1874. 



13 



blotch wliito, triangular, extending not more than half aeross the wing ; ocellus 

 I bounded by two broad steel-bluo lines, and preceded by a black spot, in tlie middle 

 ; of the wing ; costal streaks indistinct to the middle, distinct and white beyond ; cilia 



shining, dark brown ; hind wings purplish -gi-cy ; cilia whitish ; abdomen iron-grey. 



'j May be dlatiiiguished h'om. Juliana by the form of the fore-wings, 



' whicli are rather more blunt at the apex than in that species, and by 

 the shoi't triangular dorsal blotch. In Juliana this forms a long, curved 

 I triangle reaching nearly to the apex of the wing. 



Garpocapsa splendana, Iliibn. 



1 Garpocapsa grossana, Haw. — According to my experience, this is 



a scarce species, certainly very far less common than splendana. If, 

 a.s Wilkinson asserts, it is common among beeches, it must be in 

 restricted localities. 



Garpocapsa pomoneJla, Linn. — I sec by a note in the " Zoological 

 Record " that M. Laboulbene has stated in the Ann. Soc. Ent. France, 

 that the larva of this species attacks nuts, and Mr. W. West, of Green- 

 wich, tells me that he has reared the perfect insect from a larva which 

 he found feeding in a walnut. 



Garpocapsa funehr ana, Tr. — M. Jourdheuille states in his calendar 

 that there is a brood of the larva of this species in May, feeding 

 in the trunhs or stems — "tiges" — of plum. This mistake apparently 

 arises from the fact that the larva? remain unchanged in the cocoons 

 which they construct in the crevices of the bark until the spring, 

 remaining but two or three weeks in the pupa state. 



He also says that pomo7ie] la has sometimes two broods, probably 

 for a similar reason. 



OraphoUta albersana, Hiibn. 



OrapJiolita uUcetana, Haw. — Dr. Wocke substitutes succedana, 

 Frol. (the name by which it is generally known in Germany), but for 

 what reason does not appear, Ilaworth's being decidedly the earlier 

 name and entitled to precedence, unless, indeed, asseclana, Hiibn., a still 

 older name — which probably refers to this species — be adopted. 



It varies much in different localities. The dull grey form so ex- 

 cessively abundant in this country, is comparatively scarce ou the 

 Continent, and, indeed, in many parts quite unknown, the species being 

 represented by paler varieties. These also occur frequently in Norfolk 

 in company with the grey form, and seem to become commoner in the 

 north. In Lancashire, a handsomely marked whitiHli form, with rich 



