58 [August, 



HtLEMERA CANDIDA, SJ). nOV. 

 (? . Allied to H. tenuis ; snow-white ; primaries on both surfaces with the 

 apical area and external border broadly smoky-brown, its inner edge forming a 

 slightly angular arch ; a series of five white spots or dashes close to the inner edge 

 of this border, the first (beyond the cell) placed longitudinally, the three following 

 transversely, the fifth being a decided spot at external angle ; a smoky-brown spot 

 at the end of the cell ; base of primaries, head and palpi ochreous ; antennae dark 

 brown, rest of body slightly opaline. Expanse of wings, 30 mm. 



Ankafana, Betsileo Country {Cowan). 



This is smaller, DaiTower, purer in colour, and mucb more simply 

 ornamented with smoky-brown than its nearest ally. 



Htlemeea nivea, sp. nov. 



(S . Allied to H. frag His ; snow-white; primaries on both surfaces with the 

 apical area, a discocellular spot confluent with the latter and the external border 

 bi'oadly greyish-black ; a sub-marginal wavy white streak tapering from the external 

 angle to the first or second median branch ; base of primaries, head, collar, palpi, 

 and cox£e, bright saffron-yellow ; antennae black ; remainder of body dull sordid 



white ; costal border of primaries below tinted with yellow. 



Expanse of wings, 28 mm. 

 Ankafana, Betsileo Country {Coioan). 



The absence of any oblique black costal dash, the slightly nar- 

 rower external border, the white sub-marginal sti'cak of the primaries, 

 and the absence of a black discocellular spot on the secondaries, at 

 once distinguish this from H. frctcjilis. 



I have not seen females of any of the five Mascarene species. 



British Museum : 



2Wi June, 1882. 



NOTES ON BEITISH TORTRICES. 



BY C. G. BAEEETT. 



(continued from vol. xv'm, p. 186). 



GrapltoUtlia cinerana, Haw. — In support of the belief of many 

 entomologists that this form is a species distinct from nisella, L. 

 Mr. Hird, of Scoonieburn, Perth, very kindly sent me, last year, a 

 number of larvse feeding between united leaves of aspen {PopuJus 

 tremula) . They were lively, but not very active, plump and of equal 

 thickness, except that the anal segment was small ; also somewhat 

 flattened beneath, smooth, and rather shining. Colour very pale yel- 

 lowish-green, with a dark green irregular dorsal vessel, spots invisible, 

 hairs very delicate, head chestnut-brown, with darker o^'cs and jaws, 

 dorsal plate faintly tinged with brown, anal plate hardly distinguishable. 

 When full-fed, yellow, with brownish dorsal vessel. 



