NOCTUID^. — CHAR^AS. IQft 



antennae of the male Ch. cespitis and eonfinisare obviously different 

 in their pectinations from those of the remaining species of the 

 genus ; and their wings are rather broader and less sensibly den- 

 ticulated. 



Sp. 1. cespitis. Alis anticis nigro-fuscis, strigis tribus undatis albidis nigra 

 adnatis. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 4 — 7 lin.) 



No. cespitis. Wien. V. — Ch. cespitis. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 64. No. 6073. 



Head and thorax deep fuscous, irrorated with cinereous : anterior wings of a 

 brownish-black, with an obscure abbreviated ashy striga at the base ; behind 

 which, nearly adjoining the anterior stigma, is a slightly waved whitish 

 transverse one, margined exteriorly with black ; and beyond the posterior 

 stigma is an arcuated one, black interiorly and whitish exteriorly ; between 

 which and the hinder margin is an undulated striga of a paler hue: on 

 the hinder margin itself is a series of minute fuscous spots, some of which 

 are accompanied by whitish dots interiorly ; and on the costa, towards the 

 apex, are three or four minute whitish spots : the posterior wings are grayish- 

 white at the base, and a httle clouded with dusky towards the margin, with 

 an obscure striga of fuscous spots, placed transversely a Uttle beyond the 

 middle. The female differs in having the posterior wings ashy-brown, with 

 a darker margin. 



Caterpillar brownish, with three paler longitudinal Hues : — it feeds on grasses. 



Not common ; taken occasionally in the lanes near Bexley, and 

 on Dartford-common, in September. 



Sp. 2. confinis. Alis anticis obsolete denticulatis fusco-cinereis, strigis duabus 

 nigricantibus, undque albidd. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 5 lin.) 



Ch. confinis mihi. — Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 54. No. 6074. 



Head and thorax grayish-ash, slightly mixed with fuscous : anterior wings pale 

 ashy-brown, with a transverse dusky striga anterior to the basal stigma, and 

 a second greatly arcuated one immediately adjoining the posterior stigma ; 

 between which and the hinder margin is an undulated striga, composed of 

 whitish lunules; the hinder margin immaculate: the space between the 

 stigmata and behind the posterior one blackish : posterior wings ashy-white, 

 very obscurely tinted with dusky towards the costal angle of the hinder 

 margin. 



The paler colour and narrowness of the anterior wings, nearly uniformly 

 coloured posterior wings, and slightly pectinated antennse, distinguish this 

 from the foregoing species. 

 The only specimen I have seen of this insect I obtained from 



Mr. Marsham's cabinet. I am not aware of its locality. 



Sp. 3. fusca. Alis anticis fusco-nigris, fascid subtriangulari media saturatiore, 

 strigdque posticd obsolete pallidiore ; posticis maris albidis, fosminw fuscis. 

 (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 4—7 lin.) 



