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NONAGRIA VECTIS. 



The Isle of Wight Wainscot Moth. 



Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Noctuidae. 

 Ti/pe of the Genus, Noctua Typhse Hub. 

 NoNAGRiA Och., Goda, Curt. — Noctua Hiib., Haw., &c. 



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

 rather long in the male, each joint producing beneath a trans- 

 verse line of hairs (IcJ) : simply pubescent beneath in the fe- 

 males (1 9)- 



Maxlllee spiral, not very long (3). 



Labial Palpi projecting a little beyond the head, thickly clothed 

 with scales, very short on the apical joint (4) ; triarticulate, basal 

 joint the stoutest and curved, '2nd twice as long and slightly at- 

 tenuated, 3rd small elongate -ovate (4 a). 

 Males smaller than the females. Head subtrigonate thickly clothed 

 with short scales : eyes rather prominent and orbicular : ocelli 2. 

 Thorax scarcely crested, trilobed behind. Abdomen long, cylindric 

 and slightly tufted at the apex in the male. Wings deflexed when at 

 rest ; superior not longer than the body, somewhat elongate-trigonate, 

 the apex acute, the inferior angle rounded ; inferior wings much 

 shorter than the body, the margin slightly sinuated and dentated. 

 Legs stout, anterior very short : tibiae, anterior ivith an internal 

 spine, the others compressed, thickly clothed with scales and termi- 

 nated by very unequal spurs, the posterior pair having similar spurs 

 above the apex : tarsi longer than the tibice, b-jointed, basal joint 

 long : claws minute (8 f, hind leg). 

 Obs. The dissections are taken from Noctua crassicornis Haw. 

 Larvae with 6 pectoral, 8 abdominal and 2 anal feet, long slender and 



fleshy. 

 Fupse fusiform, inclosed in a slight iveb in the stalks of Reeds. Och. 



Vectis Curt. Guide, Gen. 869. 6. 



Pale ochreous : underside of antennae ferruginous : eyes fuscous : 

 abdomen freckled with black, the down at the base white : su- 

 perior wings alternately marked with numerous longitudinal 

 ochreous and cream-coloured lines, the nervures being pale ; 

 the central nervure suffused with reddish ochre, as well as the 

 one next the interior margin which is slightly freckled with 

 black ; at the disc is a fuscous dot and an imperfect curved line 

 of similar dots between it and the posterior margin, which bears 

 7 black dots, the posterior angle emarginate : inferior wings 

 white, slightly tinted with ochre and freckled with brown below 

 the centre, where there is a pale spot shining through from be- 

 neath, the obscure line of fuscous dots is continued across these 

 wings, they are somewhat oval, and there are a few dark dots 

 on the margin ; the underside of the tarsi and the spines are 

 ferruginous. Beneath cream colour, partially freckled with fus- 

 cous and having a dark dot, near the centre of each wing. 

 In the Cabinets of Mr. Dale and the Author. 



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