AND THEIR TRANSFORMATIONS. OQl 



SPECIES l.-TIIYATIRA BATIS. Platk XLI., Fig. 13, and Plate XLII., Fig. 114. 

 Synonymes.— PAa/. A^octea «a<w, Linnaeus, Donovan, Brit.Iiis.pl. 1, pi. 33, fig. 1. Curtis, B.it. Eat. pi. 72. Harris Exposition, pi. 13, fig. 3. 



Steplifns, Wooil, InJ. Ent. pi. 14, fig. 326. 



Tliis lovely insect measures about 1 J, inch in the expanse of the fore wings, whicli are of a brown colour, 

 marked with five large rosy patches — one at tlio base with brown clouds, two on the costa near the apex, another 

 small one on the inner margin towards tlie middle, and the fifth on the an.al angle, these having a brownish disk. 

 On the dark part of the wing may be traced the rudiments of several dentated lines, and the apical margin is 

 sometimes marked with rosy lunules. The hind wings are brown with the base, and a broad bar across the 

 middle, pale. 



The caterpillar is of a brown-red colour, anteriorly and posteriorly gibbose, with the third segment with a 

 bifid tubercle, and a pale zig-zag line down the side. It feeds on the common bramble, and the moth appears iu 

 June and July. It is found in woods in various distant parts of the country, but is rather scarce. 



SPECIES 1._TIIYATIIIA DERASA. Plate XLI., Fig. 15, and Plate XLII., Fig. 116. 

 Synonymes. — Phal. Noctua derasa, Liiinaus ; Donovan, 7, pi. 223, fig. 1 ; Hiibner ; Stephens ; Wood, Ind. Ent. pi. 14, fig. 325. 



This singularly-marked moth measures from H to If inch in the expanse of the fore wings, which are very 

 pale slaty bufl^ at the base, with a white oblique bar connected with a streak which runs to the base. The middle 

 portion of the wing is fulvous, with the costa whitish ; the stigmata are very small and edged with brown ; beyond 

 the middle arc several rows of very delicate deeply-waved lines ; towards the apex of the costa is a whitish abbre- 

 viated transverse line, and another -white strijie runs from the apical to the anal angle of the wing, the apical 

 margin with a row of fine ovate lunules and dark dots; the hind wings are brown, with a pale transverse striga. 

 The caterpillar is destitute of tubercles, with the extremity of the body attenuated ; it is of a reddish or fulvous 

 colour, with darker lines and several pale spots on the sides. It feeds on the bramble, and the moth appears in 

 Jnly and August. It is not a common, althougli a very widely-dispersed species. 



SCOLIOPTERYX, Germau. GONOPTERA, Latreille. CALFE, Treitschke. 



CALYPTRA, OCHSENIIEIMER. 



This genus is well distinguished from all other Noctuidte by the singular dentate apical margin of its fore 

 wings, and its pectinated male antenna? ; the palpi arc long and much elevated, forming a short beak with the 

 third joint long and exposed ; the thorax is crested in front. The caterpillar is slender, elongated, cylindrical, and 

 with a small head. It feeds on the leaves of trees, and tlie chrysalis is folliculated. 



SPECIES 1.— SCOLIOPTERYX LIBATRIX. Plate XLI., Fig. 17, and Plate XLII., Fig. 118. 



Synonymes. — Phalana Noctua /lAa/ria;, Linnseus, Donovan, vol. 6, pi. 216. Hubner. Albin, pi. 32, fig. 5 a — c. Harris E.xposition, 



pi. 1, fig. c—f. Duncan, Brit. Moths, pi. 24, fig. 1. Wood, Ind. Ent. pi. 14, fig. 327. 



This species measures about li inch in the expanse of the fore wings, which are of a reddish grey colour, much 

 irrorated with brown speckles, with the basal half more strongly tinged with fulvous ; there is a white dot at the 

 base, and another near the middle of the wing. There is a slender, slightly-waved pale striga before, and another 

 more oblique, beyond the middle of the wing, edged with brown ; and between the latter and the apical margin 

 runs a very much serrated, but much less distinctly marked, subapic.al striga ; the hind wings are brown, with an 

 obscure striga beyond the middle ; tlie tarsi are white. The hind wings beneath are beautifully irrorated with 

 dark markings. The caterpillar is green, with a whitish lateral line. It feeds on willows and pojdars, and 

 the moth appears at difi'erent periods of the year ; April and July, and June and September, being given as 

 the periods of its imago state. It is a very abundant species in the southern portion of the Kingdom. 



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