AND THEIR TRANSFORMATIONS. 153 



SPECIES l.—DVPTERIGIA PINASTRl. Plate XXX., Fig. IG. 



SvNONYsics. — Phal. Noctua Pinaslri, Linn.; Hiilmcr ; Hawortli ; Stepliens ; Wood, Ind. Ent. pi, 11, fig. 217 ; 

 Doiiovjin, 10, pi. 317, fi^. 2. Noctua Dypterygia, Ilufnaglc. 



This species measures nearly 1 ;\ inch in the expansion of the fore wings, wliich are black or blackish brown, 

 with the three stigmata indicated by darker edges ; the costa with darker dots, indicating the place of the strigje, 

 and several minute white ones near the tips ; the inner niai-gin of the wing is pale ashy brown, as well as a 

 large, irregular, subapic.al patch, somewhat resembling a bird's wing expanded, near the angle of the fore wings, 

 edged within with black, and w'ith several black subapical dashes ; the hind wings are brown, with the margin 

 broad and darker. The caterpillar is dark brown, with blackish dots, with two pale longitudinal lines and several 

 oblique lateral ones. It feeds on various species of Rumex, and the moth appears in May and June. It is rather 

 rare, occurring in places where pines abound. 



DESCIUPTIOX OF PLATE XXXI. 



Inskcts. — Fig. 1. Xylinaconspicillaris (the silver cloud). 



" Fig. 2. Xylina piilla — (the ash shouhU'r knot). 



" Fig. 3. Xylina scmibrunnca (the tawny pinion). 



" Fig. 4. Xylina pctrificata (the j)alc pinion). 



" Fig. 5. Xylina pntris (the flame). 



" Fig. 0. Xylina L.imbcla (the grey slioulilcr hnni). 7. The Caterpillar. 



" Fig. 8. I.ithotnia solidaginis (the golden-rod brindle). 



" Fig. 9. Ciloeampa cxoleta (llie sword-gr.iss). 10. The Caterpillar. 



" Fig. 11 Calocimpa vetusta (the red sword. griiss). 12. The Caterpillar. 



Punts Fig. 13. Caret Vahlii (the close-headed Alpine Care.\). 



*' Fig. 14. Genista pilosa (hairy grccntreed). 

 Figures 1, 2 and 4, arc from specimens in the British Jlnseum ; the others are all from specimens sent to me by Mr. H. Doubleday. The 

 caterpillars arcfrom Hiibncr. — H. N. II. 



XYLINA, TREITSfUKE. 



This group, as restricted by Mr. Stepliens, is distinguished by the quadrate thorax ; the short, nearly horizontal 

 palpi, with the terminal joint more or less exposed ; the antenna- simple or but very slightly serrated in the males ; 

 the eyes naked, except in X. conspicillaris ; the fore wings rather long and narrow, with the tips obsoletely 

 dentated ; and the caterpillar naked, or but slightly pilose. The group is, however, by no means so natural as 

 could be wished, since Putris and Lambda have respectively a very different habit from the others, Semibrunnea, 

 for example ; which last possesses a much stronger resemblance to the Calocampa; ; in fact, N. putris, Lmn., is 

 given by Boisduval as an Agrotis, and Conspicillaris as a Luperina; whilst Mr. Curtis, who, in 1829, united the 

 Calocampfe, Xylinre, and Dypterigia- into one group (Brit. Ent. 256), separated a portion under the name of 

 Ehizolitha, in 1833 (Ent. Mag. i., 186). 



SPECIES 1.— XYLINA LAMBDA. Plate XXXI., Fig. 6. 



Synonymes. — A'oc/ua Lambda, Fab.? Hawortb ; Stephens; | fiAiso/iVAa tamJrfa, Curtis, Ent. Mag. No. 2, 189. 

 Wood, Ind. Ent., pi. 11, fig. 219. I Noctua r!ii:o!Uha, Fab. .= Hiibner: Godart ; Curtis. 



This species measures from U to U incli in the expanse of the fore wings, which are of a very pale greyish 

 white, with numerous small blackish dots on the costa, chiefly placed in pairs ; near the base of the wing is a 



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