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Insects. 



only in this figure the fore wings are somewhat too broad posteriorly, 

 the reniform stigma too white towards the base, and the hind marginal 

 line too distinct, more especially too pale at the costa towards the 

 hind margin. 



The male is essentially distinct by its pale fuscous coloration ; 

 hence the orbicular stigma appears far less white, but the black 

 marking comes out all the sharper, particularly a blackish spot, which 

 is wanting in the female, is observable on the costa before the waved 

 line. 



This occurs in England on the sea-coast, especially in the Tsle of 

 Wight ; it appears in July and August, and varies very little. It may 

 be distinguished with certainty from the_ extremely variable Agrotis 

 Trux by its somewhat smaller size ; by the anterior wings, not so 

 much dilated posteriorly ; by the black border to all the spots ; by the 

 claviform stigma, almost entirely filled in with black; by the very dif- 

 ferent but persistent coloration of the two sexes ; and by the con- 

 stantly paler orbicular stigma. 



3. Agrotis lucernea, L. 



Is not unfrequently reared from the larva in England. The speci- 

 mens from Wales are always smaller and darker than those from the 

 southern districts of Great Britain. 



4. Agrotis neglecta, H. 

 Abundant in Scotland, mostly the var. cerasina. 



5. DlANTHCECIA CAPSOPHILA. 



Discovered in Ireland by Mr. Barrett, who kindly brought it to my 

 notice by the communication of a male specimen. Those which I 

 lately received from France under this name were the ordinary D. 

 carpophaga. The one which I represented at fig. 462, from a speci- 

 men belonging to M. von Frivaldszky, is scarcely to be distinguished 

 from the pale specimens of this species, as they so commonly occur 

 in the South of England. Guenee's description applies pretty well to 

 this Irish specimen, only it is not larger than the ordinary D. carpo- 

 phaga, but much more blackish, with pure white and deep black 

 mixed ; white scales prevail on the thorax, around both stigmata, 

 and in the sharp apices towards the base of the wing, also in the dots 

 on the cilia at the ends of the ribs ; the posterior double line is more 

 parallel with the hind margin, whence the middle field is distinctly 



