AXn TIIEIU TRANSFORMATIONS. j-o 



the middlu of tlic wing the cnsta is marked with four or five white dots, and the cilia is alternately buff 

 and reddish ; the hind wings are pale ochreons brown, « ith tlie margin dusky, with a paler subapical striga, 

 occasionally interrupted ; on the underside the costa and apex of all the wings is broadly tinged with red scales. 



The caterpillar is reddish-brown, with the greenish sides marked with pale yellow longitudinal lines ; the 

 belly paler, and feet red. It feeds on the pea, brown vetch, &c. in the autumn ; and the moth, which is very 

 abundant, and dispersed over the greater part of the country, appears in the foUowino- June. 



Ois.— Nearly allied to, if not a strong variety of the preceding insect, is a specimen found in Cumberland, 

 in July, lti27, by Jlr. AVeaver, which 3Ir. Stephens has described (Brit. Ent., Haust. 2, p. 192, and Wood, 

 Ind. Ent., pi. 12, fig. 2jl,) as doubtfully identical with the Noctua fpleivkns of Iliibner. The fore wincrs 

 measure l^V >" expanse, and of a red-brown colour, with three darker transverse stri<'a3, the exterior one termi- 

 nated by an interrupted white line ; the stigmata rather small, pale rcddisli ash, the anterior immaculate the 

 posterior with dusky clouds ; the cilia interrupted with cinereous ; the hind wings ochreous-ash • with tlie 

 margin, an interrui)ted transverse striga, central lunule, <ind nervures dusky ; cilia Havescent. 



SPECIES 3.— MAMESTIIA OLERACEA. Plate XXXVI., Fig. 4, .5. 



Synonyme. — Ph. Noct. oleracea, U\i\imn'i\ Iluhncr; llawovtli ; Tieitsclike ; Albin, pi. 27, fig. 40 a — d ; Stephens; Wood lad. Ent. 



pi. 1-i, fig. 2.V2. 



This species measures about 1 ij inch in the expanse of the fore wings, which arc of a nearly uniform chesuut 

 colour, or but very slightly clouded, with the strigre obsolete, except the subapical one, which is slender, whitish, 

 and dentate in the middle ; the anterior stigma is small, round, and dusky, but surrounded by a pale ring ; the 

 posterior one is more or less orango tinted, having a dusky shade behind it, as well as a .supplemental dusky 

 stigma behind the anterior one ; the hind wings are dusky white, with the veins, a central lunule, and the 

 border dusky. 



The caterpillar is livid, reddi.sh, or yellowish-brown, with a dark stripe on the back and at the sides, and a 

 whitish one nearly over the feet. The under side and feet are light brown, and it is dotted with black between 

 the dark stripes. AVheu young, and also sometimes when fully grown, the ground-colour is green, as repre- 

 sented in our plate. It feeds on all sorts of cabbages, lettuces, and other vegetables in the autumn, sometimes 

 committing much havoc in our gardens. It undergoes its transformations under-ground, where it may be 

 found during the winter ; and the moth appears at the beginning of the following summer. 



SPECIES 4.— MAMESTRA SUASA. Plate XXXVI., Fig. G. 



Nociua leiicographa, Esper. 

 Noctua dens-caiiis, Ilaworth. 



Synonymes. — Xoctna suasa, Wien. A'era. ; Hubncr; Ochsenbei- 

 mer ; Stephens ; 'Wood, Ind. Ent., pi. J2, fig. 253. 

 Noctua dissimilis, Vieweg. 



This species measures about 14 inch in the expanse of the fore wings, which are of a pale, luteous, shining- 

 brown colour, with a short black streak running from the base, and slightly fiu'cate at its tip ; the anterior 

 stigma is small and blackish, the centre rather paler coloured ; behind which is a pale dentated striga bearing a 

 conical black patch, which appears like the continuation of the basal streak ; the outer stigma is very dark in 

 its hinder part, with a slender whitish edge, margined with dusky lines ; beyond which is a dusky striga, followed, 

 at some distance, by the subapical one, which is very much curved, especially towards the hinder angle, and 

 deeply dentate in the middle, bearing several black conical dashes on its inner margin ; the cilia and hind wings 

 are pale fuscous, the latter with a subapical dusky bar. 



The caterpillar is green, with red and blue spots, and several blue streaks. It feeds on cabbages, lettuces. 



