44 LLOYDS NATURAL HISTORY. 



(Linn.). Guenee appropriately remarks that the species of 

 this genus, which has been accepted by all Entomologists, 

 exhibit a very strong family likeness. Nevertheless, Lederer 

 and those who have followed his arrangement, treat Triphcena 

 as a mere section of Agrotis. The type of the largest and 

 handsomest of the European species is figured on the accom- 

 panying plate. 



THE BROAD-BORDERED YELLOW UNDERWING. 



TR1PH/ENA FIMBRIA. 

 (Plate C XX VII., Fig. 6 ) 



Noctua fimbria, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat (ed. xii.) i. (2), p. 842, 

 no. 113 (1767); Esper, Schmett. iv. (i), p 144, Taf. 103, 

 figs. 1-6 (1789?); Hiibner, Eur. Schmett. iv. fig. 102 

 (1799?), figs. 551, 552 (1804?). 



Triphcena fimbria> Treitschke, Schmett. Eur. v. (i), p. 266 

 (1825); Stephens, III Brit. Ent. Haust. ii. p. 105 (1829); 

 Kirby, Eur. Butterflies and Moths, p. 187, pi. 35, figs, i-i c 

 (1880) ; Buckler, Larvae of Brit. Lepid. v. pi. 74, figs. 2-2 b 

 (1893); Barrett, Lepid. Brit. Isl. iv. p. 5, pi. 137, 

 figs. 2, 2 a-d (1896). 



The Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing is a native of 

 Central and Southern Europe and Asia Minor. It expands 

 from two inches to two inches and a quarter. 



The fore-wings vary considerably, from the palest greenish 

 clay-colour to the darkest chestnut or reddish-brown, with 

 markings of varying intensity. The female, as is usual with 

 Moths, is much more variable than the male. There is a 

 curved half-line near the base, and the first transverse line is 

 oblique. From the base to this line the colouring is very dark. 

 The orbicular and reniform stigmata are placed on a paler area, 

 and are bordered with whitish ; they are sometimes connected ; 

 the former is very large. Between the orbicular stigma and 



