Some British Moths Described 
other Triphene. The moth is got at sugar and 
Ragwort flowers in July and August. Expanse, 
12 inches. 
Triphena pronuba: the Yellow Underwing (Plate 
VIIL, Fig. 26).—Known to everyone who keeps an 
open window on a summer night. Pronuba is a 
strong and bold insect who makes his presence known 
when he enters a room, where he is quite capable of 
smashing an unprotected gas-mantle, If he be grabbed 
in the hand, he has no mind to remain a prisoner, and 
before you are aware he will slip through your fingers, 
as if he were French-chalked. He is as variable as 
lively, hardly two specimens being exactly alike on the 
upper wings. A nuisance at sugar, of which he never 
seems to get enough. Larva on Plantain, Dock, 
Grass, Primrose, and other low plants (see ‘Plate VIL., 
Fig. 8). 
Family AMPHIPYRIDA. 
Mania typica: the Gothic (Plate IX., Fig. 2).— 
Expanse, to 1¢ inches. Common in suburban gardens 
in June and July, both at bloom and sugar. The 
larve have to be watched for in the spring, when 
they are sometimes very destructive, mainly to the 
flower-buds of Primulas and Auriculas, The damage 
is often attributed to slugs. It spins a light cocoon 
in a corner of a wall or fence in May. 
Mania maura: the Old Lady (Plate IX., Fig. 1). 
—Though sombre in colour, this moth is by no means 
“unbraw, as the Scots would say ; fine specimens have 
a quiet beauty all their own. On the wing in July and 
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