Treitschke has formed the genus Apamea into four divi- 

 sions ; but as two of them do not appear to associate so well 

 with our insects as with those of another group, I have ex- 

 cluded them. It is probable that several of the following 

 species are mere varieties ; but as I am not certain that they 

 are so, I have kept them separate. 



1. A. secalina Hub., Haiso. — e. June, marshy places. 



'i. lugens Havo. — nictitans Hiib. pi, 20. f. 97. — b. July, b. 

 Aug. Suffolk, weedy banks. 



3. oculea Linn., Haw. — e. July, b. Aug., gardens and 



banks. 



4. I-niger Haia. — e. Jul. b. Aug., weedy banks. 



5. furca Hwvj. ditto ditto. 



6. Ophiogramma Hub. — biloba Havo. — m. July, hedges. 



7. literosa Hatv. — e. July, gardens, Norfolk, and near 



London. 



8. -^thiops Haw. — e. June, hedges, and Kensington 



Gardens. 



9. latruncula Hub., Haw. — jerata? Esp. — July, hedges. 

 10. strigilis Linn., Haw. — e. June, b. July, hedges, Suffolk. 

 1 ] . praeduncula Hiib., Haw. — July, woods. 



12. terminalis Haw. — furuncula? Hiib. — July, hedges. 



13. humeralis Haw. — July, Aug., Battersea-fields, Dover, 



and Suffolk. 

 14". minima Haw. — m. Aug., open parts in woods. 



15. rufuncula Haw. — Sept., hedges. 



16. fasciuncula Haio. do. ditto. 



17. tripuncta A^oi. — b. Sept., Horning, Norfolk, Mr. Spar- 



shall. 



18. Haworthii Curtis Brit. But. pi. 260. — Taken the end 



of July, at Whittlesea Mere, and at Windermere, by 



Mr. Dale. 

 I have the pleasure of naming this elegant moth after A. H. 

 Haworth, Esq. whose " Lepidoptera Britannica" and splendid 

 Cabinet, so liberally opened to his friends, entitle him to the 

 thanks of every one engaged in the study of this beautiful 

 Order. 



19. lunina Haw. — fibrosa Goda. — Whittlesea Mere. 



20. auricula Do7i. 12. 397. 3. — chrysographa Hiib. — Aug. 



and Sept., skirts of woods, marshes and gardens. 



21. erythrostigma Haw. — didyma Goda. — September? near 

 London, and at Margate. 



I was once botanizing in September, by the side of a clear 

 running brook, when a specimen of A. chrysographa fell from 

 a plant into the water, and floating down, a dace rose, and in- 

 stantly drew it under. 



The plant is Orchis pyramidalis (Late-flowering Orchis). 



