50 THE GENERA OF BRITISH MOTHS. 
pillar (No. 6) feeds on plants of the cabbage tribe, sometimes committing great ravages in our gardens. It appears 
in the autumn, and the Moth early in the following summer. 
There are six other species :—WM. Pisi (the Brown Moth), If Suasa (the Dog's Tooth), M. Chenopodii (the 
Nutmeg), Af. Nigricans (the Dusky Nutmeg), M. Albicolon (the White Colon), and M, Brassicw (the Cabbage Moth). 
Three of these are, like the two preceding species, very common; but the other three, M. Nigricans, M. Albicolon, and 
M. Suasa, are very rare. Nigricans has been taken in the New Forest and at Darenth Wood ; A/dicolon has been 
found in Cumberland ; and Swasa, though very common on the Continent, has been taken only once or twice at 
Birch Wood, in Kent, in Norfolk, and in the Like District. 
The genus, Hadena, the type of thé Hadenidi, have the palpi bent upwards, the antenne simple, or only 
slightly ciliated in the males. The fore wings are undulated at the fringed edge, and are rather narrow, and all the 
species are generally rather smaller than those of the preceding genus. The Caterpillars are smooth, of rather long 
proportion, and sometimes rather brightly coloured. The Chrysalids are subterranean. In its present restricted 
form this genus contains eleven species. 
Hadena Adusta (the Dark Brecade, No. 7) is one of the insects of this class upon which our old collectors 
conferred the name of Brocades, from the rich shining patches of very exquisitely varied tints on the anterior wings 
which distinguish many of the Haden. It is a large insect, often measuring one and three-quarter inches across 
the extended wings. It is a rather rare species, but occurs in the woods of Kent and Surrey, and has been found in 
Essex, on Chatmoss, and in other localities. The Caterpillar is said to be of dull reddish, marbled with green on the 
back, the dorsal line being only indicated by dark blotches at the joints. It feeds on several low-growing plants. 
Hadena Dentina (the Shears, No. 8) is common everywhere. The Caterpillar (No. 9) is dull greenish gray, 
browner on the back, with a row of dark triangular spots on either side of the dorsal line. The head is reddish. It 
feeds on Dandelion, preferring the lower leaves or roots. 
There are several varieties of this species, which have been named, as distinct species, but they only differ in 
the tone of colouring, the disposition of the markings remaining the same, or very nearly so. 
The other species are :—H, Sa'wra (the Beautiful Arches), H. Arctica (the Barred Arches), H. Assimilis (the 
Northern Arches), H. Thalassina (the Pale-shouldered Brocade), H. Geniste (the Light Brocade), H. Cuntigua (the 
Beautiful Brocade), H. Gemina (the Brown-pinioned Brocade), 1. Glauca (the Glaucous Shears), and HH. Protea (the 
Brindled Green). Among these, some, though common, are very beautifully marked, as Thalassina, Geviste, and 
Contigua. Others are very rare, as Gemina, Glawa, and Protea. 
The genus Xy/ocampa. The insects, fur the reception of which this genus was established by M. Guéené, have 
the antenne of thé males slightly pubescent, or velvety, but not ciliated, with a tuft of hair at the base. The 
abdomen is crested on the anterior segment; the markings of the fore wings are distinct, and the fringe long. The 
Caterpillars are long and attenuated at each end, but thick in the middle, with an eminence on the twelfth segment. 
Xylocampa Lithoriza (the Early Gray, No.10). The only English species has been recently removed from 
Hadena to this genus, on account of several peculiarities, both in the preparatory and perfect states, which were at 
variance with the true character of the Hadere. The colour of the Caterpillar is rather a grayish buff, with a paler 
dorsal line, bordered by brown spots ; the twelfth segment is rather humped. It feeds upon honeysuckle in the 
summer months, and the perfect insect appears as early as the following March or April, frequenting the flowers of 
the Sallow. It is a common insect, aud very widely distributed. 
The genus Newria. The insects of this genus have antennx pubescent in the males, and slightly so in the 
females. The fore wings are distinguished by the pale colour of the nervures, or neurations, which thus become 
very conspicuous; the name of the genus being founded on this peculiarity. 
Neuria Saponarie (the Bordered Gothic, No. 11), the only British species, was formerly, like Xylocampa 
Lithoriza, classed with the Hadene, though always considered a very distinct species, its general character agreeing 
much better with M. Guéené’s new genus Newria, The Caterpillar probably varies considerably in colour, as it is 
described by some as being of a reddish gray colour, streaked with brown, and by others as entirely green, without 
any markings; it possibly changes colour at different ages. It feeds on different species of Saponaria and Silene, in 
July and August, and the Moth appears the following summer, It is not rare. 
