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Hawortti's description of costipunctana is as follows — "Alar. exp. 

 " 6 lines. The wings variegated with fuscous and grey, and behind on 

 " the costa with white, with seven regular black spots ; hind margin 

 " with a median white spot. Very like the preceding (sficficana = 

 " ci)'sia?m and FJluffiaim, '^), hilt differing in the greater number of 

 " the collected posterior costal dots, and in their being not far apart 

 " nor geminated. These dots are behind a very obsolete greyish fascia, 

 " which crosses obliquely from the middle of the costa to the anod 

 " angle. In all else like the preceding. Habitat in Norfolk, but rare." 



Some time ago, I had an opportunity of examining a ver'y old 

 cabinet of Norfolk insects, many of them received fi-om Haworth and 

 his friends, but the only two specimens in it representing costipunctana 

 were argyrana, $ . Mr. Doubleday's single specimen, however, al- 

 though not fine, agrees most accurately with Haworth's description, 

 and cannot be united with any other species. Prof. Zeller, who has 

 seen it, suggests the possibility of its being a male hepaticana, but the 

 costal markings do not agree. 



Under these circumstances, it appears to me that costipunctana 

 must be retained in our lists. I wish I could find the Norfolk locality. 



Salonofa ravtdana, H.-S. — Figured and described under this 

 name in the Ent. Annual for 1858. It is, however, more nearly allied 

 to the genus Cocci/cv. Prof. Zeller says that it has (in the (5* ) a thick 

 pencil of hairs on the anterior margin of the hind-wing, and concealed 

 by the fore-wing. Thinking it a novelty, he described it in the 

 " Tijdschrift voor Entomologie " under the name of Tomiana. It is 

 rare in Grermany as with us. Mr. Doubleday took one specimen at 

 Epping, some years before Mr. Meek met with it. There is also a 

 specimen in Mr. E. Shepherd's collection. 



The next genus {Dlcrorampha') has already been noticed in Ent. 

 Mo. Mag., vol. ix, p. 25, and I have very little to add now, except that 

 the new species (Jierhosana) has been found to occiir at Paisley, and 

 seems to be widely distributed over the north of England, where it 

 has been mistaken for J), phimhagana. 



I am inclined to think that we have an undescribed species allied 

 to plumhagana and plunibana, but with a rounded costa. I have, 

 however, as yet seen but two specimens, both males, and can only now 

 draw attention to it in the hope that more specimens, including fe- 

 males, may be obtained for determination. 



{To be continued J. 



