348. 



TRIPH/ENA CONSEQUA. 



The Bute Yellow Under-wins". 



Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Noctuidae Lat., Lea. 

 Type of the Genus, Noctua Pronuba Linn. 

 Tkiph^na Och., Treit., Curt. — Noctua Linn., Fab., Haw., Goda. 



JntenncE inserted on the crown of the head, close to the eyes, 

 alike in both sexes, slender and setaceous, composed of innumer- 

 able joints, scaly above, pubescent beneath, and slightly bristly 

 (1 the base). 



Maxiilcs very spiral, rather longer than the antennae and robust, 

 ciliated externally, and furnished with elongated glands towards 

 the apex (3). 



Palpi, labial porrected obliquely and generally lying close to the 

 face, so as to form a triangle in profile, compressed, approxima- 

 ting, very horny, short, robust, and thickly clothed with short 

 scales, the 2nd joint appearing somewhat obtrigonate, the scales 

 forming an angle on the underside at the apex, the 3rd joint 

 being just visible above (4); Iriarticulate, 1st and 2nd joints 

 robust and curved, the latter a little the longest, 3rd small, co- 

 nical (4 a). 

 Head with the scales very thick and projecting a little in front. Eyes 

 rather large, globose and prominent. Ocelli 2 (7, the head in pro- 

 file). Thorns, slightly crested in front. Abdomen flat above, mar- 

 gined, the apex somewhat truncated. Wings resting horizontally, 

 one of the superior, covering the others, the inferior being much 

 folded, the superior are generally elongated and more or less rounded 

 at the apex. Legs robust : tibis with spiny bristles down the sides, 

 anterior very short, with an internal spine near the base, middle and 

 hinder pair with a brush of hair outside near the base ; spurred, the 

 latter with a pair of spurs near the middle : tarsi 5 -jointed, with from 

 2 to 4 series of spines on the underside, basal joint the longest (8 f, 

 a hind leg). 

 Larvse /«^, smooth and naked, curling up when touched; with 6 pec- 

 toral, 8 abdominal and 2 anal feet. Pupae subterraneous, smooth, 

 naked, shining. 



CoNSEQV A Hilb. Noct. tab. 23. f 105. — Curtis's Guide, Gen. 843. 1. 

 Brown, palpi reddish, crown of the head pale : superior wings 

 comparatively short, narrow at the base and considerably broader 

 at the apex, with the costa reddish ; two pale strigse towards the 

 base, an oblique-oval and an auriculate stigma with pale mar- 

 gins and reddish centres towards the middle, beyond which are 

 2 pale sinuated strigae, the nervures between them pale and 

 bearing a row of dots as well as the posterior margin : inferior 

 wings orange, fuscous at the base, the nervures fuscous, a black 

 fimbria, narrow at the anal angle, curved above and reaching 

 the centre, where it forms a crescent, the external edge indented 

 and not touching the margin. Abdomen cinereous, the sides and 

 apex ferruginous. 



In the Author's Cabinet. 



