AND THEIR TRANSFORMATIONS. I43 



verse ; tlic second very mucli angulatcd towni-Js tlie costa, and curved in the middle of the wing ; the space 

 between this and the third striga is more dusky, and incloses a jjale stigma having a dusky centre ; tlie third 

 striga is considerably curved, and the fourth, formed of small dusky crescents, runs nearly parallel with the 

 apical margin of the wings ; the hind wings are brown, paler at the base, with the ciliaj of all the wings fulvous. 

 Introduced as British by ]\Ir. Curtis into his Guide, but considered by Mr. Stephens as dubious. The 

 antenna? of the males are pectinated, whence, as well as from its general habit and markings, it seems scarcely 

 referable to the present group. M. Guoneo has given it as the single species of his genus Mythimna (Ann. Soc. 

 Ent. de France, 1841, p. 23^), whilst Boisduval unites it with nictitans, Linn., and connexa, Borkh., as an 

 aberrant section (" an gen. proprium ") of his genus Luperina. 



SEGETIA, Stephens, Boisduval. 

 The antonnse of the males are dentato-ciliated, and those of the females but slightly ciliated ; the palpi are 

 porrected in front of the eyes, but rather short ; the terminal joint distinct, but not quite so long as the hairs on 

 the preceding joint ; the eyes naked ; the thorax is rounded, not crested ; the wings rather short ; the apical 

 margin rather truncate and entire ; the two stigmata pale and distinct. The caterpillars are cylindrical, of a 

 grey colour, with dark longitudinal stripes ; they feed by night upon low herbs and grasses ; the perfect insects 

 appear in the autumn. 



SPECIES 1.— SEGETIA XANTHOGRAPHA. Plate XXIX., Fig. 9. 



Synony.mes Noclua A'anlltographa,\y'ien.\<:rz. ; Fabr. ; Treitschke ; Duponcliel ; Hiibucr ; Stephens ; WooJ. Ind. Eat. pi. 10, fig. 194. 



Noclua tetragona, Hawortb. 



This species measures from 1^ to 1 ^ inch in the expanse of the fore wings, which are of a pale-brown colour, 

 with a reddish tinge : fine specimens have two undulated or elbowed brown strigaj before the middle of the 

 wing. The two stigmata are distinct and lutcous, the first small and oblique, the second large and square ; 

 beyond these is an arched pectinated striga, or a curved row of black dots, and there is a subapical pale stnga but 

 slightly conspicuous, rather undulated ; the ciliffi are brown ; the hind wings are whitish buff, with the margin 

 brownish, and whitish cilite. There is considerable variation in the depth of colour of the markings, which 

 are sometimes indistinct. 



The caterpilkar is dusky yellow, with a pale line on each side, and black dots and lines behind. The perfect 

 insect is very abundant, and appears in August ; " the larva; feed through the winter," Curtis. 



SPECIES 2.— SEGETIA NEGLECTA. Plate XXIX., Fig. 10. 



SvNONYSiES.— iVociMO neglccta, Hiibncr ; Tieitsrhke ; Haworth ; Stephens, 111. Ilaubt. 2, pi. 21, fij. 1. 



Wood, Ind. Ent., pi. 10, fig. 195. 



This species is considerably larger than the preceding, measuring It to li. inch in the expanse of the fore 

 wings, which are of a dull ashy colour, slightly irrorated with dusky dots, some of which seem to represent the 

 ordinary striga;, the third of which, beyond the stigmata, consists of a curved row of more distinct dots placed 

 upon the veins. The fore stigma is almost obliterated, but the outer one is more distinct, pale, and incloses a 

 dusky spot ; nearly parallel with the apical margin runs a dusky striga, having a pale external margin ; the hmd 

 wings are brown, with the base and cilia pale. 



Taken in the woods in Kent, and in the New Forest, in September, by JMessrs. Chant and Bentley. 



