lAQ [December, 



Semasia vacciniana, Fiscli., Zell. — M. Jourdheuille says : " Larva 

 "between leaves of myrtle and barberiy." 



Eucelis aurana, Pab. — Changed by Mr. Donbleday in bis list to 

 mediana, Fab., W. V., but Dr. "Wocke retains aurana as the anterior 

 name. 



JEphippipliora Trauniana, Schiff. 



Ephippiphora regiana, Zell. 



JEphippipJiora argyrana, Hiibn. — M. Jourdbeuille says : " Larva 

 " in moss and bark of trees." 



Epliippipliora {Coccyx) vernana, Knaggs. — Described by my friend 

 Dr. Knaggs in tbe Ento. Mo. Mag., vol. iv, p. 122, and also noticed in 

 tbe Ento. Ann., 1868, from three specimens taken at the end of March, 

 1866, in Darenth Wood. 



I place it here because Dr. Knaggs describes it as being closely 

 allied to argyrana. It is, I think, the only recognised species of 

 British Tortrix of which I have been unable to obtain either a native 

 or foreign specimen for examination. It seems to be totally unknown 

 on the Continent, and is omitted by Dr. Wocke from his list. 



No more specimens have been recorded, but this may well arise 

 from the time of its appearance. It is extremely desirable that those 

 who have the opportunity of collecting in the woods of Kent, Surrey, 

 and Sussex, should endeavour to make it a little better known, and, 

 at the end of March, there is not much else out to divert their atten- 

 tion from it. It must be borne in mind, however, that argyrana being 

 variable in the colour of both fore- and hind-wings, and also in size, 

 there is a probability that vernana may prove to be only a variety of it. 

 Mr. Doubleday, who has seen one or two of the original specimens, is 

 of this opinion. 



Ephippipliora nigricostana, Haw. — In Germany this species is 

 better known as Bemyana, Koll., a later name, but Dr. Wocke corrects 

 this. It has also been confounded with Antithesia fiiUgana, from the 

 fact that both feed in the same plant — Stachys sylvatica. 



Stigmonota nitidana, Fab., and S. Weirana, Dougl. — I sent speci- 

 mens of both to Prof. Zellcr, who tells me that he thinks nitidana iden- 

 tical with h\^Jlexana, which he breeds from beech, and Weirana only a 

 dark variety of the same species. He has sent me three specimens 

 of jicxuna which appear to me moat decidedly identical with nitidana. 



