256 THE entomologist's record. 



well his remarks. The larva and foodplant appear to be unknown. 

 Another species D. ramoaella, Stt., from the Caucasus, has a strong- 

 resemblance to D. p)itridclla. It is, however, a much larger species. 

 Stainton, in describing it {Tin. Syria, p. 53, 1867) says : " It expands 

 10 lines (21mm.), and reminds one exceedingly of D. putridella. 

 Anterior wings greyish-ochreous, with most of the nervures indicated 

 by fuscous streaks ; a darker fuscous streak runs along the median 

 nervure ; in it is a black spot before the middle, and above it is an- 

 other small black spot (corresponding with the white spot of putri<ldla)\ 

 the veining in the apical portion of the wing is not nearly so distinct 

 as in that species, nor have we the distinct hinder marginal black spots. 

 Cilia spotted with dark fuscous at the base, then pale greyish-ochreous. 

 Posterior wings grey, darker towards apex, with pale grey cilia." 

 From this condensed description it will be noted that T). romo^ella differs 

 from D. putridella in thediscoidal spot, the apical portion of the wing, 

 and in the fringes. Stainton had before him only one specimen, a $ , 

 Avhich he had from Lederer. In the Ann. Soc. Ent. Behje, vol. xiii., p 

 43, pi. ii., fig. 14, 1869-1870, Lederer gives a figure of this species, and 

 a reference to Stainton's description. In the figure we see a dark grey 

 suft'usion over the cell, which spreads out over the apex and hind 

 margin ; the veins lying in this suffusion are marked with black. The 

 whole figure reminds one, however, more of Z>. nmbellcma, perhaps, than 

 of I>. putridella, as the markings are more streaks than lines. In describ- 

 ing TJ. ramosdla, Stainton uses the word streak, but line is used when he 

 makes his description of D. putridella. Staudinger (Hor. Soc. Ent. 

 Boss., XV., p. 298) mentions only that he took a worn specimen of a 

 Depressaria which, on comparing it with a specimen in Lederer's col- 

 lection, he considered might belong to this species. 



Milliere compares his D. pencedanella with other Depressariids, two of 

 which, it may be well to mention here, viz., D. hippomarathri, Nickerl, 

 and D. cachritis, Stgr. The former is a small species, and in its 

 darker form bears some resemblance to the southern form of D. putri- 

 della ab. esterella, but it is of a browner ground colour, and wants the 

 dark spots and pale dashes along the hind margin. The hmd marginal 

 dots in D. hippouiaratJiri, which is a much plainer insect, are small 

 and not very different from those which are scattered over the wdng. 

 I), cachritis-'- is larger, and in its more usual reddish form, is quite 

 different from any form of l>. putridella, but there is a dark grey form 

 which has a certain rather remote resemblance to var. veucedanella, 

 but the ground colour is more variegated, greyer, and it has a few 

 dark, rather elongate spots, on the hind margin, instead of the dark 

 spots and light dashes usually conspicuous in var. peucedanella. 



Habits of Imago. — D. putridella appears, so far as is known, to be 

 similar in habits to the rest of the genus. Most of the specimens in 

 collections appear to have been bred. In the breeding-cage, they are 

 fond of hiding under the old leaves on the bottom, and they run 

 rapidly when disturbed, and easily take to wing. One I noticed tried 

 to get away by sliding on its back. The authors of the Vienna 

 Catalofiue probably took the moth in the open, as they say, " Larva 

 unknown." Mann took a specimen off a garden wall near Vienna. 



* D. epicachritis, Ragonot, is still redder in colour. 



