2'»2 LLOYD^S NATURAL HISTORV. 



In this genus the antennae are long, and pectinated to the 

 tips ; the legs are stout, and the hind tibiae armed with four 

 long spurs; the body stout, hairy, extending a little beyond 

 the hind-wings ; the wings long, the fore-wings rather longer 

 than the hind-wings, with the costa nearly straight, and no pro- 

 jection on the inner margin. We have figured the commonest 

 of the two British species. The other, B. nuheculosa (Esper), is 

 lar^^er and darker, and is found at Rannoch in Perthshire. 



THE SPRAWLER. BRACHIONYCHA SPHINX. 



Noctua sphmx, Hufnagel, Berl. Mag. iii. p. 400, no. 75 



(1767); Von Rottenburg, Naturf. ix. p. 133 (1776). 

 Bomhyx sphinx, Esper, Schmett. iii. p. 249, Taf. 49, figs. 1-3 



(1785). 

 Bo?nbyx cassmea, Fabricius, Mant. Ins. n. p. 126, no. 148 



{1787); Hiibner, Eur. Schmett. iii. figs. 5, 6 (1800). 

 Xylina casslnea, Treitschke, Schmett. Eur. v. (3) p. 53 (1826). 

 Noctua cassinea, Duponchel, Lepid. France, vii. (i) p. 116, pi. 



114, fig. 2 (1827). 

 Petasia cassinea, Stephens, 111. Brit. Ent. Haust. ii. p. 32 



(1828); Buckler, Larvae of Brit. Lepid. iii. pi. 36, fig. 2 



(1889) ; Barrett, Lepid. Brit. Isl. iii. p. 155, pi. 112, figs. 



2, 2a, b (1895). 

 Asteroscopus sphinx, Kirby, Eur. Butterflies and Moths, p. 170, 



pi. Zl. fig- 7 (1880). 

 The Sprawler is common in most parts of Europe. It has 

 an expanse of about i ^ inch. 



The ground colour of the fore-wings is usually ashy-grey, but 

 dark brown or dark grey specimens may occasionally be met 

 with, especially in the female. There are numerous brown 

 and blackish longitudinal streaks. From the base, in the 

 middle of the wing, is a stout black streak. The fringes art 

 ashy-grey, streaked with white. The hind-wings are white, suf- 



