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StETHOPEEMA MULTITITTIS, 



Sttprd olivaceo-cenea, capHe supra et thoracevitta mediana, elytrlsque vittis 

 <plurimis alteris longitudinalibus alteris ohi iqitis, fulvo-tumentosis, interstitiis 

 vittarum postice elevatis, tiitldis : corpore pedihusque olivaceofuscis, ahdomine 

 tarsis tibiisque ap)ice fulvis : capite fulvo-tomentuso vittis oUvjceis : antennis 

 nigris. Long., 16 mm. 



Minaa Greraes. 



Perma suturalis. 



Minus elongata, olivaceo-fusca, thoruce vitta dorsali elytris viitis suturali 

 et intra-ynarginali griseis, antennis (scapo excepto) fulvo-testaceis • fronte 

 elongata, carinata infra dilatata ; tuberibus antenniferis longe distantibus, 

 j,ntus elevaiis : thorace transversim rttgoso : elytris cuneiformibus, punctatis, 

 pasi grunuUs nonjiullis parvis: antenyiis articulis 1 — 5 infra ciliatis. 



Long., 12 — 15 mm. 



Possibly the P. aulicn of Lacordaire, which, howevei*, is described 

 ^s having the abdomen red, and the antennae (by implication) densely 

 ciliated as in Onocephala. The name, in any case, cannot stand, as it 

 (vas pi-e-occupied by Lucas for an apparently allied species. 



Rio Janeiro. 



Perma chalcogramma. 



Fusca,fulvo-ciner€o-23ubescens, elytris li7ieis clevatis plurimis viridi-ceneis 

 nitidis, punctulatis ; antennis (scapo excepto) livido-testaceis : capite et an- 

 tennis ut in P. suturali : tarsis fu I vis. Long., 15 mm. 



Eio Janeiro. 

 London : Mat/, 1887. 



Mamestra hrassicce feeding on oak.- — In June, 1886, I found a batch of eggs on 

 an oak leaf gathered from a tree about one mile distant from Birmingham. I reared 

 the larvae at first on oak, but when they grew a fair size their nature was plain to 

 the eye, and I changed their food to hop as being more easily procured. This year 

 (June, 1887) I reared a plentiful stock of Mamestra brassicae from these oak eggs. — 

 B. C. E. JoKDAN, 105, Harborne Koad, Edgbaston : July IQth, 1887. 



Coriscium sulphurellum at Teignmouih. — I was at Teignmouth for a few days at 

 bhe end of May, and on the 28th 1 caught Coriscium sulphurellum on a leaf of the 

 smooth sallow in a sallow hedge ; it looked quite at home there. I was very much 

 puzzled at first by the moth, and, indeed, should have remained so, had I not found 

 the following diagnosis in the Tineina rolurae o{ the " Insecta Britannica :" "Alis 

 Miticia dilute sulphureis, atomis numerosis sparsis fuscis, interdum in maculas con- 

 Hueniibus;" which was very distinctly the case in my specimen. — Id. 



