FAMILY NOCTUlDiE. 245 



Hies l.y night, and conceals itsilf during the ilay : itr* llmrax is crested. The larva arc 

 Solitary. The colors of the i)erl'cct insect arc nut bright, hut often have u silky lustre. 



NoCTt'A SQITAMI'LARIS. ( PlatC xlii, fig. 1.) 



Antenna filiform, brown. Superior surface, basal portion chocolate, outer portion slate- 

 colored ; the junction of the two colors deepest. The anterior wings are traversed by 

 two scollopped lines ; the inner running entirely across, the outer only across the 

 inferior half. Posterior wings traversed by a clujcolute band, a].parently between two 

 black parallel bands ; the slate on the posterior half shaded into chocolate, or paler : 

 margin slate, and slightly dentated. Expansion one inch and nine lines. 



NocTUA u.NDULAius. Phdccna uiululaiis {Biury). (Plate xlii, fig. 4.) 



Anttnuie filiform, brown, slightly toothed. Insect very dark brown, bordering upon black. 



Wings slightly dentated, and obscurely marked by five or six narrow transverse bands 



of black, imparting a very black hue to the whole animal : both pair of wings marked 



and colored alike. Inferior surface lighter, txhibitiiig the same kind of markings. 



NocTuA MARGARiTATA ( Drury). (Plate xlii, fig. 9.) 



Upper side : Antennjc setaceous, brown. Thorax and abdomen silvery white. Anterior 

 wings silvery white at the shoulders, the remainder being of a shining red-brown ; 

 edges fringed with white : there is also a large silvery marginal spot on the outer 

 half of the anterior w ing. Posterior wings silvery white at the base, and extending 

 over one half of the wing ; the remainder brownish, but margin silvery. 

 Undkr side : Breast, legs and abdomen white. Anterior wings silver gray, but fringed 

 with yellow. Posterior wings colored as on the upper side, without markings. Driky, 

 Vol. iii, pi. 21, fig. G. 



Phal/ena qverwria. American Oak-heauty. ( Plate xxxvi, figs. 2 &, 4, h - k.) 

 (Abrott & Smith, pa. 20.5, pi. 103.) 

 Antenna; of the male pectinated : wings brown. Male : Primaries banded i>arallel to 

 the outer edges ; marginal black, succeeded by a waved cream-colored band, which 

 is bordered with black : towards the base there is a parallel shorter band shaded 

 with brown. There are twol)lack central spots encircled with light brown, extending 

 towards the posterior margin, and also dashes of black lines from the base outwards. 

 Secondaries banded with black upon the margin and central pari, with a lunate blatk 



