NEW BRITISH SPECIES SINCE 1835 . 
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the trunks of elms in September. It has considerable re¬ 
semblance to Hama testacea . 
Hama furva, W. V.; this insect had been taken by Mr. 
Logan prior to 1846, and it has since occurred near Arthur’s 
Seat every summer, and has also been taken by sugaring in 
other parts of Scotland. [Mr. Gregson and Mr. Almond 
met with it at Llanferras, in Wales, last year; and the Rev. 
Joseph Greene took a fine specimen on the 10th ofjunelast, 
in the neighbourhood of Kingstown, near Dublin.] The true 
furva was first introduced in our lists by Mr. Doubleday, in 
his Catalogue of Lepidoptera, page 7. 
Hadena satura, W. V.; a specimen is in the collection 
of the Rev. Mr. Bird, who attracted it by light in Oxford¬ 
shire; Mr. Doubleday has a specimen from Cambridge¬ 
shire. It is nearly half as large again as adusta , dark 
varieties of which are continually being taken for satura, 
Hadena assimilis, Doubleday; described and first re¬ 
corded by Mr. Doubleday in the Zoologist for 1847, page 
1914; it was first taken in Scotland by Mr. Weaver in 
1846.” I have a specimen taken sitting on a rock in the 
Isle of Arran in 1847. Few specimens have since occurred 
and it is still in very few collections. 
Heliophobus hispidus, Hubner; first recorded as Bri¬ 
tish by Mr. Bull in the Zoologist for 1849, page 2369— 
“ I took one specimen of this rare Noctua late in September, 
on the sand hills at Exmouth.” It had previously been taken 
in the Isle of Portland by Mr. T. Lighton ; and in 1851 Mr. 
S. Stevens, ° having long had a desire to search for it him¬ 
self, there visited the island expressly for the purpose, and in 
three days and nights, with the assistance of two men, suc¬ 
ceeded in finding fifteen fine specimens sitting on the rocks” 
~-as recorded by him in the Zoologist for 1851, p. 3289. Mr. 
Stevens has distributed his specimens in most of the prin¬ 
cipal collections. 
