PACHETRA; HADENA. By W. WamkBn. 79 



A. scotochlora KoU. (= stevensii Guen.) (20a). Forewing ochreous whitish, dusted with grey; the scotoditora. 

 median area and outer margin, and sometimes the basal area also suffused with olive fuscous; lines black 

 and distinct : the outer and submarginal lunulate ; claviform stigma black ; the upper stigmata large, white- 

 ringed, and outlined with black, their centre grey; space between outer and submarginal lines generally pale; 

 hindwing dull fuscous, with a pale patch at margin on submedian fold. Kashmir and Tibet. 



9. Genus: Pachetra Guen. 



Differs from Aplecta in having the antennae of cT strongly bipectinated to the tips; the wings 

 broader and shorter. The larva hybernates fullfed and pupates in spring in a slight cocoon. 



Type P. fulminea F. 



P. fulminea F. (= leucophaea View.) (19 e, f). Fore-wing grey suffused with darker [grey and brown; fulminea. 

 claviform stigma variable in size, blackish; upper stigmata large, white-edged with grey centres, sometimes 

 wholly white: submarginal line diffusely pale, preceded by black wedge-shaped marks; hindwing dirty grey, 

 with darker cellspot, postmedian line, and submarginal cloud; in vestigialis Esp. (19 f) there is a prominent vestigiatis. 

 white patch at base of costa of forewing; — ravida Esp. is a rarer form in which the median and marginal ravida. 

 areas are both reddish brown; — pyrenaica Oberth. (20a), from the Pyrenees, is a melanic form in which pyrenaica. 

 the forewings are suffused all over with blackish grey; — bombycina Ev. (19 f), from the Ural Mts., is bombycina. 

 smaller and darker, with the median and submedian veins finely white; both the upper stigmata'much 

 smaller, white-edged, the reniform not kidney-shaped but narrow with the white lateral edges parallel, the 

 lower end flat, not curved, and according to Eveksmann running inwards along the median vein; on the 

 other hand ab. incana Mill, is a quite pale form; yet another form, from the Sila Mts., Calabria, seems to incana. 

 require a name ab. grisescens nov. (19 f). The 6 cfd* seen, rather smaller than typical fulminea, are dark grisescens. 

 grey suffused with fuscous, without any admixture of brown or ochreous; the upper stigmata grey with 

 white outlines, the claviform black; the underside is whitish powdered with grey, the cellspots large; an 

 outer line on both wings. — The species is rare in Britain, commoner in Europe, occurring in N. Italy, 

 France, Switzerland, Germany, Sweden, Finland, and Russia; in Asia it is found in Syria and Asia Minor, 

 Turkestan, and Siberia. — Syrian specimens, according to Hampson, have the hindwing white, and the 

 veins only brown. — Larva grey brown mottled with dark; dorsal line yellowish, black-edged; a series of 

 oblique brown subdorsal stripes ; lateral lines narrowly brown : on grasses and low plants. 



10. Genus: Hadena Schrank. 



Frons smooth; antennae of o* ciliated; thorax and pectus rough-haired; tibiae fringed with hair; 

 abdominal segments laterally fringed with hair towards extremity. 



Type H. reticulata Vill. 



H. dissectus Walk. (= crucifer Feld.) (19 g). Forewing dark olive brown with an undertone of red; dissectus. 

 lines fine, ochreous white, strongly tinged with rosy; the inner and outer lines with a fine black centre; 

 claviform stigma large, black; orbicular and reniform conversely oblique, with pale lateral edges, the outer 

 edge of reniform conspicuous; an oblique apical streak pinkish ochreous; submarginal line ochreous; veins 

 all pinkish ochreous ; hindwing fuscous. Japan and China ; described originally from India. 



H. reticulata Vill. (= saponariae Esp., calcatrippae View., typica Hbn., marginosa Haic.) (19 g). reticulata. 

 Forewing dark fuscous, with a purplish sheen when fresh; all the veins white, between outer and sub- 

 marginal lines black with pale outlines; claviform stigma black and broad; upper stigmata concisely out- 

 lined with pale, the reniform with a central pale line; a slight pale apical streak; submarginal line white; 

 hindwing fuscous, the basal half, especially in cf, considerably paler; — unicolor Alph. is said to have no unicolor. 

 violet tinge; but this is always the case when the insect has been out for any length of time. — Widely 

 distributed, occurring in Britain, France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, Hungary, and Russia; in 

 Armenia, the Altai Mts. W. Siberia, Turkestan, Mongolia, Kashmir. — Larva greenish or pinkish ochreous, 

 irrorated with darker; dorsal line faint; lateral lines black and well-marked; head brown: on various 

 low plants. 



H. texturata Alph. (19 g). Forewing olive fuscous with a purple tinge; veins and lines white; upper texturata. 

 stigmata white-edged with brown centres; outer edge of reniform strongly concave; claviform black; sub- 

 marginal line white, preceded by a blackish shade; hindwing greyish fuscous; fringe whitish. Kuku-Nor 

 and Amdo, Tibet ; Ta-Chien-Lu, W. China. In the Chinese specimen the reniform is less concave externally, 

 and altogether less contorted. 



H. abrupta Ev. Forewing black : the veins, the inner and outer lines, and the outlines of the upper abrupta. 

 stigmata, whitish: the fringe grey; hindwing dark grey, blacker towards termen; smaller than reticulata. 

 Kirghistan. It seems to be very close to, if not identical with H. texturata Alph. 



