2Qg BRITISH MOTHS 



SPECIES 1.— TRIPH^NA PRONUBA. Plate XXL, Fig. 1, 2, 3, and 11. 



SvNONYMES. Phal. Noct. pronuba, h'lrins^us; Donovan, vol. .0, , Varieiif — Triplia-iia inrmba, Ochsenlicitner ; Treitschke ; Esper ; 



pi. 311 ; Ilubner; Noct., pi. 2-2, fig. 103 ; Wilkes, 2, pi. 1 ; Harris, | Wood, IiiJ. Ent, pi. 8, fi.,'. 113; Albin, pi. 72, fig. a— d. 

 Aurelian, pi. 39, li.c;. d— f ; Wood, lud. Ent., pi. 8, fig. 1 12. 



Tlii-s very common species measures from 2 to 2J~ inches in the expanse of the fore wings, which vary very 



much in colour, being of a stone-grey or buff, varying to dark brown and considerably clouded with small dark 



transverse freckles, a small circle near, and a dark margined ear-shaped spot beyond, the middle ; a somewhat 



darker waved band near the tip, terminating in a small dark patch on the costa and the apex with a series of 



small dark arched patches. The hind wings bright orange, with a subinarginal black fascia. The head and 



front of the thorax arc ordinary pale stone colour, but sometimes they, as well as the wings, are of a uniform 



dark liver brown. Such specimens have been described as a distinct species, under the name of Innuba, but all 



the best modem writers consider them only as a variety of Tr. Pronuba. The perfect insect appears in June 



and July, frequenting meadows and gardens. The caterpillar is of a greenish brown colour, with two rows 



of black dots down the back. It feeds, according to M. Guenee, on the roots of various plants, half burying itself 



in the stems, a circumstance not observed in any of the other species of the genus. 



SPECIES 2.— TRIPH^NA ORBONA. Plate XXI., Fig. 4, 12. 



SvNoNYMES. — Noctua orbonUy Fabr. ; Goilart ; Hawoith ; Done- Noctua pronuba, De Villars. 



van, vol. 10, pi. 343, fig. 2. Varieties. — Noctua pioscqua, Dahl. : N. adscqua, Dahl. ; N. con- 



iVoc^wa Comes, Ochsenheimer ; Tieilscbkc. n\\V\, Ilubn. 



Noctua nubsequa, Esper. 



This species differs from the preceding in the shape of the fore wings, which are much shorter and 

 comparatively broader, and which vary from 1^ to 1-| inch in expanse. They are of a pale liver brown, with 

 several undulated rows of dots, especially marked on the costa, and with a small oval, and a rather large ear- 

 shaped brown stigma, (beneath which Mr. Curtis represents another dark stigma, whicli^ may be accidental), 

 near the apex there is a darker undulated baud. The hind wings are orange, with a black subapical band 

 broadest at the outer angle, and a dark discoidal crescent. The caterpillar is very variable in its colours, with 

 two rows of black spots on the side. It feeds on Plantago lanceolata, &c. The moth is very common, and 

 appears in June and July. 



SPECIES 8.— TRIPH^NA SUBSEQUA. Plate XXI., Fig. 5. 



SvNoNYMF.3. — Noctua subscqua^ Wiener Verz. ; Hiibner; Ochsenb.; Godart ; Treitschke; Boisduval ; Wood, Ind. Ent.pl. 8. fig. 111. 



Noctua consequa, Hiibner ; Curtis, Brit. Ent. pi. 348. 



This species very much resembles the preceding in the shape of the broad fore wings, which are brown, with 



two pale streaks towards the base ; an oblique-oval, and car-shaped stigma with pale margins, beyond which 



are two pale waved streaks, the veins between which are pale and dotted ; the apical margin also dotted. The 



hind wings with the submarginal band broader than in Orbona, and reaching to the centre, where it forms a 



dark lunule ; the superior margin beneath is black, and not rosy, as in that species. A specimen of this insect 



was taken by Mr. Curtis in the L-ile of Bute, on the 27th July, 1825, having been disturbed out of heath which 



covers the hills. 



SPECIES 4.— TRIPHiENA FIMBRIA. Plate XXI., Fig. G, 7, 13. 



SvNONVMEs. — Phalwna Nvrt. fimbria, Unn. ; Donovan, G, pi. 208 ; Hiibner. Noct., pi. 22, fig. 102 ; Ilanis, pi. ,"), fig. 2 ; 

 Wood, Ind. Ent. pi. 8. fig. 114. JS'octua Solani, Fabricius. 



This fine species varies from 2 to 2^ inches in the expansion of the fore wings, which vary from a pale o-rey 



stone colour to a dark brown, with two streaks between the base and middle ; the two ordinary stigmata varyintr 



