AND THEIR TRANSFORMATIONS. 
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SPECIES 1.—THYATIRA BATIS. Prars XLI., Fie. 18, anp Prater XLII., Fie. 114, 
Synonymes.— Phal. Noctua Baits, Linneus, Donovan, Brit. Ins. pl. 1, pl. 33, fig. 1. Curtis, Brit. Ent. pl. 72. Harris Exposition, pl. 13, fig. 3. 
Stephens, Wood, Ind. Ent. pl. 14, fig. 326 
This lovely insect measures about 13 
inch in the expanse of the fore wings, which are of a brown colour, 
marked with five large rosy patches—one at the base with brown clouds, tw 
o on the costa near the apex, another 
small one on the inner margin towards the middle, and the fifth on the 
anal angle, these having a brownish disk. 
On the dark part of the wing may be traced the rudiments of several dentated lines, and the 
apical margin is 
sometimes marked with rosy lunules. 
The hind wings are brown with the base, and a broad bar across the 
middle, pale. 
The caterpillar is of a brown-red colour, anteriorly and posteriorly gibbose, with the third segment with a 
bifid tubercle, and a pale zig-zag line down the side. It feeds on the common bramble, and the moth appears in 
June and July. It is found in woods in various distant parts of the country, but is rather scarce. 

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SPECIES 1._THYATIRA DERASA. Prare XLI., Fre. 15, ann Prats XLII, Fie. 116. 
Synonymes.—Phal. Noctua derasa, Linneus; Donovan, 7, pl. 223, fig. 1; Hiibner ; Stephens; Wood, Ind. Ent. pl. 14, fig. 325. 
This singularly-marked moth measures from 15. to 12 inch in the expanse of the fore wings, which are very 
pale slaty buff at the base, with a white oblique bar connected with a streak which runs to the base. The middle 
portion of the wing is fulvous, with the costa whitish ; the stigmata are very small and edged with brown ; beyond 
the middle are several rows of very delicate deeply-waved lines ; towards the apex of the costa is a whitish abbre- 
viated transverse line, and another white stripe runs from the apical to the anal angle of the wing, the apical 
margin with a row of fine ovate lunules and dark dots; the hind wings are brown, with a pale transverse striga. 
The caterpillar is destitute of tubercles, with the extremity of the body attenuated ; it is of a reddish or fulvous 
colour, with darker lines and several pale spots on the sides. It feeds on the bramble, and the moth appears in 
July and August. It is not a common, although a very widely-dispersed species. 


SCOLIOPTERYX, Gerrmar. GONOPTERA, Larreniz. CALPE, Trerrscuxe. 
CALYPTRA, Ocusenuemmer. 
This genus is well distinguished from all other Noctuide by the singular dentate apical margin of its fore 
wings, and its pectinated male antenne; the palpi are long and much elevated, forming a short beak with the 
third joint long and exposed ; the thorax is crested in front. The caterpillar is slender, elongated, cylindrical, and 
with asmall head. It feeds on the leaves of trees, and the chrysalis is folliculated. 

SPECIES 1.—SCOLIOPTERYX LIBATRIX. Pirate XLL., Fie. 17, anp Puare XLII., Fie. 118. 
SynonymMEs.—Phalena Noctua libatrix, Linneus, Donovan, yol. 6, pl. 216. Hubner. Albin, pl. 32, fig.5 a—c. Harris Exposition, 
pl. 1, fig. c—f. Duncan, Brit. Moths, pl. 24, fig. 1. Wood, Ind. Ent. pl. 14, fig. 327. 
This species measures about 1. inch in the expanse of the fore wings, which are of a reddish grey colour, much 
irrorated with brown speckles, with the basal half more strongly tinged with fulvous; there isa white dot at the 
base, and another near the middle of the wing. There is a slender, slightly-waved pale striga before, and another 
more oblique, beyond the middle of the wing, edged with brown ; and between the latter and the apical margin 
runs a very much serrated, but much less distinctly marked, subapical striga ; the hind wings are brown, with an 
obscure striga beyond the middle; the tarsi are white. The hind wings beneath are beautifully irrorated with 
dark markings. The caterpillar is green, with a whitish lateral line. It feeds on willows and poplars, and 
the moth appears at different periods of the year; April and July, and June and September, being given as 
the periods of itsimago state. It is a very abundant species in the southern portion of the Kingdom. 
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