Linn., H'lib., Haw., Step. — Phaleena Fab. Antennce inserted close to the eyes, towards the base of the head, bipectinated in the males to the apex (1 c^), the rays long, slender, and ciliated on both sides with short curved hairs, and a few fine bristles at the apex ; simple in the females (1 $ ), but slightly serrated, the internal angles being produced. Maxillce very short and spiral, rather broad and flat, not longer than the palpi (3). Labial palpi projecting a little obliquely beyond the head, form- ing a beak, very hairy (4), tapering, triarticulate, basal joint the stoutest, lunate, 2nd rather more slender, and about the same length, 3rd shorter and slenderer (4 a). Head small and short, the scales projecting in a point in front (7 *) •• eyes comparatively large and hemispherical. Thorax rather small, woolly. Abdomen long, linear and dilated at the apex, with horny appendages in the male ; shorter stouter and conical at the apex in the female. Wings, superior subtrigonate, posterior margin bi- sinuated ; inferior trigonate-ovate with a lobe at the centre of the margin : cilia very short. Legs moderate : thighs not long : tibiae, anterior short, with a hairy internal spine, the others with short sjmrs at the apex, hinder a little the longest, with a pair of short spurs also a little above the apex (8 f) .• tarsi long slender and 5- ••ointed, hinder rather the shortest; claws and pulvilli minute. Larvae loopers, smooth but tubercled, with 6 pectoral and 4 anal feet : Pupae subterranean. Angularia Hilb. — Curt. Guide, Gen. 902. 9. Male bright ochreous, superior wings more or less brown, leaving a fascia of the ground colour across the disc, margined by a dark brovvTi striga, the inner one curved and angulated at the costa, the outer one straight, but curved towards the costa, which it joins obliquely ; a brown dot on the disc, the posterior portion of the wings freckled : inferior wings dark ochre at the margin, with a dark striga before the middle : cilia dark brown edged with white. Female with the superior wings beautifully but irregularly freckled with brown, the strigae strong and inclining to lead colour, nervures partially ferruginous ; inferior wings faintly freckled with lead colour, strongest towards the margin. In the Author's and other Cabinets. This handsome group of Moths is distinguished from thegreater part of the Geometridfc by the shape of the wings as well as by the masculine antennae, which are pectinated to the apex. 'I'liey have the peculiarity of restin*^ during the day somewhat hke the Papilionidae, with their wings erect; but I beheve at night when in perfect repose the superior cover the inferior wings ; and it seems they are sometimes spread, as Dr. Leach describes them, " horizontally extended." The following British species form 2 sections. * Wings indent ed : rays of antennce short. 1. Juliana Haw. — Wood, pi. 19./! 482. var. — ustularia Don. 3. 82. July, paths in woods and plantations. I think Capt. Chawner has bred this and the following insect irom eggs laid by one female. 2. illunariai///!,6. — Wood, 19. 481. — bilunaria, unilunaria£s/». March and April, shady groves, woods, and lanes; July, Mr. Wailes. 3. lunaria Fab.— Don. 4. 132.— Wood, 19. 483. Widely distributed yet not abundant. June Scotland, Am- bleside, and Enborne, Mr. Dale ; Coomb, Darent, and other woods near London. 4. delunaria Hiib. — Wood, 19. 484. A variety of the former species probably, which has been found at Birch Wood in June or July. 5. sublunaria Step. III. pi. 28./ I.— Wood, 19. 486. From Derbyshire. 6. illustraria Hiib. — Wood, 19. 487. — quadrilunaria Esp. Hare : May and June Birch Wood, New Forest, and near Axbridge, Mr. Sireatlield. ** Wings lobed : rays of antennce rather long. 7. fuscantaria Ha-^a. — Wood, 19. 485. — Cai-pinaria Ha'w. var. Siourton Caundle, Mr. D. Serrell. 8. erosaria Hub. — Wood, 18. 476. — queicinaria Hub. — cras- i^iiviix Fab. — Tiliaria Esp. — ochraria Wood, 18. 475. End of August, ISe})lember, lime trees; October, a male on Saltpans, Pegwell Bay. 9. angularia Hiib. — Curt. B. E. ^;/. 667. S 9 • — carpinaria Hcib.^. — erosaria ii\sy?. — Que rcaria Hiib, — Wood, 19. 47fc». Aug. and beginning of Sept. thickets and plantations near London on lime trees. The larva is copied from Hlibner. 10. Tiliaria Hiib.— Wood, 18. 473. c^ 1^. 480 S ■ var. ?— Cana- ria Hiib. — Wood, 18. 474. End of August, woods lound London, Glanvillc's Wootton, and as far north as Cumberland. 11. Alniaria Linn. ] believe is not British, but it is common on the elms in the environs of Paris. The Plant introduced, to which most of the 2nd section are attached, h Tiliu europaja, Bioad-leaved Linden or Liuie-tree. 707 'U/y cj.. SmaA:^ c^yUJ.ms Is^'n3^ 707. EUBOLIA CERVINARIA. The Mallow Moth. Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Georaetridse. Type of the Genus, Phalaena Chenopodiata Linn. EuBOLiA Goda., Curt. — Larentia Treit. — Geometra Linn., Hiib., Haw. AntenncB inserted on the crown of the head close to the eyes, rather short, setaceous, bipectinated in the males, each joint producing a pair of shortish clavate pubescent rays, with a bristle at the apex of each (1) : pubescent beneath, with a few bristles in the females (2). Maxillce as long as the antennae, slender and spiral (3). Labial palpi porrected horizontally, a little beyond the head, the points meeting and forming a beak, densely clothed with scales (4) ; triarticulate, basal joint the longest and stoutest, curved at the base, 2nd a little shorter, much slenderer and nearly linear {a). Head small ; eyes rather large and globose (7, the profile). Thorax small. Abdomen longish, linear, the apex obtuse and tufted in the males, conical in the females. 'Wings forming a triangle in repose, superior semifolliform ; inferior ovate-trig onate ; cilia moderate. Legs long and slender : thighs, intermediate the longest : tibiae, an- terior short, with an internal spine, intermediate slender and clavate, with a pair of short strong spines at the apex ; hinder longer and stouter, with a pair of unequal stoutish spurs at the apex, and a pair below the middle longer and slenderer : tarsi 5 -jointed, basal joint long : claws and pulvilli minute. (Sf, the hind leg). Larvae loopers, naked, with 6 pectoral, 2 abdominal and 2 anal feet. Cervinaria Hub. — Curt. Guide, Gen. 907. 1. Silky ; reddish brown, superior wings with a small space at the base and a narrowish fascia across the middle, a Uttle dilated at the costa, dark brown, the edges of both waved and bordered with a whitish line, posterior margin dark with a serrated white line and a dark streak at the apex : inferior wings pale fuscous, the lower portion lighter, the margin dark reddish brown with an indistinct whitish crenated line. In the Author's and other Cabinets. MoNS. DupoNCHEL has included in his genus Eubolia many of my Zerynthiae (fol. 296), which, however artificial our ar- rangement of the Lepidoptera may be, are readily distinguished by the longer rays of the masculine antenna?, and these are not armed at the apex with a bristle as in Eubolia. C. pro- ■pugnata also forms a part of his group, an insect which belongs to a different section, owing to the simple antennae of the males ; it is a true Cidaria. Great confusion has also been made with the 2n(l species, which has induced me to re-examine the Linnaean Cabinet : there 1 find three specimens ahke, one labelled Chcnoipodiata apparently in the younger Linne's auto- graph, with another Phalaena by the side unnamed ; it is the P. mceniaria Fab. which I once took in the forest of Fontain- bleau. P. comitata has also a label bearing that name in the same hand writing, and there is another specimen labelled do- tata^ which is a species figured by Clerck ; but on referring to tab. 5. f. 15, I find his insect is the P. Spinachiata Haw. and the G. marmorata Hiib. I therefore consider that the En- glish Lepidopterists are right regarding those Phalaenidae, and in order to identify the species I shall add the essential characters of Nos. 2 and 3. 1. cervinaria Hilb. — Curt. Brit. Eiit. pi. 707 c^. — clavaria Haiio. In perfect specimens the upper wings have a bloom upon them, and the pale band across the middle is obliterated as in the male figured in our plate. Found on mallows the middle of October, and the larva feeds on those plants : my figure is copied from Hiibner. 2. Chenopodiata Linn. — Wood, pi. 20. f. 5^5. — mensurata Hi'ih. Goda. Superior wings tawny or reddish fuscous, with numerous undulating lines ; a fascia in the middle bearing a black dot and a dark oblique line at the apex : inferior wings of the male with 2 or 3 darker lines beyond the centre which is of a lighter colour, the margins darker, those of the female paler : 16 to 18 lines in expanse. End of June to Sept. in bushy places, in such abundance, that it has obtained the appellation of the Aurelians' plague. The larva feeds on Bromus arvejisis. 3. bipunctaria Fab. — Wood, pi. 21, f. 5^1. Wings cinereous-white, with numerous waved lines; a fascia across the middle, the margins fuscous and crenated, with a double black dot on the disc : 16 to 17 lines. Chalky places, middle of July to middle of August abund- ant amongst coarse grass near Mickleham ; the Castle-hill, Dover ; and Niton in the Isle of Wight. The larva feeds on Trifolium pratense and Lolium perenne. The plant is Althcca officinalis. Common Marsh Mallow. ±g6 ^ •^^^ d/i^ -fyCf-i^uA^ cS2^. /■/6S0 7- /?3^ 296. ZERYNTHIA LATENTARIA. Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Phalaenidae Lat., Leach. Type of the Genus, Phalsena didymata Linn. Zerynthia Noh. — Cidaria Zerene and Fidonia Treit. — Geometra Hub., Haw. — Phalaena Linn., Fab., Lat., Don. Antenncs inserted on the crown of the head close to the eyes, rather short, pectinated in the males, composed of numerous ob- long joints covered with scales above, each producing 2 long pu- bescent branches (1), excepting 2 or 3 at the base ; towards the apex they become short, and several of the terminal joints have none (lb); in the females they are quite simple (2). Maxill(E the length of the antennae, spiral, furnished with pe- duncled glands at the apex (3). Labial Palpi short, clothed with scales (4) ; triarticulate, basal and 2nd joints not very long, of equal length, the former curved, the latter straight, 3rd minute subglobose (4 a). Head s/jorL Eyes globose (7). Thorax lobed. Abdomen slender, linear and obtuse in the males, ovate-conic in the females. Wings, superior subtrigonate ; inferior not very ample. Thighs, hinder rather short. Tibiae, anterior short with a spine on the internal side, middle and posterior spurred, the latter long with a pair of spurs below the middle. Tarsi longer than the tibice in the anterior and shorter in the other legs, the basal joint the longest. Claws and Pulvilli mi- nute (8t, a hind leg). Caterpillars loopers, with 6 pectoral, 2 abdominal and 2 anal feet. Latentaria Nob. Cinereous, minutely freckled with black. Superior wings varie- gated with a tint of ochre, having 7 or 8 irregular waved strigae, darkest at the costa, the space between two forming a more or less decided bar across the middle, the external margin of which is crenate and edged with a whitish line ; in the centre is a black dot ; posterior margin with 7 pairs of black dots ; the cilia ma- culated. Inferior wings duller, with a black point between the base and middle, beyond which are a few indistinct irregular and waved lines, some of them forming an obscure fimbria; the mar- gin having 6 pair of black dots, and the cilia slightly maculated. Body with the segments whitish at the margins. Legs annulated. In the Cabinets of Mr. Dale and the Author. Most of the followincr species are included in the genus Ci- daria by Treitschke, but as the antennae of the male in his first species [PlialcEna propugnata F.), which I presume is the type, ai'e merely ciliated and not pectinated, it has become necessary to designate the succeeding group by another name. 1. Z. munitata. Hiib. pi. 66./. 346.— /faw). 328. 34-? I first took a female of this rare moth on the Ochil Hills near Stirling, the 5th July ; on the 20th, a male in a damp spot upon a heath near Killin; and soon after, others in the Isle of Bute ; and subsequently Mr. Dale, Mr. Marshall and myself, captured several amongst coarse grass on the sides of Skiddaw. It is said also to be common at Westerham in Kent, amongst Pine-trees, the beginning of June and end of Sep- tember. 1 should not have put a query to the reference to Mr. Haworth's work, as he quotes Hdbner's figure, had he not also referred to Donovan's Phalaiia tristrigaria, v^^hich is a male with simple antennae, and probably a variety of Pha- Icena variata Hub. 2. Z. 4-fasciaria L. — Hwiso. 307. TOO.— Ligustrata Hiib. 55. 282 fern. — End of June, trunks of trees and gardens, Norfolk and Suffolk, and end of July, hedges, Hertford. 3. Z. unidentaria. Haw. 308. 101. — 4-fasciata. Hub. 55. 284- fern. — Middle of May, Coomb Wood ; June and August, amongst Elms. 4. Z. ferrugaria L. — Haw.— Hub. 55. 285 mas. var. and 89. 460 fern. var. — Salicaria Haw. var. — Very common in May and June in hedges. 5. Z. olivaria. Hub. 59. 307.— H«to.— End of August; Birch-trees, Kent, and trunks of Beech-trees, Inverary, and sides of rocks at the Trossacks. 6. Z. latentaria. Curt. Brit. Ent. pi. 296. — Taken in abun- dance by Mr. Dale and myself on walls and rocks near Am- bleside, 8th June. 7. Z. Salicata. Hiib. 53. 273. — This is distinguished from the last by its smaller size; and the wings, especially the in- ferior, are scarcely at all freckled. Mr. Dale first discovered this in Scotland, and I think Mr. Marshall has taken it near Keswick, the end of August. 8. Z. didymaria Z..— i/a;w.— scabrata. Hiib. 44. 229 mas, var. P — End of July, Kent, Norfolk, Yorkshire, and Scotland. 9. Z. viridaria. Fab. Si/st. Ent.— Haw.— m'lata. Hiib. 57. 292. — pectinitaria. Don. 14. 479. 1. — June, open parts in Woods. 1 0. Z. fluctuata L. — Hiib. 48. 249.— J/aw.— May, gardens. 11. Z. costovata. Haw. 334. 54.— Probably a variety of the last; May, hedges. 12. Z. imphcata rij7/. — Haw. — montanata. Hiib. 4>8. 248 fern. — May and June, open places in Woods. 13. Z. Vauaria Z..— Wauaria. Hiib. 11. 55.— Don. 6. 196. — V-nigraria Haw. var. — Ent. Tratis. pi. 7. f. 3. — Jure and Julv, o-ardens. This species does not associate well with the others, but at present I know of no better situation for it. The plant is Carduus {Cnicus) arvensis (Creeping Thistle). /c^ V Ci^ // 4^ /c 1 1' I % 31 759. VENUSIA CAMBRICA. Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Phalaenida. Type of the Genus, Venusia Cambrica. Venttsia Curt. AntentKB inserted close to the eyes, on each side of the crown, rather short, setaceous, scaly and bipectinated in the male (1), the rays close, short, clavate and ciliated, becoming very short towards and vanishing at the apex. Maxilla spiral, not so long apparently as the antennae (3). Palpi very short, not projecting beyond the head, nearly hori- zontal, slightly curved and scaly (4) , triarticulate ? Head small subglobose, densely clothed with close scales (7, the pro- file) : eyes moderate, oval. Thorax subglobose. Abdomen some- what linear, the apex a little tufted in the male. Wings probably forming a triangle in repose : superior subtrigonate-ovate : inferior trigonaie-ovate : cilia shortish. Legs rather long and slender : thighs rather long : tibiae, anterior short, with an internal spine, the others long and slender, with a pair of short spurs at the apex, the hinder the longest, with a pair also a little above the apex (8 j, a hind leg) : tarsi 5-jointed, basal joint the longest : claws awe? pul- villi minute. Cambrica. — Curt. Guide, Gen. 907^. Light bright gray, freckled with pale brown : antennae yellow- ish-brown ; a transverse band on the forehead and the palpi dark brown : superior wings with numerous sinuated strigse forming patches on the costa : basal striga a black thin line, a pale brown pair next ; another fine dark pair, not symmetrical, before the middle, and a pair beyond it, the inner one black as well as the nervures, where they intersect it, the other is broader and yellowish-brown, and there is a pair of crenated brown strigse towards the posterior margin, the points on the nervures black, the outer striga faint ; a line of 7 sublunate brown spots at the base of the cilia : inferior wings white with a delicate pair of strigse across the middle, and a crenated pair towards the margin, all darkest at the interior margin, 6 or 7 brown lunate marks at the base of the cilia, which are white in all the wings. In Mr. Dale's Cabinet. This pretty little moth appears to be so nearly allied to the genus Zerynthia (pi. 296), that I should not have given a fi- gure and description of it here, had it not been an undescribed and very interesting species, from the approach which it makes to Oporahia muUistrigaria; indeed I should have included it in that genus, but it is doubtful whether it may not be ne- cessary to remove the Oporabia to the genus before us : the antennae are similar, but the wings have not the contour and texture of the type of Oporabia which those of O. muUistrigaria have ; this last species has been included by the author of the ' Illustrations' in the genus Larentia (Eubolia B. E. pi. 707), with which it cannot be naturally associated. Oporabia dilutata is characterized by very ample superior, and rather elongated and narrow inferior wings, and the mas- culine antennae are merely ciliated. O. muUistrigaria has less ample but similarly formed wings, with the masculine antennae bipectinated, the rays short. Venusia Cambrica has more compact wings, formed like those of Zerynthia, but the markings bear a greater resemblance to Oporabia or Lobophora (pi. 81). It is possible that the discovery of the female might lead to the settling of its affini- ties, but that sex is at present unknown. The only specimen I have seen of V. Cambrica was taken at Hafod in Cardigan, near the Devil's Bridge, and was given to J. C. Dale, Esq., by Mr. House, of Clifton, near Bristol. For beautiful specimens of Mespilus germanicus, Medlar- tree, I am indebted to Mr. Luxford, who gathered them last June between Reygate and Nutfield, Surrey. 44/ t/.X o-'.- &//j^:r^*t.-/:-/bu.: 447. EPHYRA PICTARIA. The Kent Mocha or Grey Carpel. Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Phalagnidae. Type of the Genus, Geometra punctaria Linn. Ephyra Godn, Curt. — Cyclopliora & Cleora Steph. — Cabera Treit. — Geometra Linn., Haw. Antennae inserted on the crown of the head, short, bipectinated in the males, the rays pubescent, a considerable portion of the apex simple and only pubescent beneath (1); without rays in the female (7?). Maailla: spiral and slender, considerably shorter than the an- tennse (3). Labial Palpi slender, porrected obliquely and sparingly clothed with scales (4); trijirticulate, basal joint a little the longest and stoutest, curved, 2nd neaily as long and stout, 3rd shorter and slender (4 a). Sexe?, alike in size. Hend small : eyes globose. Thonix small. Ab- domen short and slender, obtuse in the males. Wings spread when at rest j superior elongate-trigonate, apex slightly falcated ; inferior triangular but rounded. Legs slender : tibiee, anterior short, with an internal spine ; posterior long slender and terminated by a pair of short obtuse spurs in the mole ((5*8); slightly inflated in the female, the apical spurs longer and unequal, with another pair a little above them (8 9) : tarsi o-jointed. Caterpillars loopers, attenuated towards the head, with 6 pectoral, 2 abdominal, and 2 anal feet. — Fues. Pupse either attached by the tail and the middle (Hiib.); or inclosed in a thin web. — Fues. PicTARiA Thunb. ? — Curt. Guide, Gen. 910. 9. Female, grey with a slight reddish tint, freckled and glossy ; the tufts down the back of the abdomen white : superior wings slightly scabrous, with an indistinct dark line before and another beyond the middle, waved and crenated, forming a fascia consi- derably broader at the costa than below, with a spot of the same tint near the disc, on the posterior margin is a line of undefined pale spots on each of which is a black dot ; inferior wings dirty white, the abdominal and posterior margins freckled with brown and tinted with cinereous, a crenated line across the middle, darkest on the anal margin and a line of dark brown spots on the external margin : cilia cinereous, freckled with brown. In the Author s Cabinet. This pretty genus varies from all the family I have hitherto illustrated in having a long terminal joint to the palpi ; and no one that I am aware of has noticed the difference in the hinder tibiee, which have only one pair of spurs in the males, but two pair in the females. Hiibner represents the larvae of G. pendularia as perfect loopers, and the pupae with truncated heads and attached by the tail, with a thread round the body like Pontia, (the com- mon White Butterfly,) but Fuessley in illustrating the trans- formations of G. Onojiaria delineates the larvae as imperfect loopers, and the chrysalis inclosed in a fine web. 1. E. trilinearia BorJc.—Goda^ pi. 111. f. 6. & 7. — linearia Hub. & Haw. — Woods, Kent; beginning June near Lyndhurst, J. C. 2. E. punctaria L., Haw. — subangularia Haw. var. — com- munifasciata Don. 13. 456. — End of May and Aug., open places in woods. — The Larva feeds on the Oak. 3. E. poraria L., Goda, 17'2. 1. — punctaria Hiib. — ocellaria Haw. & Steph. — End of May, woods ; beginning of June, Coomb-wood, J. C, also end of August. — Obs. The G. ocellaria Hiib., recorded by Mr. Stephens as a British insect, has never been found in this country that I am aware of. 5. E. omlcronaria Hub., Haw., Goda, 172. 7. — annularia jPa^. End of May, June and August, Darent-wood, J. C. —The Caterpillar feeds on the Maple {pi. 328). 6. E. pendularia L. — Hiib., Haw., Goda, 172. 5. — circularia Fab. — End of May, Birch-trees, Coomb and Birch woods, J. C. ; also end of August. — The Larva feeds on Birch {pi. 4'34-), and Alder. 7. E. albicincta Haw. 344. 86. — A specimen was taken near Peckham many years back, and is in Mr. Hatchett's Cabinet. 8. E. orbicularia //z/&.. Haw., Goda, 172. 6. — Middle of June, Coomb-wood ; in a garden at Lambeth, Mr. Sa- mouelle, near Brockenhurst, New Forest. 9. E. pictaria Thimb. ? — Curt. B. E. pi. 447. — Although the male of this rare insect is unknown, and it has been placed in my Genus Cleora, I have little doubt of this being its natural situation. Mr. Jos. Standish took 3 off some paling on Dartford Heath, Kent; the finest on the 17th of April 1820, and the other two, which were rather wasted, on the 1st of May 1826; a very fine specimen was found at the same place the middle of April, and another near Charing, in the same county, by Thomas Marshall, Esq. The Plant is Poterium Sanguisorba (Upland Burnet). K)J y, A J- /^c26 105. CHARISSA OPERARIA. Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Phalsenidae Lat., Leach. Type of the Genus Geometra obscuraria Hilb. Charissa Nobis. Phalaena Linn., Fab., Lat., Leach. Geometra Hub., Haw. Antennae arising from the back part of the head, rather robust, long-, attenuated at both ends, composed of numerous transverse joints, with a few short scales above, hairy beneath, compressed and produced internally in the males (fig. 1 a), slender and se- taceous in the females. Labrum and Mandibles minute, the latter ciliated internally. Maxillce long, ciliated towards their extremity (3). Labial palpi not so long as the head, nearly straight, not pro- jecting like a beak, nor contiguous, sparingly covered with scales (4), 3-jointed, 1st joint long, curved only at the base, 2nd shorter, 3rd minute ovate (4 a). Head small, covered with short close scales. Wings extended hori- zontally, undivided, superior trigonnte, apex acute, margins indented, especially in the inferior wings. Abdomen long, slender and obtuse in the males, shorter and subconic in the females. Anterior tibiae short, with an internal spine, '2nd pair with spurs at their apex, the posterior with 2 pair of ■spurs, sometimes subclavate in the males (Sf). Tarsi 5 -join ted, the basal joint in the anterior pair as long as the tibia. Claws simple, minute. Caterpillars loopers with 6 pectoral, 2 abdominal, and 2 anal feet? Operaria Hiibner's Lep. pi. 69./. 359. Dull gray, variegated and tinged with pale ochre, glossy. An- tennse dull ferruginous. Thorax and abdomen gray, speckled with whitish scales, the latter darkest at the edges of the seg- ments. Wings rather narrow, superior dark gray irregularly variegated with white scales, an obscure transverse curved fascia towards the base, another beyond the middle, parallel to the pos- terior margin, sinuated, and a pale indented one near to the same margin ; 7 minute black spots at the base of the cilia, and a large obscure one near the middle approaching the costa. Inferior wings like the superior in colour, with a sinuated obscure fascia near the centre, pale at the external edge, and a paler one nearer, parallel to the margin, upon which there are a few minute black spots and a larger very obscure one between the fascia and the base. Beneath pale silvery gray variegated ; the fascia and cen- tral spots very obscure. In the Cabinets of Mr. Dale and the Author. The pectinations of the antennae in the males, which give a robust and compressed appearance to them, will enable us to distinguish the individuals that compose this genus, which ap- proaches very near to Cleora, and appears to be conterminous, and to unite the extensive groups designated as Geometra and Phalccna by Mr. Haworth and other authors. The shortness of the palpi (which are often nearly vertical, the ends only ap- pearing from above) and the high point of insertion of the maxillae are peculiar, as well as the clavate posterior legs of the males, which is, however, a partial character, not being very evident in C operaria^ although it is in the type. The British species that this genus comprises are, 1. Charissa operaria Hiib. — Nob. 2. serotinaria Hiib. — Hatv. Lep. Brit. 311. 107. 3. pullaria Hiib. — Hatso. Lep. Brit. 314. 115. — Phalsena quadripustulana Don. Brit. Ins. V. 13.pl. 463. 4. obscuraria Hiib. — Haw. Lep. Brit. 314. 116. On the 26th July, whilst at the Isle of Bute, I took 2 males (one of which is figured) of Charissa operaria : Mr. Dale cap- tured 2 others and a female soon after in the Isle of Arran. The species of this genus are generally attached to heathy si- tuations : our insect secreted itself amona-st the stones of the o walls so peculiar to the North, and upon being disturbed took shelter amongst the fern during the day ; and in the evening we never saw them. The hills in Bute were covered with heath, upon which we found C. operaria ,- and about a mile from Rothsay, the plant figured, Gentiana campestris^FioiA Gentian), was in flower there at the time. C&^.4.c/& 280. BOARMIA TETRAGONARIA. The Brindled Square-spot. Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Phalaenidae Lat., Leach. Type of the Genus, Geometra consonavia Hub. BoARMiA Treit. — Vhaisena Linn., Fab., Steph. — Geometra Hm^., Haw. AntenncE inserted on the crown of the head, setaceous, clothed with scales above, composed of numerous joints, each producing a series of long curved hairs in the males (1) ; simple in the females. MaxillcE not so long as the antennae (3). Labial palpi short, porrected horizontally, thickly clothed with short scales (4) ; triarticulate, 1st and 2nd joints of equal length, the former curved, the latter oval, 3rd very minute (4 a). Head small. Eyes large globose {7 a). Thorax not large. Abdomen rather long, slender, and attenuated in the males ; shorter, subcorn- eal or acuminated in the females. Wings extended horizontally when at rest, superior subtrigonate, inferior with the viargin deeply in- dented. Legs, anterior with the tibice producing a broad lobe at the middle, ciliated on the inside and acuminated at the apex, the others spurred, the hinder ones with a pair towards the middle. Tarsi 5-jointed, basal joint as long as the tibia. Claws simple. Pulvilli distinct, each side producing a ciliated lobe or appendage. Caterpillars loopers, with 6 pectoral, 2 abdominal, and 2 anal feet. Tetragonaria Haw. MSS. Dirty white, freckled with black. Antennee spotted with brown. Thorax with the tips of the anterior scales brown. Abdomen with the 2nd joint brown, darkest at the base. Anterior wings clouded with brown ; a brownish curved fascia towards the base, the edges irregularly darker, across the middle runs a very ob- scure and broken line, divided or forming a loop near the costa, beyond are 2 pale sinuated lines, the 1st interrupted and edged v/ith black, the 2nd somewhat dentated, between them is a large brown spot at the costa and a square one of the same colour in the centre ; the space between the 2nd striga and the posterior margin (which is dotted with black) is clouded with brown, dark- est a little below the apex. Inferior wings with a small unspotted space at the base, followed by a thickly dotted one ; 2 indented broken lines across the middle, darkest at the abdominal margin, with a lunular spot between them, beyond the 2nd are two brown waved strigse and a series of brown dots on the margin which is crenate-serrate. In the Author's and other Cabinets. When I published, a few years since, the type of my genus Cleora, I unfortunately had not a male ; and from the appear- ance of the females I was led to think that the insects which form the present group Boarmia would associate with them. Mr. Lyell having kindly presented me with this male of Cleora cinctaria^ I find it has beautifully pectinated antennae similar to those of Alcis ; whereas in Boarmia they are pilose beneath in this sex, each joint producing across the middle a line of long curved hairs. The palpi are short and densely clothed with scales : the anterior tarsi are furnished with a broad spine near the middle, externally covered with scales, acute at the apex, and emarginate on one side, where it is ciliated with long hairs. There can be little doubt that this spine is the analogue of that which we find attached to the anterior tibiae in the Hymenoptera ; but in the Lepidoptera it is placed further from the apex, and I am not able to determine for what pur- poses it is intended. The British species of Boarmia are 1. B. tetragonaria Curt. Brit. Ent. pi. 280. The female figured I found upon the trunk of a tree in Birch-wood, the 6th of May 1821 ; it was cold and windy, with sunshine and sudden showers. 2. B. Abietaria HWiSo. 276. 14. The moth is found in woods on the trunks of trees the end of March. This is not the G. Ahietaria of Hiibner, which is not only differently marked, but the antennae are strongly pectinated, and it is pro- bably my Alcis Australaria. 3. B. crepuscularia JF/w5. ^/. SO.f. 158. — Hwdo. July, skirts of woods. 4. B. consonaria Hiib. pi. 30. Jl 157. — Haw. Middle of May, trunks of trees. Coomb-wood. 5. B. strigularia Steph. 6. B. extersaria Hilb. pi. SO.f. 159. — Haw. In woods, the beginning of July. 7. B. punctularia Hiib. pi. 61./. 317. — Haw. Trunks of birch-trees, the middle of May, in Birch- and Coomb- woods. The plant is Oph'^s [Aceras Brown) anthropopJiora (Green Man-orchis). V2> 703. HYBERNIA DEFOLIARIA. The mottled Umber Moth. Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Phalaenidae. Type of the Genus, Geometra defoliaria Linn. Hybernia Lat., Goda., Curt. — Fidonia Treit. — Geometra Linn., Hiib., Haw. Antenna inserted on each side of the crown close to the eyes, rather short, setaceous, clothed with scales, bipectinated in the males, the joints producing 2 teeth on each side, with a series of curled hairs projecting from the apex (1). MaxillcE very short, not longer than the labial palpi, forming 2 lanceolate lobes, very broad at the middle (3), with a small Palpus attached at the base, composed of 3 joints, 1st minute, 2nd much larger, obovate, with some long scales above, 3rd very minute (a). Labial palpi very small, horizontal, clothed with long scales beneath (4) ; triarticulate, basal joint the longest and largest, curved at the base, 2nd short subturbinate, 3rd a little smaller and subovate (4 «). Trophi of females similar but a little shorter, especially the Palpi. Male: head small and short (7): eyes lateral and globose. Thorax small. Abdomen neither long nor stout, slightly tapering, tufted at the apex. Wings very ample, forming a triangle in repose : supe- rior elongate-trigonate, the apex perfectly rounded : inferior trigo- nate-ovate : cilia moderate. Legs slender : thighs equal : tibiae, anterior the shortest with an internal spine, the others with spurs at the apex, very short in the hinder, with a pair also considerably be- low the middle (8 f) : tarsi 5 -jointed, anterior the longest: claws and pulvilli minute. Female apterous or ivith rudimentary wings. Abdomen elongate-conic : oVidiMCt short and pilose. Legs stoutish ; anterior tibice without spines. Larvae loopers, slightly hairy, with 6 pectoral, 2 abdominal and 2 anal feet. Defoliaria Linn. — Curt. Guide, Gen. 914. 3. Ochreous, with large purplish freckles : superior wings with a brown curved fascia near the base, more or less irregular, and another of the same colour beyond the middle, with the edges very much sinuated and often edged with dark brown, a large blackish dot on the disk and a few brown spots on the cilia to- wards the apex : inferior wings with a pale livid spot on the centre. Female yellowish white, spotted with blue-black : thorax with 4 spots, a double line of large spots down the back and the legs blue-black, the thighs and tibiae annulated with white. In the Author's and other Cabinets. The males of this genus are remarkable for their handsome, large delicate wings, whilst the females on the contrary are totally destitute of them, in the typical species. Fortunately in this country the larvae are never known to do any mischief, but in France the caterpillars of the species figured sometimes do very extensive injury by destroying the leaves, especially of fruit trees ; but M. Duponchel mentions an admirable plan for checking their ravages : it is by wash- ing a space round the base with a glutinous matter, so that the femaleSj as they pass up the trunk in order to lay their eggs upon the leaves, may be entangled by the gluten and perish, and he adds that by the destruction of one female the birth of 300 caterpillars at least is prevented. Shaking the trees smartly is also effective by causing the larvae to fall, but it is likewise injurious to the fruit. 1. stictaria il/aw. — capreolaria j^^p. Wood, pi. 18. J". 461. — progemmaria Hiib. — connectaria Haw. var. Wood,/. 462. Middle of February to end of March, paling, Regent's Park; Newcastle; Epping; Glanville's Wootton and Enborne, Mr. Dale. — connectaria Oct. Nov. and Dec, Epping and round London. The larva feeds on the oak and birch. 2. prosapiaria hinn. Wood, J] 463. — aurantiaria Hiib. — testa- cearia Vill. var. In woods the end of October, trunks of trees. Coomb and Darent Woods; Epping; not uncommon at Southgate ; from 1 1 th Nov. to 23rd Dec. at Glanville's Wootton, Mr. Dale : also near Edinburgh. Larva on oak, hornbeam, and birch. 3. defoliaria Linn. Curt. B. E. pi. 703 c? . ? . The larva, which feeds on the oak, lime, alder, &c., is copied from Hiibner : the moth, which is extremely variable in colour, is found on the trunks of trees the end of October; Mr. Heysham has taken it in Cumberland as well as the forego- ing. Glanville's Wootton, from 5tli Nov. to 15th Dec, Mr. Dale. Anisopteryx Step. — Female 'with rudimeiitary *wings. 4. leucophaearia Hub. Wood, f. 459. — nigricaria Haw. var. — luctuaria Ha'oo. ? . January and February, trunks of trees, and females in April. Capt. Chawner has taken this sex paired with the male of H. stictaria! 3. jEscularia Hilb. Wood,f. 460. March, on paling. Cheimatobia Step, 6. rupicapraria Hub. Wood, pi. 23. f. 641. — primaria Mars. Antennae bipectinated in the male. Jan. and Feb. hedges. 7. brumata Linn. Wood, 640. — vulgaris Ste. Antennae with short cilia on both sides. Nov. Dec and Jan. on paling and hedges. The Plant is Abuts glutinosa. Common Alder. 6'// ^a 4mJ7 611. PACHYCNEMIA HIPPOCASTANARIA. Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Phalaenidse. Type of the Genus, Geometra Hippocastanaria Huh. Pachycnemia Step., Curt. — Chesias Och., Goda. — Geometra and Alsophila Hub. — Phalaena ? Haw. Antenna rather short, inserted close to the eyes on the crown of the head, slightly tliickened in the middle and serrated in the male (I), clothed with scales above, pubescent beneath. MaxilliB nearly as long as the antennae, slender and spiral (3). iaSzaZjoff/pi forming a short beak, porrected horizontally, rather stout and clavate, clothed with small scales (4) ; triarticulate, basal joint considerably the longest, curved at the base, 2nd nearly straight and linear, 3rd minute and oval (4e). Head small: eyes rather large and prominent i^). Thoxdcs. small. Abdomen slender, slightly curved and tufted at the apex. Wings forming a triangle in repose, superior narrow, elongate-trigonate, the apex ovate : inferior trigonate-ovate. Legs, posterior short : tibiae, anterior short, with an internal spine, the others spurred at the apex, posterior incrassated in the male, suhfusiform, with a fascicle of long hairs on the inside, a pair of short spurs at the apex, and another pair, one being very short, a little beloio the middle (8 f). Larva unknown. Hippocastanaria /fjifi. — Geom.pl. 36. f. 186. (J. — Curt. Guide, Gen. 916. 1. — anomalata Haw. in Ent. Trans. — degenerata Hub. pi. 78./. 405. ?. Shining reddish-grey ; superior wings with a broad pale brown fascia narrowed towards the interior margin, the basal margin angulated, the posterior crenated, with a paler external edge, a lunate dot on the disc more or less obscure and the nervures partially brown ; the margin at the base of the cilia dotted with brown : abdomen and inferior wdngs very pale ochre, the latter inclining to cinereous, except at the base, with a sinuated line across the middle and an obscure spot on the disc. In the Author's and other Cabinets. This insect is nearly allied to Geom. Spartiata and ohliqiiata and is included with them and many other incongruous spe- cies in the genus Chesias by Treitschke, but their palpi and legs are differently formed. The early states of Pachycnemia are unknown, but from the specific name of Hippocastanaria, Hiibner must have sup- posed that it was an inhabitant of the horse-chestnut tree : M. Duponchel however is of opinion that it is attached to the Spanish chestnut, as he has never found it excepting in woods where that tree exclusively grows ; in England it seems to fre- quent heathy districts, and I think it has been taken very far from either of those trees by my friend Mr. Dale. It is rather of rare occurrence in this country, and few moths vary more in the time of their appearance : a female was found as early as April on Ockham Heath in Surrey, but Mr. Dale has taken specimens from the 25th of March to the beginning of September on Parley Heath, Hampshire, and in the New Forest where it is most abundant in July ; it has also occasionally been met with near Birch Wood in Kent, and at Rochford in Essex. Hiibner's figure of G. degenerata is no doubt drawn from a wasted specimen of the female of P. Hippocastanaria. The Plant is Spartium (Cytisus Linn. ?) scopariiim. Com- mon Broom. oig &M^.i^ c/ €j,/ui^ Oc^.- / /rfdV 519. THERA CONIFERATA. The Durham Juniper Moth. Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Phalsenidae. Type of the Genus, Geometra variata Hilb. Thera Step. — Cliesias Och., Goda. — Geometra Linn., Hub. — Pha- laena Haw. Antenna: inserted close to the eyes on the crown of the head, filiform, moderately long, clothed with scales above, and densely covered with short hairs beneath (1 (J); a little more slender in the females. Maxill(B spiral, nearly as long as the antennae, and rather stout Labial Palpi projecting beyond the head nearly horizontally, their points often meeting like a beak, densely clothed with scales, making them appear in profile obtuse and clavate (4) ; triarticulate, basal joint long and curved, 2nd as long and straight, 3rd small ovate (4 a). Head small and globose : eyes orbicular and prominent . Thorax with a small tuft on the back. Wings, superior subtrigonate, with the costa arched, covering the inferior, which are rather narrow, and forming a triangle in repose. Abdomen rather long, linear and lifted at the apex in the male, more conical at the apex in the female. Legs moderately long : thighs slender, nearly of equal length : tibiae, anterior not very short, intermediate terminated by a jjair of spurs, posterior with 4 long spurs, one pair below the middle, all of them having a minute spine at the apex (8 f). Larvse loopers, smooth and cylindrical, with 6 pectoral, 2 abdominal and 2 anal feet. Pupee acuminated at the apex. CoNiFERATA Curt. MSS. — Guidc, Gen. 918. Shining reddish brown, eyes black, a little larger in the male than female : superior wings with the base darker brown, in- closing 1 or 2 strigse, a narrow fascia of the same colour across the middle, broadest at the costa and suddenly dilated exter- nally, with an indistinctly ocellated oval spot at the apex of the discoidal cell, the edges of the fascia are blackish, esi^ecially at the interior margin, and inside at the middle, and edged with an irregular jiale line outside ; towards the posterior margin is a whitish crenated line, with 2 or 3 blackish streaks outside to- wards the apex, and at the base of the cilia are 7 or 8 pairs of dark dots ; inferior wings dull ochreous white, inclining to red- dish brown at the margin, the edge of which is darker with dots : abdomen freckled with brown and white ; tuft at apex of male dull ochreous. Li the Cabinets of Mr. Wailes, the Author, S^c. In many respects this group approaches very near to Electro, and in others to Lobophora (fol. 81.)? but from the latter it is distinguished by the absence of the lobe to the inferior wings. The following species are recorded as British, and are di- vided into: * Antennee simple in both sexes. 5. T. Coniferata Curt. Brit. Ent. pl.5\9.S. As this insect neither agrees with Linnaeus's description nor with Hiibner's figure of Jiaiipcrata, I have thought it advisable to give it a name : whether it be the same species as that found at Birch-wood, and described as the P. Jiinijperata of Linn., I am not prepared to determine. I purchased a specimen last year of Mr. E. A. Johnson, and have since received anotiier from Mr. Wailes, who took them, I believe, at Castle Eden Dene. 2. Juniperata Linn. F. S. 1269.— Hiih. Georn.pl. 51. f. 294. —Goda.pL20G.j:s. " Wings cinereous : superior with a cinereous fascia at the base, a broader one in the middle, unequal, almost inter- rupted at the interior margin ; a fuscous line at the apex. The remainder entirely cinereous, with a fuscous line at the posterior margin." Linn. 1. fulvata jpflZ*.— obeliscata Hiib.f.296.—Goda. 206. 6. Recorded as having been taken by T. C. Heysham, Esq., in Baron-wood, Orton. 3. variata W. V.—Hub.f.29S.—Goda.20Q.^.l—Ent. Trans. tab. Q.f. 3. Very plentiful in July and Sept. where Fir-trees abound. Whether Donovan's P. tristrigaria v. 13. pi. 461. f. 2. be in- tended for this or the next species is doubtful, but I have never seen black streaks in the superior wings of the following. * * Antennae of the male bipectinated. 4. simulata Hilb.pl. 66./. 345. It is remarkable that M. Treitschke and M. Duponchel take no notice of this insect. The males are readily distin- guished from all the others by their antennae, which are bipec- tinated, as represented at fig. S. (?, and I do not feel certain that ours is Hiibner's insect. They agree in colour, it is true, but his appears to be the male, with simple antennae, and the fascia of our insect is differently formed : it is always triangu- larly indented on the inside, and the basal spot is very much angulated to correspond with it. Should they be distinct, the name o{ consobrinata would not be inapplicable. On the 7th Sept. 1 captured several of both sexes : they were flying in a fir-plantation at Durnford in Wiltshire, and alighting amongst the heath that grew there. The Plant is Juniperus communis S (Juniper Tree). UiU' ly cJSm/iJi^ J'lmalcn. Qua- / ^,i%. 81. LOBOPHORA POLYCOMATA. Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Phalsenidae Lat., Leach. Type of the Genus Phalsena hexapterata Fab. LoBOPHORA Steph. MSS. Phalaena Fab., Haw., Hub., Leach. Antennoe rather short, setaceous, composed of numerous trans- verse joints covered with hair and scales (f. 1, a few joints mag- nified). MaxillcE not very long (3). Labial palpi short, distant, incurved (7), thickly covered with scales (4), 3-jointed ; 1st joint cylindric-quadrate, 2nd long at- tenuated, 3rd short, somewhat truncated obliquely (4 a. the joints denuded). Head small. Abdomen slender. Wings entire, extended horizontally when at rest, superior long, somewhat lanceolate, inferior small in the males, with a lobe attached at the base of the abdominal margin. Legs rather slender. Tibiae, anterior not longer than the basal joint of the tarsus (8) : 4 posterior having 2 spurs only at their apex in the 2nd division (8 a and 8 b). Tarsi 5-jointed. Claws and pul- villi distinct. Larvge loopers, with 6 pectoral 2 abdominal and 2 anal feet. Obs. The dissections are alt taken from L. poiycomata. PoLYcoMATA HUb. Schmct. Geom. 11. JEquivocce B. pi. 38. f 190. Very pale, variegated with irregular waves of brown. Superior wings with an angulated transverse line near the base, and a broad bar near the centre, angulated towards the costa, ferrugi- nous, the latter with a large pale spot next the costa and a small one upon the interior margin, the nerves intersecting the bar black J posterior limb with an interrupted fuscous wave, the margins very pale ; costa, cilia, and posterior margin fuscous, the latter with the nerves, and a row of dots along the extremity black. Inferior wings very pale, dull ochraceous, with 2 indented transverse lines near the middle, margin with a row of black dots. -Benm^/i cinereous-ochraceous, with a brown line extend- ing across the wings near the centre, and an oval spot of the same colour near the base next the costa. In the Cabinet of Mr. Stone. This insect (new to Britain) being analogous to several groups that are widely distributed through the extensive family to which it belongs, it became necessary to pay particular atten- tion to its structure ; and I was much gratified to find that Hiibner had given a figure of its larva in the same plate with those of Geometra sexalisata and lobulata, thereby confirming the opinion that 1 had formed when I assigned it to the si- tuation which it now holds. The 3 larvae, as might be ex- pected, are very similar; and I regret that I did not meet with it in time to introduce it into the plate : it is bright green be- neath, duller green above, with a narrow yellow line down each side. (Vide Hiibner'' s Supp. Gcometrce 11. JEquivocce G. a. b. fig. 2. a. b.) This pretty genus now contains 6 British species, which must form 2 divisions. * Inferior wings of males with large lobes, poste- rior tibiae with 2 pair of spurs. 1. L. sexalisata Hiib., Haw. 2. hexapterata Fab., Haw., Don. v. 6. pi. 1 92. ** Inferior wings with small lobes, posterior tibiae with 1 pair of spurs. 3. lob u lata Hiib. — dentistrigata Haw. 4. costaestrifjata Haw. 5. polycomata Hiib. 6. viretata Hiib. — trinotata Don. v. 14.^/. 499.^/] 1. 1. I would wish here to call the attention of the student to the structure of the legs of our species (one of each pair being figured, and in which I believe all those of the 2nd division agree), the posterior tibiae being deficient of a character, which I have never seen wanting in any other group of this family, all other Phalcenida having another pair of spurs below the middle. It is also worthy of remark, that Geometra multi- strigaria Haw., and G. dilutata Hiib. and Haw., have the re- markable oval spot beneath at the base of the wings, and that in habit it somewhat resembles, Phalcena rujata Fab., and Phalcena brumata Linn. ; and it is probable that L. polyco- mata will assist in bringing together these species, which are now so unnaturally scattered through the family. Two females of our insect were taken in a lane near Dart- ford Heath, Kent, upon Black Thorn, the beginning of April 1824; and Mr. B. Standish took two males upon the wing the 10th April this year, in the same place. Primus spinosa (Sloe Tree or Black Thorn) is figured vdth the insect. iJU:^ij!^<M^.:&wi/.-n C^A ■//di'6 64. EUPITHECIA LINARIATA. The beautiful Pug. Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Phalaenidae Laf., heach. Type of the Genus Phalsena Absinthiata Linn. EupiTHECiA nobis. Phalsena Linn., Fab., Haw. Abraxas Leach. Antenna alike in both sexes, inserted towards the posterior part of the head, close to the eyes (f. 7), rather long, setaceous, com- posed of numerous joints, covered with scales above, hairy be- neath (f. 1, three joints magnified). MaxillcE as long as the antennae, slender (3). Labial Palpi 2, projecting obliquely, like a beak, beyond the head, thickly covered with long and broad scales (4), 3-jointed, 1st joint long robust, slightly curved upward, 2nd rather shorter, somewhat conical, 3rd small, nearly globose (4 a). Clypeus slightly projecting, covered with thick scales. Abdomen short, slender. Wings entire, extended horizontally when at rest; superior long, somewhat lanceolate, with2 costal nerves andarhomboidal cell, of which the 2nd costal nerve forms one side (9); inferior small. Legs rather slender : Tibiae of anterior pair very short, with a long, com- pressed, membranaceous spine, arising on the inside near the centre, 2nd and 3rd pair terminated by 2 spurs, the latter having 2 also near the middle. Tarsi 5-jointed, \st joint in the anterior pair longer than the tibia. Claws and Pulvilli minute (8, a fore leg). hawse with 10 feet. LiNARiATA Fab. Ent.Syst.v.3.pars2. p. 190. ?z.224. Haw. Lep. Brit. p.364. M. 153. Pale ochraceous. Thorax with a black spot in the centre near the posterior margin, 2nd segment of the abdomen blackish, the 1st six segments with a black spot in the middle close to the poste- rior margin. Superior wings with a costal spot near the base, and a large transverse waved fascia in the centre, bright cinereous variegated and spotted with black, the latter being margined with white, another white sinuated line nearer to the posterior margin, running through 7 irregular cinereous and black spots; an an- gulated fascia near the base, and another nearer to the posterior margin ferruginous. Inferior wings with several transverse pale cinereous bands, that next the posterior margin being the broad- est and having a zigzag pale line running through it. Cilia fus- cous with obscure dark spots next the base. In the Author's and other Cabinets. This genus, which comprises Mr. Haworth's section " Abbre- viate " (with the exception of Pterapherapteryx hexapterata and sexalisata), contains 38 British species, 27 of which are described in Lepidoptera Britannica, and three more by Hub- ner, viz. Phalana abbreviata, insig7iata, and exiguata. These pretty moths form a most natural genus, and when alive are characterized (as Mr. Haworth has observed) by the elegant attitude in which they repose, with their wings beauti- fully expanded, lying close to the surface upon which they rest, as moths are displayed for our cabinets by the London collectors. The characters perhaps most deserving our atten- tion are the great length of the basal joint of the anterior tar- sus, and the shortness of the tibia, which has an internal flat spine, a character as constant in many Lepidopterous families as the emarginated anterior tibia is amongst the Carabidce : whether this tibial process, which has hitherto been entirely neglected, will prove essential in a natural arrangement of this Order I am at present not competent to decide ; and although I have given a drawing of the disposition of the nerves of the superior wings, I suspect, from the observations I have made, that they will rather supply family, than generic characters, which however will be very valuable, as at present those that we have are very minute and uncertain. During a few days that I spent at Dover in the middle of August 1820, previous to my visiting the opposite coast, I beat a beautiful caterpillar from the Antirrhinu7n Linaj-ia, which grew in abundance, and was in full flower at the time, upon the Castle-hill ; it fed upon the blossoms, and began very soon to form its cocoon, which prevented my making a drawing of it : the early part of the following June, to my great satisfac- tion, the elegant specimen figured in the plate was produced. Fabricius describes the larva as yellow, with red feet, and spots down the back of the same colour ; but I think mine was a beautiful yellow, with dark chesnut spots. Antirrhinum Linaria (Common Toad-flax), from which the moth derives its specific name, is given in the plate. S^J '.yic^ /(y CX^ ■&MA&^ /^ZA /-^ 523. HYRIA AURORARIA. The purple and gold Moth. Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Phalaenidae. Type of the Genus, Geometra Auroraria H'ui. Hyria Step., Curt. — Fidonia Och., Goda. — Geometra T/m^., Haw. — Phalsena Fab. Antennce inserted on the crown of the head close to the eyes, rather short and setaceous, composed of vertebrate formed jomts, each clothed with two series of scales above and short rays, 2 at the apex and 2 at the base, producing long bristles on both sides in the male (1, portions of the base and apex) ; simple in the female. Maxillce spiral, not more than half the length of the antennae and very slender (3). Labial palpi short, slightly curved, but porrected nearly hori- zontally, clothed with short scales (4), triarticulate, basal joint the longest and stoutest, 2nd much more slender, but nearly as long, 3rd shorter, narrower and obtuse at the apex (4 a). Head small subglobose ; eyes not very globose. Thorax with the scales depressed. Wings forming a triangle in repose, rounded and obtuse; cilia long and irregular. Abdomen short linear and tufted at the apex in the males. Legs, hinder pair the smallest in the male: tibiae, anterior with a curved spine on the inside, clothed with long scales ; intermediate armed ivith one long and another short spur at the apex (8*) ; hinder pair destitute of spurs in the male (Sf), but spurred at the apex in the female. Caterpillars loopers, attenuated, with 6 pectoral, 2 abdominal and 2 anal feet ? Pupae inclosed in a cocoon. Treit. Auroraria Hub. — Curt. Guide, Gen. 921. 1. — sanguinaria Hilb. Beit. — variegata Fab. Orange, head piceous, antennae and crown whitish ; anterior portion of thorax and abdomen, except the apex, rosy purple : wings of the same colour, with an orange margin and a waved blackish line parallel to it near the extremity of the purple, superior wings with an orange spot on the disc uniting with an ovate one below it, which is divided by a faint purple striga near the base ; inferior with an oval orange spot on the disc and freckled with the same colour : beneath similar, with the underside of the legs brown. In the Author's and other Cabinets. This charming little moth when quite perfect has the wings of a golden yellow, ornamented with purple inclining to lilacj but it soon fades, for a few evenings' and mornings' flights are sufficient to wear ofFand inj ure the delicate plumage of the wings, and then they become of a dull yellow colour and the purple loses the beautiful bloom with which it was before tinged. The females are either much less abundant than the males or they conceal themselves, and probably do not fly so often, especially in the day time, when occasionally I have met with this moth in considerable numbers, in marshy meadows, where they rise under the feet in brushing through the long coarse grass. In an excursion to Horning the S^th of last June with Mr. Charles Paget, his Brother and Capt. Chawner, we found them common in one marsh, together with Erastria uncana (folio 140^), and it has been observed there ten days later ; about the same time Mr. Dale was taking it in Holt Forest : it has also appeared in abundance near Croydon in Surrey ; in the neighbourhood of Bristol, and in Somerset- shire : I have taken it the middle of July near Yaxley in Huntingdonshire, and it has occurred at Trundle, Brick and Ugg-meres from June 22nd to August 7th. The males of this insect are distinguished by their pilose antennae, but I do not remember an instance at this moment, in which the hinder pair of legs are the smallest in any other Lepidopterous insect; such however is the case in the males of the genus before us, although it escaped the party who gave it a name : in this sex the middle pair is the longest and furnished as is usually the case with a pair of spurs at the apex (vide fig. 8 *), whereas the hinder pair is entirely destitute of spurs (fig. 8 f ), but in the female there are spurs at the apex which seem to be rather smaller than those of the intermediate tibiae. The Caterpillar feeds on the Plantago majoj; but the plant figured, which was in flower at the time the moths were taken, is the Vaccinium Oxycoccus (Cranberry). 4// ■*-•. )i~n31 647. VENILIA QUADRIMACULATA. The Pinion-spotted yellow. Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Phalaenidae. Type of the Genus, Geometra macularia Linn. Venilia Goda, Curt. — Zerene Treit. — Geometra Linn., Hub. — Pha- Isena Haw. Antenna inserted on the crown of the head, close to the eyes, setaceous, rather short, clothed with scales above and pubescent beneath in the males (1) ; more slender in the females. Maxilla slender and spiral, scarcely so long as the antennae (3). Labial palpi projecting nearly horizontally a little beyond the head, and forming a short beak ; clothed with long scales, espe- cially beneath, short at the apex (4) ; triarticulate, basal joint very long and stout, curved at the base, 2nd not half so long, ovate, truncated obliquely, 3rd small, ovate-conic (4 a). Head small and round : eyes small and globose (7, the profile). Thorax small and oval. Abdomen rather long and slender, tufted at the apex in the male, loith an incurved acute claiv above and 2 compressed lobes beneath ; conical in the female. Wings forming a triangle in repose, superior elongate-trigonate, the apex slightly hooked, the posterior margin a little angulated at the middle ; inferior ovate-tri- gonate, the margin slightly loaved. Legs, anterior the shortest : tibiae, anterior very short, intermediate terminated by long spurs as well as the jmsterior, which have also a pair a little above the apex : tarsi not long, 5-jointed, basal joint the longest. Larvae loopers, naked, with 6 pectoral, 2 abdominal and 2 anal feet. QuADRiMACULATA Haw. — Curt . Guide, Gen. 924. 1. In the Cabinets of the Author and the British Museum. When the genus Macaria was established eleven years since, I consideretl the insects forming the genus before us were closely allied to it, although they did not exhibit some of the characters belonging to that group. In studying the Lepi- doptera previously to the appearance of the " Guide," I found such important variations between the type of Macaria and V. macularia that I very materially altered its situation ; and upon a close examination I find the palpi, antennje, and hind legs so essentially different from Macaria that I have no hesi- tation in adopting M. Diiponchel's generic title given in the 8th vol. of Godart's Lepidoptera. There are only two species of Venilia. 1. macularia Linn. — Don. v. 7. pi. 251. J". 3. Orange with large irregular brown patches on the wings, with smaller ones at the base and abdominal marmn : these spots are darkest above in the inferior wings and beneath in the superior wings. Mr. Newman once showed me a remarkable variety taken atWalthamstow in May, with the wings almost entirely brown, similar to Godart's figure 6, pi. 187. The Caterpillar feeds principally upon Lamium puripureum and alburn^ ])1. 70 and 132 ; the moth is met with in most woods in England : Mr. Dale has observed it in plenty in the Isle of Portland and near Abbey Milton, also at Enborne Copse and Bagley Wood from the 7th of May to the 17th of June. 2. quadrimaculata Ha*w. — Curt. Brit. Ent. pi. 647. S ' Ochreous yellow, indistinctly mottled with orange; antennae, head, and thorax freckled with brown : anterior wings with 3 or 4) large purplish-brown spots on the costa, which is freckled with the same colour at the base ; these spots are faint on the underside. This rare insect used to be taken occasionally in a wood at Colney Hatch in April and the beginning of Maj"^, but it has not been seen I believe for several years, and it appears to be un- known upon the Continent. It may possibly be only a variety of V. macularia^ but if such be the case it is a remarkable in- stance of stability in a variety, as many specimens have been taken, all agreeing in the essential characters. Pyrola minor^ Less Winter-green, was communicated by T. Howson, Esq., who gathered specimens at Clapdale Wood in Yorkshire, and I am indebted to the same gentleman for the plants represented in the two following plates. 691. SIONA DEALBATA. The black-veined Moth. Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Phalaenidae. Type of the Genus, Phalaena dealbata Linn. SioNA Goda, Curt. — Ida;a Och. — Phalsena Linn., Haw. Antenna setaceous, a little the stoutest in the male (1), clothed with scales above, with very short pubescence beneath. Maxilla as long or a little longer than the antennae, slender and spiral, with minute tentacula at the apex (3). Labial palpi short and slender, porrected obliquely beyond the head, the points approximating, clothed with short scales (4), the apical joint distinct ; triarticulate, basal joint the longest and stoutest, a little curved at the base, 2nd nearly as long, slightly attenuated, 3rd small and ovate-conic (a). Head small subglohose: eyes lateral large and globose. Thorax ovate. Abdomen long and slender in the male, stouter in the female, the apex conical with a horny jnlose ovipositor. Wings subtrigonate and forming a triangle in repose ? the margins entire, nervures strong : cilia short. Legs long and slender : thighs moderate : tibiae, ante- rior not very short, with a long internal spine, intermediate with a pair of long spurs at the apex, hinder with a shorter pair and a longer and unequal pair a little below the middle : tarsi long slender and 5 -jointed : claws and pulvilli minute (of, « hind leg). Larva and metamorphoses unknown. Dealbata Linn. — Curt. Guide, Gen. 92G. 1 . Silky white or pale cream colour : palpi, antennae and eyes blackish : nervures of wings dusky above, quite black beneath, especially in the superior ; a narrow transverse stripe beyond the middle on the under side, but very faint in the inferior wings, and the transverse discoidal nervure blackish. Abdomen beneath with 3 blackish longitudinal lines in the female, which sex is the most strongly marked beneath in the wings also. In the Author's and other Cabinets. This simple-coloured but elegant moth is what is termed by collectors an uncommon species, yet occasionally it is found in great plenty, the seasons probably at various periods con- tributing to its numbers. It generally affects chalky and lime- stone districts in this country, and makes its appearance the beginning of June. From the large broods that have been observed of late years in the vicinity of Langport in Somersetshire, it is to be hoped that the caterpillar may be shortly met with, and I am the more sanguine in my expectations from Mr. John Quekett, a most zealous naturalist, residing in the neighbourhood. I am indebted to him, as well as to Mr. Dale and Mr. D. Serrell, for my series of specimens; and this gentleman tells me that he took a considerable number lastyear in some woods, called the Holts, near Stourton Caundle in Dorsetshire, in the month of July; he principally found them in open places, amongst long grass where stunted black-thorn bushes were growing: these woods stand high, but are exceedingly wet in the winter. Mr. Mar- shall also informed me some years since, that he once took this moth in abundance in Kent, and it has also been found at Darent and Tonbridge Wells. I have never met with it alive in England, but I captured a male in descending the Puy de Dome in Auvergne; and Mons. Duponchel says that in France it principally inhabits moun- tainous districts, but he once took it plentifully in the woods of Notre Dame, four leagues from Paris, by brushing the heath. The similarit}' of S. dcalbata to some butterflies is very striking: indeed the colour and shape of the wings and abdo- men assimilate so well with the Papilionidae, that it seems only to want the capitate antennae to complete its resemblance to the Pontiae. It has been necessary to abandon the name of Idsea given to this genus by Ochsenheimer, and employed in the 1st edi- tion of the Guide, as it had been previously applied to a group of Papilionidai; I have theretore adopted the more recent one of Siona proposed by M. Duponchel. For specimens of the Plant, Pctroselimim (Sison Lirin.) sc- getum. Corn Honewort, I am indebted to Dr. Bromfield, who found them last October near Hyde, in the Isle of Wight. cT/ci' .'^c:^:yf.-fiSS4 Ih J^3f 515. ABRAXAS ULMATA. The Yorkshire or scarce Magpie Moth. Order Lepidoptera. P'am. Phalaenidae. Type of the Genus, Phalaena Grossulariata Linn. Abraxas Lea., Curt.- — Zerene Och., Gocla. — Geometra Hub. — Pha- Isena Linn., Fab., Haw. Antenna inserted on the crown of the head near to the eyes, rather short and filiform, clothed with scales above, very pu- bescent beneath (1 b). Lahrum small triangular and membranous. Mandibles slender, curved and ciliated internally. Maxillee small spiral not more than half the length of the an- tennge (3). Palpi minute forming an ovate fiat lobe {a). Labial palpi small, scarcely projecting beyond the head, clothed with short scales (4) triarticulate, basal joint the longest, stout- est, and curved, 2nd slender and linear, 3rd small and ovate (4«). Head small transverse and obtuse, clothed with short depressed scales: eyes lateral, large prominent and ovate, (7, the head in profile). Thorax rather small. Abdomen shorter than the wings, as stout as the thorax, cylindrical. Wings ample, either extended horizontally or forming a triangle when at rest, superior trigonate, inferior rounded, cilia short. Legs rather short a?id stout : tibiae, anterior short ivith an internal spine, iiitermediate furnished loith a pair of stout short spurs, posterior the longest and thickest, spurred at the apex and a little above : tarsi, anterior the longest, posterior the shortest, the basal joint very long in the 1st pair: claws awe? pulvilli minute (Sf, hind leg). Larvae loopers tvith 6 pectoral, 2 abdominal and 2 caudal feet. Pupae attached by threads to leaves, walls, S;c. Ulmata Fab. — Curt. Guide, Gen. 927. 2. Silky-white : antennae with a transverse ruflF of hairs on the underside of each joint in the male (fig. 1): thorax and abdo- men yellow, spotted with black, the latter with a dorsal line of black spots, with a double row of smaller ones on each side, and 2 rows of large ones beneath : superior wings with the base brown, having a yellow striga, a large spot of the same colour ornamented with a few silvery ones and yellow on the internal edge close to the posterior angle ; a smaller spot of the same colour on the costa towards the apex ; a large gray spot on the disc, a waved line of spots of the same colour towards the poste- rior margin, which is spotted with gray or brown : inferior wings with the base, a spot on the disc, and a curved line beyond it, and sometimes a few spots on the posterior margin gray, with a large brown spot tinged with yellow and gray, and ornamented with a silvery line, above the caudal angle : cilia more or less fuscous. Obs. The gray spots vary much in number and size. In the Author's and other Cabinets. The following are the British species I have included in the genus Abraxas : 1. Fantaria Lin7i.— Hub. Geo. \6. S4-.— Goda. 8. pi. 187./. 3. This, which I suspect is only a fine variety of the following, is said to have been taken in Devonshire : it is very comn^on in the South of France, upon Ash trees, in May. 2. Ulmata Fab.— Curt. B. E. pi. 515. The Rev. Richard Allen Barney of Rimpton, Dorset, has reared this beautiful moth and favoured me with the following observations: — " The Larvae vary much, and many older ones resemble the young ones; while some, near their maturity, are almost wholly white, with yellowish extremities, and all the usual marks more or less obscure. They inhume, or take to the earth, about Sept. 2nd or 3rd, (some later,) having fed exactly eight weeks from the egg ; and emerge from May 20th to June 14lh. In the year 1824 1 reared fifty of these larvae from eggs found in clusters on leaves of young Elms, besides many from captured larvae and some in the imago state. I never found any except in one particular and very limited spot of the wood. When the moths emerge, they take a station on the upper side of any large leaf, of whatever kind, and there rest, beautifully expanded, and very conspicuous, through all the heat of the day. If disturbed, they flutter helplessly to the ground, especially the females, and make no effort to escape. Where they frequent, nothing is so easily found, as they do not hide on the underside, but display their beautiful white wings on the upper surflice of any leaf large enough to afford them a convenient situation. I considered their high season of emersion to be from May 20th to the 25th or 30th, though some come out later." In Yorkshire this Moth is comparatively common. Mr. Dale, 1 believe, has taken it at Charmouth, the middle of June; and on the 25th of the same month and a few days later I found it at Ambleside. The Caterpillar is believed to feed also upon the Beech and on the Oriental Plane, with which M. Du- ponchel supposes it was introduced into England. 3. Grossulariata Linn. — Do7i. v. \.pl. 4. This handsome Moth is common in our gardens and hedges the end of July. Its pretty Caterpillars, which resemble the Moth in colour, are very destructive to the leaves of our currant and gooseberry bushes: it will also feed upon the Black-thorn, and some say on the Almond. Its glossy black Pupa is belted with yellow. 4. marginata Linn. — Don. 9. 293. 2. — naevaria Hilb. and pol- lutaria Hiib. xmrs. Abundant in woods, bushy places and thickets from May to August. The Caterpillar feeds upon the Hazel. As the legs of this insect agree with those of Abraxas, and it seems to associate well with it in other respects, 1 have added it to the genus before us. A branch of the Common Elm ( Ulmiis campcs/iis?) in fllower, is represented in the Plate. 6./. C^- 643. ZERENE PLUMBATA. The Kinnordy bordered Carpet. Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Phalaenidae. Type of the Genus, Phalsena rubiginata Fab. Zerene Och., Curt. — Melanthia Goda. — Harpalyce, Melanippe, Xerene Step. — Phalsena Fab., Haw. — Geometra Linn., Hub. Antenna short, inserted close to the eyes on the crown of the head, clothed with scales above and hairy beneath in the males (1). . Maxilla shorter than the antenna, slender, spiral and furnished with small tentacula at the apex (3). Labial palpi rather elongated, poiTected horizontally and form- ing a pointed beak, densely clothed with scales appearing tri- gonate in profile (4), triarticulate, basal joint somewhat kidney- shaped, 2nd twice as long elliptical, 3rd very minute and ovate (4 a). Head small, subglobose : eyes small and globose. Thorax globose. Abdomen long slender, tufted at the apex in the males, conical in the females. Wings forming a triangle in repose. Legs moderate : tibiae, anterior the shortest, intermediate spurred at the apex, hi?ider pair the longest, with spurs at the apex and a pair considerably below the middle: tarsi long, 5-jointed, basal joint long, 5th the shortest (8 1. « hind leg). Larvae loopers, with 6 pectoral, 2 abdominal and 2 anal feet. Plumbata Curt. Guide, Gen. 928. 6. White ; head and thorax brown and grey ; superior wings in- clining to cream-colour with a patch at the base and a fascia across the middle generally broadest at the costa, brown varie- gated with grey and darker brown lines, the margins are sinuated and there is a black dot on the disc ; posterior margin lead-co- lour with a pale crenated striga and a long patch at the tip much darker : inferior wings with a similar fimbria and striga, a curved fuscous line across the middle, with a black dot towards the base : the abdomen is spotted with brown down the sides, some- times with 2 or more spots on the back of the apical joints. Obs. The males frequently have the upper wings of a dark lead- colour with the usual brown markings, the under wings having a broad plain fimbria of the same colour : in the females the fascia is generally broad throughout, but it. is sometimes di- vided towards the inferior margin in the males. In the Author's and other Cabinets. This pretty genus, containing many species, is distinguished by its white wings simply banded or bordered with brown or some dark colour. Treitschke has included in it a species of Zerynthia and the genus Abraxas, the former characterized by the pectinated antennae of the males, and the latter by its ample wings with irregular spots, sometimes ornamented with yellow. The following species appear to belong to this group. 1. albicillata Linii. — Don. 6. 202. 1. June, paths in woods, Cumberland, Norfolk, Kent, and Knaresborough, Yorkshire, J. C. 2. adustata Hiib. — Wood, Jig. 605. 3. hastata Limi. — Don. 4. 129. 1. 2. S^ 3. June, base of Ben More and Ben Cruchan, Miss Harvey. 4. procellata Hiib. — porcellata Don. 6. 202. 3. End of July, Birch Wood, J. C. ; and Essex and Oxford- shire. 5. rubiginata Hiib. — Wood, 606. — contaminata Ber. — trigo- nata Ha'w. June and August, gardens and pathways in woods. 6. plumbata Curt. Brit. Ent. pi. 643. For a fine series of this new moth I am indebted to Charles Lyell, Esq. : a considerable number were taken the beginning of September in Forfarshire. Variable as this species is it may readily be distinguished from the foregoing by Xh^jperfect fascia of the upper wings. 7. ocellata Linn. — lynceata Don. 10. 349. 3. 8. tristata Linn. — Wood,^g. 56Q. Middle of June, Yorkshire, side of a hill Ambleside, J. C. Dale, Esq. 9. subtristata Haw. — contristata Don. 15. 510. 2. — alchemil- lata Hub. 71. 370. — amniculata Hiib. 75. 386. — substriala Wood, 567. — degenerata Haw. var. 10. sylvaticata Haw. — Wood, 56S. — rivata HUb. 79. 409. not G. aquata. 1 1. unangulata Haw. — Wood, 569. 12. biangulata //rtw. — Wood, 570.— picata Hiib. 84. 435. June, pathways in and outside of woods, Norfolk, J. C. 13. Galiata Hiib. — Wood, 563. May and June, rocks. Isle of Portland, and August, Isle of Wight and Dover, J. C. ; Lulworth Cove, Mr. Dale. 14. unilobata Haw. p. 331. 4!4<.— Wood, 564. Taken near Scarborough and other parts of Yorkshire. 15. 4-annulata Haw. 331. 45. — Wood, 565. Taken at Wisbeach and in Devonshire. Rtibiis Chamconorus, Cloud-berry, represented in the Plate, was communicated by Mr. T. Howson. 603 -^Xv^ cX-^^^^^c^ -^-/(^dC 603. ELECTRA ALBOCRENATA. The Durham Carpet. Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Phalaenidae. Type of the Genus, Geometra ruptata Hub. Electra Curt. — Zerene Curt. — Electra, Harpalyce, Polyphasia, Steganolophia and Lampropteryx S^e. — Cidaria Och., Goda, AntenncB inserted close to the eyes on the crown of the head, ahke in both sexes, rather short slender and setaceous, com- posed of numerous short joints, clothed with small scales above, densely pilose beneath (1). Maxilla not so long as the antennae, very spiral and tentacu- lated at the apex (3). Labial Palpi porrected beyond the head nearly horizontally, clothed with short scales and appearing truncated obliquely (4) ; triarticulate, basal joint curved and narrowed at the base, 2nd nearly twice as long and linear, 3rd very short and ovate (4 a) . Head subglobose: eyes globose. Thorax ovate. Abdomen slender, more or less tufted in the males, conical at the apex in the females. Wings forming a triangle in repose; superior elongate-trigonate, inferior rather narrow, subovate. Tibiae, anterior short, the others spurred at the apex, the hinder having a pair above the apex (8 f) .• tarsi long and b -jointed. Larvae loopers, smooth and like a stick, with 6 pectoral, 2 abdominal and 2 anal feet. Albocrenata Curt. Guide, Gen. 929. Silky, greyish- white: palpi, head and anterior portion of thorax brown, back of abdomen variegated with the same colour; su- perior wings freckled with black, the base brown ; a brownish somewhat ear-shaped figure on the disc containing a long black spot, with a narrow irregular fascia between it and the base ; posterior margin with a dark brown fimbria, the internal margin sinuated, with a large whitish spot at the centre and a trigonate one at the apex, beneath which is a white dot and 7 crescents along the margin, with a strongly crenated white striga down the middle of the fimbria ; inferior wings with a dusky spot towards the base, and a pale fuscous fimbria with an ochreous tint. In the Cabinets of Mr. Wailes and the Author. The following insects may be formed into sections from the colouring of the wings, but I doubt if there be any constant essential characters to separate them. 1 have only a very bad specimen of E. piceata, but it seems to be as nearly allied to E.perfmcata as to E. suffumata, and the insect here figured evidently connects E. ruptata and E. commanotata. The fol- lowing are the species as they stand in the Guide. 1. ruptata Hiib.— Wood, Jig. 572.— Don. 14. 479. 2.— Cory- lata Thunb. P 1 have a remarkable variety that I took in Scotland, making an approach to the following. 2. albocrenata Curl. B. E. pi. 603 ? , scarcely larger than This is another of the fine species discovered by Mr. Wailes, who took it, I believe, at Castle Eden Dean. 3. piceata Ste. — Wood, 583. Taken in Northumberland and Yorkshire. 4. suff'umata Hiib. — Wood, 582. 5. silaceata Hiib. — Wood, 571. — insulata Ha'w. var. — cuneata Don. 14. 487. 2. 6. Prunatai/ww. — Wood, 581.— Don. 7. 233. 1. 7. commanotata Haw. 325. 26. — Wood, 577. 8. perfuscata Haw. — Wood, 580. ^579. — saturata 5/^. var^. 9. centumnotata Fab. — Wood, 578. — russata Hiib. pi. 59. / 305. Sr 86. 445. var. 10. marmorata 2^(26. — Wood, 574. S)- 575. — amadnataSte. var. — omicronata Don. 15. 510. 1. var. 11. immanata Haw. 323. 22. — Wood, 513. 12. boreata Curt. — concinnata Ste.? — Wood, 576. Allied to E. i7nmanata; but the superior wings are more marbled ; the narrow ferruginous fascia at the base is obscure and not angulated, terminating in a white horse-shoe on the inner margin ; the broad central fascia is not solid, but grey in the middle, and the posterior margin is darker than in E. im- manata. I first discovered this beautiful species the 7th of August 1825, on rocks near Arrachar in Scotland, in company with Mr. Dale, and I have never found it elsewhere. 13. comitata Linji. — Wood, 587. — Chenopodiata i/wi. 14. Populata Linn. — Wood, 590. 15. testata Linn. — Wood, 599, S • 593 ?. — achatina Hiib. 58. 301c?. 79.408$. 16. Spinachiata Haw. — Wood, 591. — marmorata //m6. 17. Pyraliata J/iwi. — Wood, 594. — populata //aw. 18. fulvata Hm&. — Wood, 561. — socmia Fab. The beautiful Plant figured, Pinguicula grandiflora (Large- flowered Butterwort), is abundant, as well as the other 2 spe- cies, at the base of the mountains around the lakes of Killarney, but in July I could find only one specimen injlower on the western side of Mangerton near the base. Miss Jennings of Cork informed me she had obtained the P. grandijlora with white flowers. 3^/ d^^./(yQj^ig^c«s,<j§i.. /-mo 7~ y^3o 324. LARISSA IMBUTATA. The dyed treble-bar Moth. Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Phalaenidae Lai., Leach. Type of the Genus, Phalsena plagiata Linn. Labissa Nob. — Aspitates 8f Larentia Treit. — Anaitis Goda. — Pha- lsena Linn., Haw., 8(c. Antenncs inserted on the crown of the head close to the eyes, slender, and setaceous in both sexes, basal joint scarcely larger than the following, which are clothed with scales above and pu- bescent beneath (1). MaxillcE as long as the antennae, very spiral and furnished with a few tentacula at the apex (3). Labial Palpi porrected a little obliquely, extending beyond the head, compressed, rather obtuse, clothed with short and broad scales, the terminal joint a little apparent (4) : triarticulate, basal joint curved, rather longer and stouter than the 2nd ; which is straight and slightly attenuated, 3rd joint small and conical (4 a). Head small and globose. Eyes globular (7 a). Abdomen rather short and slender, obtuse in the males, conical at the apex in the females. Wings forming a triangle when at rest, entire, superior ample and lanceolate, inferior rather narrow, heg!^ long and slender. Coxae j anterior very long. Thighs j middle pair rather the longest. Tibiae j anterior exceedingly short, with an internal spine, the others long and spurred, the hinder pair with spurs below the middle. Tarsi 5-jointed, basal joint very long, penultimate as long as the terminal one. Claws and Pulvilli distinct (8, afore leg). Larvae loopers, with 6 pectoral, 2 abdominal and 2 anal feet ? Imbutata Hub. Geom. pi. 78. f. 403. Pale bright grey. Superior wings with 2 oblique brown waved bands, forming a bar across the middle, generally meeting about the centre, the outer one being very much indented externally ; near the base is a brown striga and a pale wave ; near the apex upon the costa, a brown spot, and from the apex arises a waved band extending to the posterior angle, and forming a double arch j from the posterior margin, which is dotted with black, arises a fine rosy blush. Body and inferior wings cinereous, the latter with an obscure dot towards the base, and an undulated pale wave across the middle. Cilia spotted brown and white, particularly of the superior wings. In the Author s and other Cabinets. TiiEiTSCHKE has formed a large and incongruous genus, which he has called Larentia, — a name I shall reserve for his type [Geom. cervinata Hiib., the G. clavaria of Haw.) and its con- geners. The typical species of our genus is the fourth of Treitschke's Larentise ; but he neither notices the Geom. prce- J'ormata nor the G. imhutata of Hiib. that I can find : and G. ccesiata and G.Jlavicindata of Hiib. are more nearly allied to G. Alcheinillata Linn. I should have adopted Mons. Dupouchel's name, but I am uncertain what species he intends to include in his genus Anai'tis. Larissa comprises the following British insects. 1. L. plagiata Linn. — Haw. 318. 8. — duplicata Fab. — Don. 7. 233. 2. This handsome moth is not uncommon amongst Fern, espe- cially in chalky districts. The beginning of June and Sep- tember I have found it in Norfolk ; at Coombe Wood, Surrey ; and Linton, North Devon : and Mr. Dale observed it the end of June in Scotland. The Caterpillar feeds upon Hypericum perforatum, 2. L. praeformata Hiib. Geom. pi. 103./ 532, 533. The only specimen I have seen of this fine moth I believe I captured by Coombe Wood. It may be distinguished from the foregoing species by its larger and less acute wings, and by their richer colour : and the waved bar near the base, and that arising at the apex, are almost as strong as the two cen- tral ones ; so that it is 5-barred. 3. L. imbutata Hub. — Curtis Brit. Ent. pi. 324. Mr. Dale had the good fortune first to discover this beau- tiful moth amongst some heath, as we were walking from In- versnaid to Loch Katrine, the 8th of August, 1825: it has since been taken by Mr. R. Wood near Manchester, to whom I am indebted for some lovely specimens. 4. L. petrata ii/aw. 344.84. — Hiib. Geom. 21. 113. — vir- garia Borkh. This species perhaps will associate better with Geom. lignata and lineolata Hiib. It is found the end of May and beginning of June in great abundance amongst Fern. The plant is Campanula 7'otundifolia (Round-leaved Bell- flower). 6^i -' ^^7 > 623. PIIIBALAPTERYX VIRGATA. The oblique-Carpet likeness. Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Phalasnidae. Type of the Genus Geometra lineolata Hub. Phibalapteryx Step. — Lozogramma CaiH. — Aspilates and Acidalia Och. — Larentia Goda. — Geometra Hub. — Phalsena Haw. Antennce short, setaceous, inserted on the crown of the head, composed of numerous subovate joints, scaly above and densely ciliated beneath in the males (1). MaxillcE spiral, slender, about half the length of the antennae (3) . Labial palpi very short, porrected a little obliquely, clothed with rather short scales and somewhat obtuse clavate (4) ; triarticu- late, 1st and 2nd joints elongated, stout, the former curved nar- rowed at the base, 2nd subeUiptic, 3rd small, ovate-conic (4 a). Head rather small : eyes large and globose. Thorax clothed loith depressed scales. Abdomen short, slender, clavate and tufted in the males, rather stouter but obtuse in the females. Wmgs forming a triangle in repose in some, in others extended ; superior subtrigo- nate, the apex more or less acute ; inferior small, trigonate- ovate. Coxse, anterior very long: tibiae, anterior very short, with a spine on the inside, the others simple, spurred at the apex, hinder pair the longest and spurred also above the apex (8 f) .■ tarsi long and 5- jointed, basal joint very long, the remainder decreasing in length : claws and pulvilli minute. Larvae smooth and linear, tvith 6 pectoral, 2 abdominal, and 2 anal feet. Hub. ViEGATA Curt. — Guide, Gen. 933, 4. In the Author's Cabinet. There is so great a difference in the habits of the following insects that they ought to form two genera : the first rests with its wings pl-aced triangularly, and in the two last species at least, they are extended horizontally, although stated to the contrary in the "Illustrations:" in which way the other four species repose I am not able to determine. * Posterior tibise a little thickened. Lozogramma Step. 1 . petraria Hub. — Wood, pi. 22./. 617. Ochreous, shuiing ; superior wings with 2 oblique strigae having a dot between them, the 2nd dark brown on the inside, with an indistinct striga beyond it : inferior wings with a suffused brown streak at the anal angle : 16 hnes in expanse. End of May, June, and beginning of August, amongst Fern, everywhere. ** Posterior tibia? not thickened. Phibalapteryx Step. 2. angustata Haw. — Wood,/. 616. Wings dusky gray, with an oblique narrow fuscous fascia in the middle, having a black dot with a white iris : 11 lines. End of September in a garden at Camden Town, on the authority of the "Illustrations". 3. lineolata Wien. Verz. — Wood^f.QlB. Cinereous, superior wings with the hase dark, a hrown fascia inclosing a black clot and 2 strigge often uniting under it ; 3 pale strigse towards the posterior mai-gin, with a brown streak at the apex; inferior wings with 3 or more pale strigse : 10 lines. It varies much in colour; the female is sometimes very dark. From the middle of May to the middle of August, Denes, Yarmouth, Norfolk, Mr. C. J. Paget ; Covehithe, Suffolk : Devil's Ditch, Newmarket Heath; Lewes, Brighton, and Devon. The larva feeds on Galium verum (pi. 317). 4. virgata Curt. Brit. Ent. pi. 623. ? . Ash-colour, freckled with brown ; superior wings acute, with 6 oblique pale strigjB on each, the 2nd and 5th forming a fascia, brown on the in- side, inclosing the 3rd and 4th strigse, the former terminating in a black dot on the disc, 5th and 6th strigje united, at the apex is an oblique black streak : inferior wings pale at the base, with a pale double band across the middle, and 2 or 3 beyond it ; margins of wings with a broken dark-brown streak ; cilia pale, darker at the base ; underside reddish brown: 10 lines. This may be only a variety of No. 3, but both my speci- mens, which were taken in Norfolk, differ from it in having the fascia broader and nearly of equal breadth, the 3rd striga is terminated by the spot, and the -ith and 5th are incurved at the costa, not straight. 5. lignata Hiib. — lineataria Dofi. v. 14. pi. 485.y^ 1. 2. Antennae very pilose : pale ochreous : wings with many brown lines, superior with a narrow brown fascia, and a stripe of the same from the apex to the inner margin : 12 lines. Middle of August, marshy places, Cambridge, Battersea Fields, New Forest, and Langport. 6. polygrammata Hiib. Geom. pi. 54. j^ 277. — cognata Step. Dull ochreous ; wings with numerous dark and pale lines ; superior with a dark streak to the discoidal dot, and another oblique one beyond it, forming a fascia; posterior margin brown, with a pale streak at the apex ; inferior with 3 or 4 straight bands, a crenated dark line and a pale one : 13 lines. My specimen came, I believe, from Cambridgeshire, and I think I once took it at Horninjj in Norfolk. 7. vitalbata Hub.— Wood, f. 613. Fulvous with numerous darker and lighter lines ; a broad brown streak passing obliquely from the apex of the upper wings across them and thi'ough the inferior: 17 lines. End of May, June, hedges, Birch and Darent Woods, and also with No. 8, in chalky districts, where Clematis vitalba abounds. S. tersata Huh. S -—Wood, f. 612.— ^mulata Hub. $ . Brownish fulvous with numerous dark lines dotting the nervures, and paler ones, especially on the inferior ; superior with an oblique brown patch beyond the middle, and an outlined fascia and a dark streak be- fore the middle, extending across the base of the inferior wings and the abdomen : 16 lines. The larva feeds on Clematis vitalba (pi. 342) in September and Octobei-. Poteniilla verna (Spring Cinquefoil) was communicated by Mr. T. Howson, from Giggleswick, Yorkshire. ji6 c^.-^/c/<&^^ CL^.-f.- /rf, 416. MELANIPPE BLOMERI. Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Phalaenidas. Type of the Genus, Phalaena Alchemillata Linn. Melanippe Goda, Curt. — Emmelesia Ste., Curt. — Larentia & Aci- dalia Treit. and Goda. — Cidaria Treit. — Geometra Hilh. AnteniKE inserted on each side the crown of the head, close to the eyes, short and setaceous, composed of numerous joints, clothed with scales above and ciliated beneath, especially in the males (I J"). Maxillce spiral and slender, shorter than the antennae (3). Labial Palpi small, not visible from above, porrected horizontally, sparingly clothed with short scales, the apex acute (4) ; triarti- culate, basal joint the longest and stoutest, curved at the base, 2nd oblong, not much longer than the 3rd which is oval (4 a). Head small, the scales o?i the face very close. Eyes globose. Wings expanded when at rest, entire, superior trigonate, ivferior rather narroio and rounded. Abdomen short, slightly tufted in both sexes. Legs alike in the sexes. Thighs slender, posterior a little the longest. Tibiae, anterior short with a long spine on the inside, intermediate spurred at the apex, posterior with a pair of unequal spurs at the apex and another pair just above them (8 !)• Tarsi 5-jointed, an- terior a little the longest. Pulvilli and Claws minute. Larvae loopers, dilated in the middle, with 6 pectoral, 2 abdominal, and 2 anal feet. Hiib, Obs. the dissections and description are taken from M. sylvata Hub. Blomeri Dale's MSS, — Curtis's Guide, Gen. 937. Pale gray, freckled with minute black scales ; underside of an- tennae subochreous : eyes black, face dark brown : superior wings with a black striga and a faint fulvous one at the base, and a short longitudinal dotted line ; a double blackish spot on the costa before the middle, a broken striga beyond it, extending to the posterior angle where it is double, the whole of the tip fulvous, with a waved striga across the middle, the internal margin edged with black, the posterior margin gray with an obscure crenated black striga the whole breadth of the wing, the edge of the pos- terior margin having a chain of 8 black dots 5 cilia dirty ochre : inferior wings with an ochreous tint bearing several transverse suffused fuscous bands, darkest at the abdominal margin, a broad double one across the middle and another parallel and near to the external margin which also bears a chain of blackish spots. In the Cabinets of Mr. Wailes, Captain Blomer, and the Author. After a careful investigation of this group I find a character hitherto unnoticed, which will enable me to form 2 divisions. The species figured is undoubtedly allied to M. sylvata, both being distinguished by a dark brown face, and the structure of the legs is perfectly alike. * Posterior tibiae with two pair of spurs. 1. M. ericetata Curt. — Ste. pi. 32. f. 2. — Obs. the numbers in his Plate are transposed. Discovered by Mr. Dale and myself, the middle of July 1 825, amongst heath near the base of Schehallion ; taken since in Cumberland in June. 6. M. albulata F. — Hiib. Geo. pi. 50. /. 257. — Beginning of June, be- ginning of August. Pastures round London, in Cumberland, Hants, &c. 7. M. rivulata Hub. 50. 259. — nassata Fab. — End of June. Copenhagen Fields, Norfolk, and Ambleside. 8. M. Alchemillata L.i — Not the Alchemillata of Hiibner as stated by Mr. Stephens, which is probably P. subtristata. I think it is only a suffused variety of the following. 8=». M. turbata Hub. 49- 255. — Rare. 12. M. decolorata Hub. 47. 243. — The whole of June, pathways in woods round London, in Hants, Northumberland, &c. 13. M. luteata i^.— centrata jP.— flavostrigata Don. 11. 386. 1. & 2. — End of May, end of June ; open places in woods, Darent, Dover, Newcastle, &c. 14. M. candidata Hub. 19. 101. — immutata F. — candidulata Haw. — End of May ; open places. Coomb Wood, J. C. — Northumberland, &c. 15. M. sylvata Hub. 44. 231.— testaceata Don. 14. 487- 1.— End of May ; chalky places and woods, Kent, and Coomb Wood. 15=1. M_ Blomeri Curt. Brit. Ent. pi. 416. — Mr. Dale informs me that Captain Blomer bred a specimen of this nondescript in the autumn of 1830. For my specimen I am indebted to my friend Mr. Wailes, who took several " the 4th and 5th July at Castle Eden Dene, Durham, amongst Birch and Alders by the side of the beck that runs through a dene formed in magnesian lime- stone." 9. M. bifasciata Haw. 334. 56. — Birch wood; end of Augiast; hedges, Dover, J. C. — Cambridge, and end of June, Scotland. 9". M. tseniata Ste. pi. 2>2.f. 3. — July, Cumberland. 10. M. unifasciata Haw. 335. 57. — Not the G. Salicata Hiib., which is a Zerynthia. Beginning of August, open places in woods. Wester- ham, Kent. ** Posterior tibiae with one pair of spurs only. 2. M. Monticola Curt. Guide. The only specimen I have seen, I took the 4th August 1825, on a hill near Oban, Argyleshire. 3. M. blandiata Hub. 50. 258. — June? near Callendar, Perthshire, Mr. Walker. 4. M. rusticata F. — Hub.46. 241. — June, thick woods and paling, Coombe and Kent. 5. M. trigonata Haiv. 338. 68. — Beginning of August, Westerham, Kent, and June, Cumberland. I am not certain that this belongs to our genus. Cypripedium Calceolus (European Ladies' Slipper). This beautiful specimen was communicated by Mrs. Murchison, who informed me that the plant was found wild at Castle Eden Dene, and transplanted into a garden at Petersfield, Hants. 384 C^.^fy <J: jS.*^ ii^.- f.- /3-c5/ 7- / ^3c^ 384. ACID ALIA DEGENERARIA. The Portland ribbon Wave. Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Phalaenidae. Type of the Genus, Phalsena aversata Linn. AciDALiA Treit. — Dosithea Dup. — Ptychopoda Steph., Curt. Guide Gen. 938. — Phalaena Linn. Antennce inserted on each side the crown of the head, rather short, setaceous, composed of numerous joints, clothed with scales above, hairy or ciliated beneath, especially in the males (1). MaxillcB spiral, slender, nearly as long as the antennae (3). Labial Palpi small, porrected horizontally, sparingly clothed with short scales (4) ; triarticulate, basal joint curved, the longest, 3rd the shortest ovate-conic (4 a). Head transverse, the scales on the face not projecting beyond the large globose Eyes (7). Wings extended horizontally when at rest, supe- rior elongate trigonate, inferior rounded, the margin entire. Coxae, anterior long. Thighs slender, posterior very short. Tibiae, anterior short, with an internal spine, intermediate spurred at the apex, pos- terior hollow in the male, inclosing a long brush of hairy scales on the inside, which are sometimes expanded like a fan (Sf) ; termi- nated by a pair of spurs in the female (8?). Tarsi 5-jointed, anterior very long, posterior very short in the male. Claws and Pulvilli concealed beneath the projecting scales. Larvae loopers, without tubercles, with 6 pectoral, 2 abdominal and 2 anal feet. Degeneraria //iife. Geom.pl. 1 1. f 57. mas. — Dup. v. 8. pi. 175. A.var. Female pale fuscous ochre ; face dull chestnut, crown of head whitish : superior wings with the costa red, a reddish brown fascia a little before the middle, with a black dot towards the costa, the edges waved, between it and the posterior margin are 2 parallel sinuated fuscous strigae, the inner one angnlated and divaricating at the costa ; and at the base of the cilia is a fuscous line : inferior wings with the reddish brown fascia continued across them and occupying the base, beyond it and near the centre is a black dot, the two waved strigas are also continued round these wings but are further apart and there is a third one scarcely visible, cilia the same as in the other wings. In the Cabinet of the Author. In my Guide I adopted Mr. Stephens's name for this genus ; and supposing that he had studied the group I followed his arrangement of the species, leaving out his division C, which evidently had nothing to do with the others ; he has subse- quently divided these 21 species into two genera not formed of his own divisions but of species from both, transferring siib- roseata to Timandra, and taking the hint from me has cast off the 4 last species, of which he has made two more genera, so that the jjenus in his Catalogue is now distributed througli five genera. As Treitschke first called the group Acidalia, and I am not disposed to divide it into several genera, I must abandon the name Ptychopoda employed in my Guide; and finding Mr. Ste- phens's last arrangement the most correct, I shall follow it here, making such additions and corrections as may be necessary. 1. A. dilutata Haiv. — dilutaria Hub. 19, 100? — reversaria Treit., Bup. pi. 173. 3. July and August, skirts of woods and hedges, common. A. fimbriolata and A. cinereata Ste. are probably varieties : the G. de- coraria Hiih. referred to in Mr. Stephens's Catalogue, does not even belong to this division, and I have never heard of its being taken in England. 2. A. lividata Linn. — scutularia Hub. 14. 72. Beginning of June and July, hedges. 3. A. bisetata Treit., Dtip. 173. 4. — trigeminata Haw. — scutularia Hub. 14. 73. End of May and June, hedges and chalky places, Darent. 4.^A. ornataria Hiib. 14. 70. — Dup. 173. 1. — paludata Sam. June and July, chalky places, Darent, &c. 5. A. contiguaria Hiib. 20. 105.— b. July, Wrentham, Suffolk. June, walls, Norwich. — m. August, Dover, grassy places. 6. A. incanata Linn. — immutaria Hiih. 20. 108. — Roesel, v. 1. Class iii. tab. 11. End of August, on Colt's-foot at Bartoii Cliff, Hants; Beginning of September, on stones. Isle of Wight. 7. A. immutata Linn. — sylvestraria Hub. 18. 97- — punctaria Dup. 177. 3? July, marshy places, Norfolk and Whittlesea-mere. 8. A. rubricaria? Hub. 21. 111. & 94. 487. Mr. J. Standish took one the beginning of August flying in the day in the North Foreland Mea- dow, Dover. I doubt if it belong to this genus. 9. A. ossearia Hiib. 19- 102. — subochreata Ste. var. End of June, hedges and woods, Darent, &c. 10. A. marginepunctata Ste. Taken in the New Forest by J. C. Dale, Esq. 11. A. virgularia Hub. I9. 104. var. — b. July, hedges, common. 12. A. subsericeata i/aw. July, open places in Darent Wood. 13. A. inornata Haw. Taken with the last. 14. A. aversata Linn., Hub. 11. 56. The other figure referred to by Mr. Stephens is an Eupithecia ! — m. July ; b. September, common in shady groves. 15. A. remutata Linn. Found with the last. 16. A. degeneraria Hiib. — Curt. B. E. pi. 384. fern. The only specimen I have seen of this rare moth I found on a block of stone at the back of the Isle of Portland the 24th of last June in company with my friend Mr. Dale. 17. A. fuliginata Haiv. June, near London. 18. A. fumata Curt, was taken on heaths near Schehallion and in the Black Wood, Loch Rannoch the 12th and 14th July 1825, by Mr. Dale and myself, and was one of the 23 species of Lepidoptera that were first discovered by us in Scotland in the course of a few weeks. 19. A. lactata Haw. — sublactata Hatv. var. End of May, shady groves, common. The G. sericeata of Hiib. referred to by Mr. Stephens is not a British insect. 20. A. floslactata Haw. — remutaria Hiib. 18. 98. End of May ; b. June, shady groves. 21. A. pallidaria Hiib. 18. 96. The only British specimen I have seen of this, I received from Kent. It is totally different to my A. fumata, to which Mr. Stephens has referred it. The Plant is Rubus casms (Dew-berry). The fruit has been represented in Plate 356. 4^^ r,.c<nJ^y^,XJO^C 132. MACARIA LITURATA. The Tawny-barred Angle. Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Phalaenidae Lat.^ Leach. Type of the Genus Phaleena liturata Linn. Macaria Nob. — Phalaena Linn., Fab., Haw. — Geometra Hub. Antenna inserted between the eyes, near to the back of the head, setaceous, long and slender in both sexes, composed of numerous elongated joints, each being covered above with 2 series of scales, pilose beneath (fig. 1 a, represents 2 joints of the female) ; in the males they are produced on the internal side, which gives them a serrated appearance (I). Maxilla; not so long as the antennae (3). Labial palpi 2, projecting very little beyond the head, obtuse, covered with scales (4.4), 3-jointed, basal joint the longest, slightly curved, 2nd large elongate-ovate, 3rd small subovate (4 a). Head small. Eyes globose (7). Abdomen rather short, linear in the males, somewhat conical in the females. Wings entire, extended hori- zontally when at rest ; superior slightly falcate, sometimes with the posterior margin indented near the apex ; inferior angulated. Thighs covered with short scales. Tibiae ; anterior scarcely longer than the basal joint of the tarsus, having a small spine on the internal side; middle pair terminated by spurs ; posterior more robust in the males than females, with 2 pair of spurs, a suture down the inside, from which can be exserted a long fascicle of hair which does not extend beyond the apex. Tarsi 5 -jointed, posterior short in the male. Claws distinct, acute. Pulvilli small (8 f hind leg of male). Larvai loopers, with 6 pectoral, 2 abdominal and 2 anal feet. Liturata Linn. Faun. Suec. 12/3. — Haw. Lep. Brit, jo.346. n. 92. Lilac with a rosy tinge, minutely spotted with black. Head, anterior margin of thorax and an obscure fascia on the superior wings, near the posterior margin ochraceous ; 3 transverse lines upon the same, the 2nd and 3rd of which are continued across the inferior, fuscous irregularly spotted with black ; apex cine- reous with a lunar ferruginous spot : inferior wings with a fim- bria of lilac colour. Abdomen ochraceous at the margins, with a double row of black spots down the back. Beneath orange spotted with brown ; superior wings whitish at the tips, inferior with a fimbria of the same colour. In the Cabinets of Mr. Dale, Mr, Stephens, and the Author. It has often occurred to me that the Phalecnidde mi<j[ht with great propriety be divided into 2 famihes, one having the an- tennae of the males pectinated, the other with the antennae simple; the former might be denominated Geometridce, the latter remain as Plialdenida:. Of those with pectinated antennae we have already described the genus Aids ; and the present group, which we propose calling Macaria, appears to form a parallel to that genus in the division with simple antennae. Mr. Stephens has formed an admirable genus in his cabinet, which he calls Pti/chnpoda, making Phalcena dilutata Haw. the type, including P. immutata and aversata Linn, and their congeners. Macaria will follow those, and contains — 1 M. emarginata Fab. — rumigerata Don. 14. 493. 2. 2 imitata nob. — imitaria Hilb.^ Haw. 3 dimidiata Haw. — 4-punctata Don. 14. 493. 3? 4 praenotata Haw. — liturata Hub. 5 notata Linn. 6 praeatomata Haw. 7 liturata Linn. — alternaria, lituraria Hub. The following species are closely allied, although they want some of the characters. 8 M. heparata Hub., Haw. 9 Thymiata nob. — Thymiaria Linn. — vernaria Don. Br. Lis. 9. 310. 10 clathrata Limi. ' 11 maculata Fab. — macularia Linn.., Don. 7. 251. 3. 12 4-maculata Haw., Ent. Trans, tab. 6. f. 2. 13 bimaculata Fab. — Taminaria Hiib. 14 punctata Fab. — nubeculata Haw. — Temeraria i?//6. Macaria liturata lives in the deepest recesses of fir planta- tions where the sun can scarcely penetrate, resting in the day upon the trunks of the trees. It was first recorded as a British insect by Mr. Haworth m his Lep. Brit., who at that time had seen but one specimen : Mr. Dale has since taken it in plenty in a large and thick grove of Scotch firs at St. Leonards or Barnfield near Ringwood, Hampshire, 24th July 1824; and it has been this year taken by a collector in the same neighbourhood the end of June in a very fine condition. The plant is Lamium album (White Archangel). JOS 508. OURAPTERYX SAMBUCARIA. The Swallow-tail Moth. Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Phalaenidse. Type of the Genus, Geometra Sambucaria Linn. OuRAPTERYX Lettch, Sam., Curt. — Acsena Och. — Urapteryx Goda. — Phalsena Geometra Linn., Hlib., Haw. AntenntE a little stouter in the male than female, long and seta- ceous, inserted close to the eyes on the crown of the head, clothed with scales above, very pubescent (not ciliated) be- neath (1). Labrum triangular (2). Mandibles horny ovate and ciliated internally (2). MaxillcE nearly as long as the antennae, rather slender and spiral (3). Labial Palpi recurved, thickly clothed with scales, long beneath on the basal joint, the apical one just apparent, composed of 3 joints, 1 st the longest and stoutest, curved, 2nd nearly as long, slender and slightly attenuated, 3rd minute ovate (4 and 4 a). Male smaller than the female. Head small and short, densely clothed with short scales : eyes globose and lateral. Thorax tolerably robust, clothed with long silky hairs. Abdomen slender in the male, stouter in the female. Wings ample extended horizontally in repose, superior trigonate, the apex slightly acuminated, inferior extending beyond the body, acuminated at the middle and forming a tail, cilia very short. Legs rather long. Tibiae, anterior with a long twisted lanceolate spine on the inside, intermediate pair long and terminated by short spurs, posterior longer and robust, with a bundle of fine long silken hhirs on the inside, protected in a groove, with a pair of short spurs at and another pair above the apex (Sf hind leg). Larvae, loopers with Q pectoral, 2 abdominal and 2 anal feet. Sambucaria Linn. — Curt. Guide, Gen. 940. 1. Pale yellow ; underside of antennae and maxUlae ferruginous ; face ^nd palpi ferruginous-brown ; eyes pitchy ; wings witli transverse pale brownish lines, more crowded and strongest towards the posterior margin ; superior with two yellovidsh brown strigae across the centre, with a very slender crescent of the same colour between them, the outer striga concave, the inner one nearly straight and continued across the inferior wings almost to the anal angle ; on these wings there are two scarlet spots at the base of each tail, the margins freckled with black, the inner one often very minute ; cilia orange, bright in the under wings. In the Author s and other Cabinets. The interesting history of Urania and the vahiable illustrations lately published in the Transactions of the Zoological Society, from the able pen and pencil of Mr. W. S. MacLeay, induced me to examine Ourapteryx, some species of which are said to inhabit Surinam, and probably other countries where Urania is found, which it considerably resembles in its contour, and even the spots on the under wings seem to be borrowed from the Papilionidae to adorn this elegant Moth. There is, how- ever, no affinity between Urania and Ourapteryx, the former being allied to the Hesperidse and the latter belonging to the true Phalaenidae : it is evidently related to my Genus Macaria (pi. 132.), and like many others of this family the posterior tibiae are dilated and furnished with long hairs on the inside. The larva is a true looper, and the manner in which the case, formed of leaves to inclose the pupa, is suspended, like the nests of some birds, is very remarkable. The chrysalis seems to be furnished at the tail with an elongated bifid hook, at- taching it most likely to the case, by which means the moth is better enabled to extricate itself when it is hatched. Sepp's beautiful figures of the larvae do not quite agree with those of Hiibner, from whom ours is copied, as well as the plant, cocoon and pupa (fig. P.), and this is represented by Sepp much more like the chrysalis of a Papilio. The antennae are described by Linnaeus as pectinated, and by Dr. Leach as somewhat ciliated, but they are merely densely clothed beneath with short oblique hairs. O. Sambucaria is distributed over the whole of Europe, and is by no means uncommon in most places in this country in gardens and hedges, the beginning of July: at Swaffham Prior in Cambridgeshire Dr. Jermyn observes it in abundance in his Garden, and Mr. Simmons has frequently found it in Huntingdonshire in White-thorn hedges in the evening, generally after a shower of rain. The favourite food of the Caterpillar is the Common Elder {Sambucus nigra), but it feeds also on the leaves of many other plants, as the Jasmine, the Privet, the Sallow, and, I presume, the Gooseberry, as Hiibner has represented the Caterpillars feeding on that bush. COS c^jL/-.- /y U^.€«/>4^cj,./y ■/.'fad^ 1^- I'm OD.J. PLATYPTERYX FALCATARIA. The Pebble Hook-tip Moth. Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Phalaeniclge. Type of the Genus, Phalsena falcataria Linn. Platypteryx Lasp.,Och.,Goda,Curt. — Drepana Schr., Lasp.,Curt. — Syssaura and Bombyx Hiib. — Falcaria Haw. — Phalsena Linfi. Antenna inserted close to the eyes on the crown of the head, short, bipectinated in the male (1) ; simple or slightly bipectinate in the female (1 ? ): the branches ciliated internally. Maxilla short, broad and leathery, formed of 2 lobes curved at the apex, where the internal margin is slightly ciliated (3). Labial Palpi small, hairy and recurved, appearing like a pencil of hairs (4); triarticulate, basal joint the longest and stoutest, straight, 2nd curved, 3rd nearly as long as the 2nd, compressed and sublanceolate (a). Head very short, clothed ivith depressed scales : eyes lateral and sub- globose (7). Thorax small and clothed with depressed scales. Ab- domen short and slender, especially in the males. Wings nearly horizontal {or triangular according to Sepp) in repose, superior ample and more or less falcated, sometimes indented : inferior gene- rally rounded. Tibiae, anterior ivith an internal spine near the apex, the others spurred, the hinder pair sometimes with spurs above the apex (8 (^): tarsi rather stout and 5-jointed : claws small. Larva; tuberculated, with 6 pectoral and 8 abdominal feet. Pupa, contained in a cocoon, inclosed in a partially rolled leaf. Falcataria Linn. — Curt. Guide, Gen. 943. 1. Ochreous, sometimes brownish ; superior wings with 2 denti- culated brown strigse near the base and another angulated one beyond the middle, with a roundish slate- coloured spot on the disc and 2 dots above it, an oblique brown line sometimes suf- fused issuing from the apex, with an indented line, curved at the tip, where it is purplish, and running parallel to the cilia which are brown : inferior wings with 4 denticulated strigae and a serrated line round the posterior margin, with a row of dusky spots above. Abdomen banded with fuscous. In the Author s and other Cabinets. The remarkable Larvae so much resembling those of Cerura (the Puss and Kitten Moths, fol. 193.), and the perfect Insects so very like the Atlas Moth in miniature, led some naturalists to associate this group with the Bombycidae; but I think Pla- typteryx is more allied to the Phalaenidae, and that the place assigned to them in the Guide is more natural : at the same time it is worth observing, that whilst in that species most re- sembling the Atlas Moth the maxillae are more like those of the Bombycidae, when they are present in that family ; in those removed from the type they are well developed and spiral. The following sections appear to nie to be much more useful than dividing this group into two genera on the mere outline of the wings. A. Posterior tibiae armed with one pair of spurs. * Superior wings denticulated. 1. P. lacertinaria Z,mw. — Dow. 7. 251.2. — sc'mculaHub.Bomb. 12. 50. — curvula Haw. and cultraria Lea. vars. End of May, Birch-trees; " March 7th, 1801, in Mr. Li- vius's garden, Bedford, Dr. Abbot;" Teignmouth, Captain Blomer; Bere-wood, Dorset, Mr. Streatfield; June 30th, Castle Eden Dene, Mr. Wailes. — cultraria, July 22nd, Elsing- ton-wood, Dorset, Mr. Dale. Larva end of September on Birch-trees. ** Superior wings falcated but entire. 2. falcataria Lhin. — Curt. B. E. pi. 555 S- — Sepp, v. 2. ^.12. — falcula Hub. 11. 44<. Middle of May, middle of June, and beginning of August, Birch-wood; New Forest, Parley Copse, and Cranborne Chace, Mr. Dale; Stover-woods, Devon, Capt. Blomer; and Yorkshire. The beautiful specimen figured was taken, I be- lieve, at Kinnordy by Mr. C. Lyell. The larva, an outline of which is added, is found in August on the Birch, Alder, Trembling Poplar, Sallow, and Oak. B. Posterior tibiae armed with two pair of spines. Maxillae more developed and perfect. 3. hamula Hub. 12. 4:6. <$-A'7.—Goda, 140. 3.— falcata i^a^.— sicula Sepp, v. 2. t. 16. Middle of July, Oak-woods; flying in the day in Birch- wood the middle of last May, Mr. J. Stand ish ; end of May and beginning of June, Clapham Park Wood and Enborne. Larva on Oak and Birch-trees. 4. uncula Hub, 12. 45. Indicated in the Syst. Cat. as a var. of the foregoing, but I know no reason for considering it as such, neither am I aware of any British specimen existing in our Cabinets. Haworth refers with doubt to the above figure as synonymous with Mr. Swainson's Insect. 5. unguicula Hilb. 12. 48. — Goda, 140. 4. — sicula Esp. June, Richmond Park : Mr. B. Standish says the males fly about like Orgyia antiqua (fol. 378) ; near Beech, New Forest, beginning of May, and at Glanville's Wootton and Middle- marsh end of May and beginning of June, Mr. Dale. Larva on Oak, Beech, and Black-thorn. 6. fasciata Step. — uncula Haw. Taken in England by Mr. Swainson. The Plant is Arbutus Uvaursi (Bearberries) in fruit, with an outline of the flower. 1^- /'^3r 575. HALIAS QUERCANA. The Green or scarce silver-lines. Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Tortricidae. Type of the Genus, Tortrix Quercana Hiib. Halias Treit., Dpnchl., Curt. — Cloephora Step. — Hylophila Hiib., Step. — Earis Hub. — Pyralis Fab. — Tortrbc Linn., Haw. Antenna inserted close to the eyes on the crown of the head, capillary, rather short and slender, composed of oblong joints, each with 2 bristles and 2 layers of scales outside, pubescent within (1), basal joint stout and subturbinate, terminal one ovate-conic, acuminated and pilose. Maxillce spiral and much longer than the palpi, the apex fur- nished with tentacula (3). Palpi very minute (3 a). Labial palpi porrected obliquely beyond the head, clothed with short scales (4), distinctly triarticulate, basal joint long and curved, 2nd linear not stouter, nor twice as long, 3rd more slender, horny, subelliptic and compressed, with a calloua spot at the apex (4 a). Head transverse-ovate : eyes prominent and orbicular (7, head in pro- file) : ocelli minute. Thorax clothed with rather long depressed hairy scales. Abdomen conical at the apex, rather obtuse in the males. Wings gently deflexed and forming a triangle in repose, superior broad, the costa curved, apex truncated obliquely, cilia very short ; inferior wings rather small, rounded, cilia short : tibiae, an- terior with a broad internal spine, the others terminated by unequal spurs, hinder very long and stout, with a pair of spurs also below the middle : tarsi 5-jointed, posterior with series of spines beneath (8 f hind leg) . Larvae naked, slightly attenuated to the tail, with 6 pectoral, 8 abdo- minal and 2 anal feet. Pupae obtuse, inclosed in boat-shaped cocoons, closely and firmly made with silk, upon the leaves of trees. Quercana Hiib. — Curt. Guide, Gen. 945. 2. In the Author's and other Cabinets. Mr. Stephens in his Illustrations says he has "adopted the name employed by Hlibner (viz. Hylophila) in preference to that of Treilschke( Halias), both on the score of priority, and to avoid the confusion by using a word far too similar to Halia." Mr. Stephens is singularly unfortunate in his corrections, for Hiibner's name has been for many years employed by Mr. Kirby to designate a genus of Hemiptera, which has been adopted by Mr. Stephens in his Systematic Catalogue. These beautiful insects, which are the largest of the family, cannot be surpassed in the charming combination of green and white in which they are clothed. The caterpillars form com- pact cocoons, like a boat, sometimes with the keel uppermost, instead of rolling the leaf up as practiised by the genuine Tor- tricidae. Although there are only 3 British species, they vary con- siderably in their form, &c., and by the following divisions it will be seen that if the last be established as a genus, the other two have equal claims to the same distinction. It is remark- able that all English writers, until the error was corrected in my Guide, had misnamed the two first species. The mistake originated in Fabricius; but it is singular, after the observation made by Donovan, and the clear description of Linnaeus in his Faun. Suec, that Haworth and other writers should not have seen their error. * Antenna2 tapering to the base and apex. Palpi slightly hairy. 1. H. prasina Linn. — Fragana Fab. — Don. 8. 281. — Sylvana Fab. White, head and thorax green, lateral lobes margined with white : superior wings pea-green, with 3 oblique white lines, that reach- ing the apex curved ; cilia, costa, outside of legs and antennre bright red in the male : expansion of wings 18 lines. From the end of May to end of July, paths in woods round London, also in Durham, Bedford, Kent, and Devon. Pen- wood, Hants; near Newbury; New Forest and Glanville's Wootton ; Mr. Dale. Larva in Aug. and Sept. on Beech, Birch, Alder, and Oak. ** Antennae setaceous. Palpi clothed with short scales. 2. Quercana Hiib. — Curt. Brit. Ent. pi. 575. — prasinana Fab. White ; clypeus, outside of palpi, antennae and anterior legs bright red, crown of head, thorax (except the anterior margin), and su- perior wings of a fine uniform grass green, 2 fine ohlique white lines across the centre, the costa and cilia white also. Seldom so large as the figure. From middle of June to middle of July, Coomb, Birch, and Darent Woods; once found in Durham. Glanville's Wootton and Middle Marsh ; Mr. Dale. Larva on Oaks and Alders, in May and September. *** Palpi rather stouter, 2nd joint more scaly. 3. Clorana Li7in. — Hiib. 25. 160. White; thorax, excepting the collar, green; superior wings of the same colour, with a broad space on the costa at the base and the cilia white : expansion 1 1 lines. Beginning of June, Willow-beds, near Norwich and Parley Heath, Hants; 19th July, Whittlesea Mere, J. C. Battersea Fields, and the banks of the Thames at Woolwicli, Plumstead and Erith, in Kent. From M. Duponchel we learn that the larva is found in France, the end of July and beginning of August, on various Sallows, feeding amongst the leaves at the extremity of a twig or branch, which it unites with threads. Obs. The larva, pupa, and oak-leaves are copied from Hlibner ; the moth and cocoon are from nature. /dj ^1^ c>><«< ^ '^tg^;^. y<c^.- mt'^ 7G3. TORTRIX GALIANA. The Sweet Gale Tortrix. Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Tortricidae. Tyiie of the Genus, Tortrix viridana Linn. TouTRix Linn., Hub., Haw., Och., Goda, Curt. — Pyralis Lat., Fab. — Lozotsenia &; Ditula Step. Antenna inserted on the crown of the head, shorter than the body, setaceous, stoutest in the males, and very pubescent be- neath (1 (^ the base). Maxilla shorter than the labial palpi, formed of 2 rather broad spiral lobes (3). Paljji short, attached to a tubercle or scajje, biarticulate, basal joint the largest, both ovate (3 a). Labial palpi large, porrected horizontally beyond the head, par- allel, densely clothed with scales, which form an arch or crest above and a keel beneath, projecting almost to the apex, on which the terminal joint rests (4) : triarticulate, basal joint short, curved, pyriform-truncate, 2nd very long and intiated beyond the middle, 3rd as long as the 1st; slender elliptical and slightly drooping (a). Head small, thickly tufted on the crown : eyes large and globose (7, the profile). Thorax not crested. Abdomen linear, the apex lifted in the male, stouter, shorter, ovate and obtuse in the female. Wings forming an ovate triangle in repose : superior elliptic, the costa very much arched and rounded at the base, the apex truncated, sometimes a little falcated, posterior angle rounded : inferior wings a little in- dented near the apex : cilia short. Legs rather skoi't and stout : tibiae, anterior very short, with a long internal spine, intermediate with a very long and a short spur at the apex, the others toith 2 pair of spurs, one pair at the middle (Sf) : tarsi moderate and 5- jointed : claws and pulvilli minute. Larvae with 6 pectoral, 8 abdominal and 2 anal feet : Pupss ivith the abdominal segments serrated. Galiana Bent. MSS.—Curt. Guide, Gen. 946. 4. Male shining, yellowish mouse-colour : superior wings broad, elongate-trapezate with obscure ferruginous patches : inferior palest at the base ; cilia yellowish-white. Female subferrugi- nous ; superior wings slightly narrowed beyond the middle, the apex a little produced, faintly reticulated, with a broad oblique fascia across the middle, abbreviated, truncated and not reach- ing the posterior angle, and an obscure dash on the costa near the apex : inferior fuscous ; cilia and abdomen whitish-ochre. In the Cabinets of Mr. Bentley, Mr. Dale, and the Author. The group which best represents the Tortrices of Linnaeus is nearly allied to HaliaSy pi. 575 ; their wings repose in a similar attitude, but the maxillae are much shorter, the palpi are horizontal and very different, and their metamorphoses vary very considerably : the same broad triangular or ovate but depressed form of the wings when resting, distinguishes them from most of the other I'ortricidse ; and from Peronea 541 and those genera which they most resemble hi this respect, it is not so easy to separate them, except by the characters which the superior wings suj>ply. Many of the Tortrices are very destructive to plants, some causing most extensive injury to the vines, especially in France; others destroy our roses, and T. viridana sometimes com- pletely defoliates our oak-trees. The caterpillars roll them- selves up in the leaves, forming a tunnel open at both ends, and when disturbed they wriggle out, being very active, and fall down suspended by a thread, which enables them to re- ascend when their alarm has ceased : they change to pupae in the rolled leaf, the chrysalis being slightly held by a few threads, but they vary considerably in their oeconomy. 1. viridana Linn. — Hilb. 25. 156. — Wood, j)L 29. 844. 2. flavana Hilb. 25. 157.— palleana Ock.— Wood, 846. 3. unitana Hilb. 19. 123. — Viburnana Och. — TVood, 847. 4. Galiana Bent.— Curt. Brit. But. pi. 763. c?- ? . First noticed by Mr. Bentley, who took it, I believe, at Whittlesea Mere in July : I have captured both sexes on Par- ley heath, also near Kenmare and Glengariff, and in the Isle of Skye in August, where I observed the terminal shoots of the Myrica spun together, probably by the larvae of this moth. 5. Forsterana Fab. — Wood, 848. 6. Avellana Linn.l — Sorbiana Hiib. 18. 113. — Wood, 849. 7. Carpiniana i/wi. 18. 116. — heparana Och. — Wood, 850. — fasciana and Pasquayana Fab. 8. Ribeana Hub. 18. U^.— Wood, 852. 9. Cerasana Hiib. 19. \\9.— Wood, 854. 10. Corylana Fab. — Wood, 855. — textana Hilb. 18. 1 15. 11. Rosana Lin7i. — Wood, 861. S- ? . 12. fulvana W. V. — Ameriana Limi. — Pyrastrana Hiib. 20. 124. var. — Gerningana Haw. 13. Oxyacanthana Hiib. 18. 117. — a.CQva.x\a Hiib. 19. 118. — variana Fal. — laevigana W. V. — Wood, 857. 14. BranderianaX/ww.? — Wood,S62. — Crataegana/jrMZ».17.107. 15. Roborana Hilb. 20. 125. $ .— 126. S .^ Wood. 864.— Xy- losteana Treit. 16. XylosteanaL/wn. — Wood,86S. — characteranai72VZ».20.125. 17. oporana Xmw. — Hiib. 18. 112. — Wood, 860. — Herman- niana W. V. 18. costana Fab.l — Wood, 866. — Gnomana Hiib. 21. 131. — Betulana Don. — Spectrana Och. 19. Grotiana Fab. — Wood, 871.— flavana Hilb. 21. 133. — Ochreana Hilb. 21. 134. 20. croceana Hiib. 19. VZO.— Wood, 856. 21. sylvana Hilb. 20. 128. — Wood, 902. 22. cruciana Linn. — Wood, 873. — c'meranaFab.? — angustana Hiib. 32. 205. 23. angustiorana Haw. — Wood, 879. — rotundana Haw. The pilose antennae of the male will induce me to refer this species to my genus Jmphisa. The plant is Myrica Gale, Sweet Gale or Dutch Myrtle. wg 4 a la 1h 4b c9-',Ur./y (J.Sa^aA^ <7^- / '' 209. AMPHISA WALKERANA. Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Tortricidse Leach. Type of the Genus Tortrix pectinana Hub. Amphisa Nob. — Tortrix Hub. AntenncE remote, inserted close to the eyes (fig. 1) ; setaceous, bipectinated, each joint producing 2 equal branches, gradually lengthening to the middle, each branch irregularly pilose (la) j or the joints producing a tuft of hair on each side (lb). Maxilla- short, not longer than the Palpi (3). Labial Palpi rather remote, porrected horizontally, considerably longer than the head, thickly clothed with scales, subclavate (4), triarticulate, basal joint small drooping, 2d long horizontal, ro- bust, subclavate, 3d short, slender, slightly nutant (4 a and 4 b). Head rather broad. Eyes small. Abdomen tufted at the apex. Wings probably horizontal and forming a triangle when at rest ; superior longer than the body, narrowed at the base, truncated obliquely, costal margin slightly indented, discoidal cell open at the apex, the superior half producing only 6 nervures, the apical one being furcate at the extremity (9). Tibiae, anterior very short, posterior long, producing 2 spines at the apex and a pair at the middle. Tarsi 5-jointed. CaterpiWsLXS with 16 feet? Walkebana Nob. Pale grayish ochre, sometimes fuscous. Antennae robust at the base, each joint producing tufts of hairs of unequal length (lb). Palpi hairy and less elongated than in the type (4 b). Head and thorax subferruginous ; abdomen black, sprinkled with whitish scales, the apex tufted with ochreous hairs. Superior wings pale, sometimes dark gray, fuscous towards the base, with a large tri- angular subferruginous spot broadest at the costa, upon which is an oblique oblong gray spot and a small one at the apex : inferior wings ochraceous spotted with fuscous, darkest at the base. In the Cabinets of Mr. Walker and the Author. It frequently happens that very natural groups of Lepido- ptera cannot be formed into genera by the same rules as the other orders ; and as the caterpillars are frequently so very dissimilar even in kindred insects, that they cannot be de- pended upon in the combination of species, it becomes ex- tremely difficult to characterize them. As we believe that most valuable characters might be obtained from the attitudes and figures of the moths when at rest, from the disposition of their wings, abdomens, antennae and legs, especially amongst the Tortricidae andTineidse, we would recommend an attention to this subject. It may not be thought irrelevant to observe, that we believe from experience, that in all the other orders, the best sources oi generic distinction are the trophi, antennae, and the nervures of the wings ; that species ought to be di- stinguished by form, sculpture, and disposition of colour, which latter character however, as well as size in most orders, is subject to great variations, and is the criterion of sex or varie- ties : this ought strongly to be impressed upon the mind of the student, because the ends of science will be better answered by generalizing than by dividing where it is not absolutely necessary. Of the genus described there are at present but two species, which may be distinguished from the rest of the family by their pectinated antennae. 1. A. pectinana Hilb. pi. \^.f. 108. In ascending Craig- challoch, near Killin, the 21st July 1825, I took a single specimen of this moth amongst the heath : about the same time Mr. Stone (who obligingly gave me specimens) received several from Birmingham ; and amongst some valuable insects cap- tured in Scotland, and communicated by Charles Lyell, Esq., was a specimen taken the beginning of last September in the neighbourhood of Kinnordy. 2. A. Walkerana 'Nob. Two specimens of this pretty moth which I have the pleasure of dedicating to the captor, were taken last summer near Lanark by Henry Walker, Esq., and transmitted to his brothers at Southgate, to whose friendship and liberality I am indebted for this and many other rarities. All the specimens of this genus hitherto discovered have pectinated antennae, and appear to be males. The plant is Cerastium latifolium (Broad-leaved rough Chickweed), which I met with on the mountains of Scotland and Westmoreland. J// 4a H ..V.<^ ci€«-t^-^ n^r./.-zas^ •^7 571. P^DISCA SEMIFASCIANA. The short-barred Grey Moth. Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Tortricidae. Type of the Genus, Tortrix profundana Wien. Verz. P^DiscA Treit. — Thirates Treit., Curt. — Eudemis and Aphaniai/ufi. — Ditula Step. — Tortrix Haw., Treit. — Pyralis Fab. Antenna inserted close to the eyes on the crown of the head, short and setaceous, composed of numerous turbinate joints clothed with scales above, pubescent beneath (1). MaxillcB spiral, but not longer than the palpi (3). Labial palpi porrected obliquely, a little divaricating, clavate, compressed, densely clothed with short scales, the tip of the apical joint apparent (4), triarticulate, basal joint short, clavate, 2nd long and inflated towards the apex, 3rd a little shorter than the 1st, slender, elongate-conic (4 a). Head rough with hairy scales : eyes large and ovate : ocelli distinct. Thorax clothed with depressed scales. Abdomen rather long linear and tufted at the apex in the male. Wings very slightly deflexed in repose, rather short and broad; superior with the casta arched, the apex truncated and rounded; inferior ovate-trigonate, very little emarginate towards the apex, cilia short. Legs, anterior the short- est and stoutest: tibicC, anterior very short, obtrigonate, with an in- ternal spine ; intermediate robust, spurred at the apex, hinder long and stout, loith a pair of unequal spurs at the apex, and another pair at the middle : tarsi 5 -jointed: claws minute (8 f, hind leg). Larvae with 6 pectoral, 8 abdominal and 2 anal feet ?. Obs. The dissections ivere taken from the Insect figured. Semifasciana Haio. — Curt. Guide, Gen. 948. 5. Silvery-grey, sometimes cinereous : superior wings with numer- ous short irregular transverse lines most distinct on the costa ; a brown angulated fascia near the base, with several black dots ; an abbreviated brown fascia at the middle of the costa termi- nated in the centre by a longitudinal black line ; there are 2 brown spots on the costa towards the apex, where there are also several black dots sometimes assuming a furcate form : in- ferior wings and abdomen ochreous fuscous. Obs. Sometimes the black dots are not visible and the line is very indistinct. In the Author's and other Cabinets. Whilst my Guide was printing I received Treitschke's 7th volume, just in time to add his names to the Tortricidse, and amongst them Thirates. Hubner, it appears, had divided this little group into two genera, yet Mr. Stephens has lately given it a new name, so tliat the five species ai-e burthened with as many generic appellations, and he adds, " the genus is decidedly not synonymous with Thirates of Treitschke, as given by Mr. Curtis, the type of that genus being Pccdisca prof unci ana. ''^ Now the fact is, that Treitschke has since changed his generic name ; but the 1st and 3rd species of my 948th Genus are actually his types, and what is still more re- markable, they are admitted into Mr. Stephens's new genus under the names of porphyrana and Wellensiana, the former being synonymous with ^ro/wn^f^wo, the latter wiih scutulana. The following are our British species of Paedisca. 1. profundana Wien. Verz. — porphyrana Hiib. Tort. tab. 5. f'^6. " Wings glaucous ash-colour, shining, with 3 oblique fuscous brown bars." Hatv. End of June and beginning of July, Birch and Darent Woods and the New Forest. 2. nebulana Do7i. 11. 364. 3.— Haw. 461. 215. " Wings somewhat ferruginous griseous, with 3 oblique fasciae, obscure and suffused." Haiv. July, Broomfields? Kent, also in Birch and Darent Woods and the New Forest. 3. scutulana Wieti. Verz. — Wellensiana Hiib. 37. 237. — asse- clana Hiib. 4. 19? — ^thiopiana Haw. var. 462. 216. Superior wings griseous-fuscous, sometimes ferruginous, with a basal fascia, darkest at the interior margin, with a large white spot contiguous at the middle ; an oblique suffused fascia at the centre, narrowed at the costa, which is spotted with a longitudinal black stripe across the mid- d^e; a large sublunate brown space towards the apex, which bears a brown spot ; cilia striped. A very variable species; some individuals being ochreous others blackish. End of July to end of August; Birch and Darent Woods: J. C. Also in Surrey, Hants, and Devon. 4. Hartmanniana Linn. — scriptana Hiib. 17. HO. Superior wings whitish or cream-colour, somewhat cloud- ed, with a brown interrupted fascia at the base and a broader one at the middle, with a black longitudinal line across the centre, where the fascia is nearly divided by the white ground ; costa spotted and several oblique grey and brown lines towards the apex; interior margin brown. July, near London and in Devon. 5. semifasciana JF/atu. 431. 115. — Cwi.Brit.Ejit.pl.57l,(^. From the beginnina; to the end of August in Coomb Wood, and at Hume, Hants: J. C. Hedges, Kent and Brockenhurst. The Plant is Ribes nigrum (Black Currants), from the banks of the river in the neighbourhood of Thetford, Norfolk. CPi ^7 ^a>^=^ ^ <.yM.^y'C/!-^''t^<^'^- ^^SS£ 5G7. PENTHINA GREVILLANA. The Sutherland Long-cloak. Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Tortricidae. Ty]pe of the Genus, Tortrix corticana Hiib. Pknthina Treit. — Pendina Treit., Curt. — Apotomis Hiib. — Tortrix Linn., Hub., Hmv. Antenna; inserted close to the eyes, on the crown of the head, short, setaceous and rather stout, clothed with scales above, pu- bescent beneath (1), basal joint stout ovate, and hairy. Maxill(B spiral, rather stout and not longer than the palpi (3). Labial Palpi porrected obliquely, not contiguous, rather stout and thickly clothed with short scales, the apical joint a little apparent (4), triarticulate, basal joint short and inflated towards the apex, 2nd long stout and incrassated at the extremity, 3rd small, elongate -ovate (4 a). Head having the crown clothed with long scales, meeting down the mid- dle (7). Thorax subglobose. Ahdovsxen linear and tufted at the apex in the males. Wings slightly cylindric and deflexed in repose, longer than the body, superior elongate trapezate, the casta arched, the apex truncated obliquely and rounded ; inferior ovate-trigonate, the apex slightly narroioed but rounded; cilia short. Legs, anterior very short; thighs and tibiae very short in the same, the latter with an internal spine, the others with spurs at the apex, the posterior, which are long and very scaly, having a pair also a little below the middle: tarsi 5-jointed, basal joint elongated (8 f, hind leg). Larvae with 6 pectoral, 8 abdominal and 2 anal feet. Grevillana Curt. MSS. — Guide, Gen. 949. n. 5*. Greyish-black : head and apex of abdomen subochreous: supe- rior vvdngs long and narrow, variegated with interrupted black transverse lines and spots, a large space at the apex white forming 2 claws on the internal margin, with a long grey ob- lique line arising at the posterior angle and furcate at the ex- tremity, the apex black, with white dots forming two oblique stripes ; cilia black : inferior wings yellowish-fuscous, palest at the base ; cilia of the same colour. In the Cabinets of Mr. Jas. Wilson and the Author. The Penthinae so much resemble the feces of small birds in colour, that when these moths are sitting on a leaf with their wings closed, it is often difficult to determine what they are. When in repose their wings do not form an elongated triangle like the true Tortrices ; for although they are deflexed, they are generally convex, and consequently somewhat cylindrical, and bear a greater resemblance in figure to some of the Tinese. The following are our British species : 1. P. corticana Hiih. Tort. jpl. ?>. f. 13, ?. — capreana Hub. ■pi. 40./. 250 S • I find it common in the chinks of the bark of Birch-trees in the open parts of Coomb-wood the middle of June ; and it is found also the end of May and September. 2. Betuletana Hav). p. 432. 119. Middle of August, Birch- trees, Coomb- wood. 3. Gentianana Hiib. 3. 12. The Larva feeds on a species of Dipsacus. 4. variegana Hiib. 3. 14. — Cynosbana Don. 10. 355. 3. — tri- punctana Hatv., but not of Fabricms. The Caterpillar feeds on the Ash ; and the Moth appears the beginning of June in hedges. 5. Pruniana Hiib. 3. 15. June, woods and gardens. 5». Grevillana C?{rt. Brit. Ent. pi. 561, S. This formed another of the novelties captured in July in Sutherlandshire by Dr. R. K. Greville and Mr. James Wilson, to whom I am indebted for my specimen ; and I have the gra- tification of dedicating it to the former gentleman, who is no less eminendy distinguished for his works on the Cryptoga- miiE than he is for his taste and acquirements in the arts and sciences. P. Grevillana is distinguished from its congeners by the nar- rower wings, which rnse it a more elongated form: and the cilia ot the upper wmgs are not so black in any of the other species. 6. pullana Ha'w. 434. 125. 7. marginana Haw. 433. 124. 8. oblongana ^aw. 433. 123. 9. Salicella Linn. — Salicana Hiib. 3. 11. — Roesel v. 4;. pi. 9. /. 1-4. Middle of August, trunks of Willows and Sallows, espe- cially S. caprea and viminalis. For specimens of the rare Veronica triphyllos (Fingered Speedwell) represented in this plate, as well as for those in the next (pi. 568), I am indebted to Lady Blake, who gathered them last May in sandy fields above West Stow Heath near Bury ; and I afterwards met with them near Thetford, where the former was abundant in a field of Saint Foin, and the latter on the Warr«n. JJ/ ^U-^cf^^£. \m,'. //di 1^^ )^36 551. SPILONOTA MARMORANA. The marbled Dog's-tooth Moth. Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Tortricidae. Type of the Genus, Tortrix comitana Hiib. Spilonota Step., Curt. — Hedyse, Notocelia, Epiblema and Epinotia Hub. — Orthotaenia Step. — Zeiraphera and Sciaphila Treit. — Tortrix Linn., Hub., Hmv. — Pyralis Fab. Antennce inserted on the crown of the head close to the eyes, shorter than the body, rather stout and filiform, composed of numerous short joints, clothed with scales above and pubescent beneath (1). Maxillce not longer than the labial palpi, spiral and very much attenuated, furnished inside at the apex with a double series of tentacula (3). Palpi minute and biarticulate (3 a). Labial palpi porrected, conniving, densely clothed with short broad scales, giving them a trigonate form and completely con- cealing the apical joint (4), triarticulate, basal joint not very stout and kidney-shaped, 2nd long and considerably dilated, narrowed at the base and rounded at the apex, 3rd not so long as the 1st and subfusiform-ovate (4 a). Head with the scales meeting down the centre : eyes lateral orbicular and prominent. Thorax small, the scales depressed. Abdomen rather short and tufted at the apex in the males. Wings deflexed in repose, considerably longer than the body, superior linear, truncated obliquely, the costa arched ; inier'ior ovate-trig onate, the aj)ex nar- rowed but rounded, cilia rather short. Legs stout : thighs posterior short: tibiae, anterior very short with an internal spine ; intermediate short clothed with long scales, extending beyond the apex with one long spine and another shorter ; posterior long and scaly, with a shorter pair of unequal spines at the apex, and another pair at the middle : tarsi 5-jointed, basal joint long, all the others very short, excepting in the hinder pair : claws minute (8 f, the hind leg). Larvae with 6 pectoral, 8 abdominal and 2 anal feet. Marmorana Hiib. — Curt. Guide, Gen. 950. 26. — Achatana Wein. Verz. Brown ; superior wings dark, the posterior margin concave under the apex ; a double angulated white and gray striga near the middle, uniting on the disc with a sublunate gray and white mark, extending to the posterior angle, and inclosing a large browTi subovate spot with an undulating margin, the nervures crossing it forming 4 or 5 bright ferruginous streaks, a trian- gular space at the apex of the same colour divided obliquely by a whitish streak inclosing the apex, and about 6 double short . white lines on the costa, cilia white at the base under the apex ; inferior wings with a slight rosy tint, a yellowish line at the base of the cilia : tarsi annulated with ochre ; margins of abdo- minal segments pale. In the Cabinets of Mr. Bentley, the Author, SfC. The following are British species of Spilonotac : 1. nubifevana //flfw. Middle of June, hedges, Daient Wood and Isle ot" Dogs. 2. cynosbatella Liiin. July and August, gardens. 3. aquana Hiib. June, on rose-bushes, gardens and Coombe Wood. '!<. trimaculana //aw. End June, b. July hedges and woods. 5. amplana Huh. ? Tort. j)l. S.f. 24. t). maculana Fab. End of September skirts of woods. 7. Sparrmanniana /a6. 10th August, in abundance amongst heath on Ellen's Island, Loch Katrine, and in a marsh at Hurne, Hants. 8. piceana Haw. September, heaths, Surrey. 9. sordidana Hub. ? 10. inopiana/Zaw. 469. 238. 11. Solandriana Z/zVm. August, open places in woods, Dover and Trossacks. 12. vittana Curt. Cinereous, superior wings ochreous, with a chocolate stripe on the costa, broadest at the extremity, but not reaching the apex, and another of the same co- lour, but arched, on the interior margin. October, Niton, Isle of Wight. 13. antiquana //rt6. Middle of August, Dover; beginning of July, weedy banks, Suffolk. 14. semifuscana Stc2>. 15. foenella Zz««. August, Wisbeach, Norfolk, Kent, and Epping Forest. 16. Straemiana Fab. Beginning of June, Undercliff Isle of Wight; end of July, Coombe and Darent. 18. Pflugiana//aTO. June, Coombe, Birch, and Darent woods. 19. rusticana Hilb. June, grass and rushes in fields, Glan- ville's Wotton ; end of August, hedges. 17. trigeminana <SYej9. " July, Ripley." 20. sticticana Fab. End July, Coombe Wood ; Aug. hedges. 21. costipunctana //aw. Beginning of June, Barton Cliff and Isle of Wight, amongst Thistles and Coltsfoot. 27. argyrana *S/^7:>. "August, Highlands of Scotland." 28. quadrana Step. " July, Scotland." 22. Schreberiana Z/Ww. ? — Panz. 7. 19. 23. tetragonana Step. July, Coombe and Darent woods. 24. nigricostana Haxo. Beginning of June in a hedge near Primrose Hill, and on elm trees. 29. ustulana Haxv. June, Coombe Wood and Norfolk. 25. comitana Hub. Middle of June, hedges, woods and paling. 26. marmorana //i^i. — Curt. B. E. pi. 551. This insect re- sembles OrthotcEnia undulana^ and bears some affinity to A$ph Udmarmiana, with which I associated it in the Guide, under the name of " similana" from having only bad specimens. I have since seen very fine ones taken by Mr. Bentley and Mr. Chant on White-thorn bushes in Ejiping Forest the middle of July. The Plant is Fua trivialis (Rough Meadow Grass). 711. ZEIRAPHERA HASTIANA. Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Tortricidse. Type of the Genus, Tortrix communana Linn. Zeiraphera Treit., Curt. — Ephippiphora and Penthina Goda. — Tor- trix Huh., Haw. Antennae inserted close to the eyes, on the crown of the head, short and setaceous, clothed with scales above, pubescent be- neath, basal joint stout, ovate and scaly (1). MaxillcE spiral, rather stout, and not longer than the palpi (3). Labial palpi porrected horizontally, parallel, densely clothed with scales (4), triarticulate («), basal joint short and cleaver- shaped, 2nd long, stout, incrassated towards the extremity, densely clothed with scales, which make it thick at the apex, 3rd joint not concealed, clothed with short scales, nearly as long as the 1st, slender and elliptical. Head small, the crown and forehead densely clothed with longish nearly erect scales, those on the face depressed (7, the profile) : eyes glo- bose. Thorax subglobose. Abdomen with the apex slightly tufted in the males, conical in the females. Wings perfectly deflexed in repose, longer than the body ; superior with the costa slightly arched, the extremity truncated and rounded ; inferior ovate-trigonate, the apex a little narrowed and rounded. Legs, anterior very short, hinder the longest : thighs short : tibiae, anterior very short with an internal spine ; intermediate with a pair of spurs at the apex, one very long, hinder stoutish and hairy inside, with 2 pair of long un- equal spurs, one pair at the middle : tarsi 5 -jointed, basal joint elon- gated (8t, the hind leg). LarvcC with 6 pectoral, 8 abdominal and 2 anal feet ? Hastiana Linn. — Curt. Guide, Gen. 952. 1. Dark brown : head somewhat ochreous, face whitish : superior wings rich brown, variegated with blackish spots and streaks, a broad white slightly oblique fascia before the middle, with an indenture on the inside, and sinuous externally ; beyond it are several dull purplish or lead-coloured patches, surrounded by scales white in certain lights, and there is a row of dull orange spots at the posterior margin, and 3 pale or whitish costal spots towards the apex, which bears a black dot with a semicircle of white scales : inferior wings orange with a purplish cast, and minutely freckled with fuscous. In the male the white fascia is very narrow, and sometimes broken into spots. In the Cabinets of Mr. Dale, the Author, &c. This group so nearly approaches Penthina, Spilonota, &c. on one side, that there is little to distinguish them excepting the style of colouring on the superior wings ; and on the other hand Zeiraphera is closely allied to Grapholitha. The scales on the palpi are long, and make them heavy in appearance ; the depressed scales on the face give the head a somewhat different character to the other genera, and the upper pair of spurs on the hinder tibiae are placed at the centre in the type. The following are British species. 1 . Hastiana Linn. — Curt. Brit. Ent. pi. 711 ? . — ulmana Hilb. 45. 278 c?-— areolana Hub. 279 ? . 29th May, near Exeter; 28th June, Devon, Mr. Cocks. The figure referred to by Linnaeus in Cierck's Icones has pec- tinated antennae, and is evidently a different insect, as well as Hiibner's hastayia ; yet I have little doubt that ours is the Linnaean insect, the sexes of which Hlibner seems to have considered as belonging to two species. Not having a speci- men for dissection, I cannot be positive that it belongs to this genus, but it appears to be allied to the following species. 2. perfuscana Haiso. 467, 231. Wood's ^o^. 1007 does not agree with Haworth's description. This and the 3 following species, if I mistake not, are found on the flowers of umbelliferae at Darent, Mickleham, &c. 3. pustulana Hiih. 33. 208. is the T. mh&equana^ Hanso. My specimen may be only a variety of the foregoing species. 4. Lediana Linn. — Wood^ pi. '61. f. 934. June, Norfolk, Darent and the New Forest. 5. nitidana Fab. — Wood, 31.935. Hedges, end of May and June, Darent and New Forest. 6. Strobilelia Li7in. — argyrana Hiib.? 8. 4G. Beginning of May, hedges. 7. fraternana Haxv. — strobilelia Wood, 31. 917? — Strobilana Hub. 12. 70 c{. Amongst fir-trees, 14th July, in Black-wood, Loch Rannoch. 8. atromargana Haxv. 446. 165. Wood, 31. 916. Trunks of oaks, beginning of June, Kensington gardens, and woods round London. 9. communana Fab. — Wood, 34, 1029. — corticana Hiib. — Lichenana Treit. June, in abundance on trunks of oaks, Kensington gardens, &c. The plant is Dipsacus sylvestris. Wild Teasel. ^^6 c^^ ^U. f',. ^ Oo^.- /. /&3/ f -/^ 3/ 376. ANCHYLOPERA USTOMACULANA. The Loch Rannoch Tortrix. Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Tortricidae. Type of the Genus, Pyralis Lundana Fab. Anchylopera Ste., Curt. — Tortrix Hub., Haw. — Pyralis Fab. AntenncE inserted close to the anterior margin of the eyes, rather short and capillary, composed of numerous cup-shaped joints, clothed with long dilated and hairy scales (1, a). MaxiU(S short, slender, and spiral (3). Labial Palpi porrected nearly horizontally, very scaly and trun- cated, triarticulate, basal joint robust, curved, slender at the base, 2nd very long and stout, dilated towards the apex,3rd joint nearly as long as the 1st, very slender and pointed, but nearly concealed by the scales of the antecedent (4 and 4 a). Head small, the crown tufted, the scales combed fonvard. Ocelli distinct. Thorax and Abdomen slender, the latter obtuse and tufted at the apex, in the males. Wings; superior slightly falcated (9). Legs rather stout. Coxae 3 anterior long. Thighs rather short. Tibiae ; anterior very short, intermediate with unequal spurs at the apex; posterior long and hairy, with a pair of unequal spurs at the middle, and another pair at the apex (Sf). Caterpillars with 6 pectoral, 8 abdominal, and 2 anal feet. UsTOMACULANA Curt. Guide, Gen. 955. 12. Fuscous ; tips of palpi, face and crown of thorax whitish : supe- rior wings deep brown, the base glossy cinereous, with 6 or 7 cleft marks on the costaof the same colour, the 3rd continued to the anal angle, leaving an oblique brown fascia across the centre, dilated at the middle, the margins sinuated ; a large subtrigonate mark on the internal margin silvery grey, some smaller irregular markings of a similar colour towards the posterior margin, and a black spot at the apex. In the Cabinets of Mr. Dale and the Author. The falcate tip of the superior wings and the large subtrigo- nate or semiovate macula on their internal margin, are the distinguishing characters of this genus, but some of the species are destitute of the latter. The name is an adopted one, and the genus not established ; I have transferred some of the spe- cies it contained to another genus formed by the same party, as they do not appear to belong to this group, which will pro- bably form a division of Treitschke's genus Phoxopteris. The following are British species. 1. A. obtusana Ha>w. 453. 189. Inhabits woods near London. 2. A. consobrinana Curt. Guide, No. 2. A little larger than No. 1, but very similar to it, and may be only the female: the superior wings are narrower, and the silvery line across the middle is more arcuated and oblique. I took a specimen in Coombe Wood. 3. A. unculana Haxo. 453. 188. — derasana iiZMZ*. Tort. 32. 206. In woods near London. 4. A. Lundana Fab. — Don. 11. 374. 1.— Corylanai^M^. 9. 53. Middle of May, Coombe Wood and near Kimpton. — J. C. 5. A. Lyellana Qirt. Guide, No. 5. As large as No. 6, satiny, pale cinereous; collar and apex of the abdomen ochreous : superior wings slightly variegated with pale ochre; on the costa are an oblique macula at the middle, 3 dots beyond and a spot at the apex, dull ferruginous; on the interior margin is the usual large patch of a deep brown and subtrigonate ; nearer the anal angle a brown crescent (bearing 5 black lines and dots) which leaves a grey oval ma- cula at the anal angle. I have the pleasure of naming this very distinct species after my friend Charles Lyell, Esq., who transmitted it to me from Kinnordy in Scotland. 6. A. fractifasciana Haw. 466. 229. 9th June, amongst heath, sides of hills, Ambleside. — J. C. Y. A. siculana Hiib. 13. 79. — Larvce VII. Tortrices 11. Noc- tuoides F. a. Middle of May, amongst rushes on Wimbledon Common. — J. C. 8. A. diminutana IIa'w.^52. 185. Middle of May and beginning of June, Coombe Wood. — J. C. 9. A. funalana Ste. — In Mr. Bentley's Cabinet. 10. A. wncawa Huh. 13. 76. — geminana Don. 11. 370. 1. In Kent and Coombe Wood. — Mr. Chant. 11. A. ustomaculana Curt. Brit. Ent.pl. 376. I discovered this nondescript species the 14th June 1825, in the Black Wood of Loch Rannoch. 12. A. biarcuana Ste. — In the cabinets of Mr. Chant and Mr. Bentley. This probably may be the same as the last. The Plant is Thalictrumjlavim (Meadow Rue-weed). ^8J -.■^/.■^(-/■^^^ft*>. i-A^. '/: fOoC H^ I 3' i%iL 583. PHILALCEA JULIANA. Beiitley's Marble Tortrix. Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Tortricidae. Type of the Genus, Tortrix ramella Linn. Philalcea and Aiiticlea Step. — Phoxopteris Treit., Goda., Curt. — Ancylis and Epinotia Hub. — Grapholitha and Sciaphila Goda. — Tortrix Linn., Haw. Antennce inserted close to the eyes on the crown of the head, rather short, setaceous and composed of numerous joints, scaly above and very hairy beneath (1). Maxillce spiral, rather stout and membranous, considerably shorter than the labial palpi (3). Palpi very minute, biarticu- late ? terminal joint ovate. Labial palpi rather long and clavate, porrected obliquely, densely clothed with short scales, the apical joint a little visible (4) : triarticulate, basal joint short, stout, somewhat securiform, 2nd long, slightly inflated towards the apex, 3rd small obovate, elon- gated and truncated somewhat obliquely (a). Head small, with the scales combed over the crown : eyes small but prominent : ocelli distinct. Thorax small. Abdomen short tufted in the male ; conical and sometimes acuminated in the female. Wings subdeflexed in repose ; superior elongate, casta generally curved, the apex sometimes slightly falcate : inferior not very ample, with a shallow notch towards the apex. Legs, anterior very short : tibiae, anterior very short, intermediate with a pair of long unequal spurs at the apex (8*), hinder with 2 pair, one at the middle: tarsi 5 -jointed, anterior very short. Caterpillars with 6 pectoral, 8 abdominal and 2 anal feet. Obs. the dissections are drawn from T. bilunana Haw. Juliana Bent. — Curt. Guide, Gen. 956. 12. Cream-colour, superior wings gray at the base, the costa ochre- ous towards the apex, spotted with brown, leaving oblique whitish stripes divided by a dark line, several interrupted brown curved bands at the base, with a dark triangular spot on the interior margin, a lozenge brown mark at the middle of the costa, the posterior portion of the wing ferruginous, forming an irregular line from the apex to the inner margin, a black ovate spot, whitish internally beyond the middle, with another nearer the centre and closer to the posterior inargin, which is bounded by a black line, edged with ochre internally and broken by irre- gular longitudinal black lines, both as well as a smaller one at the anal angle margined externally with silver of a rose or blue tint : disc of thorax and segments of abdomen fuscous, inferior wings the same, with an aureous tinge. In the Author's and other Cabinets. If the extremes of this pretty group be compared, a consider- able difference of form in the upper wings will be discover- able, being slightly hooked in the type, but obtuse in the spe- cies figured; yet there is a concatenation amongst them, which would render their separation unnatural ; and whatever may be their arrangement, P. luliana must accompany P. succedana, of which I can almost imagine it a fine variety. The following are British species. 1. ramella Z/m;^ — Goda.pl. 253. J^ 2. — laetanai^36. — harpana Hub. Tort. pi. 12. f. 71. Rare; June, hedges, Darent, Kent. 2. nigromaculana Hwm.p. 436. n. 132. Beginning of August, Tonbridge Wells, and July, Scot- land, J. C. ; also in Ireland. 3. naevana Hiih. 4-1. 261. June, Birch and Darent Woods. 4. sociana Hiaw. 434. 126. Middle of June, paling, Shooter's Hill, J. C, and other places near London. 5. incarnatana i/zV^'. r' 30. 191. ? .— AmoenanaHM6.39.248. c^. — incarnana Hww. August, Darent Wood; middle of September, Heaths. 6. Paykullianai^fl!^'./'— //«w.435. 129. Winter and end of March, dried leaves in Darent Wood. 7. bilunana Haiso. 436. 131. — cretaceana Goda. 256. 5. «, b. Haworth says on the trunks of Ash-trees, but 1 always find them sheltered in the deep chinks in the bark of Birch-trees, in Coomb, Birch, and Darent Woods, the beginning of June. 8. albana Haw. 436. 133. This species follows No. 2. in Lep. Brit., to which probably it is most nearly allied; it has been taken in Yorkshire and Darent Wood the end of June. 9. sesquilunana Haw. 435. 130. — fimbriana Thunb. — trique- trana Goda. 249. 3., but not, I think, of Hub. June and end of August, amongst Birch-trees in the woods of Surrey and Kent. 10. subocellana Z)o7i. 1 1. 380. 1. — campoliliana. — Goda.25\.l. End of June and beginning of July, hedges round London, particularly in Kent. The Caterpillar lives on the parenchyma of the leaves of a Sallow, is found in the middle of September^ and becomes a pupa in a fortnight or three weeks. 11. succedana W. V.—Goda. 251. 2. — Asseclana i-/wZ». 30. 194. — decoranaHaw. 437. 137. July, Darent Wood ; said by M. Duponchel to fly in society. 12. Juliana Be7it. — Curt. Brit. Ent. pi. 583. I have found this beautiful little Moth twice on a rose-bush in a garden in Suffolk, many years since ; it was afterwards taken by Mr. Bentley ; and the 22nd of last July I caught a very fine specimen at the base of Turk Mountain near Killarney, which is blacker than the one figured. Muscari racemosum (The Starch-hyacinth) was gathered the end of last April by Dr. Bromfield in abundance, in corn-fields at Cavenham, near Bury, Suffolk, and he kindly communicated the specimen figured. 3jri ia '4a r- 3 C/^A-^ Cf:€u»&. 6^*: ^: ibiJ y3 352. CARPOCAPSA LEPLASTRIANA. The Dover Tortrix. Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Tortricidse. Type of the Genus, Tinea Pomonella Linn. Cakpocapsa Treit., Curt. — Tortrix Linn., Haw. — Pyralis Fab. JntenncE inserted on the crown of the head, close to the eyes, short and setaceous, composed of numerous transverse joints, clothed with scales above, very hairy beneath (1 a). Maxillce short robust and spiral, scaly externally at the base, furnished with projecting glands at the apex (3). Labial Palpi recurved, divaricating, clothed with short scales, the terminal joint distinct, slightly oblique, but not horizon- tal (4) ; triarticulate, basal joint subclavate curved, '2nd long and curved, slightly thickened towards the apex, 3rd short, elongate-ovate (4 a). Head densely clothed with shortish scales. Eyes subglobose. Ocelli 2. Thorax subglobose, covered with decumbent scales. Abdomen sub- linear in the males, ovate-conic in the females. Wings, superior oblong, narrowed a little toivards the base, truncated a little ob- liquely at the apex, the upper angle rounded, and an oval ring near the posterior angle (9). Legs short and robust. Coxse, anterior long. Thighs rather short. Tibiae, anterior with a pencil of scales on the inside, intermediate terminated by 2 spines, one very long ; posterior incrassated from the base, very scaly on the inside, 2 un- equal spurs at the middle and 2 at the apex. Tarsi o-jointed, basal joint the longest. Claws and Pulvilli minute (8 f, a hind leg). Caterpillars ivith 6 pectoral, 8 abdominal and 2 anal feet. Obs. The dissections are all taken from P. nigricana Fab. Leplastkiana Curtis's Guide, Gen. 957. n. 18. Very pale ochreous : antennae, eyes and centre of thorax dark brown : superior wings transversely striated with very fine black waved lines, about 1 6 white marks on the costa, descending ob- liquely in ochreous lines, alternating with 5 or 6 dull silvery ones ; several double whitish lines arising at the interior margin, two at the middle lengthened and arched ; near the posterior angle is an oval silvery ring, the centre ochreous, bearing 3 black dots or lines : cilia metallic black, with an ochreous line entering the wing below the apex : inferior wings brown with a yellowish rosy tint. hi the Author's Cabinet. Treitschke in his 7th volume has given a list of new genera, and amongst them is Carpocapsa : it contains only 5 species, but I think the following may very well be included in it. The nervures of the superior wings are very similar to those of Cnephasia {pi. 100.), but the outline is very different, and they are well characterized by a ring, sometimes oval and frequently metallic, placed at the lower angle. 1. C. Pomonella h. — Pomonana Hub. 6. 30. The maggot lives in apples and pears, causes them to fall from the trees, and renders them unfit ibr use: the moth appears in July. 2. C. splendana Hub. 6. 31. — b. Aug. amongst bushes in Epping Forest and Coomb-wood. 3. C. grossana Haw. 438. 139. 4. C. arcuana L. — Don. 11. 364. 1. — End of .Tune under Oak-trees. 5. C. Aspidiscana? — Hub. 41. 256. 6. C. Woeberana F. — ornatana Hiib. 6. 32. The larvEB live either in the wood or under the bark of Plum-trees, doing them greiit mischief: the moth appears from June to the end of August. 7. C. Hastana Hilb. 29. 186. — I have never seen a British specimen. 8. C. Rheediella L. — Don. 11. 377. 1. — albersana Hiib. 35. 224. — M. May, b. June, Coomb-wood. 9. C. Hypericana Hiib. 4. 23. — M. May, Coomb-wood. 10. C. Ulicetana Ha'w. — Zachana Hilb, 38. 243. — lanceolana Hub. 13. 80. var.? — Mar. and end of Aug. Furze on Commons. 11. C. atropurpurana Ha'w. 467. 232. 12. C. nigricana F. — Haw. 458. 202. — End of Aug. Hedges. 13. C. proximana Haw. 458. 203. 14. C. ustulana Haw. 467. 233.— Norfolk. 15. C. Germana? — Hilb. 8. 47. 16. C. stelliferana Curt. Yellow cinereous, shining, superior wings with 10 whitish spots on the CQSta, none at the base, 2 or 3 producing silvery lines; a whitish spot on the interior margin, and another nearer the middle, an indistinct silvery oval near the posterior angle, containing 3 black dots : inferior wings whi- tish at the base. A specimen taken in Perthshire was presented to me by C. Lyell, Esq. 17. C. perlepidana Haw. 458. 206. — April, Hedges. 18. C. Leplastriana Ctirtis's Brit. Ent.pl. 352. The only specimens I ever saw of this handsome moth, I discovered the beginning of July under the Cliff near Dover; it was always concealed amongst the plant figured. I have named it after Mr. Leplastrier, who has made many fine captures of insects near that town. 19. C. pupillana L. — Absinthiana/f2/Z». 6. 34. — June, amongst Wormwood, Devon, Mr. J. Cocks. 20. C. strigana Curt. Similar to the next, but smaller and pale ochreous, the superior wings are much shorter and less lanceolate. 21. C. fulvana StepJi. Curt. — pupillana Hilb. 4. 20. 22. C. cana Haw. 456. — June and July, pastures, Wrentham, SufF. ; Birch-wood, Barton Cliff, Hants, and near Dunkeld. 23. C. Scopoliana Haw. 456. 198. 24. C rufana Stcph., Curt. The plant is Brnssica olcracea (Sea Cabbage). /3^ /^ ^^ 599. BACTRA PAUPERANA. The Spotted Drab. Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Tortricidae. Type of the Genus, Tortrix plagana Haw. Bactra Ste. — Aphelia Guide. — Toxtriyi Hub., Haw. Antenna; inserted close to the eyes, on the fore part of the crown, setaceous, sometimes short, composed of numerous small joints, scaly above, very hairy beneath, at least in the males (1), basal joint stout. Maxillce not longer than the palpi, spiral, composed of 2 com- pressed lobes, pubescent outside at the base (3). Labial palpi rather large, slightly drooping or porrected hori- zontally considerably beyond the head, appearing very dilated from being densely clothed with scales which perfectly conceal the apical joint (4), triarticulate, basal joint short, hatchet- shaped, being slender and curved at the base, 2nd joint very long and inflated, narrowed at the base, ovate at the extremity, 3rd joint slender, subelliptical, a little longer than the 1st (4 a). Head small, rough with scales : eyes orbicular : oceUi 2, distinct (7 * head in profile). Thorax rather small with depressed scales. Ab- domen short linear and tufted in the male; longer and conical, with a small tuft in the female. Wings somewhat decumbent, in repose lying one over the other; superior long, narrow and lanceolate; in- ferior ovate lanceolate. Tibiae, anterior very short, the others with a pair of unequal spurs at the apex, posterior long with a pair of spurs also a little below the middle, one very long (8 f) .• tarsi long and b-jointed. CEconomy unknown. Favvbuan A Haw. —Curt. Guide, Gen. 958. 2. Whitish-ochre ; superior wings freckled, with numerous irre- gular ferruginous rays running obliquely from the costa, which is spotted with black, as well as the interior margin ; apex orange tipped with fuscous, with 2 fine black transverse lines and 3 or 4 dots at the base of the cilia ; a large subtrigonate brown spot near the base and an elbowed one in the centre : inferior wings and abdomen pale grey ; cilia ochreous- white. In the Author's and other Cabinets. This genus makes a near approach to our Cnephasia (fol. 1 00.), and I have httle doubt that the 2 species given as the Ablabia of Hiib. belong to that group, for akhough they have in some measure the habit of Bactra their trophi agree with those of Cnephasia. It is very doubtful if the first 4 species be distinct, for 2 of them vary almost ad vifi,7iitu7n, and they make so near an ap- proach to each other, that it is difficuh to draw the line of se- paration, although nothing is more easy than to distinguish the marked type of each. * Bactra. Palpi horizontal, apical joint concealed. 1. egenana Haw. p. 469. n. 1^1. " Superior wings dull reddish, with a few very minute fus- cous dots at the posterior margin ; inferior whitish fuscous. Expanse 7^ lines." Middle of May, Coomb Wood. 2. pauperana Haw. 242. — lanceolana Hiib. 13. 80. var. ? " Superior wings reddish fuscous with 2 little obscure fus- cous oblong spots on the disc, one before, the other at the centre, with other dots or a fuscous line at the apex and an- other opposite at the middle of its posterior margin ; interior margin irregularly finely and thickly punctured with fuscous ; inferior wings fuscous, cilia paler. Sometimes the superior wings are immaculate excepting the inner margin." Middle of May and beginning of June on rushes in damp places, Coomb Wood, Wimbledon Common, &c. 3. egestana Haw. 470. 243. " Superior wings reddish, immaculate, interior margin black; posterior fuscous, cilia whitish rufous: antennae small : 7 lines." End of June, amongst Junci, in moist places. 4. plagana Haw. 244. " Palpi large, very hairy ; wings rufous, somewhat obliquely truncated, with a large central black stripe from the base to the posterior margin : 1^ lines." Middle of May, Coomb Wood ; beginning of July, Thet- ford Warren. ** Ablabia Hub. Palpi incurved, apical joint apparent. 5. expallidana Haw. 469. 240. " Entirely pale, shining, tinged with yellow towards the costa : palpi curved downward : 6 lines." 6. Cantiana Curt. Brit. Ent. v. S.Jbl. 100. w. 9. Superior wings satiny, pale cinereous, with 3 whitish flames at the base, viz. the costa, inner margin and a central one forming a whitish line extending to the middle of the cilia, with an obscure fuscous lunule and a few black dots beyond the middle: 9^ lines. Beginning of July, Thetford Warren; August, Darent, Dover, upon grass and rushes; ascending Goatfeld and at Lulworth, Mr. Dale. 7. quadripunctana Haw. — pratana Hiib. 36. /i 227. 4" 228. Superior wings reddish brown ochre, dotted with black to- wards the apex, 3 pale flames at the base with a long black- ish streak nearly reaching the middle, and a lunule beyond it, 2 large dusky spots near the inferior margin, one towards the base, the other nearer the hinder angle: llj lines. Middle and end of July, rushy and spring}' places ascending Ben Lawers and Craigcalloch. The Plant is Scii'pus {Eleochar is Br.) palustiis {Marsh creep- ing Club-rush). ^00 M <J ^\1J/ ^C ■''-uA^i^'(at^£^.yC„^,^,^„ /./£f>^ 4^5 3 ' / ? ^^ 100. CNEPHASIA BELLANA. The Northern Cnephasia. Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Tortricidae Leach. Type of the Genus Tortrix Logiana Linn. Cnephasia Nobis. Phalsena Tortrix Linn. Pyralis Fab., Lat. Tortrix Hub., Haw., Leach. AntenncE inserted near the crown of the head close to the eyes, rather thickest in the middle, having a serrated appearance, composed of numerous quadrate joints covered with short scales and hair above, pubescent beneath (fig. 1, and J a), MaxillcE scarcely longer than the palpi (3). Palpi 2, porrected, completely covered with scales, 3-jointed, ist curved upward, short, '2nd long clavate, with very long scales on the upper surface, 3rd short linear (4, and 4 a). Head loith a tuft of scales upon the crown (7). Abdomen robust and tufted at the apex, especiallij in the females. Wings when at rest forming an elongated triangle, superior of the males narrower to- wards the base than in the females, somewhat lanceolate, and ge- nerally rounded at the apex {9 showing the nerves). Legs rather slender, anterior with the 1st joint of the tarsus nearly as long as the tibia (8 a) ; posterior with the femur short. Tibia very long, with 2 spines near the centre and 2 at the apex. Tarsi all 5 -jointed, the basal joint being equal in length to the remainder. Caterpillars with 6 pectoral, 8 abdominal, and 2 anal feet ? Bellana Nobis. Male hoary. Antennse, eyes, and anterior legs blackish, the latter annulated v/ith white. Superior wings with an angulated fascia near the base, an oblique one in the middle, and another imperfect one near the apex grayish black, variegated and spotted with intense black, 4 spots upon the costa near the apex and minuter ones on the interior margin and between the fasciae grayish black. Inferior wings silvery gray, cinereous and ob- scurely reticulated towards the margins. Cilia silvery, tinged with ochraceous. Abdomen silvery, ochraceous at the apex. Female with the markings bolder and the black more intense on the superior wings, with an irregular row of black spots near their posterior margin. In the Cabinets of Mr. Dale and the Author. Having had the good fortune to add two nondescript species to this natural group in my late visit to Scotland, it has been thought advisable to form it into a genus. When at rest the wings of these insects are folded very differently to the Tortri- cidce generally, bearing a stronger resemblance to the Cramhi, which they will probably connect with the former family by means of Chilo passing through the Inopiance of Haworth, being connected with the other Tortrices by means of his group Fasciariae : the lanceolate wings, the slender anterior legs, and the bars of the superior wings, which may be traced even in the 8th species, are other important characters. 1. Cnephasia bellana Nob. 2. octomaculana Haw. MSS. 3. interjectana Lej). Brit. 4. Asinaua Huh. — Lep. Brit. 5. Logiana Liti7i. — Lep. Brit. 6. rectifasciana Lep. Brit. — trifasciana Don. Brit. Ins. V. ll.pl. 310./. 2. 2. 7. longana Lep. Brit. 8. 4-punctana Lep. Brit. 9. Cantiana Nob. The charming insect, a female of which is figured, is pro- bably in its larva state a lichen feeder ; the specimens I found were settled upon the face of the rocks on the left, ascending Arthur's Seat from Holyrood House ; and from its similarity of colour to the lichen that is distributed over the rocks was very difficult to detect. It was easily secured, from its indispo- sition to fly during the day ; its generic name signifies ' flying in the dusk' ; the female is rarer than the male. C. octomaculana I took on the borders of the Highlands, with so many rare and nondescript species, that I hope soon to have an opportunity of giving an account of them in a form that will be serviceable to entomologists, and induce others to explore the rich mines of the North. C. Cantiana I have never seen except near Dover and at Darent, in the county of Kent, which has induced me to give it the specific name it bears : it is smaller than C. ^-punctana, which it most resembles ; it is more silvery, nearly plain, and tlie superior wings are narrower and more acute. The handsome Geranium sanguineum (Bloody Crane's Bill) ornamented the rocks with its beautiful flowers on the spot where the moth was taken. 3^4 ''^^ ^1 4 /^ fJ£^<^c/(g..*i>c^ /:;0>cJ/ */ \ ^^ 364. ORTHOT/ENIA TURIONELLA. The oraiiire and silver ribbon Moth. Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Tortricida?. Type of the Genus, Tinea Turionella Lmti. Orthot^enia Sle., Curt. — Tortrix Haw., Don. — Tinea Linn. AntenncE inserted on the crown of the head, close to the eyes, much shorter than the body, capillary, composed of numerous joints, clothed with scales above, pubescent beneath, especially towards the apex ; basal joint robust (I a, basal portion). Maxilla spiral, shorter than the palpi and very slender (3). Labial Palpi porrected horizontally, thickly clothed with scales, terminal joint very distinct (4): Inarticulate, basal joint short, 2nd long robust, and somewhat incrassated near the apex, which is rounded, 3rd joint as short as the 1st, slender subfusi- form (4 a). Head clothed with coarse and loose scales. Eyes suhglobose. Thorax smooth, with 2 large lateral lobes. Abdomen rather short and tufted at the apex in the male, conical in the female. Wings, superior rather elongated and narrow, more or less banded with different colours. Thighs slender. Tibiae, anterior very short, posterior long and clothed with long hairy scales, with 2 spines a little below the middle and 2 at the apex. Tarsi 5-jointecl, basal joint the longest (Sf, hind teg). Larvae naked, with 6 pectoral, 8 abdominal and 2 anal feet. Pupae rather slender. Turionella Linn. Faun. Suec. 365.1420. — Turionana Haw. 399. 14. Curtis' s Guide, Gen. 960. 1 1. Shining cinereous-grey. Palpi, head and antennae yellowish white : thorax and superior wings ferruginous-orange, the latter with 4 transverse, irregular, silvery strigae, the 2nd and 4th furcate at the costa, the 3rd forming a ring in the centre, also an abbreviated silvery line near to the posterior margin : cilia pale with a blackish line near the base: anterior coxas and thighs orange. In the Author's and other Cabinets. This Genus has never before been described : although the name Orthotaenia has been given to a portion of it, I have adopted that appellation, which characterizes the whole very well. I must refer to my Guide, which is now completed, for a hst of the species and their synonyms ; as I am desirous of describing some nondescripts, and giving the localities of others. 1. O. formosana Curtis' s Guide. Pale fuscous : thorax and superior wings rosy-chestnut, the latter with a considerable number of waved transverse pale shining lines ns far as the middle, beyond which are two more compound ones, with several shorter on the costa, and a row of spots of the same colour at the base of the cilia.- abdomen ochreous at the apex. Similar to O. nubilana, HUb. in size and colour, but the superior wings are a little less obtuse ; their colour is very different, and the bar across the middle, formed by the waved lines, is narrower and more irregular. I believe my specimen was taken by the late Mr. Blunt. 7. O. alternana Curtis' s Guide. Shining ochreous-grey : thorax and superior wings freckled with black, the latter with 9 pair of pale spots on the costa, the base rather darker, the black spots forming irregular and broken transverse lines ; a blackish fascia across the centre freckled with a few pale scales, having a longitu- dinal pale line across the middle ; the apex rather dark ash colour : cilia with a black spot at the tip and middle : inferior wings fuscous. Smaller than O. micana, Hiib., to which it is most nearly allied ; the name is given from the alternate dark and pale spaces on the upper wings. Var. /3 larger: superior wings more ochreous, the markings brown and less distinct, the cilia immaculate. On the 14th of July Mr. Dale and myself discovered this moth amongst heath in the Black-wood, Loch Rannoch. 8. O. gramineana Curtis's Guide. Head thorax and superior wings ferruginous brown; the latter with 7 or 8 pairs of whitish spots on the costa, with a somewhat silvery sinuated fascia, leaving a dark space at the base; apical portion of the same pale colour, leaving a dark and very sinuated fascia across the middle; the apex, 3 triangular spots on the costa, and an oblique lobe-shaped mark, rising from the posterior margin, and another near that angle, ferruginous brown.- inferior wings fuscous. Most allied to and the size of O. cespitajia, Hiib. I took it the end of June, on grassy slopes ascending Arthur's Seat. 9. O. cespitana Hub. Tort. 244 & 245. 1 8th June, heath, side of a hill, Ambleside; and 14th July amongst fir- trees. Black-wood, Loch Rannoch. 10. O. Bentleyana Don. 10. pi. 357. 1. — m. June, Amble- side and Trafford, near Manchester; 11th July on the north side near the top of Schichallien upon the turf amongst the rocks. 1 1 . O. Turionella Lin?i. — Curt. Brit. Ent.pl. 364. Bred from the caterpillars which fed on the shoots of the Scotch fir, by Mr. Wigham of Norwich. The larva and pupa are copied from Hlibner, but I am not certain whether they belong to this species or to T. Resinella L. 12. O. gemmviUQi Huh. Tort. 269. — e. July and August, pales, Regent's Park, and grass. Birch-wood. 13. O. arbutana? Hiib. Tort. pi. 31. f. 195. 14. O. comhana Wien. Verz. — Piceana i/«^»./ 72. Common amongst Fir-trees, Birch- wood. 15. O. Resinella Linji.—Turionana Hiib. 220 & 221. 19. O. purpurana Haw. 400. 16. Taken 15th July. jg^ c9£^.- ^ c/^^^^ '//u,M/6S4 // - / f 3 / 491. COCHYLIS RUPICOLA. The Chalk-clifF Tortrix. Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Tortricidae. Type of the Genus, Tortrix rubellana Huh. CocHYLis Och., Curt. — Tortrix Hub., Haw., Och. AntenncB inserted close to the eyes on the anterior part of the head, rather shorter than the body, setaceous, composed of nu- merous joints clothed with scales above, very hairy beneath (1 «). Maxillce rather shorter than the Palpi, formed of 2 filaments (3). ia6««/Pff/pi nearly horizontal, clavate, thickly clothed with scales, the apical joint slightly apparent (4) ; triarticulate, basal joint small and clavate, 2nd long stout and ventricose, 3rd short and slender (4 a). Head clothed with long scales, combed up and meeting on the crown : eyes rather small, orbicular arid lateral: ocelli 2. Thorax 5ma// and subglobose. Abdomen short and tufted at the apex in the male. Wings, superior somewhat linear and truncated more or less obliqriely; mferiov someivhat angulated at the apex. Legs, anterior short : tibiae, middle and posterior furnished with long spurs at the apex, the latter having a pair also a little below the middle (8 1) • RuPicoLA Curt. Guide, Gen. 963. 10. In the Author's Cabinet. The following species belonging to this beautiful group have been recorded as British. Many of them fly in the forenoon. 1. Francillana F. — Don. 10. S55. 1. — Baumanniana? Hiib. — Tort. 23. 148. c?' — sanguinea Och. Middle of July, sides of cliff below Dover Castle, J. C. 2. Smeathmanniana F. — Fabriciana Hiib. 23. 149. 3. straminea Haw. 401. 18. May, and end of August, pastures, Dover and Yorkshire. 4. alternana Sic. Middle and end of August, on flowers of Centaurea {pi. 241. and 361.), and flying in the evening on the cliffs near Dover. 5. Dubrisana Ctcrt. 4 to 6 lines broad. Palpi head and thorax griseous; abdo- men silky grey; superior wings pale sulphur mottled with shining white and brownish marks, with a somewhat inter- rupted oblique brown fascia across the middle and another beyond it : inferior wings white, more or less freckled with fuscous towards the apex.— Middle of August, top of cliffs near Dover, J. C. 6. marmcralana Ciui. 7 lines broad. Antennae and palpi blackish, the latter white inside; head thorax and abdomen griseous, the latter white at the apex : superior wings pale sulphur freckled with brown and variegated with shining white spots and lines, leaving two indistinct oblique fuscous bands, costa spotted with brown : inferior wings fuscous slightly ireckled with white, cilia white. — Middle of August, near Dover, J. C. 7. badiana Hilh. 23. 147 ? • — rubigana Och. June, near Niton, Isle of Wight ; end of July, on Burdoch, Battersea Fields. 8. margaritana Hwiso. 401. '21. 9. griseana Haiso. 402. 25. 10. Rupicola Curt. Brit. Ent. pi. 491 c?. Ochreous, superior wings with an oblique ferruginous brown band across the middle, darkest towards the extremities, with a pale edge on both sides towards the interior margin, where it forms an indistinct triangular spot, the costa spotted with black, and the posterior portion of the wing ferruginous-ochre freckled with black : inferior wings blackish with a cupreous tinge ; the cilia ochreous, blackish at the base : abdomen blackish with an ochreous tuft in the male. — Middle of July, side of cliff, Dover, J. C. 11. subroseana Haw. 402. 23. Middle of Ma}', in abundance amongst grass on the east side of the Isle of Portland ; 9th of June, amongst heath, side of mountain near Ambleside. 12. rubellana Hiib. 46. 285—287. S ? .— roseana Haw. Dover, Mr. Leplastrier. 13. ruficihana Haiso. — ciliella? Hiib. Tin. 26. 180. End of May, meadows, Yorkshire. 14. Baumanniana F. — Hartmanniana Hiib. 23. 146. ?. var. Middle of June, amongst fern, side of hill, Ambleside; end of June, chalk-pit, Darent. 15. Lathoniana Hub. 30. 189. ? . — Is this British? 16. Sodaliana Haw. 436. 134. 17. dubitana Hub. 12. 71. Discovered by H. Walker, Esq., at New Lanark, 19. maculosana Haw. 438. 141. Middle of May, Kimpton ; and beginning of July. 20. angustana Hiib. 12. 74. — fasciella Don. 13. 452. Beginning of July, hedges; end of August, heathy places near Lyndhurst, Dover, and North Wales. 21. pygmeana Haw. 439. 143. — B. of June, Suffolk, J. C. 22. nana Haw. 439. 142. — July? broom fields. 23. tesserana W. V. — tesselana Hiib. 23. 144. — Heiseana F. Beginning of June, Barton Cliff, Hants, Isle of Portland, and sides of cliff, Dover. C. decimana Hiib. 23. 145. var.'^ Middle of May, Coomb Wood, Surrey. 24. senea Hiib. 30. 188. The Plant is Daucus Carota (Wild Carrot). "Jr.-^ X- '^-^ufcrC-iC^^ ^./& ff /y- /^ 3 ^ 691). TERAS EXCAVANA. The iron Notchwing. Okder Lepidoptera. Fam. Tortricidae. Type of the Genus, Pyralis caudana, Fab. Teras Treit., Dupch., Curt. — Pyralis, Fab. — Tortrix, Hub., Haw. AntetiTKS inserted close to the eyes on the crown of the head, shorter than the body, setaceous, composed of oblong joints, scaly above, pubescent beneath (1). Maxilla scarcely so long as the palpi, spiral, rather stout, with short tentacula at the apex (3). Labial palpi rather long, porrected far beyond the head, parallel, clothed with short scales which make the 2nd joint convex above and leave only a small portion of the apical joint apparent (4) ; triarticulate, basal joint short, cleaver-shaped, 2nd very long, stout and somewhat clavate, straight beneath, convex above from the middle, the base slender, the apex narrowed ; 3rd joint about ^ as long, elliptic-conic (a). Head short, densely scaly : eyes hemispherical. Thorax subglobose. Abdomen subdepressed ; linear in the male, with a tolerable t%ift at the apex ; trigonate and scaly at the apex in the female. Wings very slightly deflexed in repose, forming an elongate triangle ; superior hooked at the apex, the costa very much arched with a large notch at the middle : inferior harp-shaped ; cilia moderate. Legs stoutish : thighs, middle pair the longest : tibiae, anterior short, with an in- ternal spine, intermediate with a pair of spurs at the apex, one very long ; hinder tibia the longest and stoutest, with unequal spurs at the apex, and a pair a little below the middle : tarsi rather short and 5- jointed, basal joint very long, 4th and 5th very small: claws and pulvilli minute (Sf). Metamorphoses unknown. ExcAVANA Haw. Lep. Brit. 408, 44.— Curt. Guide, Gen. 965. 2. Tn the Author s and other Cabinets. The moths forming this natural little genus are usually of the same size, and 1 think it not improbable that the 2nd and 4th are only varieties of the preceding species. They are all well characterized by the curious excavation of the anterior margin of the superior wings ; they are principally found in the early part of autumn, by the sides of pathways in woods. 1. T. emargana Fab.— Wood, pL 36./ 1]03. Superior wings ochreous, reticulated with brown, the pos- terior half brown with ochreous spots towards the apex. July 31st, by an ozier hedge at Niton in the Isle of Wight, J. C. ; also in the New Forest; woods near Dover, Northum- berland and Scotland in August. 2. excavana Haw. — Wood, J". 1104. — emargana Don. v. 3. pi. 106./. 5. Ferruginous-orange; superior wings obscurely reticulated with brown, with 2 waved strigae towards the base, an ash- coloured fascia passing obliquely across the middle, sinuated on both sides and bearing a few minute tufts of scales, the same colour continued along the margin of the notch ; base of cilia lead-colour: abdomen subochreous, deepest at the apex : inferior wings greyish-white, somewhat ochreous and reticulated towards the apex. Obs. Many specimens are much darker than the one figured, but Donovan's drawing is very indifferent, and I know of no figure of it in any Continental work. August, Caen-wood, Hampstead ; Coomb-wood, Surrey ; Birch and Darent woods, Kent; beginning of September, by an ozier hedge. Niton, and New Forest, J. C. ; Raehills, Dum- friesshire, Rev. W. Little. 3. efFractana Frol. — Wood., Jig. 1105. — emargana Don. 3. 106. 1. Superior wings ochreous-grey, clouded, the inferior mar- gin sometimes ferruginous, with a deep notch on the costa. End of August, Caen, Coomb, and other woods round Lon- don ; beginning of September, ozier hedge, Niton, and New Forest, J. C. 4. caudana Fab. — Wood, fig. 1106. — ochracea, Ste. var. Superior wings pale ochreous-grey, clouded, with a shallow notch on the costa. Found in Yorkshire and other northern counties in August. I have not referred to Hiibner, for if Treitschke's criti- cisms be correct, the names of the two last species are trans- posed in the work of the former author. The plant is Campanula latifolia, Giant Bellflower, for which I am indebted to T. C. Heyshani, Esq., of Carlisle. MO >v,. ^0;^ i\\ CPL^.-A.o?'(g».»/£*t%// /<JiX ) 6 -I ?3s3 440. LEPTOGRAMMA IRRORANA. The Sprinkled Rough-wing. Order Lepidoptera. Faini. Tortricidas. Type of the Genus, Tortrix litterana Linn. Leptogramma Curt., Ste. — Paramesia Ste. — Tortrix Hllb., Haw. — Pyralis Fab. — Phalsena Tortrix Linn. Antenna inserted close to the eyes on the crown of the head^ rather short, setaceous, clothed with scales above, pubescent beneath, composed of numerous short joints rather longer and oblong towards the apex, basal joint robust and long, 2nd larger than the following (1, portions of the base and apex). Maxilla as long as the labial Palpi, spiral, rather stout, ciliated at the base, with series of tentaculi at the apex (3). Palpi minute attached to a scape, biarticulate, basal joint producing a few hairs on the inside (3, base of maxilla, a the Palpus). Labial Palpi porrected horizontally, rather divaricating, clavate, thickly clothed with short scales, the apical joint being visible (4), triarticulate, basal joint not short, curved and clavate, 2nd long robust and ventricose, 3rd shorter than the first, slender elongate -conic (4 a). Head rather small, the scales on the crown erect : eyes lateral and globose (7). Thorax globose, trigonate behind. Abdomen rather short and narrow, depressed and tufted at the apex in the males. Superior wings oblong -trigo7iate, costa produced at the base, de?isely clothed with scales forming a shoulder at the middle, posterior mar- gin truncated, the apex slightly acute, posterior angle rounded, the surface more or less clothed with small tufts of scales; inferior wings ample, the margin slightly undulated, the apex a little pointed ; cilia long at the anal angle. Legs, anterior small ; tibiae, anterior very short, ivith a small spine on the inside, middle pair spurred at the apex ; posterior long with unequal sjmrs at the middle and apex : tarsi 5-jointed, basal joint long : claws a?id pulviUi small (8, a fore leg, 8 t the hinder leg). Caterpillars with 6 pectoral, 8 abdominal, and 2 anal feet ? Irrorana Hub. Tort.pl. 15. f. 96. — Curt. Guide, Gen. 966. 4. Pale dull green ; eyes blackish, antennae dull gray ; abdomen ochreous gray, base of the segments fuscous : superior wings with numerous black spots, 5 or 6 in a line towards the poste- rior margin, with a line of black lunules between the nervures at the base of the cilia and a black dot at the apex of each : in- ferior wings ochreous gray, mottled : cilia pale ochreous, fus- cous at the base. In the Author's and other Cabinets. This pretty genus is most nearly allied to Peronea, but in the typical species the superior wings are not hooked at the apex ; they are studded with tufts of scales, and the apical joint of the palpi is not concealed. In dissecting I discovered maxillarij jmljn, which I believe were not known to exist in the family to which our genus belongs; but I have not had an oppor- tunity of ascertaining if they be equally developed in neigh- bouring groups. The following are British species. 1. L. literana L.^Doji. v. 10. pi. 355./. 2.—Hub. Tori. pi. 15./. 89. & 90.—^ 91. var. ? — April, end of Aug., September, and beginning of October ; Oaks, New Forest, and Glanville's Wootton, Mr. Dale. 2. L. squamana F. — Doti. 5. 157. 7. — squamulana Hub. 15. 94'. — 92. & 93. va7'S. ? — End of August, beginning of September, in Orchards and on Oaks covered with Lichen, J. C. — End of September, beginning of October, White-thorns, Mr. Dale. 3. L. tricolorana Haxv. — irrorana Hub. 15. 95. — September, Oaks and trees covered with Lichen, J. C. — Be- ginning of October, Apple-trees, Dorset and North Devon, Mr. Cocks. 4. L. irrorana Hub. — Curt. Brit. Ent. pi. 440. — Glanville's Wootton and Devon, Capt. Blomer. 5. L. fulvomixtana Ste. — New Forest and Glanville's Woot- ton, Mr. Dale. 6. L. scabrana F. — irrorana Hub. 15. 97. — In woods. Genus Paramesia Ste. 7. L. cerusana Hub. 11. 63. — I have never seen but two spe- cimens of Hubner's insect, which were taken in the New Forest ; the one generally seen under that name is a larger insect, exceedingly like Z*, scabrajia, only the upper wings are cream-colour : it is found the end of iF'uly amongst Elms. 8. L. tripunctana Hub.20. 129. — tripunctulana Haw. — End of July, Glanville's Wootton, Mr. Dale ; September, pathways in woods. 8^. L. aspersana Hiib. 41. 259.? — Middle of August, New Forest, and amongst grass. South Foreland, Dover, J. C. — July and August, on Juniper and coarse grass, Winandermere ; Gryme's Dyke, Oxon ; Port- land, about the Rosa spinosissima, Mr. Dale. I doubt if it be Hiibner's insect. 9. L. bifidana Haia. 418. 77. — Sept., hedges and open places in woods ; middle of October, Dorset, Mr. Dale. 10. L. Gnomana L. — notana Do7i. 11. 369. 3. var. — Steine- riana Hiib. 27. 170. 1 believe to be another species. March, amongst dried leaves ; middle of June, end of July, Sept., and October, open places in woods at Coombe, Darent, Glanville's Wootton, and Witten- ham, Berks, Mr. Dale. 11. T^. subtripunctulana Sic. — North Devon, Mr. Cocks. The Plant is Anagallis icnclla (Bog Pimpernel). }6 (yiUz-JAi cJ %un/j^ ^<mdm (jlpy Res PERONEA RUFICOSTANA. Rufous-margined Button Moth. Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Tortricidae. Type of the Genus, T. Cristalana Don. Peronea Curt., Goda, Step. — Teras Treit. — Tortrix Hub., Haw. — Pyralis Fab. Antennce short and filiform, inserted close to the eyes, composed of at least 50 joints scaly above, hairy beneath, basal joint but slightly thickened (1). MaxillcE spiral and slender, not longer than the palpi (3). Labial palpi porrected horizontally, longer than the head, parallel, nar- rowed at the base and very much produced above, beneath straight, completely clothed with short scales and concealing the apical joint which is hairy (4) : triarticulate, basal joint short pear-shaped, 2nd very long, inflated beyond the middle, 3rd joint slender, scarcely longer than the 1st (4 a). Head small, crown tufted: eyes small globose and prominent. Thorax sma/^ and orbicular. Abdomen nearly linear in both sexes, depressed and tufted, especially in the male. "Wings scarcely deflexed in repose, superior slightly hooked the costa often ciliated, concave at the centre being very much rounded and produced at the base, with a large tuft of scales on the disc (9) ; inferior rather broad and slightly hooked. Legs, anterior very short, coxa long (8 a), the tibia with an internal spine, the other tibiae clothed with long scales, terminated by very unequal spurs, the hinder having a longer pair at the middle (8 f) •* tarsi stout and very scaly, basal joiiit long, the others very short. Larvae with 6 pectoral, 8 abdominal and 2 anal feet 9 RuFicosTANA Curt. B. E. 1st edit. — Guide, Gen. 967. 14. In the Author's and other Cabinets. The old genus Tortrix, containing at present nearly 350 British species, is now with propriety considered a family, composed of nu- merous groups, which it will be found impossible to understand clearly, unless they be formed into genera : with this object in view I have proposed the genus Peronea (derived from the Greek and signifying a button), and divided it into sections, those with a large elevated tuft of scales in the centre of the upper wings being the typical species. I shall introduce Hlibner's sectional names from his fanciful arrangement; but I may here state that as it is a mere catalogue divided into groups, the markings of the wings being briefly added, without any attempt at scientific definitions, I shall never feel bound to adopt them. Although his section Lopas agrees best with a portion of our division d. he has introduced into it one of the true Peroneal (No. 15) as well as No. 47, at once proving the instability of his characters. 1 As " Stephens' Illustrations" had never been heard of when this genus was established, I should have described the species before, had I not been assured that Mr. Haworth would do so in his Ap- pendix to Lep. Brit. : however, this second edition enables me to cha- racterize all the species hitherto published and ten others not noticed in the " Illustrations," and to correct many errors hitherto over- looked. To the liberality of Mr. Bentley I am indebted for the free use of his splendid collection of this beautiful genus as well as for his sensible remarks on some of the groups. The Peronese measure from about 9 to 10 lines when the wings are expanded ; most of them conceal themselves in the Lichens that cover the old white-thorns, &c., and they have nearly all been taken at Coomb, Birch, and Darent Woods, in Kent, and in the neigh- bourhood of Brockenhurst in the New Forest. A. Peronea. Button large, a. Very dark. 1. Bentleyana Curt. Superior wings pale brown, an oblique portion from the base towards the apex blackish-brown, including the button, an indistinct fascia near the base form- ing a pale spot on the costa, and a brown tuft below, the apex is spotted, and beneath is a large pale ring, inner margin bright ochre, palpi, head, and thorax tawny. August and September, Darent Wood and New Forest. 2. semiustana Curt. — profanana Haw. Dull ochreous, superior wings and button brown-black, with an obscure fascia near the base, a large oblique space of the apical portion ferruginous-ochre clouded with brown, a spot at the apex dark brown, and a doubly curved line near the margin bearing 3 dark elevated dots at the inner angle and several others round the disc. Autumn, Coomb and Birch Woods ; October, New Forest. 3. profanana Fab. — Donovan, v. 11. pi. 377. f. 3. Cinereous with a few minute elevated scattered spots and a large bundle of fuscous scales in the middle of the superior wings, posterior cinereous, imma- culate. October, Darent Wood ? Mr. Francillon. 4. striana Haw. Head and palpi snowy white, thorax fuscous : superior wings deep brown, with 2 white dots near the extremity of the costa, a large elevated brown tuft at the middle and other minute transverse ones next the anal angle, inner margin with a cinereous streak. July, Norfolk, Birch Wood, and end of September, Hants. 5. substriana Brit. Ent. 1st Editioii. " Anterior wings griseous-brown, nearly immaculate, with a large tuft of ele- vated black scales on the disc and an obscure ashy streak on the inner margin : thorax fuscous : head and palpi cinereous." Step. August, Birch and Darent Woods and New Forest. 6. brunnea Brit. Ent. 1st Edition. " Anterior wings pale brown at the base, dai'k at the apex ; the disc with a black tuft of elevated scales and a few smaller ones near the anal angle ; on the inner margin is a faint ashy streak : thorax, head, and palpi ashy." Step. August, September, Darent Wood and New Forest. 7. Lichcnaua Bent. MSS. This as well as Nos. 10, 13, 18, 20, 23 and 40 arc de- scribed from Mr. Bentley 's specimens. 9 Superior wings purplish-brown with a large black button and a few small tufts at the anal angle ; a bright ferruginous line from the button towards the apex, softened into the costa, head, thorax, and a large patch at the base of the inner margin white. Curt. 8. vittana Brit. Ent. 1st Edition. Ash-grey, superior wings with a purplish tinge, an oblique anterior space more ochreous, ferruginous towards the costa, inner margin lurid-ochreous ; tuft black with 2 small ones towards the apex, and several at the anal angle. Autumn, New Forest and near London. 9. spadiceana Haw. Ash-grey, superior wings bright bay at the base and purplish-brown towards the extremity, divided obliquely and deep ferruginous at their union, inner margin purplish-grey, button and minuter tufts at the posterior margin black. End of Sept. to Feb., Coomb Wood, and white-thorns, Hants. 10. subcristalana Bent. 3ISS. Palpi, head and collar ash-colour, superior wings beautifully variegated and similarly marked to No. 11, but entirely brown, the broken angulated fascia at the base and the button are very dark brown, the curved semiloop on the costa is pale purplish brown, and at the apex is a lead-coloured spot. Curt. b. Button ochreous or orange. 11. cristalana Do}i. S. pi. 77. f. 1. 2. — cristana Goda. Superior wings livid brown, clouded, piceous at the base, with a white angu- lated fascia, bearing a piceous spot towards the inner margin which it does not reach, and the angle uniting with an oblique white stripe reaching the costa ; button ochi-eous ; palpi head and a stripe down the thorax white. Beginning of August and end of September, Coomb, Birch, and Darent Woods and New Forest. 12. fulvovittana Brit. Ent. \st Edition. Superior wings livid brown clouded with darker marks, piceous at the base, bounded by an angulated grey fascia, whitish at the costa ; inner margin bright yellow-ochre ; button, palpi, and head dull white inclining sometimes to ochre. Autumn, Greenhithe and New Forest. 13. sequana Bent. MSS. Similar to No. 12, but smaller and having no white in the superior wings, which are purplish-brown and variegated ; an angulated brown space at the base spotted with black, button large and ochreous at the apex, with a short black streak beyond it, the semiloop on the costa purplish-grey, apex lead-colour, inner margin ochreous ; palpi, head, and centre of thorax pale ash-colour. 14. cnnsimilana Brit. Ent. 1st Edition. Palpi, head, and centre of thorax white ; superior wings purplish-brown, with a streak from the base, including the button, deep orange, inner margin marked by one or two white lines. Autumn, near Brockenhurst. 15. sericana Hiib. Tort. pi. 14./. 83. — Desfontainana Haw. Cinereous-lilac ; superior wings with an orange stripe from the base including the button, the oblique space above ferruginous-brown, palpi and head white. Autumn, pathways in Coomb and Birch Woods and Hants. 16. Desfontainiana Eab. — fulvocristana Step. Cinei'eous-lilac, superior wings with an orange stripe from the base including the button, the oblique space above ferruginous brown, inner margin yellow- ochre : palpi and head white, centre of thorax yellowish-white. This is the Fabrician species, distinguished by the yellow inner- margin, and taken in the Autumn near Brockenhurst. 3 17. a\hovittana Brit. Ent. IstEdition.—Step. pl.36.f. 2. Superior wings dark livid brown, an orange streak at the base, including the button, which is paler, several minute tufts towards the apex, the inner margin, palpi, head, and thorax white. August, near Brockenhurst. c. Button white. 18. Chantana Curt. Superior wings purplish-brown, with a large lanceolate space from the base nearly to the apex of the costa ferruginous ; inner margin, a large button, and a broken line of minute dots along the posterior margin pure white, as well as the head and thorax. 19. cristana Fab. not/. 176. o{ Hiib.—Lefehvnana Goda, pi. 244./. 6. Livid brown sometimes a little clouded ; palpi, head, thorax, button, minute tufts towards the apex, and inner margin white. Aug. and Sept., Norfolk, Coomb and Birch Woods and Hants. 20. insulana Curt. Superior wings purplish-brown with a large white button, the inner margin white, with a long purplish brown streak on the disc ; palpi, head, and thorax white. 21. subvittana Step. III. Plain purplish-brown, palpi, head, and centre of thorax whitish, button and a lanceolate spot at the base of the inner margin white. August, near Brockenhurst. 22. albipunctana Haw. MSS. " Anterior wings brown, immaculate, with a central tuft of white elevated scales and a few scattered ones towards the hinder margin ; on the inner mar- gin is a broad ochreous-white, or cream-coloured dash ; head, thorax, and palpi cream-colour." Step. End of September, near Brockenhurst. d. Button small. Lopas, Acleris and Eclectis Hiib. 23. alboflammana Curt. Superior wings livid-brown with a small button on the disc and an orange dot at the base ; a costal spot near the apex and the middle of the cilia fox-colour ; inner margin, upper side of palpi, head, and thorax white. 2i. raficostana Curt. Brit. Ent. pi. 16. Ochreous-grey ; superior wings livid brown, a deep ferruginous stripe at the base extending beyond the middle and including a small button, the lanceolate space above rich brown, inner margin white with a few dots at the anal angle; palpi, head, and thorax white. Beat out of white-thorns in the New Forest in August, Septem- ber, and October. 25. umbrana Hiib. Tort. pi. 10./. 59. — Lopas Hiib. Ochreous brown, superior wings clouded, base of the costa palest and forming a spot at the centre ; a dark stripe along the middle to the apex, 3 small re- mote tufts above the centre and 2 near the anal angle. August, September, pathways in Coomb Wood and New Forest. 26. albistriana Hatv. Lep. Brit. 412. 59. Anterior wings fuscous, of an obscure purple tinge, with a few scaly spots, costa roughly ciliated, inferior margin with a cinereous streak. August, September, Greenhithe and near Brockenhurst. 4 27. ramostriana Brit. Ent. \st Edition. " Anterior wings pale testaceous brown, with numerous darker streaks radia- ting from a pale central one : posterior wings whitish-brown : thorax and head whitish." Step. Autumn, near Brockenhurst. 28. radiana Hilb. Tort. 28. 177.— Lopas Hiih. Reddish-brown, the nervures paler ferruginous with a small tuft at the centre, costa from the base to the apex livid-ochre, with oblique darker rays between the nervures ; inferior wings cinereous, September, Norfolk, Darent Wood, and near Brockenhurst. 29. divisana Hiih. Tort. 31. \9S.—Step. pi. 31./. 1.— Lopas Hiib. Purplish-brown, with a black line from the base to the apex softened ofFbelow, the space above cream-colour, with the edge of the costa light fulvous-brown and a minute dark tuft before the middle. Autumn, Greenhithe and New Forest ; end of September, Darent Wood ; April, Hume, Mr. Dale. 30. strigana Curt. Brit. Ent. \st Edition. Castaneous-brown, nervures paler, with a dark line from the base to the apex ; inferior wings subochreous, cilia brighter. 31. centxowitiBxia Haw. MSS. Anterior wings reddish-brown variegated with grey, with an ochreous stripe from the base to the apex including a small tuft before the middle, with others nearer the base. July, Surrey ; September, near Brockenhurst. 32. combustana Hiih. 37. 234, not of Godart. — Lopas Hiib. Castaneous brown, with an obscure paler stripe from the middle to the apex, an interrupted angulated ochreous fascia at the base reaching the costa and bearing 2 white streaks below, inner margin yellow ochre. August, September, Surrey and near Brockenhurst. 33. autumnana Hiib. 39. 247. — Acleris Hiib. Ferruginous-brown, with a fascia towards the base more or less distinct and ochreous, bounded internally by a subtrigonate darker macula on the iimer margin, the apex forming a brown spot, and externally on the costa by an elongate-trigonate brown space, the apex softened into the ground, with 3 or 4 spots on the costa. Autumn, Gibside, Durham, and Brockenhurst. 34. Byringerana Hiib. 10. 61. var., — Sponsana i^a6. ? — Eclectis Hiib. Brown, superior wings with a large portion of the base and inner margin pale cinereous, uniting with a horse-shoe of the same colour at the anal angle, with smaller spots towards the apex and on the costa, the immediate base brown, with a broken brown fascia and a few minute tufts before the middle. Scotland, September, Birch-wood and New Forest. 35. obsoletana Step. " Anterior wings brown shining, nearly immaculate, with a very obsolete paler fascia placed somewhat obliquely near the base and a subovate brown patch in the middle of the costa : posterior wings ashy-brown. July, Ripley." Step. 36. coronana Thunb. — eximiana^aw. — Buringerana Hiib. 7'or/.34.216. — sparsana Treit.1 Eclectis //«6. Purplish-brown, a large portion of the base of superior wings white, termina- ting in an indented oblique line, with a small ochreous tuft at the middle, the white space is divided by a broken brown fascia and dotted lines, at the anal angle is a curved white mark extending towards (he apex, and sometimes uniting with the base. November, Coomb-wood and New Forest. 5 27. subcristana Brit.Ent. 1st Edition. " Anterior wings dark glossy brown, with deep clouds, especially towards the costa, on which is a dusky blotch ; on the disc is an elevated dark but minute tuft of scales and a few others towards the anal angle j head, thorax, and palpi ashy-white; posterior wings pale-fuscous." Step. Scotland, Darent-wood, and New Forest. 38. latifasciana Haw. Superior wings cinereous or hoary with a truncate and trigonate fascia at the base, and another very broad dark brown one a little behind the middle, ob- lique at the extremity and extending almost to the posterior margin which is ashy-white. August, September, hedges and woods, Hampshire, Yorkshire, and round London. 39. plumbosana Hau: — plumbana and elevana Fah. — scabrana Hiib. 10. 58 ? Livid-castaneous, costa darker at the base with elevated scales, and a few mi- nute darker ones on the disc, and 3 forming a compact triangle towards the middle of the costa. September, Birch-wood and New Forest. B. Palpi shorter. Button vanishing ; wings a little scabrous. 40. Leachana Curt. As large as Sarrothripus ; rough, grey freckled with brown, costa ciliated at the base and the cilia spotted with brown ; a reddish brown trifid mark in the centre : inferior wings spotted and somewhat reticulated with bi'own. A single specimen in the British Museum. 41. marmorana Bent. MSS. Expanse 12 lines; superior wings brown and ferruginous freckled with greyish-white and black, narrowed at the base, the costa not depressed ; palpi, head, thorax, and base of wings brown, a large indistinct elongate-trigonate brown space on the costa, the base bicurved and forming a black spotted line, leaving between it and the base a somewhat grey fascia, the costa from the middle to the apex spotted brown and grey. — Curt. October, off paling, Epping Forest, Mr. Bentley. 42. reticulana Haw. 409. 48. — tristana. Haw. var. Similar to No. 42 ; anterior wings pale ash-colour obscurely reticulated Avith fuscous ; costa with irregular and obscure fuscescent spots ; inferior wings pale fuscous or whitish. July to September, amongst grass, Epping Forest, and in woods round London. 43. favillaceana Hilb. 11. 62. — Acleris Hub. Superior wings grey slightly scabrous ; a spot at the base and a large elongated trigonate spot on the costa from the middle to the apex, ferruginous, forming a fascia truncated on the disc. July to September, Scotland, Coomb, Birch, and Darent-woods. 44. Fagana Curt. Silvery grey, with the head, thorax, and a spot at the base of the superior wings purplish brown, an oblique striga broadest at the costa before, and an ob- lique fascia of the same colour across the middle with the edges indented, generally vanishing before it reaches the anal angle, and extending in a triangle towards the apex which is slightly reticulated; abdominal tuft of male ochreous. Similar to No. 43, but I have seen no connecting varieties. I have always found it amongst beech trees the end of August near Lynd- hurst. 6 45. Logiana Linn. — tristana Hiib. 9. 50. — Acleris Hiib. Silvery grey, freckled, with an elongate trigonate brown spot on the costa arising before the middle and reaching nearly to the apex. September, Greenhithe. 46. semii'hombana Curt. — Boscana JTazi'., wot o^ Fahr ictus. Anterior wings whitish, with a few reddish fuscous scattered elevated atoms ; a spot at the base of the costa and a lesser one opposite on the inner margin ; 3 subconfluent subcastaneous spots on the costa a little behind the middle forming a large triangle ; cilia entirely brownish. August, Birch, &c. September, Darent-wood and New Forest. 47. trigonana Step. — Logiana Hiib. 34. 217. — Lopas Hiib. Head, palpi, antennae and thorax brown ; superior wings ochreous freckled with ferruginous, a reddish-brown spot on the costa at the base and sometimes a small one opposite, 3 large spots of a similar colour forming an elongated triangle on the costa, bisinuated inside, from before the middle nearly to the apex; cilia reddish brown. September, Birch-wood and Greenhithe. 48. Schalleriana Limi., not oi Hiibner. Cinereous-grey, faintlyreticulated with brown with a few black scattered atoms ; an elongate-trigonate deep ferruginous patch on the casta, brightest in the middle. End of August and September, Scotland, Gibside, Coomb, Birch, and Darent-woods. 49. rufana Fab. — comparana Hiib. 46, 284. — Acleris Hiib. Dull pale ferruginous with minute elevated dots appearing white inside and black out ; a large semiovate or subtrigonate dark brown spot on the costa and sometimes a trigonate one on the inner margin near the base. Middle of September, Yorkshire; end of August, white-thorn hedges, woods and gardens round London and Dover. 50. cirrana Curt. — borana Haw. not ot Fabricius. Superior wings rough with scales, cream-colour, more or less tinted and va- riegated with brown, a subtrigonate brown, black and grey spot on the inner margin near the base, the posterior half pale brown dotted with black, with a dark brown elongate trigonate macula on the costa spotted with lead colour, a pale curved mark near the anal angle and a smaller one next the subferrugi- nous cilia. August, woods round London, and New Forest. 51. variegana i^ai. — AbildgaardanajFai. var.'i — cristana ^m6. 10.55. — Eclectis Hiib. Hinder part of thorax and basal half of superior wings cream-colour, the latter with a subtrigonate space on the inner margin formed of cinereous spots, but solid, ferruginous and spotted with black, posterior portion ferruginous varie- gated, with a livid macula towards the apex, and the internal margin with a line of elevated scales. The superior wings sometimes have no white. End of June, Scotland, Horning Norfolk, &c. 52. Asperana Fab. Goda 244.5? — Nyctemerana Hiib. 38. 240. — Schalleriana Goda 243. 8 ?— EcLECTis Hiib. Superior wings divided obliquely in colour, the basal half white or cream-colour, sometimes slightly dotted, the remainder brown, reticulated scabrous and oc- casionally variegated with white. July and August, woods, hedges, and gardens round London ; and Gibside, Durham. 53. costimaculana Step, appears to be more nearly related to a neighbouring genus, called AcLERis in the "Illustrations." " Anterior wings pale ochreous-red, very obscurely irrorated with dull red atoms, forming occasionally a somewhat reticulated appearance ; in the middle of the costa is a large subovate red spot, palish in the middle and bordered on the disc with a short longitudinal dusky line ; hinder margin immaculate ; poste- rior wings whitish-ash." — Step. August, near_Dover. C. Wings powdered, not scabrous. 54. similana Brit. Ent. \st Edition. Superior wings rather narrow and slightly hooked, deep ochreous partially freckled with black, a large elongate-trigonate spot on the costa, the inner margin towards the base of the same colour. Autumn, Birch- and other woods near London. 55. bistriana Haw. — apiciana Treit. 1 Ochreous, superior wings freckled with fermginous and larger dots of black, the upper portion from the inner margin at the base to the apex whitish, a fer- ruginous streak below the costa slightly angulated at the centre and carried to the apex, inner margin of the same colour, vanishing towards the anal angle. July and August, Birch-wood. 56. albicostana .Sfejp. — pulverana Curt. Superior wings ferruginous, powdered with white and freckled with black, the costa concolorous and the extreme edge generally less white than the rest. The Lichen parietinus is represented in the plate. 29. SARROTHRIPUS RAMOSANUS. Branched Brush-leg. Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Tortricidee. Ty]pe of the Genus, Tortrix degenerana Hub. Sarrothripus Curt., Goda. — Penthina Och. — Axia Hiib. — Pyralis Fab., Lat. — Tortrix Hub., Haw. Antennae moderate, slender, setaceous, inserted on the crown of the head close to the eyes, covered with fine scales outside, velvety inside ; basal joint rather stout, cylindric and curved, 2nd small, remainder oblong (1). Maxillce very long and spiral (3). Labial palpi porrected nearly horizontally and forming a compressed beak much longer than the head, densely clothed with hairy scales (4) ; slender and triarticulate, basal joint short, recurved, 2nd long, clavate, recurved at the base, 3rd joint as long or longer, nearly filiform (4 a). Head with the scales on the crown projecting beyond the forehead {1) : eyes prominent and globose. Thorax with a thick tuft behind. Abdomen longish, linear and tufted in the male, the apex conical in the female. Wings slightly deflexed in repose ; superior with the costa straight, the shoulders very much rounded and hairy, posterior margin truncated and convex, disc ivith one or more tufts of scales : inferior ample, emarginate near the apex : cilia mode- rate. Legs rather short and stout, intermediate the longest: thighs, anterior with a long brush of hairy scales on the inside : tibiae, anterior short, unth a spine and a long brush of hairy scales on the inside (8), intermediate and hinder spurred at the apex, the latter with a pair of spurs a little below the middle : tarsi b -jointed, basal joint long : claws and pulvilli minute. Larvae with numerous long hairs ; 6 pectoral, 8 abdominal and 2 anal feet. Pupae (*) inclosed in a boat-shaped cocoon. Ramosanus Hub. — Curt. Guide, Gen. 968. 2. — ramulanus Step., Wood. Fuscous : head, palpi, collar and a great portion of the superior wings ferruginous-brown, the latter with a dark longitudinal line, rayed at the base and branched on its inferior margin, above it is a black spot of scales ; 3 fuscous ocellated spots, with others more obscure, form an irregular transverse line near the posterior margin, on which is a second regular row of smaller dots. In the Cabinets of Mr. Bentley and the Author. A SMALL but fine group of Tortricidse is here selected on account of a variety of striking characters which are not common to any of the neighbouring genera, and the brushes of hairs attached to the fore legs have supplied the name Sarrothripus. There is an un- doubted similarity between this genus and Halias, pi. 575, as far as regards the coloured pupae and the form of the cocoon, but it is only necessary to refer to the trophi and members to be satisfied that no close affinity really exists. To Peronea, pi. 16, it is I think much more nearly allied : and on a comparison of these two groups one is struck with the little attention that has been paid to the structure of the Lepidoptera, when we know that tliey have hitherto been in- cluded by every one under the same generic appellation; for such wide diffei'ences in most of the other Orders would have been lonij 557 since detected. I hope, however, by the dissections with which I shall always illustrate the subjects, that I may be able to interest entomologists sufficiently to induce them to attend to the structure of this beautiful Order. A doubt was expressed by Haworth whether the following insects might not be merely varieties ; but the numerous specimens which have since then been collected, do not strengthen such a conjecture, and the addition of the novelty figured renders it still more probable that they are distinct. Mons. Duponchel, however, does not seem to doubt their being varieties, but until they are reared from one brood of caterpillars I must be allowed to retain my opinion. 1. Stoninus Curt. Guide. Superior wings brown with a black branched stripe, and a waved fuscous striga across the disc. Taken at Darent in July. It may be a var. only of the next. 2. ramosanus Curt. — ITiih. pi. 2./. 10. — ranuilaiius Wood, pi. 35. 1046. The beautiful specimen figured was beat off a tree at Birch-wood, in July; another was taken upon paling there, and a third was found on Dartfbrd Heath. 3. dilutanus Huh. pi. 2. /. 6. Superior wings fuscous, with 2 double sinuated strigje across the middle, the space between brown, with several piceous stripes attached to the inner one, and a sinuated fuscous striga beyond the disc. Supposed to have been taken in Norfolk, the New Forest, Coomb, Birch, Darent and Greenhithe woods, in August and the beginning of September. 4. Revayanus Schiff. — undulanus Hilh. 2. 7. — Superior wings fuscous, with a black ray at the base, 2 double sinuated lines across the middle with an ochreous spot between them and a line of blackish spots beyond. From June to December, in Birch and Darent woods, and the New Forest, first week in November, Mr. Lyeli, Kinnordy. 5. Afzelianus Gmel. Superior wings suboclu-eous fuscous, with 2 waved strigae, base and a large trigonate spot on the costa black, with 2 black dots between them, another on the disc, and 2 blackish spots near the interior angle. End of March, in dry leaves : Autumn and winter in Coomb, Birch and Darent woods, and the New Forest. 6. Lathamianus Gmel. — Afzelianus Wood. 1045. — Ilicana Don, 10. 357. 2. — punctana Iliib. 2. 9. var. Superior wings ferruginous-brown, with a double sinuated black striga before the middle, 2 black spots near the base, another on the disc, and 3 others near the posterior angle. August and beginning of September, Birch and Darent woods. 7. Ilicanus Fah. — Wood, 1043., & 1042. & 1044. are varieties. Superior wings greyish, 2 faint strigae across the middle, the space between more or less castane- ous with a black dot, 2 black dots nearer the base, and a broken sinuated blackish line beyond the middle. July and August, Coomb, Birch and Darent woods, and the New Forest. 8. degeneranus Hilb. 2. S.— Wood, 1040. & 1041.— bifascian a Z)ow, 11. 357. 3. var. Sulphureous grey, 2 double sinuated strigre on the superior wings, fuscous between with a ferruginous dot ; a transverse line of fuscous spots and 2 strigse near the base, and a broken sinuated blackish striga beyond the disc. The most abundant species, and occurs from July to December in Birch and Darent woods, the New Forest, &c. The larva is found on Salix caprea in July ; it lives between the leaves, which it unites in a bundle at the extremity of the branches; it is green and hairy ; an outline from Hiibner is added to our plate as well as the cocoon, which is attached to a branch clothed with Lichen punastri^ Plum- tree Lichen. 42S ' J^i^- ^ (J.-t,,',^^ /^A- /• •/<J^£ ? 428. NOLA MONACHALIS. The small Black -arches. Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Pyralidae. Type of the Genus, Tinea cucullatella Linn. NoLA Leach, Curt. — Hercyna Treit. — Chlamifera and Bombyx Hub. — Pyralis Hub., Haw. — Phalsena Tinea Linn. Antenna; inserted close to the eyes on each side the crown of the head, moderately long, composed of many joints scaly above, basal joint large globose and clothed with long scales forming a long brush on the inside, 2nd globose, the remainder oblong, each producing 2 pilose branches at the base in the male (1 (?) j simple in the female ($). MaxillcE a little longer than the Palpi, slender and spiral (3). Labial Palpi large, porrected horizontally or rather drooping, parallel robust and densely clothed with scales (4) ; triarticulate, basal joint short, 2nd very long and ventricose, 3rd minute ovate (4 a). Head clothed with scales. Eyes small, lateral and prominent. Thorax small globose. Abdomen short and rather stout in the females. Wings entire, superior sublanceolate with 3 elevated tufts in a line beneath the costa, and, covering the inferior when in repose in the form o^ a triangle. Thighs ; middle pair the longest. Tibiae, anterior very short, with an internal spine, the others spurred at the apex, posterior long ciliated externally, with a pair of spurs also near the middle. Tarsi long, 5-jointed, basal joint the longest. Claws slender and curved. Caterpillars hairy, with 6 pectoral, 6 ? abdominal, and 2 anal feet. Pupse inclosed in a conical case truncated at one end. MoNACHALis Haw. Lep. Brit. 386. 33. — Curt. Guide, Gen. 970. 1 , Cinereous-gray, partially tinged with ochre and freckled with white: palpi brown on the outside; a brown band across the fore part of the thorax, the centre and a dot on each side of the same colour : superior wings with several brown and black spots on the costa, a sinuated and crenated black striga before, and another, more waved, beyond the middle, containing 3 brown spots, 2 of them formed by the inner side of the raised tufts ; towards the posterior margin several of the nervures are irregu- larly streaked with black, and on the margin which is edged with a pale line they are terminated by 7 black dots ; cilia dark cine- reous with 7 whitish streaks : inferior wings entirely cinereous brown, cilia unspotted. In the Cabinets of Mr. Haworth and the Author. These moths are so nearly allied to the Tortricida?, that if they did not rest with their wings in a triangle, and the cater- pillars had 8 abdominal feet, I should associate them with that family and not with the Pyralidse. Even the cocoon (fig. A.) is very similar to those formed by the larvae of Halias clorana and our genus Sarrothripus (pi. 29.). Dr. Leach and Mr. Samouelle have described the palpi with "the 2nd and 3rd joints nearly equally long," which is undoubtedly a mistake. With the larva and pupa of Tortrix ntgosana Hiib. I am unacquainted, but the moth seems to be a beautiful connecting link between Sarrothripus and Nola; the upper wings have the same curious tufts of scales, only greater in number, and the palpi appear to be intermediate. Three species inhabit England. 1. N. monachalis Haiso.—Curt. Brit. Efit. pi. 428 ? : the c? I have not seen. Stated to have been taken in the Fens in Yorkshire the end of May. It is very rare, and has never been figured, and it is remarkable that neither of the other species has in any English work that I remember. 2. N. strigulalis Hub. Pyrahdes^Z. 3. f. 16. Palpi and rays of antennae shorter than in N. cucullatella. White variegated and slightly freckled with pale cinereous: thorax with a yellowish brown band across the front: superior wings sublanceolate, costa spotted with black and brown, an angulated black striga before and another more lobed and crenated beyond the middle with a serrated one and 2 of the elevated tufts between them; posterior margin cinereous, va- riegated with white, the nervures darker with an irregular line or two towards the margin : inferior wings cinereous, palest at the base, with a long spot in the disc, shining through from beneath. Not uncommon the end of May and beginning of June. In the 3rd volume of Kirby and Spence, p. 230, is an interesting account of the Caterpillar, it is supposed of this Moth. 3. N. cucullatella Linn. — palliolalis Hub. pi. 23./ 149 ? — pl.S.f.lSS' Palpi longer than the head: antennae producing in the males 2 ciliated spines towards the base of each joint. Gray or cinereous, superior wings rounded, base dark cinereous, terminated by a blackish curved striga ; beyond the middle is a fine sinuated black striga bounding a gray fascia containing one of the 3 tufts, through which sometimes passes a pale brown waved striga; a gray sinuated line towards the posterior margin, and 2 dots on the costa : inferior wings palest at the base. Beginning and middle of July in hedges and gardens ; on paling in Regent's Park. The Caterpillar feeds on Apple-trees. The Plant is Eriophorum angnsfifoUiim (Common Cotton- grass). 5W c^v^/o^i^U^ (^/. /./eco 320. SIMAETHIS MYLLERANA. Myller's Nettle-tap. Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Tortricidae. Type of the Genus, Tinea Oxyacanthella Linn. SiMAETHis Leach, Sam. — Anthophila Hav). — Agrotera Schr. — Asopla Treit. — Xylopoda La^,— Pyralis Fab., Lat. — Tortrix S; Tinea Limi. AntenncB inserted on the crown of the head, close to the eyes, slender and capillary, clothed with scales above, very pilose be- neath especially towards the apex, some appearing biciliated in the males, basal joint the stoutest, 2nd subglobose, the re- mainder oblong, terminal joint conical (fig. 1. the base and apex). Maxillce half as long again as the antennae, clothed with scales at the base (3). Labial Palpi porrected obliquely, curved at the base but not at the apex, scaly but not hairy, the terminal joint distinct (4) j triarticulate, basal joint long and robust, 2nd longer and rather more robust, 3rd nearly as long as the first, but slenderer and attenuated to the apex (4 a). Head rather small clothed with scales. Eyes not large. Ocelli 2 ra- ther large (7 a). Thorax ovate. Abdomen linear, obtuse at the apex, sub-ventricose in the females. Wings ample, when at rest nearlij forming a triangle, the superior sometimes raised from the in- ferior. Legs rather stout. Tibiae, anterior short, with an internal spine, middle and hinder pair terminated by long spurs, the latter having a pair at the middle. Tarsi 5-jointed, anterior much longer than the tibia:. Claws and Pul villi minute (Sf, hind leg). Cater- pillars with 6 pectoral, 8 abdominal, and 2 anal feet? Myllerana Fab. Ent. Syst. v. 3. pars 2. p. 277. n. 147. Female, Brown with an orange hue. Antennae and legs white, the former dotted, the latter annulated with black. Thorax with the lobes edged with white. Abdomen with the margins of the segments silvery. Superior wings with a space on the interior margin thickly sprinkled with white scales ; 3 white spots on the costa, a white dot near the base and one at the centre, with a smaller one above ; about 7 metallic spots with a pink tint, towards the costa, and between the base and the middle of the wing, a curved but interrupted metallic line nearer the posterior margin, and an abbreviated one parallel and close to the fringe, which is white, brown at the base and black at the apex and at the posterior angle. Inferior wings fuscous, sprinkled a little with white, with a short white transverse stripe towards the margin. Cilia white, with a brown line at the base, an imper- fect fuscous stripe at the centre and black near the superior wings. Underside fuscous, 2 white spots on the costa, a long white spot near the middle of the inferior wings, and below it an abbreviated transverse stripe. Male with the antennae pro- ducing very long cilia on each side, (fig. 1. b). In the Cabinets of Mr. Haworth, Mr, Dale, and the Author. This little group, which hus long been distinguished as a genus, forms the 2nd division of Treitschke's Asopiae, and is included by some authors with the Pyralidae (Hypena, pi. 288, &c.); but there is every reason to believe that it is more nearly allied to the Tortricidae (Pyralis Fab.), and if the caterpillars have 16 feet, Simaethis cannot belong to the Pyralidae, a proof how much remains to be learned of these beautiful and interesting tribes, when we find that the larvae of these moths, some of which are frequently hovering about every flower of the Rag- wort, are unknown. The Simaethes are remarkable for the peculiar manner in which they carry their wings when they settle or walk, the upper ones divaricating a little, and the external margin slightly elevated, so as to discover the under wings. They fly during the day, and are very lively when the sun shines. I shall not at present venture to offer an opinion as to their location, for the structure of the Lepidoptera is so little known, that, excepting the Papilionidae, and the outline proposed by Latreille, I have seen no arrangement that gives me the slight- est idea of their natural affinities. The following are our British species. 1. S. Fabriciana im/z. Sj/st. Nat, 2. 880. 324. — Fabricii Halt;. 471. 1. — Urticana Hub. Tort. pi. 44. / 273. ? — Oxyacanthella Z(f;2w. 2. 886. 357. — Oxyacanthae Haw. — dentana Hub.pl. l.yi 4. 5. — alternalis Treit. Found from April to October on the Ragwort and other plants in Norfolk, Suffolk, Surrey, the Isle of Wight, Dor- setshire, &c. 2. S. pariana Linn.- Faun. Suec. 1341. — Hub. pi. \.f. I, 2. — par Haw. — parialis Treit. — lutosa Haw. 472. Found in gardens in the autumn. Mr. Haworth's A. lutosa is the same as Hiibner's fig. 1 ; it has been found the beginning of March, but Mr. Dale took it the end of June on an apple- tree at Glanville's Wootton. 3. S. Myllerana Fab.—Curtis's Brit. Ent. pi. 320.— Mylleri Haw. 472. — Schestediana Fab. 3. p. 279. 152. var. ? Taken by Mr. Dale the beginning of June and September upon the Fern, Mint, and Sweet Gale, near Brockenhurst and West Hurn Hants, and on Parley Heath Dorset. I also took it in abundance a few years since on Nettles near Torquay Devon in October, and it is found likewise on Thistles. 4. S. punctosa Haw. Lep. Brit. ^'i'2,. 6. Mr. Haworth, I believe, has taken specimens in Ashdown Forest, and Mr. Dale found it upon yellow flowers in Middle- marsh- wood, Dorset, the 9th and 1 5th of August. The palpi and the antennas of the males, in these 2 species differ considerably from the two first. The plant is Mentha hirsuta (Hairy Mint). ^^8 128. PYRAUSTA CINGULALIS. The silver-barred Sable. Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Pyralid^ Leach. Crambites Lat. Type of the Genus Pyralis purpuralis Lin7i. Pyrausta Schr. — Botys Lat., Leach. — Pyralis, Linn., Hub., Haw. Crambus Fab. — Phalsena Geometra Linn. ^^ntenncE nearly capillary, alike in both sexes, inserted between the eyes on the crown of the head, composed of numerous elon- gated joints, covered with scales above, hairy beneath, basal joint robust (fig. 1 a, a few joints magnified). MaxiilcB spiral, very long and slender, covered with small scales on the external surface towards the base (3). Palpi small ex- serted, arising from a lobe at the base of the maxillag, covered with scales which extend far beyond the apex, composed of three small joints (3 a). Labial Palpi porrected like a beak, longer than the head, robust, covered with scales which extend far beyond their apex (4), 3-jointed, basal joint short curved, 2nd long, slightly attenuated, 3rd small ovate (4 a). Head rather small, covered with long scales, close on the forehead (7). Wings, superior covering the inferior when at rest, slightly deflexed, and forming a triangle. Ocelli 2, remote, situated behind the an- tenncB (7 a). Legs long, anterior pair with the tibia much shorter than the femur, with a long spine on the internal side. Tibiae of the 2nd pair with spurs at the apex, of posterior with spurs also above the apex. Tarsi 5-jointed, basal joint as long as the tibia in the anterior pair. Claws minute. Pulvilli minute (8, afore leg). Caterpillars with 6 pectoral, 8 abdominal and 2 anal feet P. CiNGULALis Hub. Schmet. Pyr. 5. 30. — cingulata Linn. Faun. Suec. 1303. Brownish black, slightly tinged w-ith purple. Head and palpi beneath dirty white ; superior wings with a sinuated narrow pale ochraceous stripe parallel to the posterior margin, continued across the inferior wings and forming a semicircular line ; cilise white at their extremities. In the Author's and other Cabinets. All the species that form this beautiful group are day-flying insects, and are generally to be seen hovering about grassy situations when the sun shines. Germar informs us that Schrank in the Fauna Boica, II. 2, 164, has named them Pi/rausta ; but as we have never seen that work, we do not know whether he has given any characters. We believe the ocelli, so very similar to those of u^geria, have not been noticed by any author. The following are the species recorded as British ; and it is a little singular that not one has been added to the group since Mr. Haworth described them in his Lepidoptera Bri- tannica. 1 P. atrahs Linn., Don. 8. 266. 4. . July. Grassy places Birch wood. 2 purpuralis Z/., Don. 1 0. 339. 2. May. Hedges and Heaths. 3 ostrinalis Hub July. Hedges. 4 punicealis Hub June, July, Aug. Heaths, Hampshire. 5 porphyralis Fab July. Heaths. 6 cespitalis Fab July. Chalky places. 7 sordidalis Hiib April, June, July. Chalky and grassy places. 8 anguinalis Hiib July. Chalky places. Mr. Walker Southgate. 9 cingulalis Liim June, July. Grassy hills Scotland, Devon. As all the above species are figured by HUbner we have selected the rarest, which Mr. Dale and myself had the plea- sure of capturing in tolerable plenty, as we ascended Arthur's Seat near Edinburgh the end of June 1825. We observed that whenever a cloud obscured the sun, they ran amongst the roots of the short grass to conceal themselves — P. cingulalis is also met with in Devonshire, and I believe in Hampshire. The plant is Bromus mollis (Soft Brome-grass.) A/gs 3 -%, 495. HYDROCAMPA STRATIOTATA. The ringed China-mark. Type of the Genus, Geometra Stratiotata Linn. Hydrocampa Lat., Goda., Curt. — Nymphula Schr., Och. — Pyralis Hub., Hatv. — Geometra Linn. — Phalsena Fab. Antennae alike in both sexes, inserted close to the eyes on the crown of the head (1), nearly as long as the body, slender, seta- ceous, composed of numerous oblong joints, clothed with scales and ciliated beneath, sometimes with each joint tasselled or knotted beyond the middle to the apex, where they are com- pressed (1 «). Maxillce considerably shorter than the maxillary palpi, composed of 2 filiform threads (3). Palpi small, porrected, clothed with scales (7 a), 4-jointed, 3 first joints stout, somewhat cup-shaped, 4th smaller and globose (3 a). Labial Palpi longer than the head, porrected, a little curved and attenuated, clothed with scales (4), triarticulate, basal joint a little the stoutest, somewhat obovate, 2nd longer, subelhptic, 3rd slender, as long as the first and nearly naked (4 a). Males smaller than the females. Head small, subglobose : eyes lateral, globose and prominent : ocelli two (7, head in profile) . Thorax small and globose. Abdomen long, slender, and tufted at the apex in the male, conical in the female. Wings forming a triangle and depressed when at rest, superior rather long, narrow and lanceolate in the female ; inferior ovate-trigonate. Legs long and slender. Thighs short, especially/ the posterior : Tibise, anterior very short, with an internal sjnne, 4 posterior long and terminated by lo?ig spurs, the hinder pair having 2 also at the middle (Sf) : tarsi very long and 5 -jointed, basal joint the longest, the following gradually decreasing in length : claws and pulvilli very minute. Larvae with 6 pectoral, 8 abdominal, and 2 anal feet, generally smooth. Stratiotata Li7in. F. S. 341. 1300. — Curt. Guide, Gen. 974. 5. — paludata Fab. Male white, antennae knotted towards the apex ; abdomen with the base of each segment blackish : superior wings obtuse, va- riegated with brown, forming an unequal oblique fascia across the centre, the further margin edged with white, a white stripe crenated by a brown line near to the posterior margin and a Avhite dot on the disc in a dark ring ; cilia spotted with darker brown, and white at the base ; inferior with 2 or 3 interrupted brown waved lines across the middle, and a fine one near to the margin ; cilia spotted brown at the base. Female dirty ochre, superior wings more lanceolate, with a small dark ring on the disk, and a faint oblique line beyond it : inferior wings more or less white, with the waved line below the centre generally broad, cilia ochreous. In the Author's and other Cabinets. The habits of the larvae are most remarkable : they cut pieces out of the leaves of the Water-lilies, Frog-bit, Duck-weed and other floating plants, with which they cover themselves as with a shield, rendering themselves so difficult to be seen, that when at rest it is almost impossible to detect them. When they are desirous of removing to any distance, I believe they will leave their cases, (probably during the night, when they are not in danger of being punctured by Ichneumons or flies,) as I have seen them wandering about at that period without their cases. I have on a former occasion alluded to the Scopula Snmbu- calis having been included in this genus; but however its ap- pearance may lead any one to suppose it is an Hydrocampa, its structure and oeconomy will at once determine it to belong to another group. For the same reasons H. literalis ought to be removed ; and there will then remain two divisions. I regret not being able to transcribe the interesting histories of some of these insects from Reaumur and De Geer, which have been abridged by M. Duponchel in his excellent conti- nuation of Godart's " Lcpidopteres de France" A. Labial palpi straight and rather drooping. 1. H. literalis Hiib. t. 13./*. 86. — reticularis Linn. Cab. — Faun. Suec. 1355. — argentalis Fab. — July, moist places. B. Labial palpi recurved, short and very scaly. 2. H. Potamogata L. — Don. 11. 363. 1. — Nymphaealis Hm6., from whom the caterpillar in our plate is drawn, to show its curious habitation : it feeds also on the Pota- mogeton natans. — M. July and b. of August, swampy places on heaths, Hants; e. August, males in mea- dows and on Water-lilies, borders of rivers. 3. H. Nymphaeatai. — Potamogalls ^//i^. — stagnata Z)o;i. 11. 363. 2. — M. July, moist places round London, &c. — The caterpillar feeds on the Duck-weed. C. Labial palpi recurved, slender and sparingly clothed. 4. H. Lemnata L. — Don. 8. 266. 1 & 2.— uliginata F. ? .— M. May, moist places ; e. July, Fulham, on the Htj- drockaris Morsus-rance (PI. 307.) and the Duck-weed. — The caterpillar forms cases like H. Potamogata. ¥'. H. raagnificalis OcJi.—Hiib. tab. 16./. 104. $ .—Stated by Treitschke to be a British insect. 5. H. Stratiotata Z/. — Curt. B. E. pl.^dB.S ? (drawn rather larger than life). — B. July, ponds. — The caterpillar feeds on the Stratiotcs Aloides (PI. 488.) : it is fur- nished on each side with external tubes connected with the tracheae, which look like hairs : vide De Geer, V. l.t. 2>1.f. 2—6. The Plant is Ni/mph£ea{Nuphar Smith) Zm^^a! (Yellow Water- lily). The leaf is reduced about two thirds. J/2 ia cy '.^^^.■^<^:&>n&^r^^ /..) 312. SCOPULA LONGIPEDALIS. The long-legged Pearl. Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Pyralidse Leach. — Crambites Lat. Type of the Genus, Pyralis nebulalis Hilh. ScopuLA 5c/ir., Treit., Steph. — Botys Lat., Treit., Steph. — Margaritia Steph. — Pyralis Hub., Haw. — Phalaena Linn., Fab. AntenncB inserted on the crown of the head (7), sometimes as long as the wings, slender setaceous, composed of numerous short joints clothed with scales above pubescent beneath (1 a). Labrmn trigonate and transparent. Mandibles densely ciliated on the inside. Maxillce as long as the antennae, spiral, and attenuated, a con- siderable space at the base covered externally with scales, the apex ciliated (3). Palpi distinct curved upward, clothed with long scales at the apex (7 a), 4-jointed, basal joint produced above, 2nd and 3rd subovate, 3rd globose, 4th large ovate (3 a). Labial Palpi rather long, and porrected horizontally, densely covered with scales, robust, acuminated at both ends, the scales forming a pencil and completely concealing the apical joint (4) ; 3-jointed, basal joint short, 2nd long and rather robust, 3rd minute oval (4 a). Head small. Eyes large globose. Ocelli distinct, placed behind the antennce (7). Thorax never robust nor crested. Abdomen slendery frequently long and obtuse in the males. Wings various inform, the superior covering the others when at rest and forming a triangle. Legs long. Coxae, anterior long. Thighs, posterior short. Tibiae, anterior very short, clothed toith thick scales on the inside, middle and posterior pairs spurred at the apex, the latter having a pair near the middle. Tarsi long, 5 -jointed. Claws and Pulvilli minute (8, a fore leg). Caterpillars with ^pectoral, 6 or 8 abdominal and 2 anal feet. Pupae either inclosed in a firm earthy cocoon, or fastened be- tween dry leaves, moss, &;c. LoNGiPEDALis Dale's MSS. Reddish ochre. Palpi as long as the head, white beneath. An- tennae nearly as long as the wings. Eyes blackish. Body very long. Superior wings darkest at the costa, a sinuated dusky striga before the middle, with a small whitish spot on the basal side at its upper extremity, and sometimes a small oblong one on the opposite side but lower down ; a kidney-shaped whitish spot a little beyond the centre, and a very sinuated dull purplish striga nearer the posterior margin. Inferior wings rather small, inclining to a rusty brown, especially at the margin, with 2 faint sinuated lines, one towards the base the other beyond the middle. Legs very long and slender. Obs. Some specimens are of a cinereous ochre colour. In the Cabinets of Mr. Dale and the Author. The type of Latreille's genus Botys [Phaloena piirpuraria Linn.) being a Geometra, I have adopted Schrank's name to avoid confusion; and I have not divided the group into genera, because I am not satisfied with Treitschke's characters : but when the structure of the insects and their ceconomy are suffi- ciently understood, they probably may be formed into several genera with great advantage. The following is a perfectly new arrangement; it includes some insects unnoticed as British, and others hitherto placed in genera to which they did not belong. 1. S. Priinalis Wien. T.— leucophaealis Hub. 1. 12./.77.— albidalislTMA.lS. 118. — nebulalis Haiv. but not o? Hub. 2. S. olivalis JV. r.— umbralis Hilb. 8. 52.— nivealis Fab.? Haiv. .3. S. sticticalis Linn.? — tetragonalis Haw. — fuscalis Hub. 7. 45. 4. S. Alpinalis? Hub. 1 0. 63 J . 27. 175 and 176 ? .— uliginosalis Curt. MSS. —Mr. Dale and myself discovered this Moth in July on the sum- mit of Ben Lawers, and Craig-challoch, in Scotland. 5. 3. asinalis Hub. 29. 185. — F'or specimens of this insect I am indebted to Captain Blonier, who took them near Teignmouth, Devon. 6. S. diversalis J^tt6. 16. 102. 7. S. Borealis Kob.—T\\e larva I took on a very high hill near Oban, in August: it fed upon the Solidago virgaurea {{A. 45); the moth hatched the following June. 8. S. pulveralis Hub. t. \7.f. 109. 9. S. fuscalis W. T.— cineralis Fab.— Hub. 10. m.—Haw. 10. S. Sambucalis W. V.—Hilb. 13. S\.—Haiu. p. 383.— This insect has lately been associated with the Hydrocampse of Lat., but it evi- dently belongs to this genus. 11. S. Verbascalis JF.V.— arcualis Hilb. 12. m.—Haiv. 12. S. longipedalis Curtis B. E. pi. 312.— Taken by J. C. Dale, Esq. amongst brambles, at Weymouth Castle, Dorset, July 6th, and at Ryde in the Isle of Wight. 13. S. ferrugalis Hub. 9. 54. & 23. \h(i.—Haiu. 382. 14. S. flavalis W. V.—Hiib. 11. 69.~Haw. 381. 15. S. institalis HUb. 29. 182.— lutealis Haiv. but not o( Hilb. 16. S. ochrealis Hilb. 22. 146.— Haw. not P. Verbascalis Hiib.9. 59, which is the B. Pandalis Treit. 17. S. hyalinalis Hilb. 11. 74. — Haw. 377-— July, Darent-wood. 18. S. cinctalis Treit. 7. 97.— Hmbalis Hiib. 11. 72. & 73.— Haw. 19. S. angiKtalis Haw. Lep. Brit. 2}.379. n.8. — b. June, New Forest, Mr.Dale. 20. S. tenninalis Haiv. 379. 9.— July, Feversham. 21. S. pallidalis Hatv. 379. 10. 22. S. glabralis Fab.— Hilb. 10. 65.—Hatv. 23. S. lancealis? W. T.— glabralis Fab.—Hilb.'\S.U7 ? .— longalis Haw.— June, Norfolk, and near Spitchwick Park, Devon. 24. S. verticalis Li)in. — Hilb. 9. 57-— Bon v. 16. ;j/. 556. 25. S. Urticaiis Linn.— Hilb. 12. 78.— Bon v. 10.;;/. 349. 2. 26. S. palealis W. V.—Hilb. 11. 70.— Haw. 378.— Aug., Norfolk & Dover. 27. S. margaritalis W. V. — Fab. — erucalis Hilb. 9. 55. — Norfolk & Berks. 28. S. elutalis HUb. 10. 62.— i7««;.— stramentalis Treil. 7- 76. 18. 29. S. forficalis Linn.—Hiib. 9. 58. 30. S. sericealis W. V.—Hiib. 9. 56.— Leeana Fab.— Don 10. 357. 4. 31. S. hybridalis Hilb. 17. 114.— T. noctuella W. V. I have excluded the P. dentalis Hub., as I think from his figure that it cannot belong to this genus ; and my specimen o{ Py rails cilialis Hub. is nearly related to the Crambi. The plant is Cniais palustris (Marsh Thistle). ■:J6J cJs*^.-^ o^tJ^i^c^>: /-Ai. 563. ODONTIA DENTALIS. The starry Brindle. Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Pyralida?. Type of the Genus, Pyralis dentalis Wien. Verz. Odontia Dup., Curt. — Cynseda Hilb. — S copida -ScAr. — Pyralis Hub., Hatv. — Phalsena Fab. — Noctua Fab., Esp. AntenncE inserted on the crown of the head, rather short and slender, composed of numerous short joints clothed with scales above, pubescent beneath (1). Maxilla spiral, but very short (3). Palpi visible, projecting ob- liquely and forming a tassel of scales (7 «) ; triarticulate, basal joint oblong, 2nd subglobose, 3rd the longest (3 a). Labial jjalpi porrected horizontally and forming a rather long sharp beali, densely clothed with scales (4) ; triarticulate, basal joint rather short and a little the stoutest, 2nd long and linear, 3rd more slender, shorter than the basal joint and conical at the apex (4 a) . Head small and subglobose : eyes rather large and prominent : ocelli distinct (7, the head in profile). Thorax subglobose, not crested. Wings slightly deflexed and forming a triangle in repose? ; superior rounded at the apex, the cilia long : inferior tolerably ample, ovate ,- cilia not long. Abdomen with the apex obtuse in the male, slightly acuminated in the female. Thighs simple : tibiae, anterior with an internal spine, the others spurred at the apex, the posterior being the longest, with a pair of spurs also below the middle: tarsi 5 -jointed: claws minute (Sf hind leg) . Larva smooth, slightly tapering at both extremities, with 6 pectoral, 8 abdominal and two anal feet. Hiib. Pupa inclosed in a close web, formed amongst leaves, obtuse at one end and pointed at the other. Hiib. Obs. The dissections were made from a female, and the Larva and Co- coon were copied from H'dbner. Dentalis Schr. — Curt. Guide, Gen. 97 6,1. — fulminans Fa6. — ramalis Fab. — radiata Esp. In the Cabinet of Mr. Bentley. I INDICATED this pecuHai" insect as a Genus in my Guide, un- conscious at that time of Hubner having done so before me ; and in the " Lepidopteres de France," M. Duponchel states that he adopts my genus, and has given it the name of Odontia dentalis, of which insect the following is a description. Pale ochreous, superior wings with marks of a brown colour more or less dusky, leaving a few oblique rays on the costa towards the apex, with a pale spot near the posterior angle, a very irregular oblique line across the middle to the apex, forming 7 pale acute points and den- ticulations, sometimes with a brown semicircular line on the disc, and a semilunate one nearer the base : cilia bearing 8 blackish rays, alternating with 7 white ones on the posterior margin, which are formed by the nervures: abdomen and hinder wings fuscous, paler at the base. I should long since have published this interesting insect, which was said to have only rudimentary or no maxillae, but I was unable to obtain the loan of an example to figure, and I am now indebted to Mr. Bentley, whose specimen was purchased at the late Mr. Haworth's sale, and he merely stated in his Lep. Brit., that it was very uncommon in England ; it is however added in the ' Illustrations,' that Mr. Haworth's insect was captured near London by Mr. Knight, and that another was taken several years since in Devonshire, not far from Tavistock. As the plant on which the Caterpillar feeds is very abun- dant in many parts of England, it is possible that the O. deiitalis may not be so scarce as it is supposed to be. M. Duponchel says that the Caterpillar lives hi the stalks of the Echium vul- gare, out of which it only comes for the purpose of changing into a chrysalis amongst the leaves of that plant. The moth appears twice in the year, at the end of June and beginning of August, and is not rare in the environs of Paris; the specimen dissected I purchased at Montpellier. The Plant is Echium vulgar e (Common Viper-grass). c527 d^ ^ c/j|Ufcr 3^: ^r ^cV 527. PYRALIS CRIBRALIS. The Marsh Fan-foot. Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Pyralidae. Type of the Genus, Ph. Pyralis barbalis Linn. Pyralis Linn., Hub., Curt. — Crambus Fab., Haw. — Hermlnia Lat., Och., Goda. Antennce inserted on the crown of the head, close to the eyes, rather long and clothed with scales, bipectinate in the males (1, (J), each joint having two hairy tubercles near the apex and 2 short hairy rays near the base, each terminated by a long curved bristle; ciliated only in the female (1 $), the joints producing 2 bristles. Maxillce not so long as the antennae, rather slender and spiral, ciliated towards the apex (3). Labial Palpi very long slender and compressed, porrected ob- liquely, clothed with short compressed scales (4), triarticulate, basal joint short and curved, 2nd very long, nearly straight but slightly attenuated at each end, 3rd joint larger than the 1st, very slender and lanceolate (4 a). Head rather small : eyes globose. Thorax ovate. Abdomen tufted in the male at the apex, conical in the female. Wings forming a nearly horizontal triangle ivhen at rest, costa nearly straight. Legs rather long, anterior ornamented with long hairs in the males (8) : coxse long and ciliated on both sides (c) .• thighs long and slender, furnished with a fascicle of long hairs at the apex, inclining back- ward (f) : tibise very short and obtrigonate, with a lobe on the inside, the external angle produced and forming a large holloiv lobe (J) : tarsi long b -jointed, basal joint very long and compressed, with a fascicle of long hairs at the base (t) : claws and pulvilli minute: the other tibise have a long pair of spurs at the apex, with two above them in the hinder pair. Caterpillars with 6 pectoral, 8 (often only 6) abdominal and 2 anal feet. Hiib. Pupse inclosed in a gauze-like web, and placed on the earth. Dup. Cribralis Hub., Pyral. tab. 1. fig. 2. — Curt. Guide, Gen. 978. 1. Male. Pale fuscous-ochre ; antennae beautifully bipectinated, with the scales spreading over the inside a short distance from the base : 3rd joint of palpi elongated : superior wings palest on the disc, with a blackish dot near the centre and one or 2 oblique lines of dots beyond it, the 1st curved and not reaching the interior margin, the 2nd extending almost to the ajjex ; infe- rior wings palest at the base : anterior thighs with a beautiful tassel of ochreous hairs at the apex, the tibise dilated and jjro- duced externally with a bundle of long hairs extending to the apex of the tarsi and concealing them. Female with the antennae and legs simple. In the Author s and other Cabinets. Most writers call this genus Herminia, but Linnaeus having placed Ph. Pyralis tentacularis and P. barbalis at the head of that group in his Fauna Suecica, I feel quite justified in re- taining his name, although I regret it should be at the expense of Latreille's ; and if the French Naturalist had not adopted the Fabrician nomenclature, by which our Tortricidae were regarded as the Pyralidae, he would not have deemed it ne- cessary to give a new name to the present group. Mr. Ha- worth by some accident in quoting the Fauna Suecica has printed Phala^na Geometra barbalis, and others have copied the error, but neither that species nor te?itactdaris is anywhere referred to Geometra in the Works of Linnaeus. Six of the ten European species have been found in this country. 1. P. cribralis Huh.— Curt. Brit. Ent., pi. 527. $. The male I took flying at Whittlesea Mere the 18th July, and found a female upon the ground amongst rushes; I also brushed a few males out of the long grass in a marsh at Horning the 24th of last June, and Capt. Chawner captured several flying in the evening. 2. P. derivalis Hilb, tab. S.f. 19. S'—Goda. v. 8. pi. \.f. 2. June, skirts of woods, Kent; on the 9th of August Mr. Chant found it in CoUyer's-wood, Greenhithe, and Mr. Bentley has taken it in Birch-wood. 3. P. emortualis? Hub. tab. \.f. 1. ? .—Goda.pl. \.f. 1. In Mr. Swainson's Cabinet. The head of the Caterpillar is said to resemble that of an Hesperia; it feeds upon the Oak, and has been found in Ger- many the beginning of Sept. ; the raotli hatched the May fol- lowing. In France it appears twice, in spring and in summer. 4. P. barbalis Linn. — Goda. pi. \. f. 5. — pectitalis Hilb. tab. 19. f. 122. (i*. — Harr. Expo.pl. 6./. 2. Middle of May and beginning of June and July, pathways in woods ; I have found it in Coomb-wood. The caterpillar feeds on the Oak and Birch, and according to M. Duponchel, they live through the winter and become pupae in March or April. 5. P. tarsicrinalis Hid), tab. l.f. 5.^. End of June, open parts in woods : the caterpillar feeds on the Trifolium Impanicum, 6. P. nemoralis Fa^*.— grisealis Hub. t.l.f. 4. $ .—Goda.pl. 1. End of June open parts of Darent and other woods :— the caterpillar feeds on the Chrysospleniiim alternifolium \ it will also eat the nettle and sorrel. The plant figured is Epipactis palustris (Marsh Epipactis), and was found in flower where the Moth figured was taken. C^. <^ C/: ^,^^«.- / /S^P 288. HYPENA CRASSALIS. The beautiful Snout. Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Pyralidae Curt. Pyralites JLat. Type of the Genus, Pyralis proboscidalis Linn. Hypena Schr., Treit. — Herminia Lat., Leach, Sam. — Cramhus Fab., Haw. — Pyralis Linn., Hub. Antennae setaceous, alike in both sexes, inserted on the crown of the head close to the eyes (7*1), composed of numerous sub- turbinate joints, clothed with scales above, pilose beneath (1). Labrum small and triangular. Mandibles distinct, internally very pilose. MaxillcB spiral, as long as the antennae and very slender, a con- siderable portion of the extremity furnished with glands (3). Labial Palpi porrected obliquely, much longer than the head, compressed, very thickly clothed with scales (4), triarticulate, basal joint short curved, 2nd very long, thickest at the base, ex- cept at the union, 3rd joint recurved, perpendicular, longer than the 1st, very slender and pointed (4 a). Head sometimes vnth a conical tuft of scales projecting horizontally. Eyes large globose. Thorax 7iot large. Abdomen rather slender, conical in the females. Wings ample, forming a triangle when at rest, superior subtrigonate, acute, the anterior margin nearly straight. Legs rather long. Coxae ; anterior very long. Thighs very slender. Tibiae ; anterior short, producing an internal spine, the others spurred, the posterior having two pair of spurs. Tarsi 5-jointed, basal joint the longest, but shorter than the tibice, 5 th the shortest. Claws and Pulvilli minute (8, afore leg). Caterpillars with 6 pectoral, 6 abdominal and 2 anal feet. Cbassalis Fab. Ent. Syst. 3 pars 2. p. 222. n. 349. Dirty white. Head palpi and thorax brownish, the latter with the tips of the scales darker. Superior wings with a large sub- trigonate deep brown spot margined with white reaching from the base beyond the middle, but not to the interior margin which is slightly carneous, upon it are two black dots ; towards the posterior margin is a curved row of 8 black dots edged externally with white j the apex is fuscous with an oblique brown stripe j the margin and cilia are spotted. Abdomen and inferior wings fuscous cinereous. In the Author's and other Cabinets. LiNN^us's division Pyralis contains insects varying so much in structure that it is undoubtedly necessary to divide it; and as it is a term which has been appHed to various groups, it will be better to take the first species of Linnaeus as the type, which will include the Herminiae of Latreille with feathered feet and pectinated antennae. If structure be of any importance in the formation of groups, it will also be found necessary to divide what are termed by Latreille Pyralites, into two or more families, as some have the maxillary palpi very distinct, whilst in others they are in- visible; some have a very long spiral tongue, and others none. In adopting Dr. Leach's arrangement, the term Pi/ralidce has been applied in former parts of this work to unite genera, which might perhaps with more propriety have been called CramhidcE. I am therefore obliged to distinguish the present family by terming it Pyralidcs Curt. The genus Hypena contains, 1. proboscidalis L. — Hub. pi. I.f. 7. — Ha^w. — Sepp. v. 2. pi. 2. — ensalis Fab. — e. June and August to m. October amongst nettles. 2. crassalis F. — Cuii. Brit. Ent.pl. 288. — Achatalis Hub. pi. 2, f. 12. ^ pi. '2.1. f. 172 var. ? If the palpi in this figure be correctly given, it belongs to another genus. Mr. Plastead first discovered this beautiful insect in shady groves at Westerham in Kent the beginning of June ; and I have been informed that specimens were taken last year in an old mine near Ashburton, Devon, in August. The caterpillars feed upon nettles and Erica vulgaris (pi. 145). 3. palpalis F.—Hiib. pi. 2./. 9.— Haw. 366. 2. — In the late Mr. Francillon's Cabinet. 4. obesalis Treit. — crassalis Hub. pi. 2.f. 8. — Haw. — In Mr. Haworth's Cabinet. 5. rostralis L. — Hub. 2.f. 10. — Haw. 366. 4. — End of June, the caterpillar feeds on the hop, nettle, &c. 6. vittahs Haw. 367. 5.— radiatalis? Hub. pil. 20. f. 134. This insect is so badly represented, that it is uncertain whether it be intended for Mr. Haworth's species. Mr. Haworth remarks, " The last 5 species are all uncom- mon in England. By the woi'ks of HUbner they appear like- wise to inhabit the continent of Europe, except vittatiis ; and what is more remarkable, I have seen them all from North America." Not one, excepting the 1st, has hitherto been figured in this country. The plant is Urtica dioica (Common Nettle). i-yju^: ^ c/.- t^^^cJ^. 503. ASOPIA PICTALIS. Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Pyralidue. Type of the Genus, Pyralis farinalis Linn. AsoPiA Treit., Goda., Curt. — Agrotera -Sc/h-. — Botys Lat. — Crambus Fab., Haio. — Pyralis Linn., Hub. — Phalsena Fab. Antennce inserted close to the eyes, on the crown of the head, rather long, setaceous, and clothed with long pubescence be- neath in the male (1). Maxilla spiral, considerably shorter than the antennee, very much attenuated and clothed with scales at the base (3). Palpi very slender, porrected, triarticulate, basal joint pear-shaped, 2nd subreniform, 3rd small subovate, producing long scales forming a pencil at the apex (7 « & 3 a). Labial palpi curved upward, slightly divaricating, very scaly, the apical joint less so, triarticulate, basal joint short, 2nd twice as long, 3rd minute ovate (4 & 4 «) . Head small and globose : eyes lateral and prominent. Tliorax clothed with depressed scales rather long on the sides. Abdomen rather stout, somewhat conical and alike in both sexes. Wings forming an elongate triangle in repose, the superior not always entirely covering the inferior, the former rather narrow and not pointed, the latter rounded. Coxae, anterior large. Tibia?, anterior very short, with an internal spine, intermediate with a pair of spurs at the apex one very long ; posterior long and rather stout, spurred also at the apex and having a pair likewise near the middle (8 f). Larvae unknown. PicTALis Curt. Guide, Gen. 982. Dull ochreous, eyes black, abdomen brown, edges of segments pale : superior wings lead colour, darkest at the base, w'ith an ochreous spot on each side the thorax, a broad castaneous white fascia across the middle, the margins slightly waved and edged with white, a dark dot towards the centre and several on the costa, which is pale castaneous to the apex ; cilia dirty ochre, blackish at the apex, and a line of dark spots at the base ; in- ferior wings whitish, with a narrow somewhat reddish ochre fascia across the middle, the edges white and very much sinuated, the base lead colour, as well as a narrow space next to the fascia, the apex fuscous, with 3 blackish spots at the anal angle, one of them upon the cilia, which is dirty ochreous. In the Cabinet of Mr. Robertson. AsopiA may be distinguished from Aglossa (pi. 455), which it most resembles, by its long spiral maxillas; and the antennae are not pectinated, but merely pubescent in the males ; and this sex when at rest has the tail very much curved. The following species have been detected in Britain, but not one of them has been figured in the works of tliis country that 1 am aware of. 1. A. flammealis Hub. Pyr. pi. 15. f. 99.— Go(Ia. v. 8. pi. 223. 7. This insect has more pointed wings than the following, and tlie anterior coxae are very slender and remarkably long ; the scales also on each side of the thorax are very much elongated. M. Duponchel says it flies in society about flowers after sunset. It is not uncommon the end of June in the broom fields at Coombe and Darent Woods : 12 and 28 July, Tor- quay and Valley of Rocks, Mr. Dale : Teignmouth, Captain Blomer : beginning of August, amongst grass and heath, near Blackgang-chine, J. C. 2. A. glaucinalis Li/in. — Goda. 223. 2.— nitidalis Hiib. 1 5. 98. In houses, gardens and hedges, July and beginning of August, in the neighbourhood of London. 3. A. costalis i^aZ*.— fimbrialis Hub. 15. 97.— Goda. 223. 5. B. July, hedges Dartford and Coombe-wood, Mr. Dale. August 22, Hampton Wick, Middlesex, and on garden walls in the New Road, J. C. 4. A. marginatus Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 374. 23. — rubidalis Hiib.'i 15. 96. "(The scarce Meal Moth,) wings brownish, with 2 fuscous bands margined with white, the first at the base, the posterior one marginal." — Hax'o. In the cabinets of Mr. Swainson and Mr. Raddon, who, I believe, took it near Barnstaple, Devon. 6. A. pictalis Curt. Brit. Ent. pi. 503. For the loan of this unique insect I am indebted to G. Robertson, Esq., who found it on the side of a house in Poplar near London in July. It considerably resembles the following species, but it is much smaller, the upper wings are narrower as well as the band, and the base of all the wings is lead colour. 5. farinalis Lirin. — Hilb. 15- 95. — Goda.pl. 223. 1. Found in houses in July and August ; frequent also in sta- bles, on walls and the trunks of trees in gardens, and on paling in the Regent's Park, beginning of September, J. C. The Plant is Papaver hybridum (Round rough-headed Poppy), communicated by Dr. Jermyn of Swaff'ham Prior, Cambridge. 4SS 455. AGLOSSA STREATFIELDII. The Mendip Tabby Moth. Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Pyralidse. Type of the Genus, Pyralis pinguinalis Linn. Aglossa Lat., Curt., Goda. — Crambus Fab., Haw. — Pyralis Linn., Hub., Och. Antemice inserted on the crown of the head, close to the eyes, rather long and setaceous, clothed with scales above, pectinated in the male (1), each joint producing 4 short hairy rays, decreas- ing in length to the ajiex where the joints are only jDubescent : simjile in the female and pubescent beneath (1 $). Mfl.rz7/« very small membranous, attenuated, curved, slightly pu- bescent at the base, with a few short scattered hairs (3) ; Palpi larger, porrected a little obliquely, clothed with scales and triar- ticulate, basal joint somewhat pear-shaped, 2nd oblong, 3rd the stoutest, subovate (3 a). Labial Palpi projecting considerably beyond the head, nearly horizontal, the apex raised, clothed with short scales above and long beneath (4 a), triarticulate, 1st and 3rd joints of equal length, the latter slender, 2nd long and subfusiform (4 a). Head rather small, with depressed scales : thorax not large, clothed with long hairy scales : abdomen linear in the male, tufted at the apex in both sexes, conical in the female and furnished with a retractile tube at the apex. Wings entire and obtuse, forming a triangle ivhen at rest. Thighs, anterior short. Tibiae, anterior very short, tcith a strong in- ternal spine ; middle pair spurred at the apex, as loell as the posterior, which are long and have a pair of spurs at the middle : tarsi o -jointed, basal joint long : claws minute. Caterpillars with 6 pectoral, 8 abdominal and 2 anal feet. Pupa inclosed in a silky cocoon covered with surrounding fragments. Dup , Streatfieldii Curt. MSS. — Curt. Guide, Gen. 983, 2\ Male, Lurid ochre, speckled with fuscous and rather glossy : antennae ciliated beneath : palpi with a dusky spot on the inside of the 3rd joint at the base : eyes blackish : superior wings with an angulated brown bar at the base, a dot on the disc towards the costa, a fimbria of the same colour at the posterior margin, having the internal edge sinuated, with a row of black dots at the base of the cilia, where there is an ochreous line extending along the margin, nervures pale : inferior wings rather palest at the base. In the Autho7-'s Cabinet. It is due to M. Duponchel to observe, that in his characters of this genus, he says " Proboscis none or only rudimentary" for with this exception the existence of maxillae has been uni- versally denied by authors in the genus Aglossa, a name that unfortunately implies the absence of a proboscis or tongue, for it will be seen by referring to onvjlg. 3. that there are maxillae although very small and imperfect. The following species have been found in Britain : 1. A. dimidiata Haw. Lep. Brit. 372. 19. Beginning of August in the warehouses of the East India Company in London, and the larvae are stated to^feed on the tea in the chests ; — of course it is not a native insect. 2. A. cuprealis Hiib, tab. 23./ 153. ? .~Goda.pl. 213./5. ? . — capreolatus Haiv. End of July and August in houses, Wimborne Dorset and Hampton Wick Middlesex, Mr. Dale. Snaresbrook Essex, Mr. Davis. Stables Coombe-wood, J. C. 2". A. Streatfieldii Curt. Brit. Ent.pl. 455. This remarkably distinct species was taken at Compton Bishop at the foot of the Mendip Hills Somerset, by the Rev. John Streatfield of Christ's College Cambridge, who most liberally presented it to me for the illustration of the genus Aglossa. 3. A. pinguinalis Linn. — Hub. tab. ^.f. 1^.$. — Goda.pl. 213. / 6. ? . — pinguiculatus Havo. var. Middle of July, under stones, sides of Cliff Dover, J. C. ; end of July to middle of August, houses, stables and offices. The larva of this moth unlike most others feeds upon animal substances, such as butter and bacon, and is stated by Linngeus to inhabit even the human stomach, where it is one of the most dangerous of worms, possibly from its capability of perforating the intestines ; — he adds that it may be expelled by an infusion of the Lic/ien cumatilis. Although it is many years since Lin- naeus made this remark, no one has either confirmed or con- tradicted it ; we go on copying the statement, and know perhaps less on the subject than he did at that time: this surely must arise from the ignorance or negligence of those who have op- portunities of observing the various living animals that inhabit the human body. The Plant is Vicia sylvatica (Wood Vetch), from the Isle of Wight, communicated by James Vine, Esq. SS7 .. '^i^,A.<J.f..iA:, /^.-, y y j-/^/3^ 587. GALLERIA MELLONELLA. The Honey-comb Moth. Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Crambidae. Tyjie of the Genus, Tinea mellonella Linn. Galleria Fab., Haio., Och., Curt. — Tinea Linn., Hub. Antenna: shortest in the males, setaceous, pubescent beneath, basal joint a little elongated, clavate and margined with scales beneath (1). Maxilla very short, membranous, curved and obtuse, basal half densely clothed with scales (3) ; rather longer in the female. Palpi entirely concealed in the male, short and triarticulate, two first joints small, 3rd large, obcordate, and clothed with long tufted scales (3 a) ; rather more pear-shaped in the female, in which sex they are not quite concealed (7 ? ft). Labial palpi short, rigid, ascending and very much curved in the male (7 J", 4), and bowed externally when viewed in front (7) ; triarticulate, basal joint short and robust in the male (4 ft (J), 2nd longer, stout and a little attenuated, 3rd the longest, slen- derer and terminated by 2 closely united claws ; longer, droop- ing and incurved in the female (7 $ , 4), approximating at the base and scarcely divaricating, stout and densely clothed vnth scales, basal joint rather stout, 2nd inflated, longer and ovate, 3rd as long as the 1st, somewhat elongate-conic (4 a). Head conical in the male (7 J*), more obtuse in the female, with a dense brush of hairs hanging over the forehead (7 $ ) .- eyes prominent and ovate. Thorax robust, scutellum crested at the apex : Abdomen conical, terminated by a little tuft in the male, and a slender ovipositor in the female. Wings somewhat convoluted in repose, being de- pressed on the back, and compressed at the extremity, rather short and broad in the male, the anterior truncated and emarginate, form- ing a lobe towards the posterior angle ; longer, narroiver and much less emarginate in the female ; cilia short. Legs stout ; tibife, an- terior short with a small internal spine, the others broad at the apex, with a pair of spurs, the hinder with a pair also a little below the middle : tarsi 5-jointed, the basal joint rather stout and elongated in the 4 posterior. Larvae nearly naked, with 6 pectoral, 8 abdominal and 2 anal feet ; forming galleries amongst the comb in Beehives, in which they live. Mellonella Linn. — Curt. Guide, Gen. 984. 2, Male subochreous ; a long spot on the thorax and tips of the scales round the apex dark brown : superior wings livid, with an interrupted line of tubercles along the middle, grey above, an elongated brown spot on the costa ; inferior margin ochreous, variegated with castaneous, an incurved line of black dots and streaks beyond the middle, terminating in 2 large ones on the inner margin ; inferior wings fuscous palest at the base. Female with the thorax and superior wings purplish brown with less grey along the middle, and all the mai'kings less distinct ; inferior wings ochreous white ; cilia fuscous. The genus Galleria was established by Fabricius to charac- terize the Moths livino- in beehives. In the habits and striic- ture of the trophi G. mellonella is so very similar to Ilithya Lat. that it seems scarcely necessary to separate them, but G. alve- aria is so very different, that Hubner associates it with the Li- thosiae, and has called it Gen. 983''. Achroia. 1. alvearia Fab. — grisella ivzi. — cinereola J/?Vi. Bomh. 23. 91. Pale cinereous, superior wings fuscous : labial palpi short and subhorizontal in both sexes : head clothed with ochreous depressed scales ; wings elliptical, apex ovate : expanse, S 8 and $ 9 lines. This species runs very quick : Mr. Haworth used to find it in the neighbourhood of London in June. The larva feeds on the honey in beehives ; and I suspect the figures 7, 8, 9, pi. 19. of Reaumur, are intended to represent this and not the following insect. Gen. 984;. Galleria Fab. 2. Mellonella Zmw. — Curt. B.E.pl.587. S • ? • — cereanaLinn. Wherever there are beehives these insects are occasionally found, and sometimes in such abundance as to destroy the entire contents, compelling the bees to seek another habitation. Linnaeus states that it was not introduced into Sweden until 1760, when it was imported with beehives from Germany, and as he Jirst described it under the name of Mellojiella I have used it in preference. The larva shown feeding on the comb is copied from HUb- ner. The moths appear from the end of June to August, and last summer they were in such prodigious quantities, that Mr. Doubleday of Epping bred about 300 specimens, a pair of which were presented to me by Mr. F. Walker. Since the genus Melia was published in Feb. 1828 (a year and a half before Mr. Stephens's Catalogue appeared, which makes it impossible for me to have followed him as he states in his Illustrations), we have learned from Ochsenheimer's 9th vol. that T. colonella and sociella, Linn., are the sexes ; this will render the following alterations necessary in the Guide and fol. 201 of this work. Gen. 985. Ilithya Lat. A. Labial palpi with the terminal joint the longest in the males; superior wings obtuse. 1. colonella Linn. ? . — sociella Fab. — tribunella Hiib. ^ . 2. anella Fab. — bipunctana Ent. Trans. — sociella Hiib. Gen. 986. Meliana Guide. B. Labial palpi with the 2nd joint the longest. * Superior wings lanceolate, somewhat acute. 1. flammea Curt. Brit. Ent. v. 3. pi. 201. ** Superior wings obtuse. 2. sericea Curt. Brit. Etit. v. 3. fol. 20P. The Plant is Stellaria uliginosa (Bog Stitchwort). Wi dfU.^<fi.u^<^./ /St8 201. MELIA FLAMMEA. Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Pyralidae Leach. Crambites Lat. Type of the Genus Tinea sociella Fab. Melia iVoft.— Lithosia Fnb., Haw. — Tinea Linn., Fab., Hub. Antennce alike in both sexes, inserted close to the eyes, on each side the crown of the head, not very long, setaceous, covered with scales above, pubescent beneath, basal joint very robust (fig. 1 a). MaxillcE rather longer than the head, a considerable portion co- vered with scales externally (3), Palpi arising from a scape at the base of the maxillae, concealed by scales, triarticulate basal joint small globose, 2nd large, 3rd very large, subovate-conic, producing very long scales (3 a). Labial Palpi curved upward, thickly clothed with scales (4), tri- articulate, basal joint robust, 2nd scarcely so thick, cylindric, truncated obliquely, 3rd the longest, spoon-shaped, hollow, co- riaceous at one edge, submembranous and ciliated at the other (4 a), and terminated by a bifid claw or tooth (4 b). Head short. Eyes not very large. Abdomen obtuse in the males, acu- minated in the females. Wings convoluted when at rest : superior rather long and narrow, inferior ample. Legs, anterior the shortest. Tibiae, anterior with a short flat spine on the internal side, the others with spurs at their apex, the hinder pair having 2 towards the middle. Tarsi 5 -jointed. Claws and Pulvilli small (8 afore leg). Larvae with 6 pectoral, 8 abdominal and 2 anal feet ? Flammea 'Nob. Fuscous, with a pale reddish tinge. Superior wings with a brown flame-like space along the centre, (narrowed at the base,) above which is a short narrow ochraceous stripe, 5 or 6 minute brown spots forming a curved line near the posterior margin, upon which there are 7 minute black spots, alternating with the nervures, which are pale inclining to white towards the costa, the internal margin sprinkled with dark spots 5 inferior wings rather paler, their cilia whitish. In the Cabinet of Mr. Dale. As the following insects have their maxillary palpi developed, although they are concealed by the scales of the forehead, Fabricius and those writers who have followed him in uniting M, socia with Lithosia, have been misled by analogy : the singular terminal joint of the labial palpi of that insect would have induced us to make a separate genus of it, had we not the strongest aversion to multiply names except where it is un- avoidable ; we have therefore made it the type of a genus which will connect Galleria with Chilo, a group separated from Crambus ; for it appears that M. socia is nearly related to both, and M. jiammea is a Chilo in habit, but it wants their elongated palpi. The antennae and legs of the following species agree per- fectly, but other differences render it advisable to form them into three divisions. A. Labial palpi with the terminal joint the longest. The superior wings obtuse. 1. M. socia Tab. — Ha'w. — sociella Fah. — Tribunella Hilh. Middle of July in and near gardens round London, in Norfolk, Yorkshire, Perthshire, &c. 2. M. bipunctana Ha*w. MSS. — sociella Hub. TinicJB, pi. 4. /24. Taken by Mr. Hatchett at the Jews' Burying Ground, Stepney. It is necessary to observe that I have not had an opportunity of examining this species. B. Labial palpi with the second joint the longest. * Superior wings obtuse. 3. M. sericea Nob. This insect has a silky appearance. The thorax and superior wings are dull ochreous with a carneous tinge, minutely freckled with fuscous, and a row of dots at the posterior margin of the same colour; the body is paler, and the inferior wings almost white ; it is not so large as M. jiammea. I once took a specimen in a garden in Suffolk, flying late at night, die end of June ; and Mr. Dale took a moth the 29th of June at Whittlesea Mere, which I think is the same species. ** Superior wings lanceolate, somewhat acute. 4. M. flammea Nob. The only specimen I have seen of this insect, was purchased of a collector by Mr. Dale. It is understood to have been taken at Lewisham near London. The plant is Sisymbrium Nasturtium (Water Cress). « (32^^ Lf.S.uA^(f^^</^9 727. CHILO LANCEOLELLUS. The lance-winged Veneer. Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Crambidae. Type of the Genus, Tinea consortella HiXb. Chilo Zinck., Och., Goda., Cwrif.— Schoenobius Dupon. — Topentis Hub. — Lithosia Fab. — Palparia Haw. — Tinea Hub., Fab. Antenna inserted on the crown of the head, near the eyes, rather short, setaceous, scaly above, pubescent beneath, each joint producing longish hairs at the apex (1), shorter and simple in the female. MaxillcE very much shorter than the labial palpi, slightly spiral (3). Palpi as long, porrected obliquely, densely clothed with scales (7 a), 4-jointed (3 a), basal joint obovate, 2nd globose, 3rd stouter and obovate, 4th twice as large, stout and oval. Labial palpi very scaly, as long as the head and thorax, por- rected horizontally like a beak, the apex slightly drooping (4). triarticulate, basal joint short, 2nd very long, slightly fusi£orm, slenderest at the base, 3rd slender short and elliptical {a) . Head small, transverse-ovate: eyes large, globose (7, the profile). Thorax small and oval. Abdomen long and slender with a small tuft at the apex in the male ; very much thickened towards the apex in the female, and either rounded or pointed, with a dense bundle of hairs. Wings generally broader in the males and truncated ob- liquely ; narrow, lanceolate and slightly falcated in the females : inferior ample and folded, most ovate and pointed in the female : cilia moderate. Legs slender, hinder very long : coxse, anterior long : thighs tolerably equal : tibiae, anterior very short, with n short internal spine, intej-mediate with a pair of spurs at the apex : hinder very long, spurred at the apex, with a longer but unequal pair also at the middle : tarsi very long and 5-joinied, basal joint very long, terminal the shortest : claws very minute (8 f, hind leg). " Larvae naked, head and thorax horny and polished, with 6 pectoral, 8 abdominal and 2 anal feet. Pupae inclosed in a cocoon, in reeds, SiC." Lanceolella Hub. — Curt. Guide, Gen. 988. 4"^. Female ochreous : superior wings long, lanceolate and pointed, orange-ochre with an undefined dash of brown nearly parallel to the costa, and a curved one arising at the apex and divari- cating from the posterior margin, with a brown dot near the termination on the disc : inferior wings straw-coloured white, deepest at the apex : abdomen yellowish buff. In the Author's and other Cabinets. The form of the palpi will distinguish this group from Harpypterix, pi. 535, to which it is closely allied. The larvae live in the stems of reeds and grasses, feeding upon the pith ; and a species discovered by the late Mr. L. Guilding, which he named Diatrea Saccharic is injurious to the Sugar-cane. The ingenious way in which the Caterpillar transports itself from one stalk to another, when it finds nothing more to eat in the first it inhabited, is so curious, that I shall copy Treitschke's remarks. " Surrounded by water as the larva is that cannot be very easy ; it overcomes the difficulty hove- ever, in the following manner : it cuts a piece of the stalk which incloses it, the length of its body ; this piece of stalk then becomes a portable case for it, in which it crosses the water without wetting itself, for it has taken the precaution to close both ends. When arrived near a stalk which suits, it thrusts the fore part of the body out of its case, climbs up against the stalk, dragging the case after it, and attaches it there to the same place that it has chosen to introduce itself into the stalk ; so that it is secure from all danger during the period of its passage from one reed to anotiier." The following are recorded as British species: 1. forficellus Thunb., Wood, ;?/. 48,/ 1523.— hirtai/aio. S •— consortella Hllb. pi. 32./ 220 S- June and July flying amongst sedges and Iris Pseudacorus, sides of canal at Paddington and banks of the Thames ; sides of ponds Kensington Gardens ; Epping Forest; Norfolk ; and Whittlesea Mere. Caterpillar feeds in stalks of Poa aquatica. 2. lanceolellus Hub. pi. ^3.f. 296 ? .—Curt. B. E. pi. 727 ? . Never having taken this insect, although I have met with multitudes of C. forficellus, I agreed with Hiibner in consider- ing them as distinct species, but they are stated positively to be the sexes by M. Moritz. 3. fumeus //aTO. — Wood, Jig. 1 524^ ^. June, Norfolk, amongst reeds, Mr. Skrimshire; Whittlesea Mere and near London. 4. punctigerellus Step. — Wood, Jig. 1525 S- Very similar to the male of C. gigantellus. " Taken near \Vhittlesea Mere in July." Wood. 5. gigantellus Hiib. 8. 53 ? .—Goda. pi. 267. f.'l $ ^ -con- voluta Fab. — Wood^sjig. 1527 is not this species, it is more like C. Phragmitellus. June on Hackney Marshes, Mr. Hatchett ; July, Whittle- sea Mere, Mr. Dale. The Caterpillar lives in the young stalks ot'Arundo Phragmites from the end of May to the end of Aug. 6. caudellus Li7in. — acuminelja Hilh. 41. 284 ?. — mucro- nellus Goda. pl.2S3.f. 1 c? ? • Wood's Jg. 1528 is not Hiibner's insect, but probably a wasted variety of No. 1. June, woods near Dartford and Erith, Kent, amongst Iris Pseudacorus. 7. Phragmitellus Hub. 43. 297 S- 298 ? .— rhombea Haw. — 1 have never seen a specimen so light as Wood'sjig. 1 526, and there ought to be a dark dot on the disc of each upper wing. June and July amongst reeds, on which the larvae feed, Whitdesea Mere^nd Norfolk, Dr. Skrimshire. I am indebted to J. G. Children, Esq. and VV. W. Saunders, Esq. for the Star-headed Thrumwort, Adinocarpus Dama- suniuiii. JJS &^^.cJ^..J.,.%^. /./6'SS y 535. HARPIPTERIX SCABRELLA. The wainscot Hooktip. Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Crambidae. Type of the Genus, Tinea nemorella Linn. Harpipterix Hub., Och. — Plutella Schr., Curt. — Hypsolopha Hub., Och. — Alucita and Ypsolophus Fab., Haw. — Palparia Haw. — Tinea Linn. AntenncB porrected in repose, shorter than the wings, setaceous, clothed with scales above, pilose, composed of numerous joints, basal one long, robust and scaly above, 2nd and 3rd somewhat cup-shaped, the remainder increasing in length to the apical joint, which is short and subconic (1, portions of the base and apex). MaxillcB spiral longer than the labial palpi, but very much shorter than the antennae (3). Palpi minute (7 a) and generally con- cealed, biarticulate, basal joint globose and pilose, 2nd longer and subovate (3 «). Labial palpi recurved, but appearing to be horizontal (4), very scaly, the scales produced horizontally very far beyond the apex of the 2nd joint beneath, the terminal one being naked and rising apparently from the centre of the palpus ; triarticulate, basal joint not short, but stout and recurved, 2nd longer and stouter, ventricose, 3rd the shortest, elongate-ovate (4 a). Head small, the crown thickly clothed with scales forming 2 elevated longitudinal lines : eyes lateral, prominent and globose. Thorax rather small, clothed ivith depressed scales. Abdomen rather short, a little tufted in the males, conical in the females. Wings deflexed in repose, superior long and linear, the cost a arched, the tip hooked: inferior subovate. Legs, anterior the shortest, posterior the longest: tibiae, anterior ivith an internal spine, the others terminated by long spurs, the hinder having a pair at the middle: tarsi 5 -jointed, basal joint long, terminal one small : claws and pulvilli minute. Larvae with 6 pectoral, 8 abdominal and 2 anal feet. Hiib. Pupae inclosed in a long fusiform silky cocoon. ScABRELLA Linn. — Curt. Guide, Gen. 989. 2. — pterodactylella Hiib., Tin. tab. 15. fig. 102. White, sides and tips of palpi tawny ; lateral scales of thorax brownish ; costal half of anterior wings pale brownish flesh- colour, with longitudinal rays of white, a black dot at the centre and 4 others in a line towards the apex ; interior half of wings dull castaneous-purple, with a few pale stripes and others fer- ruginous and blackish, there are also 3 large tufts of scales forming an oblique line directed towards the apex, and a few smaller ones, the apex very much hooked, from the cilia which are ferruginous, being elongated and rounded at the posterior angle : inferior wings pale fuscous, becoming whitish at the base. Obs. This species varies considerably ; in the specimen figured the dark portion of the superior wings forms an indented line. In the Author's and other Cabinets. By Treitschke's 9th Vol. I leavn that the type of Schrank's genus PluteUa is Tinea Xylostella Linn. I have therefore adopted Hiibner's name of Harpipterix (Scythe-winged). Harpipterix approaches so near to Chilo that it is difficult to determine to which, one of the species belongs ; in the Guide I included it in the latter group, but on comparing the palpi I think it may be admitted into the former genus, which con- tains the following British species. 6. H. cxAireWo. Hub. Tin. 16. 109. ? .— Acinacidellus Hiih.S'^. 237. End of June marshy places ; in a field at Kimpton, Rev. G. T. Rudd, and Mr. Dale took one at Blandford that came to a lighted candle the 8th of November. The Caterpillar feeds on Euojii/mns europceus (pi. 194). 1. H. nemorella JLinn. — hamella Huh, 41. 282. June and July marshy places ; August woods. — The Ca- terpillar feeds on Lonicera Caprifolium (pi. ]24). 2. H. scabrella Linn. — Curt. Brit. Ent. pi. 535 $ . The Caterpillar feeds on the common Plum-tree, and the Moth appears in July. 3. H. as])erella LiJin. — Hub. 15. JOl.— falcatella Don. 10. pi. 355. 5. This beautiful little Moth has been taken by Mr. Dale and myself amongst the lichen on Apple-trees in his Orchard at Glanville's Wootton, the 8th of September and the 1st and 17th of October. 4. H. harpella TV. V.—Hiib. 16. 110.— dentella Fab. Middle of July, hedges and gardens on the Honeysuckle, on which the Caterpillar feeds. 5. H. subfalcatella Blunt's MSS. ? Length 3, breadth 10 lines: purplish-brown: superior wings with an ochreous or coppery tinge, mottled with a darker colour, 5 or 6 black dots on the costa beyond the middle, interior margin obscurely coloured with purplish grey, bounded by an indented line, on which are 2 or 3 dark tufts of scales : abdomen and inferior wings satiny white, the apex of the former and margin of the latter fuscous. This species has been taken in the New Forest, and as it is not the T.falcella of Hiibner, which it was at first stated to be, I have added the above characters to identify it. The Plant is Pyrus torminalis (Wild Service tree), commu- nicated by E. T. Bennett, Esq. s^g c>:i^^.■^c/■^S^. 559. NASCIA CILIALIS. The Cambridge Veneer. Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Crambidae. Type of the Genus, Pyralis cilialis Hiib. Nascia Curt. — Crambus Curt. — Margaritia Step. — Pyralis Hub. Antennae placed rather behind the crown of the head, shorter than the body, slender, filiform, clothed with scales above, pu- bescent beneath, with a few bristles at remote distances (1). Maxilla spiral, longer than the palpi and clothed with scales outside at the base (3). Pa/pz distinct, porrected obliquely and clothed with scales, forming a truncated and thickened apex (7 a). Labial palpi long, slightly drooping (7, 4), projecting far beyond the head and meeting like a beak (7* 4), stout and attenuated, densely clothed with scales, triarticulate ? Head small, subglobose, clothed with slender scales on the crown, fall- ing down between the antennae : eyes small lateral and prominent : ocelli minute (7 the head in profile, 7* upper side of same). Thorax clothed with depressed hairs. Abdomen rather short and slender. Wings, superior suhtrapezate, the apex acute and appearing slightly hooked ; inferior, triangular rounded ; cilia short. Anterior coxas long and stout (8 c) ; thighs rather long and stout ; tibiae short, with a long internal spine {I) ; tarsi long and 5 -jointed, basal joint the longest, apical the shortest : claws and pulvilli m,inute : the other legs are wanting in my specimen. Caterpillar, &c. unknown. Cilialis Hiib. — Curt. Guide, Gen. 990. 1. Pale orange ; head pale ochreous, margins of eyes and under- side of antennae white, superior wings with the costa and all the nervures bright ferruginous, the former with a grayish bloom, the edge white ; cilia whitish with a brown line at the base ; inferior wings ochreous, yellowish white at the base; cilia whitish. In the Author's Cabinet. When the genus Scopula was illustrated I corrected nume- rous errors committed in that group by Mr. Stephens in his Syst. Cat. ; nine of his specific names were synonymous, two of his species had no claim to be admitted into our British lists, and five others belonging to this were placed in other generaf . I am glad to find that he has adopted all these cor- t Vide foHo 312, where P. nebulaUs Hiib. is given as the type, but it ouoht to have been P. nebulalis of Haivorth. rections in his Illustrations ; and that he has not noticed the source from whence he derived his information is of little con- sequence. The insect before us he has retained in his genus Margaritia, which Hlibner has divided into no less than 16 genera, to which Mr. Stephens has added another. I only notice this to show the absolute folly of adopting such arrangements founded merely on markings of the wings, &c. I admit that where these indicate a difference of structure either in the an- tennae, legs, or trophi, they may be kept in view, and prove useful, but unsupported by such characters they are puerile distinctions, and will never, it is to be hoped, be admitted to overload science with useless names, by those who write to elucidate the study of natural history. The only specimen I have seen of N. ciUalis came into my possession when I purchased the valuable collections of the late Mr. Edward Blunt. It was taken many years since, in the month of June, in the neighbourhood of Cambridge, by his brother, the Rev. W. Blunt. From a careful examination of this insect, it proves to be so different to any of the genera before illustrated in this work, and others of which I have any knowledge, that it ought not to be included in any of them, for whilst its general habit is sin- gularly intermediate between Scopula and Crambus, the short- ness of its maxillae at once distinguishes it from both those genera. The Plant is Iris Pseudacorus (Water Flag). ioq ^-i/:-^<J.-r„.,^: L..,. 109. CRAMBUS RADIELLUS. The Rayed Veneer. Order Lepidoptera. FAM.VyraVidas Leach. CrambitesZ/a^. Type of the Genus Phalasna Pascuella Linn. Crambus Fab., Lot., Leach. Palparia Haw. Phalsena (Tinea) Linn., Fab. Tinea Hub. AntenncE alike in both sexes, inserted between the eyes near the back of the head, setaceous, composed of numerous elongated joints, covered with scales above, ciliated beneath 3 basal joint robust (f. 1 a, a few joints magnified). Maxilla long, slender, hairy towards the base (3, 3). Palpi ex- serted, tufted with scales (7 a) ; 4-jointed ? 2 first joints minute, 3rd longer obovate,, 4th equal in length to the others, elongate- ovate (3 a). Labial palpi porrected like a beak, very long and slender, covered with short scales (4), 3-jointed, basal joint short robust, 2nd very long attenuated, 3rd long attenuated (4 a). Head covered with short close scales, rather gibbose before. Wings convoluted when at rest : superior narrow, truncated a little obliquely at the extremity ; inferior ample. Legs rather long, anterior pair with the tibia much shorter than the thigh, with a small internal spine. Tarsi 5-jointed, basal joint as long as the tibice in the anterior pair (8, afore leg). Tibice of the 2nd pair with spurs at tJte apex; of posterior with spurs also above the apex. Claws slender, minute. Pul villi small. Caterpillars with 6 pectoral, 8 abdominal, and 2 anal feet ? Obs. The dissections are taken from Tinea paleella Hub. Radiellus Nobis. — radiella Hub., Schmet. Glossy, dull ferruginous ochre. Antennae gray. Maxillary palpi internally whitish. Labial palpi fuscous at the apex. Thorax ferruginous, whitish at the base of the superior wings. Abdomen cinereous, inclining to violet at the base. Superior wings darkest towards the base with a silvery white line in the centre, dilated towards the apex, extending nearly to the posterior margin, where it is truncated obliquely ; radiated more or less on the internal edge, in some only angulated. Inferior wings very pale yellow, speckled with brown, rosy at the base and internal margin ; cilia whitish, tinged with ochre at the base, in the superior wings. Legs gray. Tarsi fuscous. Beneath pale yellowish gray. Ab- domen fuscous. Superior wings with 2 fuscous broad rays from the base, not touching the costa. Li the Cabinets of Mr. Dale and the Aulhor. Thus genus belongs to a family distinguished by having 2 di- stinct pair of palpi, and which we have not before touched upon. Cramhis is separated from Chilo (which it follows) by its less lanceolate wings and shorter legs, and from Phycis by its simple antennae and porrected palpi. With the economy of this fine genus we are unacquainted ; the perfect insects fly in the evening, and are remarkable for settling with their heads downward, an attitude that probably assists them in expanding their ample wings, which are so curiously convo- luted round them, giving a cylindrical appearance to the in- sect. Many individuals of this genus are amongst our com- monest Lepidoptera; and when walking under our brightest summer sun, through grass or fern, at every step our attention is diverted by the flight of this pretty race. Mr. Haworth has described most of the species of our genus (about 30 in number) in his Lepidoptera Britatinica, under the name of Palparia. I shall therefore only enu- merate the following rare species, which have been considered as belonging to this group : but I must not omit to remark, that, excepting the 2 first, it is not from my own observations. 1. Crambus margaritaceus Fab. — Taken by Mr. Dale and myself, July 1825, in Perthshire. 2. latistrius Haiio. — Taken in August by Mr. Dale in Dorsetshire and Hampshire. 3. chrysonuchella Hilb. 4. barbus i/a-w. 5. auriferus Hilb. — Haw. 6. aridellus Hiib. — Taken at Darent, Kent, by Mr. Stone. 7. tetrix Haw. 8. tentaculeus Hub. — Haw. — Taken at Coombe, Surrey. The species figured, which I believe to be a variety only of T. radiella Hiib. (Mr. Dale's other specimens having ra- diations), may be readily distinguished from C margaritaceus (to which it is nearly allied), by its shorter palpi, the head not being white, the thorax entirely ferruginous, the stripe on the wings being narrower, more or less rayed, the inferior wings very much paler, clouded with ochre; and the cilia of the su- perior wings is white, and the underside very much darker. Mr. Dale was so fortunate as to capture 2 specimens of C. radiellus on the summit of Ben Lawers, and 2 others near the top of Craig-challoch near Killin, the middle of July. The pretty Silene acaulis (Moss Catchfly or Campion), which grew in large masses there, was in flower at the time. rj%^ ^ cX (S..Kfc, WKm^u/^aSh ma 5'i ^^^ 233. PHYCITA PINGUIS. The Tabby Knot-horn. Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Pyralidae Leach. Crambites Laf. Type of the Genus Tinea spicicella Fab. Phycita Nob. — Phycis Fab., Haw. — Tinea Fab., Hub. AntenncE inserted on the crown of the head, long and setaceous, covered with scales above with hair beneath, the basal joint large and ovate, 6 or 7 of the following slender in some males, forming a curve and producing a large oval mass of scales (1), a few of the succeeding very short and transverse, produced on the in- ternal side (la, the scales being removed). Maxillce not so long as the antennae, very spiral, densely clothed w^ith scales towards the base, with a few minute tentacula "at the apex (3). Palpi scarcely visible (7 a), triarticulate, basal joint small, subglobose, 2nd larger obovate, 3rd as robust but shorter (3 a). Labial Palpi aS long as the head and recurved, rather slender and clothed with short scales (4) ; triarticulate, basal joint not short, s ubr en iform, 2nd twice as long, very much curved, slightly attenuated, 3rd shorter than the 1st slender elongate-ovate (4 a). Head not large. Eyes globose. Thorax robust. Abdomen reaching beijond the wings when extended, linear in the males and capable of producing a brush of beautiful hair, elongate-conic in the females. Wings convoluted when at rest, superior elongate trigonate, inferior ample and very much folded. Tibiae, anterior with a small spine on the internal side, viiddle and posterior terminated by a pair of spurs, the latter having a pair above the apex. Tarsi 5-jointed, basal joint the longest. Claws and Pulvilli minute. Caterpillars naked? with 6 pectoral, 8 abdominal and 2 anal feet. PiNGUis Haw. Lep. Brit. 493. 6. Pale dull ochre inclining to fuscous. Antennae simple in both sexes. Head and thorax fuscous, a blackish spot on each side the latter : the body fuscous, margin of segments ochreous. Su- perior wings freckled with black, the base black, excepting a space at the insertion and a waved striga before the middle which are the colour of the ground, a sinuated waved line beyond the middle margined with black on the internal side, more suffused with black next the posterior margin on which are 6 or 7 minute black spots : inferior wings paler, the nervures and margin pale fuscous. In the Cabinets of Mr. Haworth, Mr. Marshall, and the Author. A CONSIDERABLE number of the males in this genus may be recognized by the peculiar knot, as it is termed, of the an- tennie, which upon dissection proves to be a bundle of scales attached to the joints : as however the females and many of the other sex have simple antennae, the recurved palpi will be a more constant character to distinguish our genus from Crambus, to which it is nearly related. Phycis having been long employed to designate a group of fishes, it cannot be re- tained with propriety. The following are our British species, but those with * being desiderata, I may be mistaken in their affinities. A. Superior wings whitish spotted with black. 1. nebulea Harv., Hub. — Sand-hills near Christchurch, Hants, August? 2. Cardui Ha'w. — Cribella Hiib., Goda. — May, June, m. August. Thistles. B. Superior wings not white. * Antennse of males dilated near the base. 3. sanguinea Haw., Hiib. — carnella. Don. 5. 153. 5. — May, b. Aug. Meadows near Dover. 4. carnea Linn., Fab., Hiib. — Found with the last flying at sunset. *5. decuriella. Hiib. pi. 11. y^ T-i. — 10 July, amongst dry cones of Fir-trees, Parley Heath, J. C. Dale, Esq. 6. legatea Haw. — legatella Hiib. 7. cristea Haw. — spicicella Hiib. 8. spissicornis Fab., Haw. — spicicella Fab. — Cristella Hiib. — ^June, Epping Forest. 9. fusca Haw. — New Forest, Charles Lyell, Esq. 1 0. contubernea Hiib., Haw. — June, b. July, dry chalky fields. 11. diluta Haw. — dilutella Hiib. — undella Fab. ? 12. formosa. Haw. 494. 9. ** Antennae of males not dilated near the base. 13. consociella. Hiib.pl. 48./ 328. 14. verrucea Haw. — verrucella Hiib. 15. fascia. Haw. 4:96. 15. *16. obtusa Haw. — obtusella Hiib. 17. palumbea Haw. — ^palumbella Fab. P Hiib. 18. marmorea Haw. — var. abietella Fab. ? 19. porphyrea Curt. MSS. 20. pinguis Haw.— Curt. Brit. Ent. 233. — The female figured was taken 5th July upon the trunk of an Elm-tree in the Green Park by Thomas Marshall, Esq. 21. bistriga Haw. — B. June, July, skirts of Woods. 22. angusta iafow.— angustella Hiib. 23. elutea Haw. — elutella Hiib. *24. semirufa Haw. — Near London. *25. rufa Haw.—0\(\. shady pales near London. The plant is Orchis {Habenaria) bifolia (Butterfly Orchis), communicated by Sir John Tylden. qo ^3 c3^. 4, d.&M^^ c^/^ / iSIJ ^? 170. EUDOREA MURANA. The Scotch Gray. Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Pyralidae Leach. Crambites Lat. Type of the Genus Tinea Pyralella Hiib. EuDOREA Nob. — Scoparia Haw. — Pyralis Hiib. — Tinea Linn., Fab., Hub. Antennae alike in both sexes, setaceous, inserted close to the eyes, composed of numerous campanulate joints, having a serrated appearance, clothed with scales above, hairy beneath, basal joint the largest (fig 1, a). Maxilla spiral, not so long as the antennae, completely clothed with scales towards the base (3). Palpi very distinct, porrected horizontally, thickly clothed with scales extending far beyond the apex (7 a), biarticulate, basal joint globose, 2n(l elongate oval (3 a) . Labial palpi longer than the head, robust, drooping, clothed with short scales above, with long ones beneath, extending far beyond the apex (4) ; 3-jointed, basal joint curved, 2nd long nearly linear, 3rd small conical (4 a) . Head clothed with rather loose scales. Ocelli 2. Eyes large (7). Wings slightly deflexed when at rest foindng a triangle, superior long and narrow, inferior ample and folded. Abdomen extending beyond the wings. Legs rather long. Tibiae, anterior not longer than the basal joint of the tarsus, internal side producing a spine thickly clothed with scales, 4 posterior spurred, the hinder pair having spurs above the apex. Claws very minute. Pulvilli tione (S, afore leg). MuRANA Nob. Pale ochraceous, with a grayish tinge. Antennae, head and thorax spotted with black ; base of maxillary and underside of labial palpi black : superior wings clouded with gray and spotted with black forming an obscure striga near the base, a pale indented one before and a sinuated one beyond the middle ; next to the former is a furcate black line near the costa, below which is a spot of the same colour not touching the striga, and close to the 3rd striga is a small black circle, with a semicircle at the top ; the posterior margin and the base of the cilia are spotted with fuscous. Abdomen and inferior wings pale cinereous, the latter darkest at the margin ; cilia pale. Legs annulated with black. In the Author's Cabinet. This very natural group was first distinguished as a genus by Mr. Haworth in his Lepidoptera Britannica^ under the name of Scoparia, which having been applied by Linnaeus to a genus of plants, we have been compelled to substitute another. Eudorea being closely allied to Fabricius's genus Phycis (a name which must also fall, a group of fishes having been pre- viously designated by it), we may observe that the antennae of Phycis in the males appear to be incrassated towards the base, from the joints there producing a bundle of scales (from whence arises our trivial name of knot-horn), the wings when at rest are convoluted, and the labial palpi recurved. Many species of Eudorea being found upon the trunks of trees, stone walls and paling, we suspect the caterpillars are Lichen feeders. The following is our list of British species. 1. E. Cembrae Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 498. n. 1. — Cembrella Linn. ? Fab. ? 2. dubita i/aw.— dubitalis Hiih. 3. subfusca Haw. 4. Pyraiea Haw. — Pyralella Hub. 5. Mercurea Haw. — Mercurella Linn. — Crataeffella Hiib. 6. murana Nob. 7. lineola Nob. ^irom Mr. Plastead's collection : very like the preceding, but the under wings have a sinuated line across them. 8. Resinea Haw. — Resinella Linn. ? 9. pallida Nob. — from Whittlesea Meer. Wings short, broad and pale. 10. angustea Nob. — from Tonbridge Wells. Wings long and very narrow. E. murana has received its name from being found upon walls ; it has a more ochraceous with a slightly green tinge, and is more thickly speckled than any of the other species. I took a specimen on the 9th of July 1825, upon a stone wall near Aberfeldy in Perthshire, and saw another in a similar situation a few days after in the neighbourhood of Schecallien. The plant is Saxifraga stellaris (Hairy Saxifrage), from the shady and moist sides of mountains in Scotland. /^<J y^/^j? 743. DIURNEA NOVEMBRIS. The November Dagger Moth. Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Tineidse. Type of the Genus, Tinea Fagella, Fab. DiuRNEA Haw., Goda., Curt. — Lemmatophila Treit. — Tinea and Crambus Fab. Antenna inserted on the crown of the head close to the eyes, thrown back in repose under the wings, nearly as long as the body in the male, slender and setaceous, composed of oblong scaly joints, with spreading hairs beneath (1 (J), rather shorter and simply scaly in the females (1 ? ). MaxillcB small, slender and not half the length of palpi (3). Labial palpi rather large, remote, thickly clothed Avith long scales, i)orrected obliquely (4), triarticulate, basal joint short, ovate, abruptly curved at the base, 2nd very long, not stout, a little waved and slightly attenuated, 3rd a little longer than the 1st, very slender, tapering and acute (4 a) ; rather longer and stouter in the female. Head small transverse : eyes small globose and prominent. Thorax not large nor crested. Abdomen rather short, linear and tufted in the male ; stouter in the female ; the apex conical, with a short ovi- positor. Wings Ir/ing partially over each other horizontally in re- pose, and very long in the male (9) ; superior spatulate, the apex rounded: inierior ample, the apex rounded : cilia perfect but short : wings small and convex in the female, meeting upon the back ivhen at rest ; superior not longer than the body, narrow and lanceolate, the apex acute : cilia imperfect ? inferior small lanceolate and very acute : cilia perfect. Legs longish in the male : tibiae, anterior with a short spine andfascicle of scales on the inside, the others spurred at the apex, the hinder long stout and ciliated on both sides, with a pair of spurs at the middle : tarsi longish, slender and 5-jointed, basal joint long : claws minute (Sf, hind leg). Female with the legs stouter and the hinder tibia not hairy. CaterpiWars fat, furnished with 2 rows of verrucose dots, each termi- nated by a little hair ; armed with a corneous shield on the back, with the 3rd pair of pectoral feet inform of a battledore, living and metamorphosing between the leaves. Pupse slender and elongated, inclosed in a double web. Goda. — Hub.,Tin. l.,Bomb.B,a,fig. 2,a,b. NovEMBRis Haw. — Curt. Guide, Gen. 995, 2. In the Author's and other Cabinets. Mr. Haworth's genus Diurnea, at the time it was published, embraced the insects which now form the Semioscopis and Oporinia Hiib.^ the Lemmatophila Treit..) and my genera Dasystoma and Cheimaphasia established in the Ent. Mag. M. Godart has not adopted the former genus, and without assigning a reason has altered the last into Cheimonophila: as he is at a loss for the signification of the name Diurnea, it may be as well to state that it alluded to the moths Hying in the day ; but whetlier it is as applicable to Fagella as to some of the other insects, I very much doubt. The same cele- brated Lepidopterist seems to be mistaken in supposing the Diurneae are destitute of maxillae, and the palpi, when denu- ded, are distinctly articulated. The males fly slowly, and the females merely spread their wings a little when they walk. * Palpi of female long and straight. 1. Fagella Fab. — Fagi Fab.— Wood, jo/. 41./. 1273 c^, ? .— disparella Schr. — atomana Knock. — atomella Hiib., pi. 2.f. 1 3. var. ? Male ochreous-white, superior wings thickly freckled with brown, with S or 4 black dots on liie disc : cilia spotted : inferior wings of an even greyish-browti. Female ochreous, freckled with black : superior wings with a very irregular sinuated black striga before, and another less so beyond the middle, with a black dot between them : antennge and legs spotted black. Some specimens are lighter and griseous. Not uncommon on the trunks of beech-trees the end of Feb. in March and April, Kensington Gardens and Regent's Park, J. C. ; Newcastle, Mr. Wailes. The larva is found in Aug. and Sept. on the beech and oak, frequently upon the aspen, and som.etimes on wild-roses : it spreads its pallet-shaped feet very much in walking, and when disturbed it makes a noise with them which faintly resembles the roll of a drum, according; to the observations of M. Treitschke. ** Palpi shorter and recurved in the female. 2. Novembris Ha'w.— Curt. Brit. Ent..^ j)l. 743 ? . Female whitish, variegated and spotted with brown : an- tennae dotted with brown ; apex of palpi dark : superior wings pale brown with white patches, and scattered scales, a longitudinal and undulating line of white scales not reach- ing the base but extending to the posterior margin, edged and interrupted by a black streak above it : inferior wings minutely freckled with pale brown, darkest at the apex. Another specimen has the upper wings lighter and griseous, the black forming two oblique streaks pointing to the head. Rare on the trunks of lime-trees in Kensington Gardens in November, in which situation I have found it; it has also been observed near Kennington and in Epping Forest. It is strange that after so many years the male of this moth should still be unknown ; Mr Haworth considered it might prove to be the female of T. gelatella, and at the same time stated that T. phryganella was supposed by others to be the male ; both these suppositions are found to be incorrect, since the females of those species have been ascertained. M. Godart has figured both sexes of a moth under the name of Dorynoyella, which may be a dark variety of our insect, but it is difficult to deter- mine the point from an engraving. For specimens of Mcconopsis cambrica, Yellow Poppy, I am indebted to T. C. Hcysham, Esq. //^/ 487. COCHLEOPHASIA TESSELLEA. The pale chequered brown Moth. Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Tineidas. Type of the Genus, Capillaria tessellea Haw. CocHLEOPHASiA Cuvt. — Capillaria Haw. Antennce inserted on the crown of the head close to the eyes, rather short, setaceous and ciliated internally in the male (1). Maxillce none ? Labial palpi rather drooping, divaricating and slender in the male, sparingly clothed with scales, which project considerably beyond the apex (4), triarticulate, joints nearly equal, 2nd a little the longest, terminal one subelliptic (4 «). Male. — Head rather broad, very looolly and tufted on the crown (7) : eyes remote, small, very prominent and globose : ocelli 2, very di- stinct and considerably removed from the eyes (7*). Tliorax small and globose. Abdomen short and sometvhat conical in the male. Wings rather large and obtuse (9 superior wing to show the neura- tion), cilia long and thick. Thighs short : tibiae, anterior very short with a small spine terminated in a pencil of scales on the inside, the others with very long spurs at the apex, the posterior having an ad- ditional pair below the middle : tarsi long and 5-Jointed, basal joint the longest : claws and pulvilli minute. Female (Jig. 9). — Antennae as long as the thorax, capillary, composed of many small joints, basal joint the stoutest. Legs short and simple : tarsi 5-jointed : claws distinct, hooked and acute: abdomen rather stout, the 2 last joints but one densely clothed with wool : ovipositor exserted. I^arvse living in an elongated case (P) in which they change to a brown Pupa obtuse at both ends. Tessellea Haw. — tesserella Curt. Guide, Gen. 1001. 1. Male. Fuscous shining ochreous, front and crown of head with a long ochreous tuft ; superior wings mottled with ochre : legs pale ochreous ; thighs dark lead colour, 4 anterior tarsi blackish above, the apex of the joints whitish. Female. Pitchy or castaneous, the membranous parts dirty white : head and thorax shining : base of antennae, tibiae and tarsi shining ochreous : tuft of wool towards the apex of abdo- men mouse colour. In the Author's and other Cabinets. There are numerous instances, even amongst our British Lepidoptera, of female Moths having rudiments only of wings, but very few that are so perfectly apterous as the females of Cochleophasia, which I have so called from its carrying a case that at a little distance looks like a Clausilia and other land shells when walking. Tliese cases are inhabited by the cater- pillar and pupa, but appear to be deserted by both sexes of the perfect insect. I have repeatedly found the cases and bred the females from them, and Mr. George Robertson, of Lime- house, has bred the male. One of the cases is represented slightly magnified at figure P, and placed as they attach them- selves to paling and the trunks of trees ; the mouth is woolly as well as the whole inside, the outside is exactly the colour of lichen and very fine in texture; the apex is trigonate and formed of 3 triangular lobes, closed previous to the exit of the moth, and embracing the chrysalis by the middle whilst it crawls out. TheAuthor of Z(^j3/^o/>/^ra Britannica describes two species apparently of this genus, and as I only possess one of them I shall translate his account of the other. 1. C. tessellea Haw?. Lep. Brit. p. 522. 10.* — Ciirt.Brit. Ent. pi. 487. S and ? . Mr. Haworth mentions 3 large pale spots on the costa to- wards the apex, but as he had seen only one specimen, it might be a variety or an accident, for I have not observed them in any specimen that has come under my observation. I once found a considei'able number of the cas^s the end of May sticking to paling that inclosed grass fields and Oak plan- tations in the neighbourhood of Southampton, which produced several female moths in a few days: I also detected one on the trunk of a birch tree I believe in Cooinbe-wood, and the male I have captured the beginning of June in Darent Lane and in Hampshire. 2. C, pubicornis Haijo. L. B. 523. 11. — The pale downy horned Moth. Expansion of wings 7^ lines. " Antenna? moderately long and pubescent, wings pale and immaculate. Head yellow, especially in front : posterior wings pale fuscous." Found near London but very rarely in July. Distinct from the preceding and very like Adda Panzerella, from which it is distinguished by its pubescent and short an- tenna?. Haiso. The Plant is Ballota nigra (Black or stinking Horehound). * I formerly entertained an opinion that for the sake of uniformity and correctness it was expedient to alter names ; but experience has convinced me that it is better to retain a name, even with its original spelling, although objectionable, if possible. It must be evident that many synonyms and additional names in Indexes, &c., would be avoided by this rule, whilst on the other hand as the spelling of a name is often arbitrary or a matter of taste, such as substituting Haltica for Altica, (the general adoption of which alteration would transfer a multitude of names from tlie A's to the H's, and in many instances make Genera now very distinct identical in spelling ; for instance, Elodes and Helodes,) there would be no end to such altera- tions, and nomenclature could never be settled. As there are Entomologists who if they can ascertain that a generic name has been previously employed in Botany or any other branch of Science, immediately supersede it, and substitute one of their own, I here avow my determination not to supersede any generic name that has been established hy prefixed characters, although it may have been employed in Botany or other branches of Nat. Hist.; at the same time it is desirable to avoid as far as possible making use in the fitst instance of names that have been established in other departments. ■'',^A: ^j Cy.- ^j/A/i'a Ciw. /: Z&Xi 463. ADELA FRISCHELLA. Frisch's Japan or Long-horn Moth. Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Tineidae. Type of the Genus, Tinea viridella Fab. Adela Lat., Curt. — Nemophron Hoff. — Nemapogon Schr. — Capil- laria Haw. — Alucita Fab. — Tinea Linn., Hub. Antenna inserted in front of the face, contiguous, porrected, very- long, especially in the males, setaceous, composed of innume- rable joints, clothed with scales, a few of the basal joints stout and hairy (1). MaxillcB spiral, twice or thrice as long as the labial palpi, clothed externally with long hairs nearly from the base to the middle (3). Palpi minute and biarticulate (a). Labial Palpi slender, sparingly clothed beneath with long hairs and curved upward : triarticulate, 1st and 2nd joints nearly of equal length and thickness, 3rd half as long, very slender and subfusiform (4 and 4''). Head fratisverse and hairy : eyes lateral, sometimes much larger in the male than female, and approximating on the croivn (7). Thorax sub- ovate, sometimes hairy. Abdomen short in the males, longer and attenuated to the apex in the females. Wings, superior lanceolate, inferior ovate-lanceolate, cilia rather long. Legs slender. Thighs small. Tibiae, anterior short, with an internal spine, the others long, especially the posterior, which are furnished with two pair of spurs (8t). Tarsi lo7ig and 5 -jointed. Claws minute. Obs. The head (figures 7 and 7*) are from A. fasciella. Frischella Linn. — Curt. Guide, Gen. 1002. 4. Shinuig golden-ochre : antennae rather longer in the male than female, silvery or white, the basal portion fuscous, rosy at the base, with some short black pile on the inside in the male ; head clothed with ochreous hairs : thorax metallic : superior wings with a crimson tinge on the costa and cilia, and an ovate paler spot, dotted with black, towards the apex : inferior yellowish crimson ; cilia metallic at the base, fuscous at the apex. In the Author s and other Cabinets. Some of these charming little Moths are most splendid in their colours : they delight to sport about in the sun in woods, where they fly in small swarms like gnats. The long setaceous antennee, hairy heads and palpi, and colour of the wings in some, as well as the manner in which they rest, give the Adehe an aspect very similar to Leptocerus (pi. 57), and they may be considered one amongst the many approaches that the Lepidoptera make to the Trichoptera. The maxillae are remarkable for the long hairs with which they are clothed, and the labial palpi were never before de- tected. The following are Britisli species of the genus Adela : — 1. Robertella Limi. — pilella Hilb. Tin. pi. 34<. Jl 235. Chalky places near Cottingham, Yorkshire, b. June. 2. Panzerella Fab. — Hill). 61. 412. — Swammerdamella jF/mJ. 19, 127.? End of May to middle of June, chalky places, Kent, Col- lingborne Wood, Wilts, and near Teignmouth, Mr. Dale. 3. Swammerdamella Lmn. — Hub. 62. 410 & 411. Beginning of May, amongst furze-bushes. Coomb Wood, Mr. C. J. Thompson, and female on birch-trees, J. C. ; Glan- ville's Wootton, Mr. Dale. 4. Frischella Lin7i. — Curi. Brit. Ent. pi. 463. ? .—Hub. 63. 425 & 426. — These are much smaller than our British specimens, the natural size of which is given in the out- line figure represented walking. On flowers in Kent : male. May 9th, Glanville's Wootton ; and female, end of July, Grymes Dyke, Mr. Dale. 5. viridella Fab. — sphingiella Hilb. 19. 129. — Reaumurella Linn. ? — He says " Frons alba," which makes it doubt- ful whether this be his insect ; yet I am disposed to be- lieve that it is, as the female of A. viridella has a pale crown to the head. 6. Scabiosella iSco/5. — viridella /ZiVJ. 19. 128. — cupi'ella i/atu. On flowers of the Scabious, Darent Wood and near Exeter. 6\cuprella Fab.— Hub. 27. 185. A species new to Britain, and taken by Mr. Dale at Glan- ville's Wootton the end of May, will, I think, prove to be this insect. 7. fasciella Jiz^.— Schiffermyllerella Hiib. 19. 132. Beginning and end of June, Darent Lane and Gravesend about nettles, J. C. ; Axbridge, Somerset ; Clapham-park Wood, Bedfordshire ; b. July near Weymouth ; b. August, Knowle Hill ; and Middle-marsh Woods, Dorset, Mr. Dale. 8. DeGeerella Linn. — Bon. 8. 267. 1 & 2. — striatella Fab. mr. ?— Geerella Hub. 19. 130. & 67. 446. B. June and b. July borders of woods ; near Southampton, J. C; Bagley Wood, Berks: New Forest, and Monk's Wood, Mr. Dale. 9. Sulzella Linn. — Hub. 18. 121. — Podaella Linn, is the fe- male probably.— Do^i. 8. 267. 3. June, hedges, moist lanes, and flying round an oak at Wrentham, Suffolk, J. C. ; end of May, Glanville's Wootton. 10. Latreillella Hilb. 52. 355 & 356. Taken by Mr. Weaver. The Plant is Scirpus (Isoleptis) setaceus (Least Club-rush), communicated by J. J. Bennett, Esq. M08 ^i^.-^ l/.- S/j^t4u, cX^ru /.//ii 408. CECOPHORA SULPHURELLA. The Yellow Underwinged Thick-horn. Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Tineidae. Type of the Genus, Tinea sulphurella Fah. CEcoPHOKA Lat., Curt. — Dasvcera Hai/;. — ElasmiaHwi. — Tinea Fui.^ Hub. Antennce inserted on each side the crown of the head close to the eyes, not longer than the body, setaceous, appearing rather stout at the base, clothed with scales above, pilose beneath in the male {\ S) ; composed of numerous oblong joints, basal joint the longest, stoutest, and subclavate. Maxillce longer than the palpi, spiral, rather stout and clothed with scales, attenuated to the apex which is naked (3). Labial Palpi longer than the head, curved upward, slender, clothed with scales, especially the 2nd joint, the terminal one appearing naked (4) ; basal joint rather short, 2nd very long, slightly curved, 3rd scarcely shorter, very slender and attenuated to a point (4 a). Head clothed with depressed imbricated scales. I!,yes globose (7 and 7*). Thorax clothed with depressed scales. Wings vertj much deflexed when at rest, the inferior margins meeting over the back ; superior long and narrow, regularly ciliated ; inferior rather small and sub- lanceolated, the cilia very ample. Abdomen linear and tufted in the male: longer and conical in the female. Legs, posterior pair the longest. Tibiae, anterior shorter than the thighs, rather stout with a long internal spine, the others spurred at the apex, the posterior pair long and very pilose, with a pair of spurs also at the viiddle, one of them very long. Tarsi b -jointed, basal joint the longest. Claws very minute. Caterpillars with 1 6 ? feet. Sulphurella Fab. Ent. Syst.3. pars2. 315. 128. — Curt. Guide, Gen. 1003. 2.— flavella Fab. E. S. 332, 9. $.— cornutella Fab. E. S. Supp. 492. 63. 9.— orbonella Hub. Tin. pi. 45. f. 313. <?. In the Author's and other Cabinets. This pretty genus contains only two British species ; they fly during the day in fine weather, and are sometimes very abun- dant in the neighbourhood of London. It may, however, be useful to observe, that a species of Q^cophora, called by the French " la teigne des bleds," has made very great ravages (I suppose in the larva slate) in the South of France, by devour- ing the grain. Mons. Latreille, who notices this in his Histoire Naturelle, says that he was unable to make out the species from the imperfect state of the specimens submitted for his examination. 1. CE. Oliviella Fab.— MmuleWa Hiib. Tin.pl. 32. f. 222. Black with an orange tint; antennae metallic-purple, with 6 or 7 articulations towards the apex white, the scales 'elongated on the outside as far as the middle in the males; maxillae and palpi ochreous; head cu- preous; thorax with a yellow stripe on each side: superior wings, beyond the middle, sprinkled with minute yellow scales ; at the base is a cordate yellow spot with a chalybeous stripe on the superior margin, and a transverse striga beyond it of the same metallic tint ; across the centre is a yellow fascia with a lunu- late chalybeous spot beyond it touching the costa. This beautiful species I find the middle of June in the Re- gent's Park, flying about in the sunshine in the morning, and setding on the pales. 2. GE. sulphurella Fab. — Curt. Brit. Fnt. pi. ^OS. female. Male, blackish-purple; antennae shining blue-black, with 3 of the articulations towards the apex white : palpi, maxillae, and sides of the head ochreous; thorax with a yellow stripe down each side ; anterior wings sprinkled with minute yellow scales, with a yellow costal stripe and sometimes an obscure one along the middle, and a triangular yellow spot near the posterior angle ; inferior wings orange ochre, a small portion at the base, the superior margin, the apex and the cilia blackish. Female, with the superior wing variegated with deep dull blue, the costal and central yellow lines very distinct, with a yellow spot on the costa opposite the posterior angle. Abdomen with the margins of the segments ochreous. Obs. The outline figure shows a male at rest of the natural size. Fabricius says this species inhabits old oak-wood, and that the larva is three years before the metamorphosis is completed. The Caterpillars were found alive at Christmas under the bark of a dead tree at Fulham by C. J. Thompson, Esq. ; they appear to feed on the inner bark, and were forming cases like the Tineae. The Moth occurs in great abundance, flying about and resting upon the paling of the Regent's Park, sometimes as early as the end of April, but this year I did not see any till the 2nd of May. The Plant is Ranunculus bulbosus (Bulbous Crowfoot). OSS ^ iJ ::l *W~ '' If- I'm 655. APLOTA ROBERTSONELLA. The Wanstead Grev. Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Tineidifi. Type of the Genus, Tinea bicostella Linri. Aplota Step., Curt. — Palpula and Rhinosia Och. — ^Macrochila Step. — Ypsolophus Haw. — Alucita Fab. — Tinea Linn., Fab., Hub. AntentKB concealed in repose, inserted close to the eyes and a little before them, as long as the body, very slender, setaceous, clothed with scales above, pubescent beneath (1). Maxilla slender, spiral, nearly as long as the antennte, scaly outside at the base (3). Labial Palpi very long, porrected, divaricating (7, 4), com- pressed, densely clothed with scales, triarticulate, basal joint small, 2nd very long, cylindrical, the scales projecting far be- yond the apex and forming a brush, 3rd joint long, very slender acute and naked, more or less elevated and looking like a spine amongst the long scales at the apex of the 2nd joint (4). Head small, the scales meeting on the crown, and projecting in front over the forehead (7 and 7*). Thorax subglobose. Abdomen slender, tufted at the apex. Wings very ample, much longer than the body, convoluted or decumbent, superior lanceolate ; inferior ovate, with long cilia. Legs, anterior the shortest, ivith a long spine on the in- side near the apex, the others terminated by a pair of long spurs, the hinder stout and clothed icith long scales outside, with a pair of spurs a little below the middle, longer than those at the apex : tarsi long and 5 -jointed: claws and pulvilli minute (8 f)- Larvae unknoxvn. RoBERTsoNELLA Curt . Guidc, Gen. 1005. 1''. Maxillae rather short : palpi with the scales projecting very far beyond the apex ; 3rd joint nearly as long as the 2nd, recurved : delicate light grey with a slight ochreous tinge ; antennae dotted with black ; superior wings freckled with pale brown, the costa slightly concave, with oblique brown spots, the apex and pos- terior margin with three fine brown lines ; a few black dots along the disc ; apex of abdomen ochreous : Obs. some specimens are much darker. In the Cabinets of Mr. Robertson, the Author, S;c. The numerous shades of difference in the length and relative proportions of the palpi in this group have led to the formation of several sections, which if regarded as such are undoubtedly valuable, as nothing tends more essentially to the accurate in- vestigation of groups ; but it is only adding a dead weight to science to give them names, if they be not entitled to such a distinction. With this view of the subject I have considered the following British insects as forming one genus : * A PLOT A Step. 1. palpella Hanio. 5^5. 2^.— Wood, pi. 40./ !249. Anterior wings fuscous with 3 black dots, the usual stria verj' obscure and paler. *' Found the beginning of July in a field of Trefoil near Ripley." Step. III. ** Palptjla Oc//. — Plurota Hub. l^. Robertsonella Curt. Brit. Ent.pl. 655. ? . As this appears to be a new species, I have named it after G. Robertson, Esq., who took it amongst Furz-bushes on Wanstead Flats in July, and I am indebted to him for the specimen figured as well as for darker varieties. Mr. Dale has bred it, but unfortunately he does not remember the caterpillar. 2. aristella Linn. Syst. Nat. 2. 894. 416. "Whitish, wings with a silvery line, palpi porrected, longer than the head, furnished with a bristle." The palpi are twice as long as the head and thorax : I believe it has only been taken in Portugal. 3. bicostella Li7m. — Hiib. 17. 1 15. — Tinea marginella Fab. Anterior wings cinereous-white, costa fuscous, the margin white. June, near Edinburgh, I believe; near Settle, Darent Wood, Dover, New Forest, amongst iurz on Parley Heath, and also at Winfreth, Dorset, Mr. Dale. 4. marginella Alucita Fab. Ent. Syst. v. 3. B. 333. IS.— Don. 2. 58. 2. — striatella Hiib. 23. 154. — Clarella Treit. Anterior wings ochreous, the costa and inferior margin pure white. End of July, amongst the Juniper in Birch Wood, also at Darent, Faversham, and Dover. 5. parenthesella Linn. — semicostella Hiib. 59. 396. Anterior wings fuscous grey; basal portion of the costa white, with 2 obscure black dots on the disc. June, Blackheath ; end of July, Shooter's Hill, Kent. Rhinosia Oc/i.— Oxybelia Hiib. 6. fasciella Hub. pl.lG.f.lU. Anterior wings ferruginous, with 2 obscure oblique fasciae. Beo-inning of June, amongst grass, and in barren places in the New Forest; Walworth and Darent Wood in July; be- ginning of August, Coomb Wood. The Plant, Andromeda polifolia, Wild Rosemary, was com- municated by T. C. Heysham, Esq. ^2/ .^ >1V. ^o^rC^tiL^o^ //rffc* 73 221. DEPRESSARIA BLUNTII. Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Tortrices LaU Type of the Genus Pyralis Heracleana Fah. Depressaria Hrtio.—Volucra ia^— Pyralis fa6.— Tinea Fab., Hub. — Tortrix Linn. AntenncE remote, inserted close to the eyes on the crown of the head, filiform, clothed with scales, basal joint long, slender, suU- clavate, producing a few bristly scales on the upper side, the following joints transverse (1). Maxilloe spiral, not longer than the palpi, rather robust and clothed externally with scales (3). Labial Palpi slightly divaricating when viewed in front (7, 4), long and curved upward, the 2nd joint covered with long'and broad scales, the 3rd appearing naked (7 a, 4) ; composed of 3 joints, the basal one rather short and drooping, 2d long, slen- der and curved, 3rd nearly vertical, verv slender, attenuated, considerably shorter than the 2nd (4 a), Head broad, covered with broad imbricated scales (7). Eyes rather small. Ocelli very minute, placed behind the antennce {7 a). Wings horizontal and incumbent when at rest, longer than the body, superior linear lanceolate (9). Cilia of inferior wings long. Abdomen broad and depressed, producing small fascicles of hair down the sides (which are sometimes recurved) and at the apex. Legs, anterior very short, the tibia producing a brush of hair only on the internal side, the others spurred at the apex, the posterior having 2 spurs also at the middle. Tarsi 5-jointed. Claws and Pulvilli minute. Caterpillars tvith 6 pectoral, 8 abdominal and 2 anal feet. Pupae inclosed in a loose web formed amongst theflowers and seed-vessels of plants. Bluntii Nob. Head, palpi, thorax, and legs pale ochre ; eyes black : superior wings purplish castaneous palest at the costa, with a double irre- gular oval mark on the disc of a dirty white colour ; abdomen and inferior wings pale fuscous. In the Cabinets of Mr. Dale and the Author. Depressaria may be distinguished from Anacampsis which It most resembles, by the very flat bodies of both sexes, the more obtues Ayings and the shorter and less recurved palpi. The following are our British species : 1. D. Heraclei Haiso. — Heracleuna Linn. ? Fab., Reaum. 2. tab. 6.f. 1 — 4. Middle of March and beginning of October. 2. characterosa HatD. 511. 18. Middle of Aug. Dover. 3. badia i^oM;.— badiella Hiib. Tin. pi. 1 4-./ 92. Norfolk. 4. apiosa HWiio. — apicella Hiib. Tin. 14. 94. 5. albipuncta Hatso. — albipunctella Hiib. Tin. 22. 149. 6. liturosa Haiso. — liturella Hiib. Tin. 12. 83. 7. curvipunctosa i/«a). — Beginning of March; in hedges. 8. applana Fab., Haw. — cicuieWsiHiib. Tin. 12. 79. All the year round ; in hedges, gardens, outhouses, &c. 9. purpurea i/aw. April and e. of Aug. Houses in Hants. 1 0. Alstrseineri Ha'uo. — Alstraemeriana Linn., Fab. — puella Hub. Tin. 1 2. 82. April, September and October ; in hedges, osier-grounds, &c. 11. cosiosa. Halo. Near London. 12. gilvosa Haiv. — gilvella Hiib. Tin. 14. 96. End of April, August, and beginning of September ; on the sea coast and in osier-jjrounds. 13. signosa Haw. — signella Hiib. Tin. 12. 80. April and beginning of September ; in osier-grounds, &:c. 14. atomosa Haiso. — atomella? Hiib. Tin. 35. 240. Au- gust ; under stones. Dover. 15. venosa ii/ato. Middle of June; Regent's Park. — , Middle of August ; Dover. 16. flavosa Haw. — flavella Hiib. Tin. 14. 97. — Sparman- mana, Fab. Middleof Aug. ; under stones; Dover. 17. Yeatsii Haw. — Yatesana Fab. — albidana Don. 11. 377. 2. Coombe Wood and Godstone, Surrey. 18. nervosa Haw. Near London. 19. putrida Haw. — putridella Hiib. Tin. 35. 244. 20. umbellarum Haw. — umbellana Fab. End of August ; on furze-bushes ; Parley Heath, Hants. 21. Bluntii Curtis Br. Ent. /;/. 221. I have the melan- choly satisfaction of dedicating this pretty insect to the memory of the late Mr. Edward Blunt, F.L.S., who took it in July at Southchurch, Essex ; and the end of the following April I bred some from chrysalides contained in his cages. His friend Mr. Christopher Parsons informs me that he has also found it in gardens and outhouses at the same place. Pastinaca sativa (Wild Parsnep) figured in the plate is the plant upon which I found the caterpillars of D. Heraclei feed- ing, at Dover, in the middle of August.