157. 



LEUCANIA LITORALIS. 



The Sea-shore Wainscot. 



Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Noctuadae LaL^ Leach. 



Type of the Genus Noctua pallens Linn, 



Leucania Och. — Heliophila Hub. — Noctua Linn., Fab., Haw. 



AntenncB rather long, robust, setaceous, nearly alike in both 

 sexes, inserted on the crown of the head close to the eyes, com- 

 posed of numerous transverse joints covered with scales above, 

 thickly ciliated beneath (fig. 1 ) . 



Maxillie setaceous, nearly as long as the antennae (3). 

 Labial palpi not longer than the head, nearly vertical, approxi- 

 mating, thickly covered with long scales, excepting the last joint 

 upon which they are short (4) ; 3-jointed, basal joint horizontal, 

 subreniform, 2nd long, slightly attenuated, 3rd slender, elon- 

 gate-ovate (4 a) . 

 Head subtrigonate. Thorax woolly, not crested. Abdomen of the 

 males linear, tufted at the apex ; of the females elongate conic. 

 Wings dejiexed when at rest, anterior rather narrow, and acute at 

 the apex ; nervures appearing raised. Thighs thickly covered with 

 long woolly scales. Tibiae, anterior short with a dilated spine on 

 the internal side, 2nd pair terminated by very long spurs, the 3rd 

 pair having also 2 above the apex. Tarsi long 5-jointed, producing 

 3 rows of bristles beneath, the basal Joint long in the 4 posterior. 

 Claws bi/id. Pulvilli distinct (8, afore leg). 

 Larvae with 6 pectoral, 8 abdominal, and 2 anal feet. 

 Pupae inclosed in a web. — Ochsenheimer. 



LiTOKALIS Nob. 



Pale and dull ochraceous. Antennse pale above, dark beneath. 

 Abdomen darkest towards the apex. Superior wings fuscous in 

 the middle with a white stripe down the centre, slightly produced 

 midway at the nervure, and furcate towards the extremity, 3 small 

 white stripes upon the nervures near the apex, and 6 fuscous 

 lines between the nervures at the posterior margin. Cilia fus- 

 cous. Inferior wings white tinged with yellow. Underside 

 whitish, thorax and abdomen pale and dull ochraceous, with a 

 tuft of black hair at the base of the latter. 

 In the Cabinet of Mr. Dale. 



