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BRITISH MOTHS 



Noctiia liubi, Vicwog. 



Noclua jmnicea, Hawurlli ; Stephens ; Wood, Ind. Ent. pi. 10, 

 fig. IG.O. 



SPECIES 17.— GRAPHIPHORA BELLA. Plate XXVL, Fig. G. 



SvNONYMEs. — A'octtia bdla, Borkliaiiscn ; Tieitsclike ; Godait 

 Boisd11v.1l. 



]\^octua (jiKidrata, ITiibner. 



This obscurely-marked species measures from IJ- to li inch in the expanse of the fore wings, which are of a 



r()s_v brown colour, with darker brown strigas ; an oblong brown patch of dark brovvn between the stigmata. 



and another near the extremity of the costa ; there is a pale transverse striga near the base of the wing, and 



another preceding the anterior stigma, edged with brown ; the stigmata are circled with ]iale hiteous ; beyond 



the outer stigma is a pale curved striga, and another near the apical margin ; the space between them and 



between the outer striga and the margin being darker ; there is also a black dot in the place of the supplemental 



stigma ; the costa is marked with several dark dots. The hind wings are ashy brown, the cilite having a rosy 



tinge. Varieties occur with the strigse more or less indistinct. This is a rather common species, which flies in 



June, according to Mr. Stephens ; but Boisduval gives August as the time of its appearance. It occurs in 



various parts of the country round London, and has also been taken in Shropshire. It is on the authority of 



Dr. Becker, of Wiesbaden, that the name of this species has been changed from punicea to bella. Mr. Ha worth 



had, indeed, pointed out its apparent want of agreement with Hiibner's figure of the former species. 



SPECIES 18.— GRAPHIPHORA C. NIGRUM. Plate XXVI., Figs. 4, .5. 



Synonymes.- — P/ial. X\'''wt. C. nigrum, Liun. ; Falir. ; Ocliscuh. ; i Noctun Niin-alrnm, limkhauiQn. 

 Hawortli ; Stephens; Wood, lud. Ent., pi. 10, tig. 106. ( Nocttia triaiKjuhtm, Natnrforscher. 



Tiiis very distinct species measures from 1} to 1^ inch in the expansion of the fore wings, which are of 3 

 shining dark ashy brown colour, with a very slender curved pale striga, edged with a black line close to the base 

 of the wing, followed by a short black streak, in front of which is a fulvous dot ; then follows a very slender 

 transverse pale striga running across the wing, adjoining which is the small fulvous sup]ilemental stigma, in front 

 of which is an elongated triangular black patch, in the chief area, united behind with a second similar patch ; the 

 space between them, extending quite to the costa, being of a pale brownish white colour, and which appears to 

 consist of the anterior stigma modified in form ; the second stigma is pale and much curved ; beyond this is a 

 curved and very indistinct row of pale arches, and near the tip of the costa is a black patch. The hind wings 

 are pale ashy, with the margin darker ; the front of the thorax is pale luteous. 



The caterpillar is reddish brown, shaded with black, with a slender white dorsal line, and with black lateral 

 spots. It feeds on Alsine media and Epilobium palustre. The moth appears in May and July. Treitsohke also 

 reared it in September, in which month Mr. Doubleday has found it at Epping, and Mr. Douglas, on Ivy- 

 on blossom, the 30th of the same month. It is a rather .abundant species, and is very widely distributed throughout 

 the country. 



SPECIES 10.— GRAPHIPHORA MUSIVA. Plate XXVL, Fig. 10, 11. 



S\"f:on\i\K.—Graphiphora Blusiva, Iliiliner ; Ticitschkc ; Godart; Boisduval (Chersotis M.) Stephens ; Wood, Ind. Ent. pi. 10, fig. 167. 

 This species measures about ]| inch in the expanse of the fore wings, which are of a red brown colour, with 

 a dark central streak running longitudinally from the base to the second stigma, the space between it and the 

 costa being pale buff, by which the anterior stigma is rendered obsolete ; the second stigma is, however, distinct, 

 and edged with whitish ; beyond this is a curved pale streak, and a second near the apical margin of the wiij'i- ; 

 the front of the thorax is pale luteous bufl", with a black transverse streak. The hind wings are whitish, with a 

 rather more dusky border. 



