Ha DEN A is a genus established by Schrank; but whether the 

 N. Cucuhali be his type I have not been able to ascertain : as 

 however it is the only species referred to him by Treitschke, 

 who included it in his 1st division, it is more than probable; 

 the 2nd division having males with pectinated antennae, is, ac- 

 cording to my views, inadmissible; and his 4th, as far as I am 

 acquainted with the species, may be at once distinguished by 

 a dark longitudinal line at the base of the upper wings : these 

 being much more nearly related to Mamestra, I shall add them 

 to that genus. 



The following are British Haden£E : 



1. H. Saponariae Esp. — Goda. — iy^xca. Hub. tab. 12,/. 58. 

 marginosa //gw. 195. 101. 



Middle of July, Letheringset and Hetherset, Norfolk; Bot- 

 tisham, Cambridgeshire ; Dover, Brighton, and Darent-wood. 



2. H. Cucubali Wie7i. V.— Curtis Brit.Ent.pl. 308. 

 This rare insect (which has never been figured in any other 



British work) is remarkable for the different periods of its ap- 

 pearance. Mr. J. Standish has taken it near Wandsworth 

 S^th of May, and near Dartford 17th of June, in which month 

 Mr. H. Walker takes it in marshy places near the Clyde, Mr. 

 C. J. Thompson in gardens at Fulham, end of July; and I 

 captured a female at Dover, the middle of August. 



3. H. capsincola Hub. pi. 12./ 57. — Haw. 196. 103. 

 Beginning of June, weedy banks and gardens. 



4. H. plebeia Linn.? — Haw. 198. 107. — dentina Fab. — 

 Haiv.^-Hilb. 87. 408. — nana Esp. — leucostigma Haw. 



End of June, shady pales, not uncommon. 



5. H. glauca Hub. pi. 87. 410.— Go<ia. v. 6. pi. 92. / 7.— 

 Haw. 197. 106. 



Taken near Matlock in Derbyshire ; near Cheltenham, and 

 London. The caterpillar feeds upon Tussilago farfara and 

 Cypripedium Calceolus ,- the moth appears in May in France, 

 and only inhabits lofty mountains. 



6. H. Lappo? Godart v. 1. pi. 116./ 3. — I am indebted to 

 Mr. Lyell for a fine male, taken at Kinnordy, which agrees 

 pretty well with the above figure, and I suspect it may be the 

 male of H. glauca. 



7. H. Lithorhiza BorJc, Treit.^ Goda. — areola Esp. — ope- 

 rosa Hub. 2^1. 85./ 'd9S.—Haw. 185. 69. 



End of April, pales and trunks of trees. The caterpillar is 

 said to feed upon the Honey-suckle. 



I have copied the caterpillar of N. Cucubali from Hiibner ; 

 it feeds upon the seeds in the capsules of Cucubalus baccifcTf 

 and no doubt upon those of Lychnis (pi. 54.) and Silcnc, for 

 the former is not a British plant. The Silene iiiflata (Bladder 

 Catchfly) is represented in the plate, the plant most likely to 

 which it is attached in Britain. 



