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HADENA CUCUBALI. 



The Campion Moth. 



Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Noctuidae Lat.^ Leach. 



Type of the Genus, Noctua Capsincola Esp. 



Hadena Sckr., Treit., Sam., Step. — Noctua Fab., Haw., &;c. 



Anlennce rather longer in the males than females, setaceous and 

 slender, composed of numerous joints clothed with scales above, 

 ciliated beneath, each joint producing two bristles (1). 

 Maxillie spiral, twice as long as the antennae, furnished at the 

 apex with tentacula (3). 



Labial Palpi porrected obliquely, thickly clothed with scales 



which are longest at the centre beneath, leaving the tip only of 



the terminal joint visible (4) : triarticulate, basal joint curved, 



2nd nearly twice as long, more robust and attenuated to the apex, 



3rd small elongate ovate (4 a). 



Head thickly clothed with scales. Eyes oval. Ocelli two (7*). Thorax 



subquadrate, crested before and trilobed behind. Abdomen with tufts 



of hair down the back, obtuse in the males, attenuated and sometimes 



acute in the females. Wings deflexed when at rest, anterior rather 



obtuse. Tibiae, anterior thickly clothed with scales nearly concealing 



the internal spine ; middle pair with a tuft of scales on the outside in 



the males ; posterior with 2 pair of unequal spurs slightly ciliated 



on the outside (8 f). Tarsi 5 -jointed, basal joint the longest. Claws 



bijid. 



Larvae smooth cijlindric with 6 pectoral, 8 abdominal and 2 anal feet. 



CucuBALi Wien. V. — Esper. — Haw. Lep. Brit. 196. 102. — rivularis 

 Fab. 



Head and thorax brown freckled with whitish and black scales. 

 Abdomen subcinereous tinged with pink towards the middle, the 

 tufts on the back rosy. Anterior wings bright brown and rose 

 colour, variegated with dark brown ; near the base are 2 broken 

 yellow strigae and a 3rd formed of 2 black indented lines ; the 

 costa is irregularly spotted with brown rosy and yellow, next to 

 it at the centre are 2 oblong stigmata surrounded by yellow mar- 

 gins, the 1st being the smallest, they meet below and leave a 

 triangular space between them, and under the 1st is a larger 

 subovate blackish macula ; beyond them is a doubly curved rosy 

 line, ornamented with 2 chains of black dots, one of them being 

 lunulate ; between these and the margin is a very irregularly 

 angulated yellow striga forming a W at the middle ; the pos- 

 terior margin has a chain of black and yellow crescents ; the 

 cilia long notched and maculated. Posterior wings deep ochre- 

 ous saturated with fuscous deepest towards the margin, the 

 nervures of the same colour, a pale obscure curved line across 

 the middle ; the cilia ochraceous with a dark undulated line in 

 the middle. 



In the Author's and other Cabinets. 



