TNE GENERA OF BRITISH MOTHS. 67 
PLATE XXVII. 
No. 1.—The Fen Wainscot (Culamia Phragmitidis). No. 6.—The Great Angle-shades (Phlogophora Empyrea). 
No. 2.—The Powdered Wainscot (Simyra Venosa). No. 7.—The Mullein (Cucullia Verbasci). 
No. 3.—The Tawny-veined Wainscot (Oria Musculosa). No. 8.—The Caterpillar of the Mullein. 
No, 4.—The Angle-shades (Phlogophora Meticulosa). No. 9.—The Shark (Cucullia Umbratica). 
No. 5.—The Caterpillar of the Angle-shades. No. 10.—The Caterpillar of the Shark. 
Tue first insects in this Plate complete the group of the Wainscots. 
The genus Calamia only includes one British species, recently separated from Leucania, on account of the 
Caterpillar being a pith feeder, and from Nonagria, on account of the glossy smoothness of the wings, the veins of 
which are not raised as in that genus. 
Calamia Thragmitidis (the Fen Wainscot, No.1) has the anterior wings rather bluntly lanceolate; they 
are shining and without marks, being of an ochreous colour, with a greenish-brown gloss. The Caterpillar is 
described by Treitschke as being of a dirty white, with a row of irregular spots of violet-brown. It has been taken 
in Cambridgeshire, and also in the Greenwich marshes. 
The genus Simyra. This genns is characterized by the antenne of the perfect insect, which are simple in 
both sexes, those of the male being, however, pubescent beneath. The fore wings are very pointed, and are without 
_ any of the usual characteristic marks, but have some dark longitudinal lines. In the Caterpillar stage, the insects 
assigned to this genus are very distinct from the other Wainscots, as they are clothed with fascicles of hair, and feed 
on herbaceous plants, the pups being enclosed in a cocoon. 
Simyra Venosa (the Powdered Wainscot, No. 2) is found in Huntingdonshire, and other marshy districts. 
The Caterpillar is thick, and clothed with fascicles of erect hairs, yellowish on the upper side of the body. It is 
spotted with red, brown, and black, and has a yellow lateral stripe, interrupted by brown dots. 
The genus Qvia contains another of the species, separated from Leucania. It is the same genus as Dupon- 
chel’s Synia, Hiibner’s name having been eventually preferred on account of its priority. 
Oria Musculosa (the Tawny-veined Wainscot, No. 3) is extremely rare, but two specimens have been taken 
recently at Brighton. The Caterpillar is unknown. 
The fifteenth sub-family of the Noctwide is that of the Cucullidi, containing the group popularly known as 
the Sharks, and some other rather aberrant species, which have been located with them for want of a better place. 
The genus Phlogophora is one of tliese, and it is made to comprise two British species, which have but small 
affinity with each other. There are common characteristics, however, which may be stated, as—Antenne pubescent, 
abdomen long and hairy at the sides, fore wings dentate at the fringed edge; in P. Meticulosa the main form being 
also deeply waved. In repose, the wings fall on either side with a very steep incline, and in Continental species 
they are sometimes folded, giving the insect a very long and narrow appearance. The Caterpillars are velvety, 
with oblique streaks along the back. They feed on low plants, concealing themselves during the day. The pupa 
is formed in a subterranean cocoon according to some authors, while others state that it is placed on the surface 
of the ground. 
Phlogophora Meticulosa (the Angle-shades, No. 4) is one of our prettiest, and at the same time most abundant, 
native species. The Caterpillar (No. 5) feeds on a great variety of common plants. There are two broods, the Moths 
appearing in May and September. 
