AND TIIKIU TRANSFORMATIONS. j^p 



in sizo, snccooded l)y two pale simiatcd streaks, tlic outer one more or less parallel witii the apex, with several 

 whitish dots on the costa. Tiie hind wings rich orange, with a very broad snbapical har of black ; the iiead 

 and thorax are coloured like the fore wings, and the abdomen fulvous. The caterpillar is very thick and fleshy 

 and is found in the spring and aiitunni feeding on primrose, violet, jjotato, &o. It is ochre brown, with the 

 head darker, two rows of small dusky sjiots down the back, and tlie region of the spiracles dark. This is a rare 

 but widely-dispersed species, being occasionally beaten out of oaks in woods. It appears in June, .Jiilv 

 and August. 



SPECIES 5.— TRIPHiI-:NA INTERJECTA. Pi,.4te XXI., Fig. 8. 

 SvNONYMES.— Afoc<«n interjecta, Hubncr, Noct., |il. 23, fig. 107; Ocliscnhcimcr ; (iodart, pi. .')9, fig. 1 ; Ticitschke; Wood, Ind. Ent. 



pi. 8, fig. ll.i. 



This species varies from 1,; to nearly lA inch in the expanse of the fore wings, which are of a red brown 

 colour, with a considerable number of sinuatcd rows of dark marks, and with two black dotted streaks near the 

 apex (the space between which is darker) beyond the ordinary stigmata, which arc almost obliterated. The hind 

 wings dull orange-coloured, dusky at the base, and with a broad black subapical fascia. It is not a common 

 species, occurring in the woods of the metropolitan district in June and July. The caterpillar has the 

 conspicuous markings on the eleventli segment obliterated. 



SPECIES fl.—TRIPH^NA JANTHINA. Pr,ATE XXI. Fig. 9. 



Xoctua fimbria minor, De Vill, Pint. pi. 5. fig. 24. 

 I'hul. Domuiluca, Fucssly, Arcli,, pi. IG. 



Synonymbs. — Noctua Janthina, Wiener Vcr/. ; Kabricius ; 

 llawonh ; Iliibncr ; Espor ; Ciod-art ; Donov.an, vol. 10, pi. ,313, lig. 

 1 ; Wood, hid. Ent. pi. 8, lig. 11«. 



This species varies from I , ;,- to I ; inch in the expanse (jf the fore wings, which are of a fine brown-crrev 



colour, with a slate-coloured gloss in various parts ; several darker curved lines near the base, obliterated on the 



disc ; a broader curved bar across the centre, and a slender one nearer the apex, terminated on the costa in a 



triangular red-brown patch. The hind wings bright orange, with the base brown, and a broad subapical black 



band, much waved, within. The head and front of the body very pale buff; the apex of the fore wings beneath, 



and the costa of the hind wings pale dull red. This is by no means a common species, although very widely 



distributed throughout England ; it frequents lanes and the margins of woods, and flies in July and August. 



The caterpillar is dirty-white coloured, with waved dusky stripes on the sides, and strongly-marked cuneiform 



spots on the eleventli segment ; it feeds on Arum maculatum and a species of chickweed. 



CERIGO, Stephens. 

 This genus in its preparatory states, as well as in the dark banded hind wings, agrees with Triphsena ; it 

 also agrees with that genus in its habits. It has accordingly been separated by Mr. Stephens from the genus 

 Polia, in which Ochsenbelmer placed it, and his genus has been adopted by the more recent French Lepidopterists. 

 The antonnaj of the males arc ciliated nearly to the tips, and the ]>alpi compressed with nearly equal-sized joints ; 

 the thorax is slightly tufted behind ; the abdomen square at the tip in the males, but conical in the females ; the 

 upper wings rounded and denticulated at the tip, with the apex obtuse. 



SPECIES 1.— CERIGO CYTHEREA. Plate XXI., Fig. 10. 



Synonymes. — Noctua CythereQ,¥i\\)nc\\ii ; HawortU ; Boisduval; 

 Gue'ne'e. 



Noctua coniie-va, lliibner. 



Noctua texla, Espci- ; Stephens ; Wood, Ind. Ent.pl. 8, fig. 117. 



Phalana »na(!/ra, lliifniigle. 



$ Noctua prospicua, Havvortli, but not of Hiibner, which Boi?. 

 duval refers to the Hadenidi. 



This rare species varies from 1' to li- inch in the expanse of the fore wings, which are of an ashy brown 



