PLATE CCCXCVII. 5 



Bombyx Cassinia : alis deflexis grifeis : lineolis abbreviates nigris 

 fparfis. Fabr. Ent. Syft. T. 3. p. I. 460. n. 16*4. 

 B. Cas3inius. Sprawler. Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 106. n. 40? 



Fabricius defcribes his Bombyx Caffinia as a native of Auftria 

 from the cabinet of Schieffermyller. It is found on the Lime. If this 

 be of the fame fpecies as the B. Caflinius above quoted, it is alfo found 

 in the larva ftate on the oak, and appears in the winged ftate in Sep- 

 tember. 



This infeft, considered as a Britifli fpecies, is almoft equally as fcarce 

 as the preceding, Bombyx Zebu. 



FIG. III. 

 NOCTUA AURICULA. 



GOLDEN EAR MOTH. 

 SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 



Noctua Auricvla. Anterior wings fub-ferruginous with a fmali 

 fulvous fpot, and in the middle a larger ear-fhaped 

 yellow fpot enclofing a lunar ring. 



L'Eclatante. Ernjl. II. part. v. 6. n. 394. 



This 



