NOCTUIDiE. — CEL^NA. 15 



but rather obscure ; on the margin itself is a row of very minute huiate- 

 triangular black spots : posterior wings reddish-brown, with rufous cilia. 

 I have a single example only, which is too much injured to describe. 



Taken in Norfolk and in Suffolk. 



Sp. 8. fasciuncula. Alis anticis rufis aut ochreo-griseis, in medio fascid lata 

 saturatiore stigmatihus ordinariis pallidioribus interniptd. (Exp. alar. 9^ — 

 12 lin.) 



No. fasciuncula. Haworth. — Mi. fasciuncula. Steph. Catal. pt. ii. p. 86. Ah. 

 6246. 



Head, thorax, and anterior wings deep rufous ; the latter with a darker central 

 fascia, greatly attenuated, and brownish towards the inner margin, where it is 

 obsoletely margined with wliite, the edging formed of a portion of the ordinary 

 central strigae ; in the hinder margin are a few reddish-brown clouds, and 

 the cilia are fuscous, with a red tinge : posterior wings fuscous, with whitish 

 or cinereous cilia. 



Var. /3. With the head, thorax, and anterior wings of an ochraceous or whitish 

 red, the latter with darker clouds, and a dusky-brown streak uniting the two 

 central strigae, towards the inner margin of the wing. 



This very distinct, though variable, species is occasionally found 

 in Copenhagen-fields, near the entrance of Agbush-lane, but it is 

 far from common. I have specimens from Hertford. 



f Sp. 9. minima. " Alis rufo-cincreis, maculis duabus ordinariis strigisque trihus 



pallidioribus." Haworth. (Exp, alar. 8 lin.) 

 No. minima. Haworth. — Ap. minima. Steph. Catal. pt. ii. p. 86. No. 6247. 



Anterior wings with a straight white striga before the middle, intersected with 

 black lines : then the usual stigmata appearing like small round spots, and 

 between them a fuscous cloud, wliich reaches to the costa ; then an arcuated 

 ■white striga, as in Ap. rufuncula ; and lastly, a broader undated pale strio-a 

 towards the posterior margin : cilia cinereous: posterior wings fuscous, with 

 white ciha. 



Few examples of this insect, which is the smallest of the Noc- 

 tuidae, are in collections. Mr. Haworth captured a single specimen 

 many years since at Darenth-wood ; it has since been taken in 

 other parts. " Whittlesea-mere." — Messrs. Bentley and Chant. 



Genus CXIV. — Cel^ena mihi. 



Palpi not very short, porrected obliquely, the two basal joints densely clothed 

 with elongate scales, the terminal exposed, rather obtuse, subhnear : basal joint 

 short, reniform, scarcely stouter than the second, which is nearly linear, a 

 little curved and slightly acute ; terminal stouter than the first, elongate-ovate, 



