AND THEIR TRANSFORMATIONS. 117 
This moth is found in the woods of Darenth and Birch, Kent, and Epping. Taken very commonly in 
the latter situation by Mr. H. Doubleday, who informs us that it is double-brooded ; the first brood appearing 
in June, the specimens of which are smaller than those of the second, which appear in September. Mr. Stephens 
also gives July, and Boisduval and Ochsenheimer July and August, as the times of its appearance. The 
caterpillar is of an ashy grey colour, and feeds upon the roots of grasses 
SPECIES 6.—AGROTIS ANNEXA. Puarn XXIII., Fie. 7. 
Svnonymes.— Agrotis annexa, Treitschke ; Stephens, Il. Haust., 2 pl. 22, fig. 2; Wood, Ind, Ent. pl. 9, fig. 131. 
Noctua subterranea, Haworth {but not of Fabricius). 
‘This very distinct species measures 12 inch in the expansion of the fore wings, which are of a pale-brown 
colour; the fore margin and apex pale, the hind portion of the wing dark, and the stigmata united by a 
black dash ; there are numerous short, transverse, dark shadings across the costal part of the wing, and other 
irregular ones between the base and the stigmata, beyond which is a row of dark spear-shaped dashes, and a 
row of dark points along the apical margin of the wing. The hind wings white, with the outer and anal edge 
brownish, and a slender dusky apical margin. Very few specimens of this very rare species have occurred in the 
neighbourhood of London (West Ham, Essex), and one specimen near Cork, in June 1826, now in Mr. Bentley’s 
cabinet, whence, by his permission, our figure was taken. Boisduval omits it from the European species of the 
genus, considering it to be a native of North America. 

SPECIES 7.—AGROTIS VALLIGERA. Puare XXIII, Fie. 11. 
Synonymes.— Noctua valligera, Wien. Verz.; Treitschke, 5, Noct. sagittifera, Haworth, but not of Hiibner nor Treitschke. 
163 ; Fabricius; Stephens ; Wood, Ind. Ent. pl. 9, fig. 132. Bomb. trigonalis, Esper. 
Bombyx clavis, Esper ; Donovan 10, pl. 340. fig. 2. Ph. Noct. clavifera, De Vill. 
This handsome species measures from 1+ to 14 inches in the expanse of the fore wings, which are of a pale-grey 
colour, varying to bluish or leaden-grey ; the costa with a dark narrow stripe interrupted by several small 
whitish dots ; the basal stigma small, nearly white and oval, with a dark centre and margin, and the ear-shaped 
stigma large and dark-gray coloured, (often followed by a small spine-like black mark), near to the other, the 
space between them being dark. Behind the first stigma is a large elongate-oval brown patch, separated from it 
by a whitish streak, and which runs interruptedly to the base of the wing; beyond and behind the hinder stigma 
is a very slender waved streak, followed by a series of brown slender angulated marks, and two or three dusky 
patches on the margin ; the hind wings pale brown, with a slight darker central lunule, a subapical dusky fascia, 
and a slender dark marginal line ; the thorax is varied with grey and brown, the tippets being very pale, and 
edged with dark brown. 
This species is comparatively rare, but very widely distributed. It appears in the perfect state in August. 
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SPECIES 8.—AGROTIS RADIA. Puare XXIII., Fie. 12. 
Synonymes.— Bombyx radius, Haworth ; Stephens, Ill. Noctua picta, Ochs. ? 
Variety.—Noctua radiola, Haworth MSS.; Curtis; Stephens, Variety 2—N. lignosa, Godart. 
Ill. H. 2, Plate 20, fig. 1, p. 119. 
This species measures about 1+ inch in the expanse of the fore wings, which are pale brown, varying to ashy- 
orey, with a brown patch near the base, another towards the costa in the region of the second stigma, and the 
apical margin is also dusky ; the costa is marked with a considerable number of small dark oblique spots, some 
of which towards the base are continued in irregular curved and waved lines across the wing, a small spear-like 
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