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darker streak ; and with a third rather darker longitudinal streak running between the two, bordering the 
veins at the apical portion of the wing; the disk is sometimes almost destitute of any dotting, but is generally 
marked beyond the middle with three small dark dots, placed in an open triangle; the apical margin is not marked 
with a row of small dots at the tips of the longitudinal streaks, with the veins slightly streaked with dusky, and 
the hind wings are pale buffish white. This is a very abundant species, occurring throughout the kingdom in 
July. The caterpillar is dusky ; with pale dots and four white longitudinal lines. It feeds on the sorrel and 
chickweed. We have followed the advice of Mr. H. Doubleday, in giving as varieties of L. pallens the three 
following insects, although L. suffusa appears to us to have the fore wings more regularly truncate at the 
extremity, and the apex more acute. 
Noctua rurescens, Haworth. Of a reddish colour, with the fore wings veined and without dark dots ; 
the hind wings, except along the costa, in certain positions pale brown. It varies in having three or four dusky 
streaks on the fore wings, visible in certain positions ; the hind wings very dusky, with brown veins.—Considered 
by Mr. Stephens as a probable variety of L. pallens. 
Levcanta surrusa, Stephens; and our plate 47, fig. 8; with the fore wings reddish, streaked with whitish 
ashy between the veins ; with a single dusky dot at the apex of the discoidal cell ;-and two or three obsolete 
brownish streaks near the extremity ; hind wings whitish, with a broad subapical dusky stripe ; the apical 
margin paler. Taken near Limehouse, Ripley, and in Norfolk. 
LevcaniA ocuRacra, Stephens ; measures only 13 lines in expanse of the fore wings, which are “ pale 
ochraceous, with a slight rufescent tinge in certain lights, and immaculate, obscurely striated with pale fuscous 
between the nervures, the striw at the base and on the inner margin being the darkest, as in L. comma ; hind 
wings whitish ash, with the margin slightly darker.” 
The pubescent eyes, fore wings not irrorated with dusky scales, and pale hind Wings, distinguish this from 
the following small species of the genus. Taken at Darenth Wood and Whittlesea Mere, in the autumn; 
whence Mr, H. Doubleday conjectures that this is the autumnal brood of L. pallens. 
SPECIES 7.—LEUCANIA PUDORINA. Puate XLVII., Fie. 13, 14. 
Synonymrs.— Noctua pudorina, Wien Verz; Hiibner; Treitschke ; Stephens ; Wood, Ind. Ent. pl. 15, fig. 374 (male). 
Noctua impudens, Hiibner, (female). 
This species measures nearly 13 inch in the expanse of the fore wings, which are of a pale reddish brown 

colour ; irrorated and longitudinally clouded with dusky scales; with one or two more distinct dusky lines 
towards the base of the wing, with others less distinct between the veins, which are buff towards the apical 
margin ; hind wings gray-brown, with a reddish tinge towards the apical margin. Taken in the New Forest, 
and at Whittlesea Mere, in June. The caterpillar is pale dirty buff, with a white lon 
gitudinal dorsal stripe, 
and a pale lateral one edged with dusky. | 
[ Obs.—The following species are not strictly referrible to the genus Leucania. Their naked eyes, acute 
palpi, and the habits of such of the larve as are known, prove them to be ne 
Nonagria. ] 
arer in affinity to the genus 

SPECIES 8.—LEUCANIA 2? PHRAGMATIDIS. Puare XLVIL, Fie. 16; and Puare XLVIII., Fie. 1. 
mee Ue . a PY es 1 . . 
BERONT MES, Noctua phy agmatidis, Hiibner ; but not Leueania | from which last-named author we have copied a figure of the conti- 
phragmatidis, Steph. Catal. i 
5 ; nental musculosa in our pl. 48, fig. 2., in order to show the distinction 
Simyra musculosa, Stephens; Wood, Ind. Ent. pl. 15, fig. 375. 
between it and the English species : i i i 
d gtish species supposed to be identical therewith. 
Noctua musculosa, of Hiibner ; Treitschke ; but not Duponchel, 
This species measures ab + i : . 
p é out 11 inch in the expanse of the fore wings, which are ochre-coloured, with a 
greenish brown tinge, very glossy and unspotted ; the veins pal 
e-coloured and slightly greenish ; the apical 

