1873.] Ii7 



only slightly diirker, and as they arc reared from the food-plant of 

 Wcirana, and as the markings of Wcimna, when visible, do not seem 

 to differ from those of nitidana, I think it will be impossible to 

 maintain them as separate species. Dr. "Wocke includes both in his 

 list, but marks them as unknown to him ; but Jlexana, which he also 

 includes, is placed by him in another genus, about fifty species inter- 

 Tening between them. 



Guenee substituted the name of redimitana for nitidana, appa- 

 rently being doubtful as to what species was intended by Fabricius, 

 and this alteration is followed by Mr. Doubleday in his list. Wocke, 

 however, quotes nitidana of Fabricius, and of Stephens and Wood, 

 as identical, and redimitana, Gn. (with a ?) as synonymous, but he 

 omits all reference to Wilkinson. 



But the species under notice is clearly nitidana of Stephens and 

 Wood, and presumably of Fabricius also, although I have no means 

 of consulting his description, and the synonymy appears to me to be 

 as follows : — 



Nitidana, Fab., Steph., A\^ood, Wilk. 

 redimitana, Gn. 

 jlexana, Zell., Hein. 

 vifjeliana, H.-S. 

 Weirana, Doug., Wilk., var. ? 



I do not, however, regard this matter as finally settled, and shall 

 be glad of further information. 



Mr. Douglas obtained his specimens of Weirana among beech, 

 but it does not appear that he Ired it. Prof. Zeller says of jlexana 

 {nitidana), " the larva lives between two united beech leaves in 

 "October." Mr. McLachlan says- — "I used to breed nitidana from 

 " pupre in little oval cocoons made of frass, collected in winter from 

 " dead oak leaves (on the bushes) spun together, where there was no 

 " beech. I am uncertain now whether the leaves had not been united 

 " by the larva of Bhodophoea consociella." I have myself also bred 

 it from these little cocoons, found among jallen oak leaves, when 

 searching for Litliocolletis pupj3e in Scotland. 



Stigmonota Heegerana, Dup. ? — This is corollana, Iliibu., as cor- 

 rected by Dr. Wocke in his list. Specimens sent me by Prof. Zeller 

 agree well with Wilkinson's description. 



Seeqeriana, Dup., is a I^icroramplia with a broad, flat, dorsal 

 blotch, and is found in Austria only. 



Stigmonota compositclla, Fab. 



