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Professor Zeller writes : " I must agree to its being a good species, 

 " which I never saw alive, and whicli lias not yet been observed in 

 " Grermany." 



Spilonota trimaculana, Haw. — This is snffusana of Zeller and of 

 Doubleday's list, and this name is also adopted by Wocke, apparently 

 because, although Haworth's name is much the oldest, this species is 

 considered to be too nearly related to Grapliolita (Steganoptyclia) tri- 

 maculana, Denovan, to bear the same name. I confess that this does 

 not appear to me sufficient reason for sinking Haworth's name. 



Spilonota amoRiiana, Hiib. (248), Tr., Dup. — Wocke sinks this 

 name in favor of incarnatana, Hiib. (191) ; and, as that name was 

 adopted by Heinemann, it is probably correct ; but Hiibner's plates 

 appear to bear no dates. This species appears to vary according to 

 soil. On the rocks of the Hill of Howth, where it was common, the 

 sjiecimens were quite different in colour from those of the neighbouring 

 sand-hills and the opposite English coast ; and inland specimens appear 

 to be larger and more rosy. 



Lithographia campoliliana (Schiff.), Tr. — Wocke corrects this to 

 siibocellana, Donovan (1806), this name being long anterior to that of 

 Treitschke, while Schiffermiiller's name is without sufficient description. 



According to M. Jourdheuille, the larva feeds under leaves of 

 sallows, in October. 



Lithographia cinerana, Haw. — Mr. Doubleday, in his list, sinks 

 this into a variety of the following species, as does Wocke also ; and 

 Professor Zeller says "I do not believe in its being distinct from 

 " nisella. Nisella, L., is a rarer variety connected with cinerana by 

 "passages." In this country we find cinerana by far the rarer 

 variety, but I think that it cannot be retained as a distinct species. 



Lithographia nisella, Clerck. — M. Jourdheuille says that the young 

 larvae, after leaving the catkins of poplar and sallow, are polyphagous. 



Lithographia Penhleriana, F. v. E. — According to M. Jourdheuille, 

 the larva of this species feeds in the catkins of alder, in March. 



Phloeodes tetraquetrana, Haw. 



Fhlosodes immundaiia, Y. v. E. — I once found this species swarm- 

 ing among some alders, in August, in a marsh. With this exception, 

 I always found it scarce, as Wilkinson says. 



Phloeodes Demarniana, F. v. R. — According to M. Jourdheuille, 

 the larva of this species feeds in catkins of birch and poplar, in April. 



Phloeodes crenana, Hiib. 



Norwich : March, 1873. 



