AND THEIR TRANSFORMATIONS. 12] 
SPECIES 13.—AGROTIS SAGITTIFERA. Prater XXIV., Fie. 6. 
Synonyme.— Noctua sagittifera, Hiibner? Treitschke ? Stephens, Il]. Haust., 2, 119. 
Mr. Stephens is the only author who has noticed this species as British, and as he considered it doubtful 
whether his specimens were the true sagittifera of Hiibner, it will be necessary to quote his description of them ; 
to which we are only able to add, that in the opinion of Mr. Bentley they are but another variety of A. Tritici. 
He has not, however, introduced them as such in his observations on that species in the “ Entomologist ” for 
February last. 
Expansion of the fore wings 1;°, inch. ‘Head and thorax griseous, mixed with white; anterior wings 
griseous, clouded with white, with a longitudinal, black, arrow-shaped line at the base ; the anterior stigma is 
rather elongate, ovate, whitish, with the centre pale ashy-brown ; the posterior griseous in the centre, margined 
with dusky and white; the space between, as well as at the base of the anterior stigma, deep fuscous; the 
teliform stigma is rather elongate, and has a slender black streak extending from it: on the hinder margin is an 
angulated pale stripe, having a few dusky wedge-shaped lineole within; the margin itself has a row of minute 
black dots ; on the costa, near the apex, is a fuscous spot, in which are three white dots: the posterior wings 
are whitish, with the margins dusky; the male has the posterior wings milk-white.” Taken in the neighbour- 
hood of London. 

SPECIES 14.—AGROTIS AQUILINA. Puare XXIV. Fie. 38. 
Synonymes.— Voctua aquilina, Wien. Verz. ; Hiibner ; Treitschke 5,p. 134. Noctua domestica, Fabricius. 
Noctua nigro-fusca, Esper. Noctua viita, Borkhausen. 
This supposed species measures nearly 14 inch in the expansion of the fore wings, which are of an ashy brown 
colour, but variable in tone, with the costa narrowly dark and interrupted by several pale dots; the base of the 
wing is pale and irregularly clouded, with a double waved streak before the basal stigma, almost obliterated 
towards the costa ; the basal stigma is small and pale, preceded by a short black dash, the space between it and 
the ear-shaped stigma being sometimes dark ; the latter is pale, but darker in the middle, and with a dusky 
margin ; the supplemental stigma is dark-coloured, with a black edge; beyond the second stigma the wing is 
pale, with a row of black dots ; a triangular brown spot near the apex, and a rather broad dusky apical margin 
with a row of minute black dots. The hind wings in the male are whitish, with a slightly dusky border, those 
of the female being rather darker-coloured. The caterpillar is ashy brown, with dark dots on the sides, and a 
reddish head. It is said, by Treitschke, to feed on the ladies’ bed-straw in May, and the moth to appear in 
July. ‘Treitschke distinguishes it with much care from A. vitta, which Boisduval gives as a variety of it. 
A. vitta is, however, regarded by Mr. Bentley (Entomologist, p. 257) as a variety of A. Tritici, of which protean 
species, perhaps, A. aquilina may also eventually prove another variety. Found near London, and on the coast, 
as well as in Glamorganshire. 
SPECIES 15.—AGROTIS NIGRICANS. Puare XXIV., Fic. 10, 11, 12. 

Synonymes.—Phal. Noct. nigricans, Linneus; Fabricius, View., Noctua obeliscata, Haworth ; Curtis ; Stephens ; Wood, Ind. Ent. 
Esper; Wood, Ind. Ent.pl. 9, fig. 144 ; Haworth ; Curtis ; Stephens. pl. 9, fig. 146. 
Noctua fuliginea, Hiibner, fig. 602. Noctua molothina 2 Esper. 
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Varieties.—Noctua concolor, Haworth. Noctua Villiersti, Guénée. 
Noctua carbonea, Hiibner, fig. 700, 701. Varieties 2—Noctua ruris, Trettschke ; Hiibner; God.; Ha- 
Noctua fumosa, Wien. Verz. ; Fabr.; Hiibn., f. 153; Treit.; | worth; Stephens; Wood, Ind. Ent. pt. Oo feb. 
Bdv. ; God. ; Stephens ; Wood, Ind. Ent. pl. 9, fig. 145. Noctua vitta 2 Hiibner, &c. 
Noctua rubricans, Esper. Noctua montana, Dahl. 
Noctua urbina, Poda; God. Noctua temera, Hiibner. 
Noctua obelisca2 Hiibner ; Boisduval; Wien Verz.; God. ; Noctua sordida, Haworth. 
Treit. Noctua dubia, Haworth ; Stephens; Wood. Ind. Ent. pl. 8 f. 148. 
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