AND THEIR TRANSFORMATIONS. 



117 



This moth is found in the woods of Darenth and Birch, Kent, and Epping. Taken very commonly in 

 the Latter situation by Jlr. II. Doubleday, who informs us that it is double-brooded ; tlie first brood appearing 

 in June, the sj-ecimens of which are smaller than those of the second, which appear in September. Mr. Stephens 

 also gives July, and Boisduval and Ochsenheimer July and August, as the times of its appearance. The 

 caterpilhu- is of an ashy grey colour, and feeds upon the roots of grasses. 



SPECIES G.-AGROTIS ANNEXA. Plate XXIII., Fig. 7. 



SwoHYMES. — Agrolis annexa, Trcitsclike ; Stephens, 111. lluust., 2 pi. 22, fig. 2 ; Wood, Iiid. Ent. pi. 9, fig. 131. 



Noclua mblerranea, Hawortb (but not of Fabricius). 



This very distinct species measures 1} inch in the expansion of the fore wings, which are of a pale-brown 

 colour ; the fore margin and a])ex pale, the hind portion of the wing dark, and the stigmata united by a 

 black dash ; there are numerous short, transverse, dark shadings across the costal part of the wing, and other 

 irregular ones between the base and the stigmata, beyond which is a row of dark spear-shaped dashes, and a 

 row of dark points along the apical margin of the wing. The hind wings white, with the outer and anal edge 

 brownish, and a slender dusky aj.ical margin. Very few siiecimens of this very rare species have occurred in tlie 

 neighbourhood of London (West Ham, Essex), and one specimen near Cork, in June 1826, now in Mr. Bentley's 

 cabinet, whence, by his permission, our figure was taken. Boisduval omits it from the European species of the 

 genus, considering it to be a native of North America. 



SPECIES 7.— AGROTIS VALLIGERA. Plate XXIII., Fig. U. 



SvNONYMES.— A^oc^aa valligtru, Wien. Ver/.. ; Treitschke, 5, I A^oc^. s«r/i«i/f)-a, Haworth, but not of HUbner noi Treitschkc. 

 163 ; Fabricius; Stcpbcus ; Wood, Ind. Ent. pi. 9, fig. 132. Bomb, trigotialis, lisper. 



Bombyx clavis, Espcr ; Donovan 10, pi. 340. fig. 2. | Pli. Noct. damfcra, De Vill. 



This handsome species measures from 1 ] to 1 j inches in the expanse of the fore wings, which are of a pale-grey 

 colour, varying to bluish or leaden-grey ; the costa with a dark narrow stripe interrupted by several small 

 whitish dots ; the basal stigma small, nearly white and oval, with a dark centre and margin, and the ear-shaped 

 stigma large and dark-gray coloured, (often followed by a small spine-like black mark), near to the other, the 

 space between them being dark. Behind the first stigma is a large elongate-oval brown patch, separated from it 

 by a whitish streak, and which runs inteiTujitcdly to the base of the wing ; beyond and behind the hinder stigma 

 is a very slender waved streak, followed by a series of brown slender angulated marks, and two or three dusky 

 patches on the margin ; the hind wings pale brown, with a sliglit darker central lunulo, a subapical dusky fascia, 

 and a slender dark marginal line ; the thorax is varied with grey and brown, the tippets being very pale, and 

 edged vritli dark brown. 



This species is comparatively rare, but very widely distributed. It appears in the perfect state in August. 



SPECIES 8.— AGROTIS RADIA. Plate XXIII., Fig. 12. 



SvNONVMES. — Bombyx raditis, Hawortb ; Stephens, III. 

 Variety. — Xoctua radioln, Haworth BISS. ; Curtis : Stephens, 

 III. H. 2, Plate -20, fig. 1, p. 119. 



Koctua pictUt Oobs. ? 

 Variety ?■ — N. lignosa, Godait. 



This species measures about 14- inch in the expanse of the fore wings, which are pale brown, varying to asliy- 

 grey, with a brown patch near the base, another towards the costa in the region of the second stigma, and the 

 apical mai'gin is also dusky ; the costa is marked with a considerable number of small dark oblique spots, some 

 of which towards the base are continued in irregular curved and waved lines across the wing, a small spear-like 



