AXn THEIR TRAXSFORMATIONS. jg- 



close to the apex, the stigmata being also encircled with a pale line ; the cilia is asli}--coloured ; the hind wings 

 are more dusky, the cilia being slightly reddish. Found, but very rarely, in the neighbourhood of London. 

 Mr. Stephens states that it closely resembles some of the varieties of O. sparsa, whilst Mr. Doubleday considers 

 it as a variety of the following. 



SPECIES 7.— O. (T.a<:NIOCAMPA) STABILIS. Plate XXVIII. Fig. 1., S: PLATE XXIX. Fig. 20. 

 SYNOHYKBS.—Nocluastabilis, Wicii. Vcr/..; Hubner ; Treitschke; I Noctua juncta, Haworth ; Alhiii, pi. 76, tig. e— b (variety). 

 Steplicns ; Wood, Ind. Ent. pi. 10, fii;. 177. Noctua rufannulata, Hawurlb (vaiiclv). 



Noctua Ceraiiy Fabricius ; llawortli ; Albin, pi. 75, fig. a — e. I 



;, Tiiis very common insi'ct varies from 1 ] to 1 ^ inch in the expanse of the fore wings, which are of a brownish- 



M^red colour, having a greyish tinge ; the strigjB at the base of the wing obsolete ; the stigmata very large, and 



almost, and sometimes quite, touching each other, encircled with a whitish-buff line, the anterior one having an 



oval supplemental stigma behind it, also edged with a pale line, the hinder portion of which is, however, less 



conspicuous; beyond the outer stigma is a row of minute black dots placed on the veins ; and beyond this, an 



oblique, nearly straight, pale striga, through which run the veins which form very fine lines ; close to the m 



of the wing itself is also a row of minute black dots ; the hind wings are brunneous grey, and shiniuc Tl 



antennas of the males are far more strongly bi)>ectinated in this .species than in O. sparsa, instabilis, Sec. 



The varieties are very numerous ; that named \. jimcta by Haworth has the wings reddish grey, witii the 



rings surrounding the stigmata united, and a ])ale subapical striga (Mr. Haworth, however, mentions that the 



antennjB arc less pectinated in this than in the type). The N. rufannulata of Haworth has the wines reddish 



brown, "with a subapical red striga margined externally with pale, and the stigmata separate and margined with 



red. In other varieties the ordinary strigfe are more distinct, and in some specimens there is a dark broad bar 



between the stigmata. 



The caterpillar is yellowish, with three greenish-yellow longitudinal lines ; it feeds on the willow, as well as 



on the oak, elm, clicrr}-, Sec. ; and the moth appears in March and April, and is very abundant. 



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SPECIES a— O. (T.F.NIOCAMPA) MINIOSA. Plate XXVIII., Fig. 2, 3. 

 SvNONYMES. — iVoc/wa mi/iiosa, AVien. Vei7.. ; Kubr. ; Boikliauscu; Hiibner ; Ochs. ; Treitscbke; Hiiwoitii; Stepliens ; Wood. Ind. 

 Ent. pi. 10, fig. 178. Bombi/.v ru/jicosa, Espcr. 



This species measures from 1 ]- to 1 .; inch in the expanse of the fore wings, which are pale riifesecnt or cinereous, 

 with a slender red striga near the base, followed by another broad bar of the same colour, broadest towards 

 the costa, which, however, it does not reach. It includes the ordinary stigmata, and is margined both anteriorly 

 and posteriorly by a pale striga edged with dusky. Between this and the apical margin (especially in the 

 females) is a striga formed of red dots upon a pale-buff slightly- waved striga ; the cilia is rufous-ashy. The hind 

 wings are rosy white, with a dai'k luiiule (more distinct in the female), and an interrupted brown stripe bej'ond 

 the middle ; the margin itself marked with a row of reddish lunules, the cilia dark rosy. There is some difference 

 in the tone both of the ground colour of the wings and of the strigas of this handsome species. The antennas of 

 the males are strongly pectinated. 



The caterpillar is black, with a yellow line on each side ; it feeds on the oak and birch in the summer, and 

 the moth appears in March, but is rare. 



SPECIES 9.— O. (T^ENIOCAMPA) CRUDA. Plate XXVII., Fig. 11., & Plate XXIX., Fig. 12. 



Synonvmes. — Noctua crwla, Wien. Verz. ; Treitscbke ; Stephens ; i Noctua pulverulenta, Esper ; Borkbausen. 

 Wood, lud. Ent. pi. 10, fig. 179. Bombyx nanus, Haworth; Albin, pi. 74, fig. a — e. 



Noctua ambigua, Hubuer ; Duponchcl ; Boisduval. 1 



This dull-coloured insect is one of the smallest in the genus, measuring from 1 to \\ inch in the expanse of 



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