300 J. W. ELLIS : LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE NOCTURE. 



HADENA, Tr. 



Hadena leucostigma, Hiibn. ( = Apamea fibrosa, Hiibn.). Local. 

 Lane. — Huyton (S.J.C) ; Morecambe, abundant (J.B.H.). 

 Ches. — Dunham Park (S.J.C.) ; Wallasey sandhills, occasion- 

 ally (W.J.). 



Hadena adusta, Esp. Tolerably common and distributed over both 

 counties. 



Hadena abjecta, Hiibn. Scarce. Preston, scarce (J.B.H.); two 

 near Claughton some years ago, taken by Messrs. Almond and 

 Warrington (J.F.B.); and also recorded from Ness and Pudding- 

 ton by Mr. Brockholes. 



Hadena (Xylophasia) polyodon, L. ( = monoglypha, Hum.). 

 Abundant everywhere ; the black variety occasionally taken on 

 the moss-lands. 



Hadena lithoxylea, W.V. Common and generally distributed. 

 Hadena sublustris, Esp. Recorded from Carnforth by Mr. Hodg- 



kinson, and from Hale by Mr. Gregson. 

 Hadena sordida, Bork. ( - Mamestra anceps, Hiibn.). Local. 



Lane. — Preston district, not common (J.B.H.). 



Ches.— W T allasey sandhills (C.S.G., J.C.M.); Wirral (J.F.B.). 

 Hadena gemina, Hiibn. Common and generally distributed. 

 Hadena unanimis (Hiibn.). Not generally common. 



Lane. — Chat Moss and Withington (J.C.) ; Hale and Croxteth 

 (C.S.G.). 



Ches. — Chester, rather common in 1858 (A.O.W.) ; Prenton 

 (C.S.G.); Wallasey, Rock Ferry, and Puddington (J.F.B.) ; 

 occasionally about Alderley (H. H. Corbett). 

 Hadena basilinea, W.V. Common and generally distributed. 

 Hadena hepatica, Hiibn. Local. 



Lane.— Preston, not rare (J.B.H.); Hale and Croxteth (C.S.G.). 

 Ches. — Cotteril Clough, near Ringway (J.C.) ; near Pudding- 

 ton (J.F.B.). 



Hadena rurea, Fab., and. the variety combusta, Dup. Abundant 

 everywhere. 



Hadena scolopacina, Esp. Recorded from Agercroft, near Man- 

 chester, on flowers of wild angelica, rare, by Mr. Chappell ; and 

 from Brockholes Wood, near Preston, by Mr. Hodgkinson. 



Hadena pabulatricula, Brahm. ( = Apamea connexa, Bork.) A 



single specimen taken at light at Wallasey, is recorded by 

 Mr. Gregson. 



Hadena (Celsena) haworthii, Curt. Common on the moors and 

 mosses. 



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