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larva had committed such ravages upon my captures as to render worth- 

 less nearly the vrhole of them, otherwise your correspondent would 

 have derived more satisfaction from his raid, and this paper might have 

 possessed more interest for your readers. 



A NEW NONAGEIA. 

 BT G. FEim. 

 I have much pleasure in recording the capture of a species of 

 Nonagria, new to this country, and apparently undescribed by any 

 continental author. It was taken by myself, at Kanworth, in Norfolk, 

 on the 4th of August, flying at dusk amongst Typlia latifolia. The 

 following is a description : — 



NONAGEIA BBEVILINEA. 



Alis anticis hrimneo-ochraceis, basi medio lined longitudinali 



hrevi nigra, punctis pone mediimn in serie transversa nigris, 



margine apicali immaculatd ; posticis griseis, punctis transversis 



vix ohsoletis nigris. — Exp. alar. 1" 4'". 



Fore-wings rather sharply angulated at the junction of the costal 



and hind (apical) margins ; brownish ochreous, with numerous scattered 



black scales ; a sharply defined short black dash from the middle of the 



base ; a curved row of small black dots reaches from the costa to the 



inner margin beyond the middle ; apical veins conspicuously paler than 



the ground colour, apical margin unspotted; hind- wings grey, paler 



towards the base, a very indistinct transverse row of black dots rather 



beyond the middle, uniform with those in the fore-wings. 



This insect belongs to the same group as If. neurica, to which it is 

 closely allied. It differs, however, in the following particulars : — the 

 size is somewhat larger, the short black basal dash in the fore-wing 

 (which does not reach one-fourth the length of the wing), is represented 

 in iV. neurica by an ill-defined, dark, greyish streak, extending to the 

 middle of the wing, and in the latter species thei'e are several conspi- 

 cuous black dots near the base, towards the costa, of which there is no 

 trace in N. hrevilinea ; in N. nen/rica the apical margin in all the wings 

 is plainly spotted with blaclc ; in the species under consideration this 

 margin is perfectly immaculate, and, as an important chai-acter, I may 

 mention that the apical margin in N. neurica is more rounded. In the 

 hind-wings an indistinct lunule, present in N. neurica, is not found in 

 N. hrevilinea. The antennte are darker, and the apex of the abdomen 

 in the male is provided with larger, curved appendages. 



