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grey to a red-brown colour, variously shaded or marked with deeper tints, especially a darker, irregular, 
indistinct bar running across the wing between the stigmata, which are ordinarily obsolete, but occasionally 
distinct and of a greyer hue than the rest of the wing, and slightly encircled with white. Near the apical 
margin of the wing is a pale striga, edged with brown on the inside, and rather elbowed near the costa, where 
is a distinct brown patch. The hind wings are grey or brown, with the margin and a central lunule dusky brown ; 
the joints of the antenne of the male have the sides angulated and setose. The varieties are very numerous, 
That named subsetacea by Haworth, has the wings ashy, clouded with grey, and three grey lunules attached to 
the posterior whitish lunule. The N.nebulosa, Haw., has the wings hoary grey, with two reddish-brown strige, 
and a terminal one formed of three sub-triangular spots. Noctua fuscata, Haw., has the fore wings blackish, 
with the two stigmata encircled with white rings, and a subapical, slightly undulated, pale striga; and 
N. angusta, Haw., has the wings varied with livid and brown colours, and with the white stigmal circles and 
apical strigee less distinct than in the preceding variety. The caterpillar is green, with a white line down the 
back and a yellow one on each side. It feeds on the oak, in the autumn, and the moth, which is very abundant, 
appears in March and April. 

SPECIES 2.—O. (TAENIOCAMPA) INTERMEDIA. Puate XXVII., Fie. 5. 
Synonymes.— Orthosia intermedia, Stephens, Illust. H. 2, p. 141; Wood, Ind. Ent. pl. 10, fig. 172. pp 3 
This species measures 13 inch in the expansion of the fore wings, and is closely allied to the preceding species, 
from which, however, the much more strongly pectinated antennz of the males remove it; the fore wings are of 

a grey-brown colour, with three darker fascizw, the stigmal circles and ordinary strigee being pale, the hinder 
striga is duplicated; the hind wings are dusky ash, with the cilia slightly rosy. Found in Richmond Park, by 
Mr. Stephens. 

SPECIES 3.—O. (TAENIOCAMPA) GRACILIS. Purare XXVIL., Fic. 9. 
Synonymes.— WVociua gracilis, Wien. Verz.; Treitschke ; Fab. ; Noctua collinita, Esper. 
Hiibner ; Stephens; Wood, Ind. Ent. pl. 10, fig. 173. Noctua subplumbea, Haworth; Curtis. 
Noctua lepida, Borkhausen. 
This species measures 13 inch in the expanse of the fore wings, and is allied to the preceding in its strongly- Terfhee 
pectinated male antenne. It is of a greyish slate colour, slightly clouded with greyer tints, with the ordinary $6. Sree Ge 
strigee very indistinct; a very indistinct curved one, varied with ferruginous, running between the stigmata, | 
which are concolorous, but circled with pale whitish buff; and the subapical striga is more distinct and rather 
irregular, with several black dots on its inner margin. There are also several black dots on the costa, and an 
apical row of small ones at the base of the cilia. The hind wings are pale brown, with the margin darker. 
Varieties occur in the strength of the markings. The caterpillar is green, with the sides yellow, each segment 
with a black spot and several dusky dots. It feeds on the oak and other trees, upon the trunks of which the - 
moth is found in March and April ; but it is very rare in the woods round London. Found flying round the 
blossoms of Sallow by Mr. H. Doubleday, at Epping. 

SPECIES 4.—O. (THINIOCAMPA) MUNDA. Puarte XXVII., Fie. 6. 
Synonymes.—WVoctua munda, Wien. Verz.; Fabr.; Ochs. ; Tr. ; Noctua geminata, Haworth. 
Stephens; Wood, Ind. Ent. pl. 10, f. 174. Noctua bimaculata, Haworth; Curtis (variety). 
Noctua gemina, Esper. Noctua Lota, Hiibner. 
This species measures somewhat more than 14 inch in the expansion of the fore wings, which are of an ashy 
grey, varying to pale ferruginous, slightly clouded with darker tints, with the ordinary stigmata and strigze quite or 

