NOCtUIDiE. — GBAPHIPHORA. 131 



No. crassa. Hiibner ? — Gr. crassa. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 68. No. 6113. 



Thorax deep fuscous, reddish anteriorly : anterior wings with a dark streak at 

 the base, and several irregular black spots between and round the ordinary 

 stigmata, which are rather obscure, and the anterior elongate-quadrate ; and 

 there is sometimes the appearance of a third, as in the following species : 

 there are also three obscure pale transverse strigse, as in most of the foregoing 

 insects, more or less edged with fuscous, placed one at the base, the second 

 before, and the last behind, the stigmata ; and towards the hinder margin is 

 a distinct pale waved one ; the margin itself immaculate : cilia fuscous : 

 posterior wings whitish, with the nervures and margin blackish ; cilia whitish. 



Whether this be truly synonymous with Noctua crassa of Hiibner I am not 

 certain : Mr. Haworth thinks it is, but it appears rather to resemble the No. 

 ruris of that author, if Ochsenheimer's reference to Engramelle be correct. 



Less rare than the foregoing insects, though far from common : 

 it does not occur near London, but has been captured in Norfolk, 

 and in Scotland, in August, frequenting gardens. " Bottisham.'' 

 — Rev. L. Jenyns. " Netley, Salop.*" — Rev. F. W. Hope. 



Sp. 7. augur. Alls anticis fusco-rufescentibus strigis undatis characteribusque 



nigris, posticis fuscescentibus. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 7 — 9 lin.) 

 No. augur. Fabricius. — Gr. augur. Sleph. Catal. part ii. p. 69. No. 6114. 



Somewhat resembling the last : the anterior wings fuscous or dusky rufescent, 

 with a dentated and abbreviated pale striga at the base, a second undulated 

 one, edged exteriorly with black, before the middle, beyond which are two 

 irregular black rings forming two stigmata placed transversely, as in most 

 of the Agrotes, followed by the usual reniform stigma, cinereous in the middle, 

 with a broad black margin ; then a bent striga composed of minute fuscous 

 or black lunules, and a dusky fascia, terminating abruptly by a pale undulated 

 striga ; the hinder margin immaculate, or faintly spotted with pale cinereous 

 and fuscous dots : cilia fuscous : posterior wings fuscous, with a central lunule, 

 the nervures and margin darker. 



The intensity and bulk of the black stigmatiform rings, as well as the colour 

 of the wings, vary considerably in different specimens. 



Not uncommon: taken at Coombe and Darenth-woods, near 

 Ripley, Hertford, he. in July. " Bottisbam." — Rev. L. Jenyns. 

 " Epping."— il/r. H. Douhleday. 



Sp. 8. brunnea. Alls anticis purpurascente-brunneis, fascifi posficd subundulatd 

 saturatiore, stigmate postico Jlavo, punctoque medio atro. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 

 6—8 lin.) 



No. brunnea. Wien. T.— Gr. brunnea. Steph. Catal. fart ii. p. 69. No. 6115. 



Head, thorax anteriorly, and tuft and sides of the abdomen rufous: anterior 

 wings purplish-brown, with obsolete strigse, or dusky spots towards the base ; 

 a quadrate black spot between the stigmata, of which the anterior is rounded, 



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