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THE GENERA OF BRITISH MOTHS, 
PLATE XXIX. 
No. 1.—The Bordered Straw (Heliothis Peltigera). No. 10.—The Purple Marbled (Zromene Ostrina). 
No. 2.—The Caterpillar of the Bordered Straw. No. 11.—The Small Marbled (Trothisa Haworthan«). 
No. 3.—The Spotted Clover Moth (Heliothis Scutosa). No. 12.—The Marbled White Spot (Erastria Fuscula). 
No. 4.—The Caterpillar of the Spotted Clover Moth. No. 13.—The Caterpillar of the Marbled White Spot. 
No. 5.—The Beautiful Yellow Under-wing (Anarta Myrtilli). No. 14.—The Small Purple Barred (Prothymia Enea). 
No. 6.—The Small Yellow Under-wing (Panemeria Arbuli). No. 15.—The Black-neck (Ophiusa Pastinum). 
No. 7.—The Four-spotted (Acontia Luctuosa). No. 16.—The Caterpillar of the Black-neck, 
No. 8.—The Spotted Sulphur (Emmelia Sulphuralis). No. 17.—The Lunar Double Stripe (Ophiodes Lunaris). 
No, 9.—The Silver Hook (Hyela Uncana). 
Tue seventeenth sub-family of the Noctwide is that of the Heliothidi, a pretty group of small, but 
robust insects, mostly distinguished by the strong markings of the underwings, which are, in nearly all cases, of 
some tone of yellow broadly bordered with black or brown. There are three genera, Heliothis, Anarta, and 
Panemeria. 
The genus Heliothis. The insects comprised in this genus have the antenne simple, those of the male being 
slightly pubescent. The thorax is without crest, as is the abdomen, which is rather depressed. The larva 
is slender but not attenuated at the extremities, and it prefers the flowers to the leaves of the plants on which it 
feeds, The pupa is subterranean. 
Heliothis Peltigera (the Bordered Straw, No. 1) is avery rare insect. The Caterpillar (No. 2) feeds on 
Rest-harrow, Arenaria, and other plants. The perfect insect appears from June to August, and is generally 
found in clover-fields at mid-day, hovering over the flowers. It has been taken near Manchester, and also at 
Plymouth, and accordings to Mr. Stainton, single specimens have been obtained at Cambridge, and at Lower 
Guiting, on the Cotswold. 
The other species are H, Marginata (the Bordered Sallow), H. Armigera (the Scarce Bordered Straw), 
H. Scutosa (the Spotted Clover Moth, No. 3), the Caterpillar of which is also figured (No. 4), and H. Dipsacea 
(the Marbled Clover), Dipsacea and Marginata are not very uncommon, but all the others are rare. 
The genus Anarta, In this genus the insects have the antenne slightly pubescent in both sexes. The 
fore wings have irregular markings, the hind wings are of some shade of yellow margined with a deeper colour. 
The larve are short and smooth. The pupa is enclosed in a cocoon of silk mixed with particles of earth. 
Anarta Myrtilli (the Beautiful Yellow Under-wing, No. 3) is among the most common of this pretty group. 
The Caterpillar is green, with stripes, and prettily marked with yellowish patches. It feeds on common Heath, and 
the perfect insect appears in June and July. It is taken in many places from Lewes to Edinburgh. 
The other species of this genus are A. Cordiyera (the Small Dark-yellow Under-wing) and A. Melanopa 
(the Broad-bordered White Under-wing), both of which are extremely rare, and apparently confined to the North, 
