54 HAUSTELLATA. — LEPIDOPTEIIA. 



■which is slender, attenuated at both ends, and distinctly curved, 

 though in H. Semele and Msera the form is somewhat different, the 

 club being abruptly produced, broad and abbreviated, yet bent. 

 The genus may be advantageously subdivided into sections — nay, the dissi- 

 militude of some of the species is so great that the genus itself requires to be 

 curtailed, and some of the species consequently to be formed into distinct 

 genera ; but the time is not sufficiently mature for me to venture upon such 

 a procedure.— I sliall therefore merely observe, that the structure of the palpi 

 varies considerably; in some species the basal joint is short and stout, in 

 others short but slender;— again, in some the terminal joint is about one- 

 fourth the length of the second and obtuse, while a few have it upwards of 

 half the length of the preceding, very slender and acute: — the form and 

 texture of the wings also vary considerably, as well as the length of the tibial 

 spurs ; and the habits of the insects differ greatly ; several affecting meadows, 

 pastures, heaths, commons, and lanes, while some frequent woods, others dry 

 chalky hills, or grassy places on mountain tops, or the lowest boggy valleys 

 and marshes ; but all these discrepancies of habit are severally peculiar to the 

 respective groups of which the genus is composed. The larvae of all the 

 species feed upon gi-asses. 

 A. Eyes pubescent : vangs, especially the posterior, more or less denticulated : 

 palpi moderately hairy :— frequent woods, lanes, and highways. 



Sp. 1. ^geria. Alls fuscis lideo macvlatis, anticis ntrinqne ocelln unico, poslicis 



supra tribus. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 6 lin. — 2 unc.) 

 Pa. ^geria. Liune.—Lewin, pi. 19.— Hi. -Algeria. Steph. Catal. 



Anterior wings obsoletely falcate, brown on both surfaces, with about ten yel- 

 lowish spots, and an ocellus towards the tip, with a white pupil and black 

 iris : posterior wings above brown, with one or more yellowish spots, with a 

 series of spots, of which the three inner ones are ocellated, having a v/hite 

 pupil with a black iris, and surrounded by a yellowish circle ; beneath they 

 are clouded with brown, with irregular angulated brown bands, the hinder 

 margin (in fine specimens) purplish, with a series of white dots in Ueu of the 

 oceUi of the upper surface : the cilia are yellowish, interrupted with brown : 

 the abdomen brown above, pale beneath : the antenna; brownish above, slightly 

 interrupted with ochraceous, of which colour the under surface is. The female 

 is generally more spotted than the male, and the spots are larger. 



This insect varies much in the intensity of its colours, particularly on the 

 inferior surface; in some specimens the posterior wings are nearly plain 

 griseous ; in others they have a distinct broad, very irregular, darker central 

 band ; and bear 4—6 white dots on the posterior margin. 



Caterpillar green with white longitudinal lines : it feeds on couch grass. Chry- 

 salis short, green. 



I presume that this, wln'ch is not an inelegant, species is found 

 throughout Britain, as I have received it from several distant places, 

 and I am informed by G. Wailes, Esq. that it occurs near Belford, 



