lOr, I May, 



pupae, resulting from the larv?e received from Doncaater, which had 

 assumed that state a few days previously ; — 



Length, 9 — 10 mm. Greatest breadth, 2"8 mm. 



Skin smooth and polished, with only a few scattered pale weak hairs. Eyes 

 showing as large distinct black spots. Antennal cases of almost equal length with 

 wing-cases. Head and thoracic segments brownish-orange. Wing-cases pale 

 brownish-orange, reaching to just beyond the middle of the fifth abdominal segment. 

 Abdominal segments dark brownish-orange. All the abdominal segments, with the 

 exception of the first two, have, across the back, two parallel rows of raised spikes, 

 one near the anterior mai'gin, the other just posterior to the middle of the segment : 

 they are not continued on the sides, and are less strongly pronounced on tlie earlier 

 segments mentioned, but become more and more so towards the anal extremity, 

 though on the last segment the spikes in the posterior row are very small. At the 

 anal extremity there are, dorsally, two strong stout spikes, pointing upwards, and 

 with recurved tips, and a few rather long pale hairs arise near these spikes. Tentral 

 surface pale brownish-orange. 1\\e free abdominal se^/men^s are the 4th, 5th, and 

 6th, in the male, and the 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th, in the female. 



The pupae were enclosed in slight loose white silken cocoons, spun, 

 in confinement, among the flowers and stems of the wild hyacinths. 

 The moths, five in number, emerged June 12th— 15th, 1896, but the 

 other larvae only produced ichneumon flies, which have not yet been 

 identified. 



Ciiephnsia siniiana, Stph., had not been recognised with certainty 

 as occurring beyond the limits of Great Britain, where it is taken 

 sparingly and very locally in woods, until three years ago, when I 

 noticed in the Zeller collection a long and fine series of continental 

 specimens, about the identity of which Zeller appears to have been 

 in doubt. His plan was to ticket one of the specimens in the series 

 with the name that be applied to the whole series, but although two 

 individuals bear name-tickets, both names have a " ? " attached : one 

 isjabclled "? Oncj^Jiasia simiana, Wks., t. 2, f. 6" [the reference is to 

 the figure in Wilkinson's British Tortrices (1859)], while the other is 

 ticketed '' as inann, IT., 101,? Nura kleine cJm/sa)if.hemana ? ^' (sic). 

 Mr. J. M. Diirrant, who has kindly sent me all the data known about 

 the s|)ecimcns in the series, informs me that Torlrix asinnna, lib., 

 which is not represented in the Zeller collection, is quite distinct from 

 sinuana, Stph. From the few individuals that bear locality labels, we 

 learn that sinuana has occurred in Austria (Bameralp in Styria, 

 Zell. Coll.), Germany (Brunswick, von Hrinemann) , Eussia (Finland, 

 Tengstrum ; Livonia, Lienir/ ?), and Switzerland (Bcrgiin, Zeller). 



The Rectory, Corfo Castle : 



Feliruary 28lh, 1899. 



