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the roots or in the stalks of plants, or under leaves. The pupae 

 are generally subterranean, and enclosed in a casing of 

 agglutinated earth. 



The Apameina are well represented in temperate climates, 

 and several of our British species are abundant, and some- 

 times very destructive. 



GENUS GORTYNA. 



Gortyna, Ochsenheimer, Schmett. Eur. iv. p. 82 (1816) ; 

 Treitschke, Schmett. Eur. v. (2) p. 330 (1825); Guenee, 

 Spec. Gen. Lepid. Noct. i. p. 120 (1852). 



These are stout-bodied moths, with the antennae crenulated 

 in the males, and with short ascending palpi. The thorax is 

 slightly crested, and the abdomen long and broad. The fore- 

 wings are varied with yellow or reddish, and the markings are 

 very distinct. The larvae feed, like those of Nonagria, inside the 

 stems of thistles, burdock, and similar plants ; and the pupae 

 are found in the same situation. The moths, of which only one 

 species (common in England) is generally distributed in Europe, 

 may be found in meadows in the daytime. 



THE FROSTED ORANGE. GORTYNA FLAVAGO. 

 (Plate CXXVIL, Fig. 5.) 



Noctua flavago, Denis & Schiffermiiller, Syst. Verz. Schmett. 

 Wien, p. 86, no. 5 (1776) ; Esper, Schmett. iv. (i), p. 213, 

 Taf. 112, figs. 2-4 (1788?), iv. (2) i. p. 671, Taf. 176, 

 fig- J ( r 795?); Hiibner, Eur. Schmett. iv. figs. 186, 187 

 (1799?) 



Noctua ochracea, Hiibner, Beitr. Gesch. Schmett. i. (i), p. 19, 



pi. 2, fig. M (1786), 



