NEW BRITISH SPECIES SINCE 1835. 35 



the trunks of elms in September. It has considerable re- 

 semblance to Hama testacea. 



Hama furva, W. V. ; this insect had been taken by Mr. 

 Logan prior to 1846, and it has since occurred near Arthur's 

 Seat every summer, and has also been taken by sugaring in 

 other parts of Scotland. [Mr. Gregson and Mr. Almond 

 met with it at Llanferras, in Wales, last year ; and the Rev. 

 Joseph Greene took a fine specimen on the 10th of June last, 

 in the neighbourhood of Kingstown, near Dublin.] The true 

 furva was first introduced in our lists by Mr. Doubleday, in 

 his Catalogue of Lepidoptera, page 7. 



Hadena satura, W. V. ; a specimen is in the collection 

 of the Rev. Mr. Bird, who attracted it by light in Oxford- 

 shire; Mr. Doubleday has a specimen from Cambridge- 

 shire. It is nearly half as large again as adusta y dark 

 varieties of which are continually being taken for satura. 



Hadena assimilis, Doubleday; described and first re- 

 corded by Mr. Doubleday in the Zoologist for 1847, page 

 1914 ; it was first taken in Scotland by Mr. Weaver in 

 1846." I have a specimen taken sitting on a rock in the 

 Isle of Arran in 1847. Few specimens have since occurred 

 and it is still in very few collections. 



Heliophobus hispidus, Hubner; first recorded as Bri- 

 tish by Mr. Bull in the Zoologist for 1849, page 2369— 

 "I took one specimen of this rare Noctua late in September, 

 on the sand hills at Exmouth." It had previously been taken 

 in the Isle of Portland by Mr. T. Lighton ; and in 1851 Mr. 

 S. Stevens, ** having long had a desire to search for it him- 

 self, there visited the island expressly for the purpose, and in 

 three days and nights, with the assistance of two men, suc- 

 ceeded in finding fifteen fine specimens sitting on the rocks" 

 — as recorded by him in the Zoologist for 1851, p. 3289. Mr. 

 Stevens has distributed his specimens in most of the prin- 

 cipal collections. 



