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PHLOGOPHORA LUCIPARA. 



The small Angle-shades. 



Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Noctuidae. 



Type of the Genus, Noctua lucipara Linn. 

 Phlogophora Och., Curt. — ^Trigonophora Hub. — Euplexia Step. — 

 Noctua Linn., Hub., Haw. 



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

 short, setaceous and clothed with scales above, very pubescent 

 beneath with series of bristles (1) ; stoutest in the males. 

 MaxillcB much shorter than the antennae, very spiral, setaceous 

 and tentaculated at the apex (3) . 



Labial palpi porrected obliquely, densely clothed with scales, 

 the apical joint visible (4); triarticulate, basal joint subreniform, 

 2nd considerably longer, slightly attenuated, 3rd slender, elon- 

 gate-ovate, very horny, especially at the apex (4 a). 

 Head trigonate, obtuse, the scales long on the crown : eyes naked, ovate 

 and lateral: ocelli minute. Thorax crested behind. Abdomen 

 tufted down the back, the fascicle on the 3rd segment being the 

 largest, the apex dilated with spreading scales in the males and 2 

 horny conniving lobes. Wings deflexed and folded longitudinally 

 in repose : cilia somewhat denticulated. Tibipe short and thick, an- 

 terior with an internal spine, the others with a long pair of spurs at 

 the apex, the hinder long and thickened with scales externally, fur- 

 nished with a pair of spurs also above the apex (8 t) •' tdiX&io -jointed, 

 spiny beneath with short bristles. 

 Larvae naked, slightly angulated towards the tail^ with 6 pectoral, 8 ab- 

 dominal and 2 anal feet. 



Lucipara Linn. — Curt. Guide, Gen. 860. 1. — flavomaculana Ffli. 

 Brown with a purple bloom ; thoracic crest reddish at the apex, 

 with a black spot on each side ; abdomen brown, the sides pale 

 at the base : superior wings variegated with pale red, brown and 

 ochre, with a purple bloom on the costa ; several short black 

 transverse lines at the base and a brown fascia across the mid- 

 dle broadest at the costa, bounded by black lines forming an 

 imperfect oval on the disc, an ochreous ear-shaped spot beyond, 

 with 3 small and 3 larger spots of the same colour, posterior 

 margin purplish-brown with a sinuated and dentated striga ir- 

 regularly edged and spotted with black : inferior wings pale 

 ochreous, fuscous towards the margin, the nervures darker with 

 2 short ochreous denticulated strigse near the anal angle, with 

 darker brown between them: cilia brownish. 

 In the Author s and other Cabinets. 



The two species I have included in this genus are undoubt- 

 edly closely allied : the larvae are very similar, and the moths, 

 although varying a little in outline, rest with their wings folded 

 longitudinally in a very peculiar manner, giving them a carved 

 and angular appearance. Hiibner has placed them in the same 



