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at West Hartlepool Cemetery. I got another at sugar on the 

 sandhills the same year, but have not seen it since ; Mr. C. 

 Trechmann, Junr., however, found one on the trunk of a Fir 

 tree at Castle Eden in 1897; Mr. Gardner got one the same 

 year at Hezleden Dene, from which he obtained eggs and has 

 reared a fine brood. Mr. Gardner writes, " very erratic in time 

 of appearance. I have taken it in July, August, September, 

 and October, and Mr. Blatch picked up a specimen, I believe, at 

 Easter." 



54. E. satura, Hub. Beautiful Beocade. 



Hadena satura. Staint. Man., vol. i., p. 274. 



,, ,, Newm. Brit. Moths, p. 409. 



Eurois ,, Barr. Lep. Brit. Is., vol. iv., p. 111. 



Hadena poi'phyrea. Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 132. 



One of the rarest of the British IToctuse, not a dozen authentic 

 specimens being known. Mr. Meyrick suggests that it is only 

 an occasional immigrant. It is named in the Twizell list, but 

 it is more than probable that these were but well marked forms 

 of the next species. In the Entomologist (vol. x., p. 99) is the 

 following : — " A single specimen in my collection was taken by 

 Mr. John Hancock, while it was at rest on the fencing of Brand- 

 ling Place, I^ewcastle-on-Tyne, in the month of April, 1845. 

 August is stated to be the usual time of appearance of this Moth. 

 This exceptional instance has, I believe, never been recorded. 

 Y. E. Perkins, Wootton-under-Edge, Jan., 1877." Mr. Barrett 

 (vol. iv., p. 114) speaks of this as '' a supposed capture at I^ew- 

 castle-upon-Tyne," and suggests that this also was a variety of 

 Adusta. Mr. Perkins, however, was a good observer, and not 

 likely to make any record where there was room for doubt. As 

 for the date of capture, Mr. Barrett himself gives June, July, 

 and August for this species, and June, July, and in forward 

 seasons the end of May for Adusta. But all these species are 

 very uncertain, and after an open winter might occur in April. 

 As an illustration I might refer to the dates of Mr. Gardner's 

 captures of Occulta^ Since the above was in type, Mr. Perkins 



