THE GENERA OF BRITISH MOTHS. 4@ 
PLATE XIX. 
No. 1.—The Golden Ear (Apamea Nictitans), No. 6.—Haworth’s Minor (Celena Haworthii). 
No. 2.—The Double-lobed (Apamea Ophiogramma). No. 7.—The Rustic Shoulder-Knot (Hama Basilinea). 
No. 3.—The Marbled Minor (Miana Strigilis). No. 8.—The Caterpillar of the Rustic Shoulder-Knot. 
No. 4.—The Cloaked Minor (Miana Furuncula). No. 9.—The Union Rustie (Hama Connexa). 
No. 5.—A pale variety of the Cloaked Minor. No. 10.—The Brindled Ochre (Crymodes Templi). 
Tue genus Apamea. In this genus the insects are much smaller than in Mamestra, the antennz of the males are 
slightly pubescent, the palpi are very short and slightly elevated, the abdomen is rather long, and crested. The 
fore wings are slightly notched at the fringed edge, and the markings are generally distinct, especially the 
posterior stigma, which is often margined with white. The Caterpillars are rather short and slightly attenuated at 
each end, though the head is generally of moderate size. They are longitudinally striped, and the whole skin is 
smooth, tough, somewhat glossy, and often sprinkled with raised shining dots. They live most commonly on 
grasses, often in the stem, and generally descend into the earth to undergo their transformation. In the arrange- 
ment I am following, this genus contains only four British species. 
Apamea Nietitans (the Golden Ear, No. 1) has a shining golden tinge, impossible to imitate closely in a 
coloured engraving, and from this it is that it takes both its specific and popular names. It appearsin the winged 
state in July and August. The Caterpillar is unknown. 
Apamea Ophiogramma (the Double-lobed, No, 2) is a very distinct species. Like the preceding, it is by no 
means common, but is sometimes taken in marshy situations near London. The Caterpillar is unknown. 
Apamea Unanimis (the Uniform Rustic) is disputed as British, but a specimen is said to have been taken by 
Mr. Dale, in Scotland, and there are one or two other instances of its capture. ’ 
Apamea Didyma (the Common Rustic) is very variable in colour, and common everywhere. The Caterpillar 
is dull gray, or sometimes greenish, with sub-dorsal and spiracular stripes of dull red, 
The genus Miana is composed of the smaller insects of this family, few of them measuring an inch in 
the full expanse of the wings, and some of the species not extending to three-quarters of an inch, They are 
popularly known as the Minors. The palpi are short and porrected obliquely ; the antenne are short, thick, and 
pubescent in the male ; the abdomen is rather slender, and crested; and the markings are generally very distinct. 
The Caterpillars are small and attenuated at each end, of dull colour with pale stripes. They feed on grasses, 
often in the stem, and the Chrysalis is contained in a slight earthen cocoon. There are five species. 
Miana Strigilis (the Marbled Minor, No. 3) is a very variable insect, a dusky variety having been made 
by some a distinct species, under the name of J. Latruncula, and a still darker variety, I. dthiops, or the Black-a- 
Moor. The larva is described as grayish, paler underneath, and with black spiracles, and having paler lines, some- 
times of a violet tone, the head being brown or yellowish. It is very common, and the perfect insect is found in 
June and July. 
Miana Furuncula (the Cloaked Minor, No. 4) is almost as variable as the preceding, some specimens being 
of palish straw-colour, with the markings indistinct (one of which is represented at No. 5). In others the marks 
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