NOCTUAS. 



surface is reticulated with smoky-black, and 

 dotted with white ; the ventral is not only 

 paler than the dorsal area, but is slightly 

 ti-ansparent, and, like the dorsal area, is 

 reticulated with darker and dotted with 

 lighter markings. 



The MOTH appears on the wing in June, and 

 has occurivd in nearly all our English coun- 

 ties as far north as Yorkshire, and also in the 

 county Wicklow, in Ireland, but is not com- 

 mon in any part of that island. (The scientific 

 name is Hadena suasa. ) 



652. The Bright-line Brown -eye (Hadena oleracea). 



652. THE BRIGHT-LINE BROWN-EYE. The 

 palpi are porrected and slightly incurved at 

 their tips ; the antennae are simple : the colour 

 of the fore wings is reddish-brown, the reni- 

 form, when perceptible, which is not always 

 the case, has a white circumscription, the me- 

 dian area being of the general ground-colour; 

 the reniform has an interrupted circumscrip- 

 tion, composed of white scales, but these are 

 occasionally wanting ; it has also a dull 

 ochreous blotch towards its costal extremity : 

 parallel with the hind margin is a bright snow- 

 white line, which near its middle projects a 

 white "W to the hind margin ; the hind wings 

 are pale gray-brown at the base and darker 

 towards the hind margin, and have the fringe 

 again paler : the head and thorax are of the 

 same colour as the fore wings, the latter is 

 conspicuously crested ; the body is gray- 

 brown, with long, pale, hair-like scales at the 

 base. 



The CATERPILLAR rolls in a ring when dis- 

 turbed : its usual colour is pale delicate green, 

 less commonly clear transparent brown, always 

 having a narrow bright yellow stripe imme- 

 diately below the spiracles ; above the yellow 

 stripe is a less distinct smoke-coloured stripe, 



which gradually vanishes into the green of 

 the back ; on the back of every segment are 

 several jet-black dots; on the second, third, 

 and fourth segments these dots form a direct 

 transverse series, but not on the following 

 segments ; on each side of the caterpillar, 

 below the spiracles, are three or four more of 

 these black dots, and on the sixth, seventh, 

 eleventh, and twelfth segments there are 

 black dots on the belly; in addition to the 

 more conspicuous black dots, the back is 

 sprinkled with multitudes of ocellated and 

 very minute white dots : it feeds on a variety 

 of plants the common nettle ( Urtica dioica), 

 elm ( Ulmus campestris), several species of dock 

 (Rumex), &c. &c., and is full-fed in Sep- 

 tember, when it buries itself in the earth to 

 assume the CHRYSALIS state. 



The MOTH appears on the wing in June, and 

 is very generally distributed in England, Scot- 

 laud, and Ireland. (The scientific name is 

 Hadena oleracea.) 



653. The Broom Moth (Hadena Pisi). 



653. THE BROOM MOTH. The palpi are 

 porrected, the second joint very scaly, the 

 scales projecting beyond the tips of the third ; 

 the antennae are simple : the colour of the 

 fore wings is reddish-br< > w n , sometimes slightly 

 variegated, at others quite plain ; the dis- 

 coidal spots are inconspicuous ; parallel with 

 the hind margin is an interrupted waved 

 transverse yellow line, which expands into a 

 blotch near the anal angle; in the variegated 

 and dai'ker specimens this line is white : the 

 hind wings are reddish gray-brown, rather 

 paler at the base : the thorax is crested and 

 of the same colour as the fore wings, the body 

 of the same colour as the hind wings. 



The CATERPILLAR rolls in a ring when dis- 

 turbed. It is very beautiful ; the head is 



