February, 1S75 ] j[93 



Mannia7ia, F. v. R., Ib certainly rare also in this country, but 

 M idely distributed. Besides the localities already mentioned, I took 

 a worn specimen myself some years ago in a damp wood-path near 

 Haslemere, Surrey, and have lately seen one from Devonshire, and 

 several from Wilts, taken by Mr. E. Meyrick. 



M. Jourdheuille's statement that the larva of this species feeds 

 in stems of Mentha sylvestris may be intended to refer to notulana. 



Eupcecilia rupicola, Curt. — In my opinion, Herrich-Schaffer's 

 figures S6 and 87 — humidana — do not represent this^ species, but 

 fig. S5—phaIeratana — does pretty correctly, although fig. 84 is not 

 satisfactory. 



M. Jourdheuille says that the larva of rupicola feeds in the 

 flowers of Clirysocoma Unosyris, hibernating within them ;Jbut this is 

 evidently in error for suhroseana, Haw. Zeller confirms Mr. McLach- 

 lan's statement that it only occurs among Eupatorium. 



Eiipoecilia vectisana, "Westwood. — Wocke includes this species in 

 his Catalogue as doubtfully distinct from affinitana. In this he 

 probably followed Mr. Doubleday, who is now convinced of their dis- 

 tinctness and has introduced vectisana as a separate species in his 

 last Supplement to his list. That they are distinct, I have not a 

 shadow of doubt ; but as yet the food-plant of the larva of vectisana 

 has not been ascertained. In this country it is almost confined to salt 

 marshes on the coast, but in Germany it is found in marshy meadows 

 among Triglochinpalustre. These German specimens are so much darker, 

 and have the delicate silvery gloss so much more distinctly than ours, 

 that it was only by the comparison of long and variable series that I 

 could satisfy cither Prof. Zeller or myself of their identity. This 

 form is known, I believe, in Germany as Oeyeriana, H.-S., but is much 

 smaller than that species, and very different both in form and colour. 

 I believe, however, that it is Ileinemann's Geycriana. I have just 

 (since writing the above, in fact) received some remarkable evidence 

 of the identity of these two forms. Mr. Machin has taken a specimen 

 of our ordinary coast form in the Hackney marshes, close to London ; 

 and among some insects taken by Lord Walsingham in the Cambridge- 

 shire fens, I find a similar specimen, and also two of the strongly marked 

 variety. This is peculiarly satisfactory. 



Wocke introduces vectisana a second time into his list as a 

 synonym of Mussehliajia, Tr., giving Wilkinson and Stainton as 

 authorities. It is perhaps in some degree allied to this species, being, 

 like it, usually destitute of a wcll-drfmed central fascia. 



