Leucania, a genus of Ochsenheimer, approaches very near 

 to two others of the same author, Nonagria and Simyra : the 

 former of these, however, is characterized by its shorter and 

 broader wings more rounded at the apex, as well as by a 

 longer and more slender abdomen ; and the caterpillars live 

 together in the stalks of reeds, feeding upon the pith and 

 undergoing their transformation there, in which they resemble 

 the genus Gortyna that follows them : the males of the latter 

 [Simi/ra) have strongly serrated antennae, and the larvae un- 

 dergo their metamorjihosis in a thick papyraceous web attached 

 to a leaf, as represented by Sepp. 

 The following are British species : 



1. L. comma Linn. — turbida Huh. Found in lanes, &c. 



from the beginning of June to the middle of July. 



2. litoralis Nob. This unique specimen appearing to be 



undescribed, we have named it from its locality, it 

 having been taken the 8tli of July 1824 off some 

 rushes upon the sand hills at Mount Misery, near 

 Christchurch, on the coast of Hampshire. 



3. punctina Ha'do. — Ectypa Hiib. July ; shady places. 



4. pallens Linn. July to September; meadows, hedges, 



and gardens. 



5. rufescens Haw. — lutosa Hiib.'i in\y and August; 



marshes, gardens, &c. 



6. obsoleta Hiib. — fuligosina Haxs:!, End of July ; shady 



places. 



7. pudorina Hiib. mas. — impudens Hiib. fem. 



8. fulva Hiib. July ; Whittlesea Meer. 



9. pygmina Haw. August ; skirts of woods. 



10. geminipuncta Haw., Ent. Trans, pi. 9. fig. 1. August 

 or September; marshes, Hackney, Mr. Hatchet. 



The last species may belong to the genus Nonagria, but we 

 cannot at present decide with accuracy, for want of specimens. 



The plant Festuca rubra var.? (Creeping Fescue-grass) was 

 gathered on the sea coast. 



