2GG . ['^1^'*'- 



it is allied, and from whicli it may at once be separated by the gradual 

 tapering of its elytra from tbe base to tbe apex. In A. poJystolus 

 also the elytra are not so shining or transparent in appearance. 



I have a single ^ , evidently taken some years ago, but unfortu- 

 nately without reference as to time or place of capture. 



Fieber enumerates six other species, none of which seem likely to 

 occur here, except it be A. granulatus, Eieb., taken at Crefeld, or 

 A. ohtusifrons, Kirschb., from Rippoldau. 

 Lee : January, 1873, 



NOTES ON BEITISH TORTRICES. 



BY C. a. BAREETT. 



(continued from p. 215.) 



Ditida aifp(.stiorana,lIaw. — Professor Zeller states that this species, 



which is so abundant with us, is not found in Grermany, except in the 



south. 



Ptycholoma Lecheana, Linn. — The very dark form of the female, 

 which sometimes occurs with us, seems to be unknown in Germany. 



Notocelia JJdmanniana, Linn. 



Pardia tripunctana, Fab. 



Spilonota rohorana (Schiff.) Treitschlce. — This name is superseded 

 by Ur. Wocke in favor of cynoshana. Fab. (Systema Entom. 1775). 



It seems, however, difficult to understand why cynoshana, Fab., 

 should be adopted. Fabricius says simply " upper wings grey, 

 tipped with white," which would apply to twenty different species. 

 He also makes it synonymicwithc^nosZ*afeZ/a, Linn., which is described 

 as having a crested thorax, and therefore cannot be a Spilonota. The 

 only clue to Wocke's reason for this determination is, that cynoshatella 

 (ci/nosbana) is desci'ibed as feeding in rose buds, which is undoubtedly 

 (and unhappily) the habit of the present species. 



Treitschke (1830) describes it as rohorana, and this name it seems 

 advisable to retain. 



Spilonota roscecolana, Dbld. — Wocke admits this species into his 

 catalogue with (prcec. var. ?) . It certainly [s not, however, a variety 

 of suffusana {trimaculana, Haw.), but perfectly distinct. Hei'e, at 

 Norwich, where snffusana is abundant, roscecolana seems totally absent. 

 Indeed, I think that Wilkinson is wrong in saying that it is pretty 

 generally distributed over the country. I Lave only seen it from tlie 

 soixth of England. It always frequents rose trees, while suffusana is 

 most partial to hawthorn. 



