The following are our British species : 



1. D. Heraclei Haiso. — Heracleuna Linn. ? Fab., Reaum. 2. 



tab. 6.f. 1 — 4. Middle of March and beginning of 

 October. 



2. characterosa HatD. 511. 18. Middle of Aug. Dover. 



3. badia i^oM;.— badiella Hiib. Tin. pi. 1 4-./ 92. Norfolk. 



4. apiosa HWiio. — apicella Hiib. Tin. 14. 94. 



5. albipuncta Hatso. — albipunctella Hiib. Tin. 22. 149. 



6. liturosa Haiso. — liturella Hiib. Tin. 12. 83. 



7. curvipunctosa i/«a). — Beginning of March; in hedges. 



8. applana Fab., Haw. — cicuieWsiHiib. Tin. 12. 79. All 



the year round ; in hedges, gardens, outhouses, &c. 



9. purpurea i/aw. April and e. of Aug. Houses in Hants. 



1 0. Alstrseineri Ha'uo. — Alstraemeriana Linn., Fab. — puella 



Hub. Tin. 1 2. 82. April, September and October ; 

 in hedges, osier-grounds, &c. 



11. cosiosa. Halo. Near London. 



12. gilvosa Haiv. — gilvella Hiib. Tin. 14. 96. End of 



April, August, and beginning of September ; on the 

 sea coast and in osier-jjrounds. 



13. signosa Haw. — signella Hiib. Tin. 12. 80. April and 



beginning of September ; in osier-grounds, &:c. 



14. atomosa Haiso. — atomella? Hiib. Tin. 35. 240. Au- 



gust ; under stones. Dover. 



15. venosa ii/ato. Middle of June; Regent's Park. — 



, Middle of August ; Dover. 



16. flavosa Haw. — flavella Hiib. Tin. 14. 97. — Sparman- 



mana, Fab. Middleof Aug. ; under stones; Dover. 



17. Yeatsii Haw. — Yatesana Fab. — albidana Don. 11. 



377. 2. Coombe Wood and Godstone, Surrey. 



18. nervosa Haw. Near London. 



19. putrida Haw. — putridella Hiib. Tin. 35. 244. 



20. umbellarum Haw. — umbellana Fab. End of August ; 



on furze-bushes ; Parley Heath, Hants. 



21. Bluntii Curtis Br. Ent. /;/. 221. I have the melan- 



choly satisfaction of dedicating this pretty insect to 

 the memory of the late Mr. Edward Blunt, F.L.S., 

 who took it in July at Southchurch, Essex ; and 

 the end of the following April I bred some from 

 chrysalides contained in his cages. His friend Mr. 

 Christopher Parsons informs me that he has also 

 found it in gardens and outhouses at the same place. 

 Pastinaca sativa (Wild Parsnep) figured in the plate is the 

 plant upon which I found the caterpillars of D. Heraclei feed- 

 ing, at Dover, in the middle of August. 



