NocTUiD.t;. — NjKnia. 165 



Amphipyra it may be distinguished by the shortness of the terminal 

 joint of the palpi in their natural state, as well as by its colours, 

 and the absence of stigmata. From the two following genera 

 the shortness of the clothing of the palpi, exclusively of other dif- 

 ferences, obviously characterize it; its metamorphosis is also dis- 

 similar. 



Sp. 1. Tragopogonis. Alls anticis muyino-fuscis punctis nigris trihus approxi- 

 matis in medio ; posticis lividis. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 3 — 4 lin.) 



Ph. No. Tragopogonis. Linne. — Py. Tragopogonis. Stcph. Cutal. part ii. p. 77. 

 No. 6173. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen immaculate mouse-coloured brown ; anterior wings 

 of the same colour, with three black spots in the middle, one in the place of 

 the usual anterior stigma, the others placed transversely in lieu of the posterior 

 stigma; between these and the hinder margin is an obscure, slightly waved, 

 pale fascia : posterior wings of a livid brown, with the hinder margin darker. 



Caterpillar green, with five longitudinal white lines, and a few whitish spots on 

 the sides: it feeds on the Goatsbeard (Tragopogon pratense). Spinach, Dock, 

 Larkspur, &c. : — the imago is produced in June. 



Not very uncommon : I have repeatedly taken the larvse at 

 Hertford, and the imago occasionally at Darenth-wood. " Coles- 

 hill and A\\es\eyr—Rev. W. T. Bree. 



Sp. 2. tetra. Alis anticis perfuscis punctis tribus ohsoletis Juscis, quatuorque 

 costalibus albis : posticis cinereo-ferrugineis. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 4 — 5 lin.) 



No. tetra. Fabricius.—Fy. tetra. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 77. No. 6074. — Ph. 

 No. Tragopogonis. Don. vii. pi. 223. f. 2? 



Very closely allied to the last : head and thorax as in that insect ; abdomen 

 cinereous ; anterior wings of a deep brown, with three very obsolete dusky 

 spots in the centre, and four distinct white ones on the costa towards the apex : 

 posterior wings rusty-ash. 



Caterpillar green, with a whitish dorsal and two reddish lateral lines ; the head 

 small : it feeds on various plants, and is supposed to attack apiaries : — the 

 imago is found in June. 



Not common near London; frequenting gardens : I have received 

 specimens from Bristol and Devonshire. " Epping."" — Mr. H. 

 Doubleday. 



Gknus ClI. — N^NiA viihi. 



Palpi rather long, porrect, ascending, triarticulate, the two basal joints clothed 

 with elongate capitate scales, terminating in an acute point anteriorly, at the 

 apex of the second joint, apical joint slender, elongate, exposed, covered with 

 abbreviated scales ; basal joint of equal length with the terminal, and slightly 



