170 BRITISH MOTHS 



ancrulated towards the extremity of the back. They undergo their transformations beneath the surface of the 

 ground. 



SPECIES l.—EUPLEXIA LUCIPARA. Plate XXXV., Fig. 4, 5. 



SvNONYMES. — Phal. Noct. lucipara, Linnxua ; Donovan, plate 230, fig. 2; Hiibuer, Noct. fig. 5.5 ; Haworth; Stcplicus; Curtis, 111. B. 

 Ent. pi. CI 9 ; Wood, Ind. Ent. pi. 12, fig. 259. Noctua flavo-maculata, Fabiicius. 



This species measures 1 ', inch in the expansion of tlie fore wings, whicli are of a brown colour, with a 

 purplish bloom, gl'^ing thcni a greyish tinge towards the anterior portion. Near the base are several slender 

 transverse black lines, and a broad dark central fascia, narrowed behind, and bearing the anterior stigma, which 

 is brownish-grey, and the posterior one pale yellow, with the centre darker; beyond this the ground-colour of 

 the wing is much paler, with a slender brown striga running obliquely across it, followed by a slender, pale, 

 angulated one upon the dark apical portion of the wings ; the cilia; are dark coloureil, with the base pale ; the 

 hind wings are pale ochre-coloured, with the margin brown, bearing a pale, ochreous, angidated striga near the 

 anal angle. There is also another paler undulated striga across the middle. 



The caterpillar is green, with minute black tubercles, and a slender dark dorsal line, emitting numerous 

 oblique strigse of the same colour ; a dark longitudinal line above the feet, edged above with white. It feeds on 

 various plants, such as Rubus fruticosus and saxatilis, Rumex acetosa, Echium vulgare, Anchusa officinalis, &c. 

 It appears in the autumn ; and the moth, which is rather rare as a British species, is produced in June. It has 

 been found in the woods round London, as well as in Devonshire, Hampshire, Dorsetshire, &c. 



HAMA, Stephens. LUPERINA, p. Bdv., Guen. 

 This genus is composed of species closely allied in their preparatory states to those of Charfeas. Their 

 antennjB, however, are much more simple in the males, being only ciliated or slightly serrated ; the palpi are 

 short, with the terminal joint distinct and somewhat clavate, although small ; the eyes are large and naked ; 

 the thorax is but slightly crested ; the wings are not longitudinally folded, but dcflexcd at the sides of the body in 

 repose, the margin being nearly entire. The caterpillars are thick, fleshy, and naked, of dark colours, with pale 

 longitudinal stripes. The transfonnations are undergone beneath the surface of the earth. 



SPECIES 1.— HAMA ALIENA. Plate XXXV., Fig. G. 



Synonymes. — Noctua aliena, Hiibner ; Treitschke; Stephens; DoubleJay ; Wooil, lud. Ent., pi. 12, fig. 260. 



Noctua contigua, Haworth. 



This species measures about 1 ' inch in the expansion of the fore wings, which are mottled with fulvous, 



brown and ashy colours, the stigmata and striga; (three in number) being pale, the outer striga being bidentate. 



Across the middle of the wing is a dusky cloud, on which the stigmata are placed ; the anterior one being pale 



ashy, and the outer one clouded in the middle with a darker shade, and margined with a pale line ; the apex of 



these wings is dark coloured, and the cilia^ alternately pale and dark ; the hind wings are pale ashy-coloured, 



with a dusky central lunule ; the veins and margin also brown. The species is widely dispersed, but by no 



means common. 



SPECIES 2.— HAMA BASILINEA. Plate XXXV., Fig. 7, 8. 



Synonymes. — Noctua liasilinca, Wicn. Vcrz. ; Fab.; Hiib. ; Hawortli ; Stephens; Guc'nfe ; Boisduval ; Wood, Ind. Ent. pi. 12, lig. 261. 



Noctua nebidosa^ Vicweg. 



This species also measures about 1^ inch in the expanse of the fore wings, which arc of a dull, pale, greyish- 

 brown colour, less strongly shaded with darker clouds than in the preceding species. From the base of the 



