260. 

 APAMEA HAWORTHII. 



Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Noctuidas Lat.^ Leach. 

 Type of the Genus Noctua chrysographa Hub. 

 Apamea Och. — Noctua Linn., Fab., Esp., Hub., Haw., Don., Goda. 

 AntenncE inserted on the crown of the head, close to the eyes ; 

 composed of numerous subquadrate joints, pilose, covered with 

 scales above, pubescent beneath (1). 



Maxillce spiral, slender, as long as the antennae and furnished at 

 the apex with tentacula (3). 



Labial palpi porrected obliquely, slender at the base and clavate, 

 the 3rd joint distinct, clothed with broad short scales (4) ; tri- 

 articulate, basal joint slightly curved, 2nd twice as long, 3rd 

 shorter than the 1st, slender, compressed and rounded at the 

 apex (4 a). 

 Head densely covered with scales above. Eyes globose. Ocelli two (7). 

 Thorax subquadrate, not crested. Abdomen not very stout, tufted 

 down the back and on the sides ; obtuse in the males ; attenuated in 

 the females. Wings forming a triangle when at rest and deflexed; 

 superior various in length and form, frequently obtuse, sometimes 

 with the apex slightly acuminated. Tibiae, anterior very short with 

 a broad Jiat spine on the internal side. Tarsi long, b -jointed. Claws 

 bifid. Pulvilli minute (8, afore leg). 

 Caterpillars unknown. 

 Obs. The dissections were madefrx)m N. oculea Linn. 



Haworthii Nob. 



Yellowish brown, variegated with rosy scales, Superior wings 

 with a few scattered white scales, the costa with 3 yellowish 

 spots, and 3 minute ones nearer the apex ; an obscure black line 

 at the base, and a lanceolate one at the interior margin ; 2 waved 

 narrow whitish transverse lines, one before, the other beyond the 

 middle, the nervure in the centre cream-colour and furcate, 

 above is a small ocellated spot, and below a black hook ; beyond 

 it a cream coloured ear-shaped spot with a dark line on the in- 

 side ; near to the posterior margin runs a yellowish dentated 

 striga, with 3 blackish short rays on the inside ; cilia ochreous 

 with a fuscous line down the middle, and a black chain at the 

 base. Body and inferior wings yellowish fuscous, the former 

 rosy ochre at the apex, the latter with a fuscous undefined fim- 

 bria, and a lunular line towards the middle ; the cilia ochreous 

 with a fuscous line. Underside pale ochreous and fuscous, the 

 inferior wings with a distinct blackish spot near the middle. 



In the Author's and other Cabinets. 



