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reddish grey ; the hind margin of the fore wings paler; the place upon the great median vein whence the 
branches arise is marked, near the middle of the wing, with a white spot, between which and the base, in fine 
specimens, is a very slightly indicated, oblique, dusky striga, and behind the white patch a small, indistinct, 
dusky dot; beyond the white patch is a curved row of black dots placed one on each of the veins, and occasionally 
beyond this is the rudiment of a very much angulated, dusky, marginal bar ; the hind wings are pale brown, 
with the cilia of all the wings rosy grey. The male has the abdomen with a patch of black hairs at the base, 
and the antenne very slightly ciliated. The caterpillar is dark buff-coloured, with a reddish stripe down 
the side. It feeds on various low weeds, and the moth appears at the beginning of July ; it is not very 
common, but occurs in various places in the South of England. 

SPECIES 3—MYTHIMNA LITHARGYRIA. Puate XXIX., Fie. 6. 
Synonymrs. — Noctua Lithargyria, Borkhausen ; Hiibner ; Noctua punctum album, Villers. 
Stephens ; Treitschke ; Wood, Ind. Ent. pl. 10, fig. 190. 
Noctua ferruginea, Scriba. 
Noctua ferrago, Fabricius. 
Leucania Lithargyria (var. Anargyria), Boisduval. 
This species measures from 13 to 17 lines in expanse of the fore wings, which are of a pale ochre-brown, 
more irrorated with dusky than the last species, especially at the base of the wings, with an undulated striga 
towards the base, followed by a slightly distinct series of dots, and an indistinct whitish patch situated in the 
same position as in the last, beyond which is a curved series of blackish dots placed on the veins, the ground 
colour of this part of the wings being darker ; the hind wings are reddish brown, paler at the base, with reddish- 
grey cilia. The males have not a black tuft of hairs at the base of the abdomen beneath. 
The caterpillar is pale greyish-brown, with several white slender longitudinal stripes on the back and side, 
the first segment with a dark scaly patch above; it feeds on the plantain. The species is rare, our drawing 
having been made from the collection of Mr. Stephens, who possesses both sexes. 
Brockenhurst in the New Forest in July. 
It has been found near 
SPECIES 4—-MYTHIMNA CONIGERA. Prats XXIX., Fre. 3, 4. 
Synonymes.— Noctua conigera, Wien. Verz.; Fabricius ; Treitschke ; Hiibner; Haworth ; Stephens; Wood, plate 10, fig. 191. 
Noctua floccida, Esper. 
This species measures about 14 inch in the expanse of the fore wings, which are of a yellowish-red or 
ferruginous buff, the ordinary stigmata are very obsolete and rather paler ; a small clear white conical spot being 
placed at the base of the outer stigma, directed towards the body ; a brown striga towards the base of the 
wings bent nearly at right angles, and another oblique one towards the apex of the wing, angulated near 
the costa; beyond this the ground colour is paler, but the wing terminates with an irregularly angulated brown 
apical margin, The hind wings are pale reddish-brown, paler at the base ; the antennz are simple. 
The caterpillar resembles that of the preceding species, being of a greyish-brown colour, striped longitudinally 
with black and white, the back being of a redder colour, and the first segment with a black patch and three 
white lines. It feeds on various low-growing plants. The moth appears at the end of J uly, and is not rare in 
the woods round London ; it has also occurred in Derbyshire and Yorkshire. 

SPECIES 5.—MYTHIMNA IMBECILLA. Prats XXIX., Fie. 8, 
Synonymes.—/Voctua imbecilla, Hiibner; Curtis Guide; Wood, 
Noctua aliena, Hiibner, 
Ind. Ent. pl. 54, fig. 44. 
NV. neva? Duponchel. 
This + inch i i 
species measures about 14 inch in the expanse of the fore wings, which are of 
with the ordinary strige distinct and brown, 
a reddish-fulvous colour, 
the first, towards the base of the wing, nearly straight and trans- 

