Noctua tiyriuUf Esper. 



N'octua nulphurago, Bnrkhauscn (variety). 



I4g brtt:rh moths 



SPECIES 1.— DASYCAMPA RUBIGINEA. Plate XXX., Fig. 3, 4. 



Synonvmes. — Noctua rubiijinea, Wiea. Verz. ; Fabricius ; Hiib- 

 ner; Hawortli ; Stephens; Wood, Ind. Ent. pi. 11, fig. 207; 

 lioisduval ; Guende ; Trcitschke. 



TIlis species measures about 1\ inch in the expansion of the fore- wings, which, as well as the thorax, are 



of a rich, oranpre yellow colour ; the former clouded with rusty red undulated strigtB, especially across the 



middle, and with niunerous small brown dots ; the stigmata are not very distinct, the outer one being marked 



with a larger darker spot on its hinder part ; the hind wings are brownish black with fulvous cilia. The 



caterpillar is brown and hairy, with black dots along the back. Rare, but taken at Bromsgrove, by Mr. Morris 



and in Norbury P.ark, by J. Walton, Esq., in October 1833. 



GLiEA, HtJBNER ; Steph. CERASTIS, Och,?. ; Boisd. ; Guenee. 



As here restricted this genus is characterised by the flattened bodies of the perfect insects, which have the 

 antenna; slender and setaceous, covered with scales above, pubescent beneath, eacli joint producing a few fine 

 bristles ; the palpi short, with the apical joint very minute, scarcely porrected beyond the frontal tuft ; the 

 abdomen truncated at the tip, and the fore wings also truncated at the tip, with the hinder angle rounded. When 

 at rest they lie flat, one being partially jilaced upon the other. The caterpillars are smooth, cylindrical, thick and 

 velvety, with the stigmal line distinct. They feed upon low plants by night ; the perfect insects appear at the 

 end of the autumn. 



Mr. Curtis adopted tliis genus in the extent proposed by Mr. Stephens, namely, including rubricosa, rubiginea, 

 and satellitia, observing, in opposition to that author, on the " pernicious practice of giving everything a generic 

 namo which does not strictly accord with the type," it frequently happening "that the first and last species are 

 as nearly related to other genera as to that in which they are included." Mr. Curtis, however, subsequently saw- 

 that this practice was not quite so pernicious as he once deemed it, for, in a subsequent part of his work, he 

 separated his last species satellitia as a distinct genus, whilst rubiginea and even, perhaps, rubricosa, have no 

 greater right to retain their situation in the genus. 



SPECIES 1.— GLiEA VACCINII. Plate XXX., Fig. 6, 6. 



.Synonymes. — Phal. Noct. J'accinii^ Linnscus ; Htibner ; 

 Haworth ; Boisdnval ; Stephens ; Wood, Ind. Ent. pi. 1 1 , fig. 209 ; 

 Albin. pi. 23, fig. 34, e— h. 



Noctua polda, Hiibuer ; Ilaworth ( vaiiety). 



Noctua Ixgula^ Esper (variety). 



Noctua spadicea, W-x\ioxi\\\ Hiibnev.' (variety). 



This is a very variable species, measuring about, or rather more than 1-^ inch on the expanse of the fore 

 wings which have a shining appearance which gives the greyer parts a bloom. The ground colour of the fore 

 wings is dark red brown, the apical portion more tinged with orange ; near the base of tlie wing is a small short 

 transverse grey striga, another more curved preceding the stigmata, and a third beyond the outer stigma, 

 much undulated ; the chief veins are also greyish ; the stigmata are orange with a darker centre, the outer one 

 black behind ; parallel with the apex is a sub-marginal dark striga preceded by a row of small reddish 

 brown punctures, and the extreme margin is varied with small conical darker patches ; the under wings are 

 tawny grey, with reddish fulvous cilia. The species varies, however, very greatly in the colours of the fore wings, 

 some being almost uniform reddish brown, and others much darker. 



Guided by the great practical knowledge of Mr. H. Doubleday, respecting this tribe of insects, (see Ento- 

 mologist, p. 2(j2,) we have given the dark chestnut, (Noct. spadicea, Haworth) and netted chestnut (N. polita) 



