100 HAUSTELLATA. — LEPIDOPTERA. 



Sp. 2. roscida. AHs fnhis, anticis nigro-punctatis, posticis maculatis. (Exp. 

 alar. 9. 8 lin. $ 10 lixi.— 1 unc.) 



Li. roscida. Fabricius.—Se. roscida. Steph. Catal pt. ii. p. 62. No. 6062. 



Less than the foregoing : antennae black, with luteous radii : head, thorax, and 

 abdomen black ; the tip of the latter, coUar, and petagiae, luteous : the two 

 first pair of legs dusky-blue ; the tibiae and tarsi beneath, of the hinder pair, 

 yellow ; anterior wings deep luteous, with three rows of black spots, as in the 

 former insect, the posterior row being very irregidar, and composed of dis- 

 similar-sized dots; posterior wings with several black spots on the hinder 

 margin. 



Tliis species has been taken at Riddlesdown, near Croydon, in 

 June ; but it is far less abundant than the foregoing. 



Sp. 3. eborina. Alis anticis albidis aut Jlavis, viargine Jlavo, punctisque duobus 

 fuscis; posticis supra nigrescentibus, subtus Jlavis. (Exp. alar. $ 1 unc. — 

 1 unc. 3 lin.: $ 10 lin. — 1 unc.) 

 Li. eborina. Fabriciiis. — Steph. Catal. pt. ii. p. 62. No. 6063. 



Antennae, head, and thorax anteriorly luteous ; eyes black ; abdomen whitish, 

 with the apex luteous: anterior wings whitish and glossy, with the costa 

 and posterior margins luteous ; each with two minute black dots, one in the 

 middle of the costa, the other nearly opposite, on the inner margin : posterior 

 wings above dusky, with the hinder margin and ciUa luteous : beneath the 

 anterior wings have the disc dusky, and the posterior whitish-yellow. 



Vai-. /3. Steph. Catal. I. c. With the anterior wings pale-yeUow, the margins 

 deep luteous, the spots as in var. a. 



Far from uncommon during the beginning of August at Darenth, 

 Birch, and Coombe woods ; I have also met with it at Hertford 

 and Ripley. " Epping, common." — Mr. H. Douhleday. 



Family II.— NOCTUID^. 



.4n/enwfl? moderate, not very slender, setaceous, sometimes pectinated or ciliated 

 in the males : palpi as long or longer than the head, more or less compressed, 

 pilose, mostly three-jointed, the terminal joint generally shortest: maxilla 

 very distinct, spiral, usually much elongated : wings generally deflexed, not 

 divided, sometimes horizontal or incumbent, never convoluted, the anterior 

 generally bearing stigmata: thorax very frequently crested, stout: body 

 stout, elongate-conic, squamous; of the males, usually tufted at the apex: 

 legs moderate ; anterior tibiae rather short ; generally furnished with a com- 

 pressed spine interiorly ; intermediate with a pair of spurs at the apex ; and 

 posterior mostly with a pair of spurs in the middle, and a second at the tip. 

 Larva; considerably diversified, with fourteen or sixteen feet, always cylindric, 

 the extremities not being attenuated ; sometimes perfectly smooth, at others 



