76 THE GENERA OF BRITISH MOTHS. 
and Scarborough : and also at Lowestoft, in Suffolk, by G. R. Waterhouse, Esq. The places where its capture 
has been most recently recorded, are Brighton, Worthing, Burton-on-Trent, and Manchester. 
Catocala Nupta (the Red Under-wing, No. 5) is nearly as handsome as the more famous Clifden Beauty, and 
has the advantage of being common in all the Southern counties. The Caterpillar is greenish gray with white 
lines, and slight pinkish humps, similar to those of the larva of C. Frawxini, on the fifth and twelfth segments ; 
the fringe above the feet is white. It feeds on Willows and Poplars. The Moth appears in the beginning of 
August, flying by day, and often settling on the trunks of trees; but is very shy of an approaching object. 
Brighton, Bristol, and especially Cambridge, are cited as localities where it abounds; and in more northerly 
situations, Worcester, Lyndhurst, &c. 
The other species, C. Promissa (the Light Crimson Under-wing) and C. Sponsa (the Dark Crimson Under- 
wing) are both smaller than C. Nupta, and they are also much less common. They are a very local species, but 
tolerably plentiful in the New Forest, occurring much farther north than Nupta. The Caterpillar of C. Sponsa is 
represented at No. 6. Some of the numerous exotie Catocale are remarkably splendid. 
The twenty-fourth sub-family of the Noctuidae is that of the Phalenoidi, containing only one British genus, 
in one of the species of which the males have pectinated antennie, while in the other the antenne are simple in 
both sexes, 
The genus Brephos. The insects in this genus have the palpi thickly clothed with long diverging hairs. 
The wings when at rest are horizontal, the hind wings richly coloured. The larve are sixteen-footed, the two 
anterior pair of pro-legs being smaller than the others. They closely resemble in their movements the perfect 
loopers of the next great family, dropping from a branch when alarmed, and remaining suspended by a silken 
thread spun from the mouth. There are two British species. 
Brephos Parthenias (the Orange Under-wing, No.7). The specimen represented is a male. The con- 
spicuously bipectinated antenne above alluded to being carefully delineated. The female has the antenne 
simple. The Caterpillar (No. 8) feeds on Willows ; the Moth appearing at the end of March when the Willows are 
in blossom, about the flowers of which this species delights to hover. It is not uncommon in rather woody 
districts, and is very widely dispersed. 
The other species, B. Notha (the Light Orange Under-wing), is rarer than the preceding. The antenne are 
simple in both sexes ; but the female, though not distinguished from the male by the antenne, is differently 
marked, having more of those creamy white patches on the anterior wings which so conspicuously distinguish this 
species from B. Parthenias. 
The twenty-fifth and last sub-family of the Noctwide is that of the Goniatidi, in which there is only one 
British genus, Luclidia. 
The genus Euclidia differs from the preceding in the smaller size of the palpi, but is more especially 
distinguished by the form of the larve, which are very slender, almost vermiform, and have only twelve feet. 
There are two British species. 
Euclidia Glyphica (the Burnet, No. 9) is of about the size, and has somewhat of the general appearance, 
of the insects in the last-described gente It is a very common species. The Caterpillar is described as dull 
ochreous above, and brown underneath, with a white lateral line and a brown head; it feeds on verbaseum, 
trifolium, and other herbaceous plants, the Moth appearing about the end of June. It is common, and very 
widely distributed ; the neighbourhoods of Brighton, Manchester, Worcester, York, and many other localities 
being named as places where it is commonly captured. 
The other species of this genus, Huclidia Mi (the Shipton, No. 10), is much more beautiful and conspicuous ; 
the striking contrast of its markings, and their peculiar waving forms, making it a very attractive object to the 
young collector, who is likely enough to procure specimens during his very first season of collecting, as it is 
common everywhere. The Caterpillar (No. 11) feeds upon Medicago falcata, and also on grasses. The Moth 
appears in May and June, and may be sought in clover-fields and open meadows, along the hedge-rows. 
