66 [August, 



Hedya PayJculliana, Fab. — Dr. "Wocke corrects this to rmnella, 

 Linn., and in this he is confirmed by Zeller. This is another incon- 

 veniently complicated alteration, the name having been in use (in 

 error) for a species of Anchylopera. This correction appears in the 

 supplement to Mr. Doubleday's list. M. Jourdheuille say^: — " larva in 

 " buds of birch." 



Hedya oceUana, Fab. — M. Jourdheuille says : — " larva in rolled 

 " leaves at the tops of alders." Zeller remarks that alder-fed speci- 

 mens are often very dark, and says it also feeds on oak. 



Wocke erects this species into a separate genus — Tmetocera, Ld. 



Hedya lariciana, Zell. — Eecorded as British in the Entomologist's 

 Annual for 1866, p. 166, but without description, which I therefore 

 append : — 



Head and palpi brown, dusted with white, antennae brown, thorax greyish- 

 brown, with the dorsal scales tipped with white. Fore-wings white, dusted with grey 

 towards the costa, basal blotch dark grey, reticulated or dappled with whitish, its 

 exterior margin nearly straight, but emitting a tooth from the middle. Beyond, on 

 the costa, is a small, grey, triangular blotch, with flattened apex. On the dorsal 

 margin near the anal angle is a narrow, upright, dark grey triangle, and beyond it 

 the whole hind margin is clouded with grey. Cdia grey, dusted with white. Hind- 

 wings pale greyish-brown, darker in the female. Occasionally a specimen is found 

 in which the fore-wings are entirely suffused with grey. Distinguished from 

 ocellana by its narrower wings, the blotch in the middle of the costa, and the 

 straighter margin of the basal patch. The larva feeds upon larch. 



This species has been taken and bred in different parts of the 

 country, and is apparently not scarce, but difiicult to obtain in the 

 perfect state, from its habit of hiding in trees. In June, 1871, 

 during a storm of wind, the Rev. E. N. Bloomfield and I found it 

 commonly on palings at Brandon, the wind having forced it out of the 

 trees ; but I have had great difficulty in finding any there in calm 

 weather. 



Hedya simplana, F. v. R. 



Hedya deaJbana, Frol. — Dr. Wocke considers this identical with 

 incarnana. Haw., an earlier name. This does not seem to be satis- 

 factorily proved. According to M. Jourdheuille, the larva feeds on 

 poplar and sallow. 



The dark vainety of this species, so common with us, seems to be 

 but little known in Grermany. Heinemann described it as distinct 

 under the name of ohscurifasciana. 



