i66 LEPIDOPTERA. 



on a fence, post, or tree trunk, but doubtless hides more 

 frequently among dead leaves on the ground. It flies freely 

 and rather conspicuously at dusk, and conies readily to 

 sugar in woods. In such situations it is moderately common 

 throughout the greater part of England, and in large woods 

 often plentiful. Apparently scarcer in the extreme west, 

 being said to be uncommon in Devon and rare in Cornwall. 

 In Wales I have found it, though not commonly, at Pembroke, 

 and it doubtless occurs throughout the Principality. Eather 

 local in Scotland, but found in Roxburghshire, the Clyde 

 Valley, Argyleshire, and the districts of the Tweed, Tay, and 

 Moray. In Ireland it is said to occur generally in wood- 

 lands, where such exist, but is in other situations rare or 

 absent. Abroad it is found in Central Europe, Italy, North- 

 ern Turkey, Southern Russia, Livonia, Armenia, and in the 

 mountain regions of Central Asia. In America it apparently 

 exists in a race known under the name of A. nimbosa Gn., 

 in which the whitish ground colour is clouded with grey 

 in patches, but which in other respects seems to be identical 

 with the present species, and is widely spread over the 

 Northern, Eastern, and Middle United States, Canada, 

 British Columbia, and Colorado. 



Genus 16. Hadena. 



Antennae ciliated, eyes hairy, eyelashes distinct at the back 

 but prostrate ; thorax strongly crested ; abdomen also crested, 

 usually with three or four tufts; fore wings stout, rather 

 narrow, with a conspicuous W in the subterminal line ; hind 

 wings rather ample, with vein 5 very faint. 



Larv^ cylindrical, smooth, brightly coloured, often in 

 broad longitudinal stripes. 



PuPiE subterranean. 



Many of the species are handsome and strongly coloured, 

 not easy to tabulate — but this is an attempt : 



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