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BRITISH MOTHS 



rather curved, black, longitudinal line, dilated at the extremity, and connected with a slightly-visible oval, darkish 

 rinc preceding the stigmata, which are almost obsolete ; the outer one, as well as the supplemental stigma, 

 indicated by a short, dark, curved line behind : beyond the stigmata are several very ill-defined rows of dots and 

 marks, and there is a row of small, black, apical dots ; the cilia pale grey dotted with brown ; the hind wings 

 brown, with grey cilia ; head and body clotlied with grey hairs. The caterpillar is clothed with short hairs, and 

 is oTcen, with a white lateral line and dots, and a bluish dorsal one. It feeds on the oak, and the moth, which is 

 not very common, appears in September and March. 



^ote. — Fabricius speaks of a black lunule in fioat of the thorax of liis N. rhizolitha, which does not accord with our insect. 



SPECIES 2.— XYLINA PULLA. Plate XXXI., Fig. 2. 

 Synonyme. — Noctua pulla, Wicn. Vera.; Iliibner ; Ochseaheimer ; Stephens; Wood, Ind. Ent., pi. II, fig. 220. 



This species measures 1^ inch in the expanse of the fore wings, which are of a dark ashy grey colour, with 

 dark lines ; a darker patch towards the base is followed by a pale ashy space, enclosing the angulated stigma ; 

 the supplemental stigma is also indicated by a pale grey angulated spot, and the outer stigma is edged with the 

 same colour ; there is also a rather broad submarginal pale stripe, intersected by blackish lines and white specks, 

 and the margin of the wing itself i.s also irregularly black ; the hind wings pale grey, with the veins dark. We 

 believe this species to be unique as British in the collection of the British JIuseum, having been captured at 

 Woodside, near Epping, in 1817. Tlie caterpillar is described as green, with white spots and lateral lines. 

 Tilt! moth appears in the autumn. 



SPECIES 3.— XYLINA PUTRIS. Plate XXXI., Fig. 5. 



Synonymes Ph. Noct. pJdris,\Ann. ; Trcitschke ; Godart ; Ha- Noctua lignosa, \lubneT. 



worth; Curtis; Stephens; Wood, Ind. Eut., pi. 11, fig. 223; Albin, PAotena sjiicoriicafo, Hufnagle. 



pi. 79, fig. a — d. 



This species measures from 1} to nearly 1^ inch in the expansion of the fore wings, the anterior or costal 



portion of which is dark brown, varied with pale buff, whilst the hinder portion, as well as the hind wings, is 



pale buff and shining. A slender, dark longitudinal line, edged with buff on both sides runs from the base. The 



ordinary stigmata are dark brown and edged with buff, but they are rather indistinct. From the outer one runs 



a geminated, dark brnwn striga, dilated to the margin of the wing, passing through a double row of small 



punctures. There is also a brown spot at the anal angle of these wings, and the cilia is spotted with brown ; 



the edge of the hind wings is also dotted with brown ; the front of the head and thorax is pale buff, the latter 



followed by a dark arcuated bar, forming a strong tuft. The caterpillar is described as yellowish-brown, with 



black spots and pale yellowish stripes, and a yellow line along the back. It feeds on grasses, and the moth, 



which is very common, appears in -June. 



SPECIES 4.— XYLINA CONSPICILLARIS. Plate XXXI., Fig. 1. 



Synonymes. — Phal. JVdcI. cnnspicillaris, JAud. ; Ochsenheimer ; Haworth ; Hiihner ; Stephens; Wood, Ind. Ent. pi. 11, fig. 218. 



Phal. Noct. leuconota, Donovan, vol. xiii. pi. 453, fig. 3. 



This species measures 1| inch, or rather more, in the expanse of the fore wings, which are varied with brown 

 and ashy, and obsoletely striated ; the three ordinary stigmata are distinct, tlie anterior being annuliform and 

 dark, with a dingy pupil ; the posterior one large and reniform, but iU-defined ; the third club-shaped ; all, 

 however, being only indicated by their pale edgings : the anal, or inner margin of the wing is greyish, and 



