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132 BRITISH MOTHS 
SPECIES 17.—-GRAPHIPHORA BELLA. Puare XXVL., Fic. 6. 
: rT ; 4 Fe ae 
Synonymes.—Noctua bella, Borkhausen ; Treitschke ; Godart ; Noctua Rubi, Vieweg. 
Boisduyal. Noctua punicea, Haworth; Stephens ; Wood, Ind. Ent. pl. 10, 
Noctua quadrata, Hiibner. fig. 169. 
This obscurely-marked species measures from 1j- to 1} inch in the expanse of the fore wings, which are of a 
rosy brown colour, with darker brown strigee ; an oblong brown patch of dark brown between the stigmata, 
and another near the extremity of the costa; there isa pale transverse striga near the base of the wing, and 
another preceding the anterior stigma, edged with brown; the stigmata are circled with pale luteous; beyond 
the outer stigma is a pale curved striga, and another near the apical margin; the space between them and 
between the outer striga and the margin being darker ; there is also a black dot in the place of the supplemental 
stigma ; the costa is marked with several dark dots. ‘The hind wings are ashy brown, the ciliz having a rosy 
tinge. Varieties occur with the strige more or less mdistinct. This is a rather common species, which flies in 
June, according to Mr. Stephens ; but Boisduval gives August as the time of its appearance. [t occurs in 
various parts of the country round London, and has also been taken in Shropshire. It is on the authority of 
Dr. Becker, of Wiesbaden, that the name of this species has been changed from punicea to bella. Mr. Haworth 
had, indeed, pointed out its apparent want of agreement with Hiibner’s figure of the former species. 

SPECIES 18.—GRAPHIPHORA C. NIGRUM. Puare XXVI., Fies. 4, 5. 
Synonymes.—Phal. Noct. C. nigrum, Linn. ; Fabr.; Ochsenh. ; Noctua Nun-atrum, Borkhausen. 
Haworth; Stephens; Wood, Ind. Ent., pl. 10, fig. 166. Noctua triangulum, Naturforscher. 
This very distinct species measures from 11 to 13 inch in the expansion of the fore wings, which are of a 
shining dark ashy brown colour, with a very slender curved pale striga, edged with a black line close to the base 
of the wing, followed by a short black streak, in front of which is a fulvous dot; then follows a very slender 
transverse pale striga running across the wing, adjoining which is the small fulvous supplemental stigma, in front 
of which is an elongated triangular black patch, in the chief area, united behind with a second similar patch; the 
space between them, extending quite to the costa, being of a pale brownish white colour, and which appears to 
consist of the anterior stigma modified in form; the second stigma is pale and much curved ; beyond this is a 
curved and very indistinct row of pale arches, and near the tip of the costa is a black patch. The hind wings 
are pale ashy, with the margin darker ; the front of the thorax is pale luteous. 
The caterpillar is reddish brown, shaded with black, with a slender white dorsal line, and with black lateral 
spots. It feeds on Alsine media and Epilobium palustre. The moth appears in Mayand July. Treitschke also 
reared it in September, in which month Mr. Doubleday has found it at Epping, and Mr. Douglas, on Ivy- 
on blossom, the 30th of the same month, It is a rather abundant species, and is very widely distributed throughout 
the country. 
SPECIES 19.—GRAPHIPHORA MUSIVA. Prats XXVL., Fie. 10, 11. 
Synonrmr.—Graphiphora Musiva, Hiibner; Treitschke ; Godart; Boisduval (Chersotis M.) Stephens ; Wood, Ind. Ent. pl. 10, fig. 167. 
This species measures about 13 inch in the expanse of the fore wings, which are of a red brown colour, with 
a dark central streak running longitudinally from the base to the second stigma, the space between it and the 
costa being pale buff, by which the anterior stigma is rendered obsolete ; the second stigma is, however, distinct, 
and edged with whitish ; beyond this is a curved pale streak, and a second near the apical margin of the wing ; 
the front of the thorax is pale luteous buff, with a black transverse streak. The hind wings are whitish, with a 
rather more dusky border, 
