142 LLOYDS NATURAL HISTORY. 



It is a rare insect in this country, and indigenous specimens 

 in good condition ye always regarded as a valuable addition 

 to the cabinet. It was first figured by Wilkes as a British 

 insect, and was said by him to have been found at Clifden, 

 in Buckinghamshire; whence the English name which he 

 assigned to it, and by which it is generally known by British 

 collectors. Though so rare, it has been taken almost anywhere 

 in England ; and a year or two ago, a specimen was found in 

 Hyde Park. 



THE RED UNDERWING. CATOCALA NUPTA. 

 (Plate CXXXL, Fig. i.) 



Noctua nupta, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. (ed. xii.), i. (2), p. 841, 

 no. 119 (1767); Esper, Schmett. iv. (i), pp. 119, 364, 

 Taf. 97, figs. A, B, 1-5 (1788?); Taf. 125 c, fig. 4 

 (1790?); Hiibner, Eur. Schmett. iv. figs. 329, 330 

 (1804?). 



Hemigeometra nupta^ Haworth, Lepid. Brit. p. 268, no. 2 

 (1809). 



Catocala nupta^ Treitschke, Schmett. Eur. v. (3), p. 337 

 (1826); Stephens, 111. Brit. Ent. Haust. iii. p. 132 (1830); 

 Kirby, Eur. Butterflies and Moths, p. 269, pi. 41, fig. 4 

 (1881); Buckler, Larvae of Brit. Lepid. vi. p. 121, pi. 104, 

 figs. 5-5 0(1895). 



The Red Underwing expands about three inches across the 

 wings. It is found throughout Central and Eastern Europe, 

 Asia Minor, and Siberia. 



The head and the slightly crested thorax are light grey, 

 dusted with yellowish and brown. The collar is striped with 

 darker. The x abdomen is ashy-grey, with an anal tuft of the 

 same colour in the male, and with white hair on the sides and tip. 

 The antennae are grey, and the legs white. The body is white 

 beneath. 



