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with the head and prothorax black, and black tubercles over the body. It feeds within the stems of Echium 

 vulgare, which it quits, previous to assuming the chrysalis state within a dense cocoon, amongst the leaves. 

 Extremely rare : near London, and Tavistock in Devonshire. It appears at the end of June, and beginning of 

 August. 



^ SvNONYMES. — Pyralxs dentalis, Wien. Verz. ; Hiibnei- ; i Noctuafulminans, F^bticms. 

 Haworth ; Stephens, 111. Haust., 4, pi. 33, fig. 1 ; Curtis, Brit. Ent., Phalcena ramalis; Fabricius. 



pi. 583; Wood, fig. 837. | 



NOLA, Leach. HERCYNA, pars, Teeitschke. 



This curious genus has the antennse of moderate length, and pilose beneath in the males ; the palpi large, 

 and slightly drooping ; the spiral tongue short ; the wings broad and entire, with the tips rather rounded ; the 

 fore ones, when at rest, forming a deflexed triangle ; the disc with elevated tufts of scales. The caterpillars 

 hairy, flattened, and J4-footed; the cocoon conical, with one end truncated. Figures of the difiierent states of 

 this genus will be found in my " Modern Classification of Insects," vol. ii. p. 399, figs. 110, 11 — 15. 



This genus is of difficult locality. In several respects it closely approximates to several of the groups of 

 the following family. 



Species 1. — Nola strigulalis *' — (Plate LXXVIII., Fig. 19) — Measures 8 or 9 lines in expanse; fore 

 Ci.AjUU> wings white, with several fulvous tufts between the base and the middle of the wing, towards the costa ; a much- 

 curved dusky striga towards the base ; another broader, waved, and ashy-coloured, and marked with black dots 

 across the middle ; the apical portions of the wing gray, with whitish undulated striga ; hind wings pale 

 ashy. Caterpillar ochreous-yellow and hairy. It feeds on the oak ; and the moth appears about the beginning 

 of June. Widely dispersed, but not a very common species in woods. 



" Synonymk. — Pyralis slngulalis,YLxi!aiitx; Haworth ; Stephens ; Wood, fig. 838. 



Species 2. — Nola monachalis '^ — (Plate LXXVIII., Fig. 20) — Measures from 10 to 11^ lines in expanse; 

 ^^i^icu j-Qpg wings ashy-gray ; the costa varied with darker and lighter patches ; a waved striga before, and another 

 broader beyond the middle, inclosing three brown patches ; extremity of the wing clouded with darker and 

 lighter shades, and with short black dashes on the veins, and an apical row of black dots ; hind wings dusky. 

 Taken in woods, in June, but rare ; and supposed by Mr. Stephens to be a possible suffused variety of the 

 preceding insect. 



" Synonyme. — Pyralis monachalis, Haworth j Curtis, Brit. Ent., pi. 428 ; Stephens ; Wood, fig. 839. 



Species 3. — Nola cucullatblla '' — (Plate LXXVIII., Fig. 21) — Measures from 7 to 9 lines in expanse ; 



wings ashy- white ; fore ones with the base dark brown, which is terminated by a curved dark striga ; middle of 



the wing rather clouded, beyond which is a gray fascia, edged with a dark striga ; apical portion of the wing dusky, 



with a paler striga, and two dark dots on the costa. The caterpillar feeds on the apple, pear, &c. Common in 



hedges and gardens, in July. 



1 Synonymes. — Phaliena Tinea cucullatella, Linnaeus ; Haworth ; Stephens ; Wood, fig. 840. 

 Pyralis palliolaliSf Hiibner. 



sAs-Ve^. Species (?) 4.— Nola fuliginalis \ Stephens.— (Plate LXXVIII., Fig. 22)—" Wings of a smoky bluish, 

 with the base and a very obscure central line darker." 



" Synonymes. — N. fuliginalis, Stephens (Catal.) 



N. cucullatella, variety, Stephens (Illastr.) 



