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two inches, and being of a pale reddish brown colour, with the hind and apical margins silvery ash, with the 
markings distinct, but not so strong and dark as in P. nebulosa ; the supplemental stigma is dark, and partially 
edged with a black hook ; the space between the two ordinary stigmata is narrow, with black edgings ; and the 
subapical striga is marked by three black spots near the costa, in the middle and at the anal angle; the margin 
itself, as well as the costa, is spotted with black. The hind wings are brown, with a central lunule, and the 
margin dusky ; the thorax is ashy, with a reddish crest. The eyes in this species are naked, whereas in the 
allied species they are pubescent. 
The caterpillar is gray, with black dorsal and ochreous lateral stripes and a waved reddish line above the 
spiracles. It feeds on Ononis spinosa, and the moth is produced at the end of June and beginning of July. 
Taken occasionally in the woods of the London district. 
SPECIES 4.—POLIA OCCULTA. Puarte XL., Fie. 4, 5. 
Synonyme.—Phal. Noct. occulta, Linneus ; Hiibner ; Haworth; Curtis, Brit. Ent. pl. 248; Stephens; Wood, Ind. Ent. pl. 13, f. 303. 
This species measures nearly 21 inches in the expanse of the fore wings, which are dusky gray, spotted and 
freckled with brown ; at the base of the wings is a longitudinal black line, running through the two ordinary 
waved basal strige, which are pale-coloured; the anterior stigma is oval and oblique, and the second large and 
ear-shaped, with the margin pale and whitish ; behind the former is an oblong oval supplemental stigma, edged 
with black; beyond the stigma the wings are much mottled in appearance, the third striga being distinct and 
curved, edged with a wavy whitish line; the fourth or subapical striga is pale, slender, and very irregular, with 
several black conical dashes resting on it within; the costa and apical margin are spotted with black: the hind 
wings brown, dark along the margin, and with a dusky central lunule. 
The caterpillar is black on the back; the sides brown, with ochreous longitudinal lines: it feeds on lettuce 
and dandelion, and is full-grown in May. The moth appears in July, but is rare, although found in various 
places, as Epping Forest, near Dover, in Cheshire, &c. 

SPECIES 5.—POLIA HERBIDA. Prare XL., Fie. 7, 8. 
Synonymes.— Noctua Herbida, Wien. Verz.; Hiibner; Treitschke; Noctua prasina, Fabr. 
Godart ; Stephens ; Ill. H. 3, pl. 27, f. 3; Wood, Ind. Ent. 13, f. 299. Noctua egreyia Esper. 
Noctua mixta, Haworth. Noctua juspidea, Borkhausen ; Esper. 
This fine species measures from 14 to 2 inches in the expanse of the fore wings, which are varied with 
green and brown; the green, however, greatly predominating in fresh specimens, as may be perceived by a 
comparison in our figure with that of Mr. Stephens; the base of the wing is considerably mottled with whitish : 
the second ordinary striga preceding the stigmata being very distinct, and formed of a nearly transverse series of 
white arches edged with black ; the stigmata are rather large, with the centre reddish brown, edged with white 
and encircled with black lines ; the supplemental stigma is also distinct : immediately succeeding the ear-shaped 
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stigma is a pale patch, through which runs the third striga, which is black and much waved, edged on both sides 
with pale, and the fourth striga is very much dentated ; the apical margin with a series of conical black dots : 
the hind wings dark brown with the base rather paler. 
The caterpillar is gray on the back, with two black patches on each segment; the head 
brown, with dark longitudinal lines, above which is a white line ; 
and sides of the body 
taken at Darenth Wood, Kent ; Lanark, in Scotland, and in Norfolk. 
dispersed, haying been 

