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108 BRITISH MOTHS 
SPECIES 1.—TRIPHANA PRONUBA. Prater XXL, Fie. 1, 2, 3, and 11. 
Synonymes.—Phal. Noct. pronuba, Linneus; Donovan, vol. 9, Variety.—Triphena innuba, Ochsenheimer 3 Treitschke; Esper ; 
pl. 311; Hiibner; Noct., pl. 22, fig. 103; Wilkes, 2, pl. 1; Harris, | Wood, Ind. Ent. pl. 8, fig. 113; Albin, pl. 72, fig. a—d. 
Aurelian, pl. 39, fig. d—f; Wood, Ind. Ent., pl. 8, fig. 112. | 
This very common species measures from 2 to 2+ inches in the expanse of the fore wings, which vary very 
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much in colour, being of a stone-grey or buff, varying to dark brown and considerably clouded with small 
transverse freckles, a small circle near, and a dark margined ear-shaped spot beyond, the middle; a somewhat 
darker waved band near the tip, terminating in a small dark patch on the costa and the apex with a series of 
small dark arched patches. The hind wings bright orange, with a submarginal black fascia. The head and 
front of the thorax are ordinary pale stone colour, but sometimes they, as well as the wings, are of a uniform 
dark liver brown. Such specimens have been described as a distinct species, under the name of Innuba, but all 
the best modern writers consider them only as a variety of Tr. Pronuba. The perfect insect appears in June 
and July, frequenting meadows and gardens. The caterpillar is of a greenish brown colour, with two rows 
of black dots down the back. It feeds, according to M. Guénée, on the roots of various plants, half burying itself 
in the stems, a circumstance not observed in any of the other species of the genus. 
SPECIES 2.—TRIPHAINA ORBONA. Purare XXI., Fie. 4, 12. 
Synonymes.— Noctua orbona, Fabr.; Godart ; Haworth ; Dono- Noctua pronuba, De Villars. 
van, vol. 10, pl. 343, fig. 2. V arieties.—Noctua prosequa, Dahil. ; N. adsequa, Dahl. ; N. con- 
Nociua Comes, Ochsenheimer; Treitschke. nuba, Hiibn. 
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Noctua subsequa, Esper. 
This species differs from the preceding in the shape of the fore wings, which are much shorter and 
comparatively broader, and which vary from 13 to 12 inch in expanse. They are of a pale liver brown, with 
several undulated rows of dots, especially marked on the costa, and with a small oval, and a rather large ear- 
shaped brown stigma, (beneath which Mr. Curtis represents another dark stigma, which; may be accidental), 
near the apex there is a darker undulated band. The hind wings are orange, with a black subapical band 
broadest at the outer angle, and a dark discoidal crescent. The caterpillar is very variable in its colours, with 
two rows of black spots on the side. It feeds on Plantago lanceolata, &c. 
The moth is very common, and 
appears in June and July. 


SPECIES 3.—TRIPH ENA SUBSEQUA.: Prater XXI., Fie. 5. 
Synonymes.— Noctua subsequa, Wiener Verz.; Hiibner; Ochsenh.; Godart; Treitschke; Boisduyal ; 
Wood, Ind. Ent. pl. 8. fig. 111. 
Noctua consequa, Hiibner ; Curtis, Brit. Ent. pl. 348. 
This species very much resembles the preceding in the shape of the broad fore wings, which are brown, with 
a with pale margins, beyond which 
are two pale waved streaks, the veins between which are pale and dotted ; the apical margin also dotted. The 
hind wings with the submarginal band broader than in Orbona, and re 
two pale streaks towards the base; an oblique-oval, and ear-shaped stigm 
aching to the centre, where it forms a 
dark lunule ; the superior margin beneath is black, and not rosy, as in that species. A specimen of this insect 
was taken by Mr. Curtis in the Isle of Bute, on the 27th J uly, 1825, having been disturbed out of he 
ath which 
covers the hills. 

SPECIES 4.—TRIPHENA FIMBRIA. Pare XXL, Fie. 6, 7, 13, 
Synonymes.— Phalena Noct. fimbria, Lion. ; Donovan, 6, pl. 208; Hiibner, Noct., pl. 22, fi 
Wood, Ind. Ent. pl. 8. fig. 114. 
This fine species varies from 2 to 21 inche 
g. 102; Harris, pl. 5, fig. 2; 
Noctua Solani, Fabricius. 
s in the expansion of the fore wings 
» Which vary from a pale grey 
stone colour to a dark brown, with two streaks betw 
een the base and middle ; the two ordinary stigmata varying 

