1873.] 5 



Catoptria fulvana, Steph., Wilk. — Hawortli's description of. pupil- 

 lana — "Fore-wings inclined to fulvous, the costa having numerous 

 " short, oblique, white and fulvous streaks * * * the apex acute 

 " * * * an ocellus near the anal angle with an interrupted iris," 

 &c., is clearly this species. Stephens' description oifulvana (pupillana 

 being a name already occupied in the genus) is a copy of Haworth's, 

 and Wood's fig. 986 agrees well with a specimen which I have received 

 from Mr. Doubleday — that is, one rather more uuicolorous than those 

 which I take near Norwich. Professor Zeller tells me that this is 

 jaceuna of Herrich-Schafer, but, as Stephens' name is long anterior, it 

 must be retained. Its synonymy will therefore be 



{Catoptria, Gn.) fuhana, Steph., Wood (986), Wilk. 

 pupillana, Haw. (non Lin.). 

 jaceana, H.-S., Hein. (teste Zeller). 



Wocke sinks it into a var. of Hohe nwarfliiana , making it synonym 

 mous with pupillana, Hiib., but not with fidvatia, Steph. : a curious 

 error. 



This species is certainly very local, occurring principally on the 

 chalk. It is rather common in June near IS^orwich and at Brandon, 

 among Centaurea scabiosa, upon which its larva doubtless feeds. It 

 is unquestionably a distinct species, and may be readily known by the 

 pointed apex of its fore-wings, as well as by its delicate fulvous colour. 



Catoptria Holienwarthia7ia,'WiW. — This name has been applied to 

 the species which Wilkinson described, upon the authority of Guenee, 

 who says it is certainly the Soliemcartliiana of Grerman authors. Pro- 

 fessor Zeller, however, assures me that it is quite new to him, while 

 he regards the common thistle species (cana) as Jloliemoarthiana. 



With regard to this last name, Treitschke writes (vol. A-iii, p. 204),* 

 "Under the name of IIolienicartliiana,i\ie authors of the Vienna cata- 

 " logue, and all subsequent collectors at Vienna, have always under- 

 " stood simply Hiibner's ^?c_/)i77ffn«. The size is that of hamana,jei 

 " just as variable. Head and palpi are whitish-brown, thorax leather- 

 " brown, abdomen and legs silvery-grey, antennae dark brown. The 

 " anterior wings have a petrified-wood-like veined mixture of pale 

 " cinnamon colour and yellow and whitish-brown. From the second 

 " half of the costa arise about four pairs of white double lines, which, 

 " with the exception of the last straight pair, are all curved towards 

 " the apex of the wing. At the hinder margin under these streaks is 

 " a ivhite shield filled up tvith gold, and three black streaks. Before 

 " the cilia, which are of the ground colour, is a lohite line, and a row of 

 " very dark cinnamon-brown dots. * * * 



* For this extract I am indebted to Mr. Stainton.— C. G. B. 



