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rest of the wing, with a dusky margin, the supplemental one being almost obliterated ; the posterior one marked 
at its hinder outer angle wi isti ni Thins é te ; 
ter angle with two distinct, shining, whitish specks. Beyond this is the curved striga, formed of 
a geminated row of dusky arches, followed at some distance by the subapical striga, which is formed of a row of 
interrupted, scarcely anoul: » WAY as ey , e 
pted, cely angulated, or waved yellowish spots. The hind wings are ashy ochre-coloured, with the 
margin darker. Found in Cumberland, by Mr. Weaver, in Aucust. 

SPECIES 8.—MAMESTRA CHENOPODIL. Puare XXXVI., Fie. 18, 14. 
Synonymes.—Vociua Chenopodit, Wien. Verz., Fabricius; Htibner; Treitschke ; Haworth; Albin, pl. 29, fig. 44 e—d; Stephens ; Wood, 
Ind. Ent., pl. 12, fig. 257. 
Y ara ~ ~ = > . al 1 he . . . 7 . . 
This common species measures rather less than 1} inch in the expansion of the fore wings, which in their 
general style of colouring closely resemble the last described species, being of an ashy-brown colour varied with 
dark shades, and having the various stigmata and strige distinct, although not brightly coloured ; the costa is 
marked with various dusky dots, as well as with several pale specks towards the apex, as in the majority of the 
allied species. The anterior stigma is small, and edged with a black ring; the outer one is dusky, margined 
with black, and ashy-coloured, and the supplemental stigma is present, and with a black margin; beyond the 
second stigma is a pale striga edged within with a curved row of blackish lunules, and there is a very distinct, 
whitish, slender, subapical striga, which is very strongly dentate in the middle; the margin itself is marked with 
a row ofsmall black dots ; the hind wings are pale, dirty, ashy-coloured at the base, with a central dot ; the veins 
and the posterior margin dusky. 
The caterpillar is green, with a darker dorsal longitudinal stripe, and an interrupted red line at the side; it 
feeds on various culinary vegetables in the autumn ; the moth appearing in the middle of the following summer, 
being one of our most abundant insects. 

SPECIES 9.—MAMESTRA ANCEPS. Pxiare XXXVI., Fie. 15. 
SynonyvMeE.—Mamestra anceps, Duponchel, vol. vii., part 1, plate cvii., fig. 5. 
The specimen which Mr. Stephens has allowed us to figure from his cabinet, and which he considers to be 
specifically identical with the anceps of Duponchel, measures 12 inch in the expanse of the fore wings; 
which in their colours and the disposition of their markings very much resemble those of M. albicolon, being of a 
dingy greyish brown colour, considerably mottled with darker shades; the basal striga indicated by a paler 
double curved bar, edged with small black curves; the other strige: are almost obsolete, except the apical one, 
which is pale, narrow, and dentated, and not exhibiting the strong angulations in the middle, with several conical 
darker patches resting upon it within in the middle. - The anterior stigma is almost obsolete, with a black oval 
ring behind it, indicating the supplemental stigma; the posterior stigma is ear-shaped and pale, with a brown 
crescent in the middle, its outer part being white. The apical margin has a row of small black dots preceding 
the cilia. The hind wings are pale grey at the base, with a broad dusky margin preceded by a slender dusky 
stripe beyond the middle; and with a central lunule. 
The specimen in Mr. Stephens’ collection was taken at Colchester by Mr. Barnes. 
SPECIES 10.—MAMESTRA PERSICARIZA. Puate XXXVI, Fie. 11, 12. 
Synonymes.— Noctua Persicarie, Linneus; Albin, p.177,fig.-a—d; , Haworth; Treitschke ; Stephens ; Wood, Ind. Ent., pl. 12, fig. 258. 
Harris Aurelian, pl. 24, fig. a—e; Hiibner; Donovan 9, pl. 317; Phalena sambuci, Hufnagle. 
+ ~ . . 1 3°: 7 . 
This very distinct, handsome, and abundant species measures from 14 to 1] inch in the expansion of the fore 
wings, which are of a shining black colour, with the costa marked with several darker spots, and the disc varied 

