50 HAUSTELLATA. LKPIDOl'TERA. 



the stigmata of tha Noctuidte are two faint reddish-yellow spots, behind 

 which near the hinder margin are two obscure parallel darkish waved lines : 

 posterior wings whitish-yellow, with a brownish spot towards the base, a 

 waved striga nearly in the middle, vanishing on the inner edges, and a second 

 more regular one near the hinder margin; on the latter is a faint line, and 

 an interrupted row of spots at the base of the cilia ; the latter whitish- 

 yellow on all the whigs: beneath the whigs are paler, with broad transverse 

 brown fasciae and clouds, and the nervures faintly tinged with the same. 

 The wings vary considerably in tint, and are sometimes whitish and very 



glossy, with the strigae obscure. 

 The caterpillar, according to Schrank, feeds on the broom {Spartium scopa- 

 rium) : the imago appears towards the end of June or beginning of July, and 

 frequents clover-fields and hedges. 

 Py. limbalis of the Wiener Verzeichniss is a different species, and having the 

 priority of name, that of the present insect must necessarily be changed: I 

 have therefore followed Treitschke. 



Not uncommon in certain districts, especially near Darenth-wood 

 and at Ripley, where I have occasionally taken this species in abun- 

 dance. " Bath."" — C. C. Babingfoii, Esq. " Common in clover- 

 fields in the neighbourhood of Bottisham."' — Rev. L. Jenyns. 



E. Anterior wings broadish, elongate-triangular, very acute, not transversely 



streaked ; posterior ovate-triangular, immaculate ; all somewhat hyaline, 



with dark nervures beneath ; palpi short, ascending : — 



SiTOCHROA, Hiib. 

 Sp. 8. palealis. Alis aniicis vii-escenti-sulphureis, venis Juscesceiitibv.i, posticis 



virescenti-albis, immaculatis. (Exp. Alar. 1 unc. 3 lin.) 

 Py. palealis. Wien. Verz. — Ma. palealis. Steph. Catal. ii. 163. N'o. 6810. 



Head, thorax, and anterior wings of a pale greenish sulphur, the latter rather 

 acute, with the costa and the nervures, especially on the hinder margin, 

 brownish : cilia pale sulphur-white : posterior whigs white, with a faint 

 greenish tinge, immaculate, the cilia as in the anterior : beneath, the ner- 

 vures of all the wings, the anterior with the costa and some transverse 

 abbreviated lines, and a spot on the costa of the posterior, brownish. 



Rare : specimens have occurred near Dover and in Norfolk, in 

 July, and I beheve also in Devonshire. 



+Sp. 7. pandalis. Atisjhividis, sirigis, macvla, margineque externofuscis. 

 Bot. pandalis. Treitschke. — Ma. Thapsalis. Steph. Catal. ii. 165. A^o. 6818. 

 Wings yellowish, with streaks; a spot and the hinder margin brown. 

 This species has been accidentally admitted into the British list, in mistake 

 for the variety of Ma. ochrealis. 



