170 LLOYD'S NATURAL HISTORY. 



uniform row of black dots. The fringes are rusty-brown bi 

 whitish. 



In the variety JV. degenerana, Hiibner, white is the predominat- 

 ing colour, JV. undulana and N* dilutana, Hiibner, are varieties 

 without any white, but made up only of brown, grey, and rust- 

 colour. None of these forms are rare. It is only occasionally, 

 however, that the variety N. punctana^ in which the dark shades 

 are reduced to spots, is met with. 



The hind-wings of all specimens are brownish-grey, varied 

 with reddish-brown, with a silky gloss. 



The fringes are of the same colour, and of unusual length. 



The larva has sixteen legs, and is uniform pale green, with 

 long white hair. It feeds between the leaves of Salix caprea. 



GENUS NO LA. 



Nola, Leach, Edinb. Encycl. ix. p. 135 (1815); Stephens, 111. 



Brit. Ent. Haust. iv. p. 61 (1834). 

 Raiselia, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 397 (1827?). 



This is a genus including several small species, with broad 

 oval fore-wings, more or less rounded at the tip, and short 

 rounded hind-wings, hardly broader than the fore-wings. 



There are three tufts of raised scales on the wings ; the palpi 

 are long, drooping, and scaly, and ocelli are present. The larvae 

 are tufted, with only fourteen legs, and the pupa is enclosed in 

 a boat-shaped cocoon. 



The species of this genus more resemble small Gtometra or 

 Py rales than Lithosiidce, and were frequently classed among the 

 Pyraks until recently. Several species are found in England, 

 most of them, except N. cucullatella, being rather rare with us. 

 Two species are here mentioned. 



THE SHORT CLOAKED MOTH. NOLA CUCULLATELLA. 



Tinea aicullatella, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. (ed. x.) i. p. 537, no 

 2 5 8 (!75 8 ) ; id - Faun. Suec. p. 358 (1761). 



