1873.] ^ 213 



This gj^ecimcn 1 have not seen, but the description and figure 

 of it in the ' Entomologist's Annual ' for 1867 agree perfectly with 

 German specimens sent by Professor Zeller. 



If I am correctly informed, this specimen was not captured hy 

 Mr. Harper ; and its nativity seems exceedingly doubtful, especially 

 as Professor Zeller refers to it as a South European species. He says : 

 -" I never saw it alive ; the specimens I send are from Vienna." 



Tortrix Forsterana, Fab. {adjiinctana, Treitschke, and of Dou- 

 bleday's List, is a name of later date). — According to Professor 

 Zeller, this species occurs in Germany, in fir woods, among Vaccinium 

 myrtiUiis, on which it seems to feed. With us, it especially favours 

 ivy and privet. It is liable to great variation in size, far beyond 

 AV^ilkinson's measurements. My Eannoch specimens (cJ) are not 

 more than eight lines in expanse, while a ? from Dublin measures 

 an inch and a quarter. 



Tortrix dumetana, Treitschke. — Professor Zeller tells me that this 

 species is very rare in Germany, and that he stirred his specimens 

 out of a thicket, at Glogau, in which was no oak. 



Tortrix lieparana, W.Y. 



Tortrix riheana, Hiibn. — In Staudinger and Wocke's Catalogue, 

 the variety cerasana, Hiibn., is considered as a distinct sj^ecies, and 

 Professor Zeller appears to hold the same opinion, as, indeed, any one 

 would, looking only at the general appearance of the variety — its 

 peculiar dull brown colour, broad fascia, and apparently broader 

 anterior wings ; but the proof of its identity with ribeana seems per- 

 fectly satisfactory. Guenee says " nearly all authors have given this 

 " {ccrasana) as a distinct species. I have seen and received many, 

 " but they have always been varieties of ribeana, more or less clouded 

 " on the disc of the wing. I have obtained both fi'om the same 

 "larvK :" and Mr. Doubleday writes — "I have seen the two varieties 

 " in copulation ; these and other varieties swarm on a cherry tree in 

 "my yard." 



Tortrix cinnamomeana, Treitschke. — All my specimens of this 

 species occurred among oak, and not beech, but this was in a district 

 in which beech is rare. In Epping Eorest it seems to frequent 

 beech only. 



Tortrix corylana, Eab. 



Tortrix transitana, Gn. — This is diversana, Hiibn., as corrected by 

 Mr. Doubleday in the supplement to his List. On the Continent a 



