130 LEPIDOPTERA. 



ring in most other parts of the globe. Guenee states that 

 it is very common, and lie cites as localities, North America, 

 Columbia, Brazil, East Indies, Java, New Holland. 



Now whence came the specimens which were found on 

 the Southern Coast of England ? and have other specimens 

 appeared simultaneously in other parts of Europe? our con- 

 tinental readers must help us to reply to this latter inquiry. 

 A specimen has occurred at Madeira this summer, and, 

 curiously enough, was forwarded to this country to be 

 named, arriving just before the October meeting of the En- 

 tomological Society. This certainly tends to confirm the 

 idea that the unusual flight hitherwards of this extraneous 

 Noctua has not been confined to our own shores. 



The insect has a vague resemblance to L. lithargyria, 

 but the more pointed anterior wings, more defined apical 

 streak, readily distinguish it. Its proper position seems to 

 be between Lithargyria and Obsoleta. 



Leucania putrescens, Hiibner. 



Early in July, Mr. Stewart captured three specimens of 

 this insect, hovering over bramble blossoms, near Torquay ; 

 subsequently a specimen or two were taken in the same 

 locality by a son of Dr. Battersby. 



The species to which it seems most nearly allied is L. ob- 

 soleta, but the hind wings of the male are quite white, almost 

 as in Littoralis, and there is a thick black streak from the 

 base of the anterior wings as in Comma, and some short 

 blackish streaks from the hind margin ; the elbowed line is 

 distinctly composed of black dots as in L. obsoleta. 



The larva is unknown. 



On the Continent the only localities known for this species 

 are the South and West of France ; hence it seems confined 

 to the West of Europe. 



