[5] Endromis versicolor.
[6] Noctua catana.
[7] Noctua aprilina.
[8] Noctua batis.
[9] The attitude of the caterpillars, resembling that of the Sphinx, has given this name to the tribe. The moths of the Sphinx have the peculiar power of erecting their wings, but even these cannot make them meet over the back as butterflies do. Their chief food is the potatoe plant.
[10] Liparis dispar.—The caterpillars of the Gipsey are very destructive to fruit trees, over which they wander during the day, but at night retire into a web like that of a spider. In 1731, they attacked and destroyed most of the oaks in France.
[11] Noctua mi.—Called Shipton, from the profile of an old woman which is marked on its upper wings.
[12] Noctua I niger.—The Roman character, I, is marked on the wings of this moth.
[13] [14] [15] Noctua lambda, Noctua gamma, Noctua chi.—So named from the spots on their wings resembling these Greek characters. The caterpillars of the Noctua gamma, in 1735, infected the whole of France, and devoured the productions of the kitchen gardens. The common people supposed them to be poisonous, and consequently the use of herbs in making soups was forbidden.
[16] Noctua gothica.