EREBUS CREPUSCULARIS? 



Plate XX. fig. 1 . 2. 



Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Nocturna. Family; NoKtuida;, Steph. 



Gencs. Erebus, Latrielle. Tliysaiiiii, Dii/iiian. ^foctlul, Fnbr. Phalseiia (.\ttacus), Linn. 



Erebus Crepuscularis ? Alis griseis, fascia maciilisque alliis, anticis ocello fusco, postieis fasciis cluabus dcntatis 



fuscis fulvo marginatis. (Expans. Alar. 4 unc. 3 lin.) 

 SvN. Phaltena (Attacus) Crepuscularis? Zinn. S. N. 2. Sli. No. \3. Dntrij, Apji. c. -2. Olic. Enc. Mith. 



8. 255. 19. 

 Habitat : China (Vniry). America (Linn.). 



Upper Side. Antennse setaceous. Palpi standing erect above the head. Tongue spiral. Neck 

 with a narrow ring of white. Thorax darii brown. Abdomen dirty buff colour. Anterior wings dark nut 

 brown at the base ; paler at the external margin. On the anterior margin, next the tip, is a white 

 subtriangular spot ; and from the middle arises a white bar, which runs obliquely to the middle of the 

 wing, but suddenly turns and runs to the base of the posterior margin ; from the inner angle of this 

 bar, near the middle of the wing, a black line runs towards the front of the wing, forming a large eye. 

 Within the external margin are many dark and white marks. All the wings are scolloped. Posterior 

 wings, next the shoulders, are of a dirty buff colour; remainder nut brown, separated by a narrow line of 

 darker brown, beneath which runs a small narrow line of buff, and a quarter of an inch below this is 

 another line, crossing the wing. From thence, to the external edge, are several darker coloured clouds, 

 and white marks of different shapes and fonns; particularly a white angular spot on the anterior 

 edge, near the corner. 



Under Side. All the wings of a pale clay colour, inclining to buff. On the anterior, the two white 

 spots at the tips, visible on the upper side, appear here also ; and several smaller ones on other parts 

 of the wings. The white bar being less distinct than the other white marks ; but on the posterior wings 

 the white angular spot, near the upper corner, is very plain and strong. 



The diversity of the habitats, given by Drury and Linnaeus, render it doubtful whether 

 that figured by the former be identical with that described by the latter. 



NOCTUA LUNATA. 



Plate XX. fig. 3. 



Order : Lepidoptera. Section ; Nocturna. Family : Noctuidce. 



Genus. Noctua, .iImc*. Subgenus. — ? 



NocTUA Lunata. Alls fuscis, strigis multis transversis; anticis macula centrali, altera angulata apicali, fascia(|ue 

 obliquil postica nigris. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 3 lin.) 



Syn. Phalaena (Noctua) Lunata, Drury, Aj>p. v. 3. 



Habitat : Carolina, Viiginia. 



Upper Side. The antennae light brown and setaceous. The tongue spiral. Palpi not very hairy. 

 The head, thorax, abdomen, and wings hazel-coloured. Anterior wings with a waved line, of a dark 

 brown colour, placed near the anterior angle, beginning at the posterior and ending at the external edge. 

 At the shoulders, and along the anterior margin, are several small dark brown clouds and marks, that 



