Most writers call this genus Herminia, but Linnaeus having 

 placed Ph. Pyralis tentacularis and P. barbalis at the head of 

 that group in his Fauna Suecica, I feel quite justified in re- 

 taining his name, although I regret it should be at the expense 

 of Latreille's ; and if the French Naturalist had not adopted 

 the Fabrician nomenclature, by which our Tortricidae were 

 regarded as the Pyralidae, he would not have deemed it ne- 

 cessary to give a new name to the present group. Mr. Ha- 

 worth by some accident in quoting the Fauna Suecica has 

 printed Phala^na Geometra barbalis, and others have copied 

 the error, but neither that species nor te?itactdaris is anywhere 

 referred to Geometra in the Works of Linnaeus. 



Six of the ten European species have been found in this 

 country. 



1. P. cribralis Huh.— Curt. Brit. Ent., pi. 527. $. 



The male I took flying at Whittlesea Mere the 18th July, 

 and found a female upon the ground amongst rushes; I also 

 brushed a few males out of the long grass in a marsh at Horning 

 the 24th of last June, and Capt. Chawner captured several 

 flying in the evening. 



2. P. derivalis Hilb, tab. S.f. 19. S'—Goda. v. 8. pi. \.f. 2. 

 June, skirts of woods, Kent; on the 9th of August Mr. 



Chant found it in CoUyer's-wood, Greenhithe, and Mr. Bentley 

 has taken it in Birch-wood. 



3. P. emortualis? Hub. tab. \.f. 1. ? .—Goda.pl. \.f. 1. 

 In Mr. Swainson's Cabinet. 



The head of the Caterpillar is said to resemble that of an 

 Hesperia; it feeds upon the Oak, and has been found in Ger- 

 many the beginning of Sept. ; the raotli hatched the May fol- 

 lowing. In France it appears twice, in spring and in summer. 



4. P. barbalis Linn. — Goda. pi. \. f. 5. — pectitalis Hilb. tab. 



19. f. 122. (i*. — Harr. Expo.pl. 6./. 2. 



Middle of May and beginning of June and July, pathways 

 in woods ; I have found it in Coomb-wood. 



The caterpillar feeds on the Oak and Birch, and according 

 to M. Duponchel, they live through the winter and become 

 pupae in March or April. 



5. P. tarsicrinalis Hid), tab. l.f. 5.^. 



End of June, open parts in woods : the caterpillar feeds on 

 the Trifolium Impanicum, 



6. P. nemoralis Fa^*.— grisealis Hub. t.l.f. 4. $ .—Goda.pl. 1. 



End of June open parts of Darent and other woods :— the 

 caterpillar feeds on the Chrysospleniiim alternifolium \ it will 

 also eat the nettle and sorrel. 



The plant figured is Epipactis palustris (Marsh Epipactis), 

 and was found in flower where the Moth figured was taken. 



