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112 BRITISH MOTHS 
** WINGS NARROWER AND MORE DENTICULATED (HADENA P. BOISDUVAL). 
SPECIES 2.—CHARZAS FUSCA. Prats XXII., Fie. 6. 
Synonymes.— Noctua fusca, Haworth; Curtis; (Agrotis f.) (Hadena 1.) | | 
Stephens ; (Charmas f.); Wood, Ind. Ent., pl. 8, fig. 122. Varieties.—Chareas consimilis and orthostigma, Stephens; Cat. 
Noctua lutulenta? W.V.; Hiibner; Treitschke; Boisduval | Haust., p. 64. 
The fore wings in this species vary from 1+ to nearly 1% inches in expanse, and are of a dark brown colour 
inclining to black, with a subtriangular, central, dark fascia, attenuated behind, and bordered with a narrow 
pale streak, and a somewhat obsolete paler streak near the apical margin ; the stigmata are very obscure, and 
placed on the dark fascia, behind which is a waved ashy or grey streak and several white spots on the costa ; the 
hind wings are clear white in the male but dusky in the females, with a darker border ; varieties have occurred 
with the fore wings of a nearly uniform dark colour, and others with the stigmata distinct and yellowish. All 
the specimens were taken near Birchwood, Kent, in September. 
SPECIES 3—CHARZAS NIGRA. Puare XXII, Fie. 7. 
Synonymes.— WVoctua nigra, Haworth ; Curtis; Stephens, Il. 2, p. 110. Noctua nigricans, Hiibner, olim. 
Noctua Athiops, Ochsenh.; Hiibner, Noct., fig. 538; Stephens, Ill. Hadena Ethiops, Boisduval; Guénée. 
2, pl. 20, f. 2. 
This species measures about 13 inch in the expanse of the fore wings, which are of a dull black colour, tinged 
with reddish before and beyond the middle, with a broad, somewhat triangular darker bar in the middle ; the 
stigmata are nearly obliterated, the posterior one having an interrupted outer edging of yellowish; in this dark 
fascia, towards the inner margin, is a darker longitudinal stripe ; on the costa, towards the apex, are several 
whitish dots, and along the apical margin, which is denticulated, are several dull yellowish spots, preceded by 
small dark patches; the abdomen is pale brown, lighter at the base; the hind wings whitish in the male, but 
dusky ash in the female, with a dusky border. They are strongly denticulated. The abdomen of the male is 
terminated by a bifid tuft. This very rare species has been found in June in Kent, Cumberland, and Devonshire. 

CERAPTERYX, Curtis, HELIOPHOBUS, rv. Borspuvat. 
The head is small and the thorax not crested ; the abdomen tufted in the males at the tip but conical in the 
females ; the wings are not denticulated; the palpi are moderate in size; the terminal joint about half the 
size of the preceding, and exposed, and the antenne are bipectinated in the males, the rays being ciliated, with 
the terminal joints simple ; the female antenne are slightly pubescent on the inside. The larva is naked, with 
sixteen feet ; it is of a brown colour, with pale stripes down the back and sides, and feeds on various grasses, 
but not upon Alopecurus pratensis nor Trifolium pratense, according to Linnzeus, by whom, as well as by various 
subsequent writers, the great injury committed by the larve in grass lands have been described. 

SPECIES 1.—CERAPTERYX GRAMINIS. Purare XXITI., Fie. 8. 
Synonymes.— Phal. Bombyx graminis, Linneus; Donovan. vol. 
13, pl. 458; Hiibner, Noct., fig. 480, 481; Harris Exposition, pl. 
5, fig. 7; Wood, Ind. Ent. pl. 8, fig. 124. 
Noctua tricuspis, Hiibner, olim ; Esper. 
Chareas graminis, Guénée. 
Variety.—Cerapteryx hibernicus, Curtis, Brit. Ent. pl. 451. 
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This species varies from 12 to 12 inch in the expansion of the fore wings, which, as well as the head and thorax, 
are very variable in colour, but generally grey brown, with a slender whitish line running from the base along the 
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