made with the 2n(l species, which has induced me to re-examine 

 the Linnaean Cabinet : there 1 find three specimens ahke, one 

 labelled Chcnoipodiata apparently in the younger Linne's auto- 

 graph, with another Phalaena by the side unnamed ; it is the 

 P. mceniaria Fab. which I once took in the forest of Fontain- 

 bleau. P. comitata has also a label bearing that name in the 

 same hand writing, and there is another specimen labelled do- 

 tata^ which is a species figured by Clerck ; but on referring to 

 tab. 5. f. 15, I find his insect is the P. Spinachiata Haw. and 

 the G. marmorata Hiib. I therefore consider that the En- 

 glish Lepidopterists are right regarding those Phalaenidae, 

 and in order to identify the species I shall add the essential 

 characters of Nos. 2 and 3. 



1. cervinaria Hilb. — Curt. Brit. Eiit. pi. 707 c^. — clavaria 



Haiio. 



In perfect specimens the upper wings have a bloom upon 

 them, and the pale band across the middle is obliterated as in 

 the male figured in our plate. 



Found on mallows the middle of October, and the larva 

 feeds on those plants : my figure is copied from Hiibner. 



2. Chenopodiata Linn. — Wood, pi. 20. f. 5^5. — mensurata 

 Hi'ih. Goda. 



Superior wings tawny or reddish fuscous, with numerous 

 undulating lines ; a fascia in the middle bearing a black dot 

 and a dark oblique line at the apex : inferior wings of the 

 male with 2 or 3 darker lines beyond the centre which is of a 

 lighter colour, the margins darker, those of the female paler : 

 16 to 18 lines in expanse. 



End of June to Sept. in bushy places, in such abundance, 

 that it has obtained the appellation of the Aurelians' plague. 

 The larva feeds on Bromus arvejisis. 



3. bipunctaria Fab. — Wood, pi. 21, f. 5^1. 



Wings cinereous-white, with numerous waved lines; a 

 fascia across the middle, the margins fuscous and crenated, 

 with a double black dot on the disc : 16 to 17 lines. 



Chalky places, middle of July to middle of August abund- 

 ant amongst coarse grass near Mickleham ; the Castle-hill, 

 Dover ; and Niton in the Isle of Wight. The larva feeds 

 on Trifolium pratense and Lolium perenne. 



The plant is Althcca officinalis. Common Marsh Mallow. 



