102 f^P"^' 



the afternoon over roses in hedges and woods. S. Oermarana, = punclicostana : 



noon till 8 p.m., flies yerj high. S. ravulana : over the tops of birches in the 



afternoon sun. 



Catoptria Alhersana : rides in woods among honeysuckle ; flies high and rapidly 



in the afternoon sunshine. C. Mylleriayia: occasionally taken flying high over 



bushes and trees. 



Simaefhis Fahriciana, = oxyacantJiella : ditto. 



Lohesia reliquana : flies high among oaks (on which it does not feed) in the 

 bright sunshine. 



I have purposely omitted all reference to very many well known 

 day flying insects, of which the genera Uuposcilia, Chrosis, Argyrolepia, 

 Catoptria, Stigmonota, &c., &c., are examples, for the simple reason 

 that these notes being written merely to show what can be done 

 under the pole system, any notice of low flying species would be in- 

 admissible. Although Tortrices are more frequently captured in this 

 way than insects belonging to other groups, yet many OeometrcB, 

 Noctuce, and Tinece, especially the last, may be captured. In fact, 

 given a spot where Le^idoptera are abundant, there is no certainty 

 what may turn up, and, in addition to the gain to the mere collector, 

 the opportunity to any one desirous of investigating the modes of 

 flight of even allied species, is of the greatest value. 



Our study does not end at the mere determination of species. A 

 wider field is open to us in observing and recording their habits and 

 life-histories, and until this is done thoroughly — and it is within the 

 power of every one to assist — we can only feel that we possess the 

 dry skeleton of our science. 



Eversden House, Burnt Ash Hill, Lee : 

 February, 1892. 



ON SOME NEW SPECIES OF JLISTFLtlBJE, AND ONE NEW GENUS. 

 BY G. LEWIS, F.L.S. 



Eblisia CAViPxeA, sp. n. 



Ohlongo-ovalis, suhdepressa, nigra, nitida, minutissime punctulata ; pro- 

 noto stria interna valida, interstitiis latis ; elytris, 5-striatis, striis 4 — 5 

 abbj^eviatis ; pedibus rufo-piceis. Long., 3| mm. 



Oblong-oval, rather depressed, black, shining ; the forehead nearly even, with a 

 slight transverse depression behind the stria, stria complete, slightly bent anteriorly ; 

 the thorax, marginal stria extremely fine, internal strong at the sides, leaving a wide 

 interstice like that of Platysoma striatiderum, Mars., finer behind the head, and 

 markedly inflexed at the posterior angle ; the elytra, strise, 1 — 3 complete and 



