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above the legs. Spiracles brownish-orange, edged 

 with dark grey ; belly and legs pale greenish-brown. 



Some of the moths appeared late in autumn, and 

 others in the following June. (W. B., July, 1866 ; 

 E.M.M., June, 1867, IV, 14.) 



Hadena ADUSTA. 

 Plate XCIII, fig. 1. 

 The larvse of this species seem easy to rear as far 



as their full growth, on lettuce, knotgrass, hawthorn, 

 and sallow ; about the end of September they become 

 torpid, and hibernate until the warmth of spring 

 awakens them, when they spin a slight cocoon under 

 moss and dead leaves, the perfect insects appearing 

 towards the end of June ; but it frequently happens 

 that in confinement the larvas die during hibernation, 

 as it is difficult to prevent their being attacked with 

 mildew if kept moist, and, on the other hand, they die 

 off if too dry. 



The full-grown larva is about an inch and a half to 

 an inch and five-eighths in length, cylindrical, and of 

 nearly uniform width, of a full green colour, with the 

 whole upper surface of the back and sides as far as 

 the spiracles freckled with a deep purplish-red, which 

 down the middle of the back becomes aggregated in 

 the form of diamonds, each occupying the area of a 

 segment within the subdorsal lines; these last, and 

 the spiracular line with the space between them, are 

 freckled and streaked obliquely with the same red 

 colour. The dorsal line is only indicated by a dusky 

 spot at each segmental division ; the tubercular dots are 

 blackish. The spiracles are white, edged with black ; 

 the belly and legs of the green ground-colour. 



I am indebted to the kindness of Mr. Steele, of 

 Congleton, for the subjoined varieties : 



Variety 1. — Ground-colour a brilliant yellow, the 



