NOCTUID.^:. CARADRINA. 155 



Ochsenlieimer includes Grammesia in Lis genus Caradrina ; but 

 those insects, as before mentioned, differ too considerably to allow 

 of tlieir remaining- associated with the following, which, in addition 

 to the slenderness of their bodies, may be known by the glossiness 

 of their wings, the conspicuous stigmata and strigse which adorn the 

 anterior ones, the simplicity of the antennse in both sexes, and the 

 great disproportion of the articulations of the palpi. The genus 

 may be conveniently divided into two sections ; the first embracing 

 those species which have the body rather stout, and all the wings 

 of a deep or dusky hue ; the latter, such as have the body slender 

 with the posterior wings nearly white, as indicated in my Cata- 

 logue. 



Sp. 1. ambigua? Alis anticis griseo-fuscescentibus strigis trihus obsoletis fuscis 

 alidque posticd pallescente, stigmatibus alio marginatis. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 

 4—5 lin.) 



No. ambigua? Fabricius. — Ca. ambigua ? Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 75. No. 6154. 



Head, thorax, and anterior mngs griseous-brown ; the latter with three obsolete 

 darker strigs, the third composed of distinct dusky or black dots, the second 

 placed obliquely, and considerably waved : the stigmata of a deeper hue than 

 the wing, with a slender pale margin ; between the posterior one and the 

 hinder margin of the wing is an undulated pallid striga : the posterior %vings 

 are whitish, tinged with dusky towards the margin in the male, and brownish 

 in the female. 



Caterpillar ferruginous, varied with brown, with a brown head : it feeds on the 

 dandelion and plantain : the imago appears in Jvme. 



This and the following insect are too closely allied to each other to be tlistinct 

 species, but, at present, I am not prepared, from experience, to unite them. 

 They inhabit the same woods, and appear simultaneously, but their differences 

 appear sufBcient to constitute species ; I have, therefore, with Mr. Haworth, 

 considered them as distinct. 



Found in the lanes near Darenth-wood, and on the skirts of the 

 wood itself, and in other places throughout the metropolitan district ; 

 but not common. 



Sp. 2. redacta. Alis fusco-griseis, strigis tribus obsoletis saturatioribus alidque 

 posticd pallescente, stigmatibus albido marginatis. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 2 — 4 lin.) 

 No. redacta. Haworth. — Ca. redacta. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 75. No. 6155. 



Less than the foregoing, and very similar thereto, but the markings more obso« 

 late, and wings of a darker hue ; the pale striga towards the hinder margin 

 very much waved : the posterior wings fuscescent, dusky in the female. 



Very closely allied to the preceding, of which I cannot but imagine it to be a 

 small and deep-coloured variety. Mr. Haworth says, its " chief difference is 

 that of dimensions ;" and truly adds, " that in this obscure section (genus) 



