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early as the end of May. " Woods near Black Hale and Castletown." — T. C 

 Hey sham, Esq. " Bagley-wood, end of May, very common." — Rev. F. W. 

 Hope. " Taken in profusion in 1828, early in June; and this year for this 

 fortnight past, — 1st June, 1829." — Rev. G. T. Rudd. 



Page 102. TriphyENA orhona, " Durdan and Floshes."— T. C. Heysham,Esq. 



Page 103. Triph^na pronuba. " New Moss," Scc.—T. C. Heysham, Esq. 



Page 105. TRiPHiENA interjecta. " Netley, very abundant."— iJey. F. W. Hope. 



Page 106. Triph.'ena Janthina. " Netley."— iJev. F. W. Hope. 



Page 107. Genus LYTiEA. This genus, which now contains three indigenous 

 species, in addition to the characters pointed out in the place cited, has the 

 posterior wings with a dark fimbria, and a more or less distinct transverse 

 dusky striga, with a central spot of similar hue ; and all the wings very glossy; 

 the anterior considerably rounded at the base. 



Sp. 2. Lyt^a leucographa. Alls anticis fusco purpureis alio adspersis, maculis 



ordinariis albidis. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 6 lin. ) 

 Noctua leucographa. Hiibner.Jig. 512. — Ly. leucographa. Stepli. Catal. Appendix. 



Head and thorax fuscous, with a mixture of fulvous orrufescent; the latter with 

 a transverse dusky streak, followed by a reddish-brown one : anterior wings 

 reddish-brown, varied with white and ochraceous-yellow, with fine purplish or 

 coppery shades ; at the base is a slightly bifid black streak, reaching nearly to 

 the second striga, which is rather indistinct and very irregular; the third is 

 considerably bent behind the posterior stigma, and is united to the second by 

 a small black hook on the inner margin ; between the posterior striga and the 

 hinder margin is a very faint interrupted pale waved striga, bearing a row of 

 elongate-triangular spots on its anterior edge ; the space between this striga 

 and the posterior margin is plain purplish-brown, with the nervures shghtly 

 ochreous ; and on the margin are some indistinct black dots : ciha reddish-ochre : 

 stigmata whitish, placed in a dusky or black patch : posterior wings ochreous- 

 white, with a central lunule and two transverse strigae fuscous. 



Caterpillar green, with white and brown spots. 



My specimen of this insect was taken near York. Hubner seems to have 

 figured two very distinct insects under the above name. 



Sp. 3. Lyt^a albimacula. Graphiphora albimacula, page 137, which evidently 



associates better with this genus than with the one under which I have 



doubtingly placed it : it closely resembles the foregoing. 

 Page 111. Char^as Graminis. " Netley, Salop, 1827 and 1828."— iJef. F. W. 



Hope. ", Denton, Holme."— T. C. Hey sham, Esq. 

 Page 116. Agrotis Segetum. It appears by a letter received from Mr. Kirby, 



that instead of the larvae of this insect, it was slugs that were destroyed in such 



abundance by Mr. Rodwell. 

 Page 118. Agrotis vaUigera. " Occasionally near Netley."— iJey. F. W. Hope.. 

 Page 120. Agrotis vitta. " Alderley, Cheshire."— iJey. E. Stanley. 



