56 HADENA GENISTA. 



the brood. The dorsal and subdorsal lines outlined 

 with darker brown, in many instances only visible 

 on the anterior segments, and in others also at the 

 segmental divisions. 



A series of darker brown diamond- and wedge- 

 shaped marks down the middle of the back, on the fifth 

 to the twelfth segments inclusive, viz., on each of those 

 segments a diamond united to a wedge-shape on either 

 side, the broad ends of the wedges extending to the end 

 of the twelfth segment only, and to about one-third 

 from the ends of the other segments, each wedge point- 

 ing forwards and reaching a third into the segment 

 in advance. The tubercular dots blackish, the upper 

 pair placed on the edges of the diamonds, the lower 

 pair on the broad ends of the wedges ; in the purplish- 

 brown variety the dots and lines paler than the ground- 

 colour, and in some instances not visible. 



The whitish spiracles edged with blackish are placed 

 along the terminal line of the above brown colouring, 

 and the remaining surface below, including the legs, is 

 of a dirty whitish or pale drab colour, the legs tipped 

 with brown. 



Head with two central black streaks across the 

 face ; a dark brown plate on the second segment, some- 

 times marked with one pair and in others two pairs of 

 pale spots. (W. B., 1867; E.M.M., August. 1867, 

 IV, 61.) 



Hadena rectilinea. 

 Plate XOV, fig. 3. 



On the 23rd of September, 1864, Mr. Doubleday 

 most kindly presented me with several nearly full- 

 grown larvae of this species ; and subsequently Mr. N. 

 Cooke obliged me with another variety, reared from 

 the same batch of eggs, which he obtained from a 

 female taken at Rannoch last summer. 



They continued to feed well as long as any sallow 



