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Show INSECTA. . -Noctua, Fab. EnEBus, Lat ·- Thysama, Dalm. 1 a s extended an d horizontal, and the last Where the wings are ~ ;v y slender, and naked. . • 'nt of the inferior palpllS long, of this tribe, and Wlth the excepJOl the largest Lepidoptera. h Ophiusa scapulosa, Ochs. They are . culiar to Spam-t e tion of one specles pe . -are a1 1 /I'! oreign to Europe( 1 ). N ooTlJA, Fa b. . . t of the infer.i or pa1 p i is very short, and cover- Where the last JOin d'Ing Insects(2). ed with scales, as ·m the prece IV 225. Cons'ld . Gen. sur les Crust., &c. . T1he (1) Lat., Ge n. Cr.u st.h e t Inseecctti.,n ate'd ante' nna:, and might constitute a particu ar males of some species ave p . bgenus. . · · Ochsenh e1. me r's History of th.e Lep1. dop· su (2) The genus .m'"' octua of FabflClUS, m from .11 cront' eta to Euclidia mclustve 1Y · f Europe, is divided into fo~-:wo, t blished in the Systematic Catalogue tera o for the most part, the divtslons es ~ t enera, whic4 the nature of our T:~e~;pidoptera of Vienna, transforme;u: :h~ Erebi being detached, appe~ :ork forbids us to describe. That of~~~~ s:ries, one of which is connec~ed With to divide itself into two great par 'th the N otodontre. The first 1S com· tthoe usse latter Lepidoptera, an d the ot.h learr sW wl alk in the manner of Ge o_me t rr e . Some pose d of those Nocture w. hosthe cat terpollr four an t e r1'o r' of the intermedtate lm em, brand· have sixteen feet, of whtch e wo ave but twelve: such are the p mtlll,. an ous ones, at-.e the shortest; ~~ o~e~:: from the prec.eding by the size of them~; the Chrysopterre, a genus dlstmgu~ d The second series will commence WI rior palpi, which bend over the ea ·. 11 lar er, the antenna: pectinated, and speet. es m. which the palpi are prohp orNbt. otondao nyt a pag lr ,pt' na (Odon'flterapalpinus, Lat.), :r • the proboscis is small; such are t e o Cal es of 'freitschke. Then wtll follow and the Calyptrre of Ochse~heimer, or ture~n which the posterior margin.of the the genera Xylena, Cuculha, those Noc those where the antenna: are pectmat~d, superior wings is angular or den~ted,l We will terminate these latter spectes and then those in which they are slmp e. of which, of the genus Erastia, 1~., ap· with such as have a s~oothA;~o:::,c:~:;illars of this second series h~ve s:~~~ ear to lead to Pyra ts. ones of equal size; they move mas . ~eet and the intermediate mem~ranous F' h Entomog. Imp. Russ. I, Lepld., 1. ' The Chrysopterre-Plus&a concha, Is.c ., ll'ed to Herminia and Pyra· me. . h ther sertes are a 1 . Th IV-with which we termmate t e o , d nd in this large section. e r s Thus the two series seem to converge 1 an especies with almost horizontal ~cltenire or Oatocala of Ochsenheim~r ared argewell as Ophius, Breplws, &c. to t lly approx1mate , as wings that appear na ura . they destroy its ·harmony. Ereb~s. If we place them in the other ser~s~ 102 should form a new sub· The Bombyx cyllopoda, Dalm., Analect. nom., , Ll!PIDOPl'ERA. 207 Among his Nocture proper, the caterpillars of some, and the greater number, have sixteen feet. Of these we will notice the N. sponsa, Fab., Rces., Insect. IV, xix. Cinereous grey; thorax crested; wings lapping: upper surface of the superior ones obscure grey, with strongly undulated black streaks, and a whitish spot divided by several black lines; that of the inferior bright red with two black bands; abdomen entirely cinereous. The caterpillar 1i ves on the Oak; it is grey, with some obscure and irregular spots, and little tubercles; a hump on the fifth ring surmounted by a yellow plate. This species and some others are called Lichenees, on account of theit· colour, which resembles that of a Lichen. Their four anterior membranous feet are the shortest, and they walk in the manner of the Geometrre. N. pacta, Fab. Distinguished from the others by the red colour of the under part of its abdomen. It is only found in the north of Europe( 1 ). The caterpillars of some have but twelve feet. The superior wings of the perfect Insect are frequently ornamented with golden or silver spots. Such are the two following species(2). N. gamma, Fab., Rces., Ins., I, Class III, Pap. Noct., V. The thorax crested; superior surface of the upper wings brown, with lighter shades of the same colour, and a golden spot forming a lambda or gamma, laid on the side, in the middle. By pressure, two tufts of hairs may be made to protrude from the extremity of the male's abdomen. The caterpillar lives on various culinary vegetables. N. chrysitis, Fa b.; Esp., N oct., cix, fig., l-5. Superior wings light-brown, traversed by two bands of the colour of polished brass. Some caterpillars, like those of the N. verbasci, N. artemisia:!, N. absint!tii, &c.; have the habit of feeding on the flower~ of plants pec.uliar to them(3). genus. It is very re'markable, inasmuch as the two posterior legs are shorter than the others, unarll'\ecl, and almost useless for the purpose of locomotion. This Insect, on account of its pectinated antenna:, distinct proboscis, and antenna: which are twice the length of the head, should be placed near the genus Oalyptra of Ochsenheimer, ot· our Herminia:. (1) These two species belong to the genus Oatocala, Ochsenheim.er. (2) Genus Plusia of the same. . (3) They belong to the genus Oucullia of Schrank and other Lepidopterologists. For the other species, see Olivier, Encyc. Method., art. Noctuelle; Lat. Gen. Crust. et Insect., IV, p. 224, and in particular Ochsenheimer's work on the |