1874.] 2-17 



Wilkinson was misinformed about the habits of the larva. It 

 does not cause the shoots to droop, since it is full-fed and has usually 

 assumed the pupa state before they have commenced to grow ; thus 

 the shoot in which a larva has fed remains stationary when those 

 around it are growing. As the habits of this species have already 

 been recorded (Eut. Mo. Mag., v, p. 178), I need not further refer 

 to them here. 



Retinia occultana, Dougl. — Dr. Wocke sinks this name in favour 

 oi pinicolana, Zeller, regarding, as I before observed, |?mjcoZ«?w, Dbld., 

 as a variety of BuoUma. Believing that species to be distinct, I am 

 satisfied that Mr. Douglas's name must be retained for this. 



Pamplusia monticolann, Mann. — Dr. Wocke corrects this to aner- 

 curiana, Hiibn., an earlier name, quoting Wilkinson's description as 

 synonymous. 



This species is figured by Wood under the name of suhsequana, 

 and therefore contributes to the confusion already noted in Dr. 

 Wocke's list between suhsequana, Haw. (^pygviceand), monticolana, 

 Dup., and plumhagana, Wilk. 



Mr. Stainton tells me that Herr Ernst Hofmann has bred this 

 insect from larvae found feeding on Dri/as octopetala, and that he has 

 himself noticed it frequenting that plant in the Engadine. It must, 

 however, have some other food-plant on our northern mountains, as 

 the Dry as is more local than the moth. 



JSeusimene fimbriana, Haw. — M. Jourdheuille states in his 

 calendar that the larva of this species feeds in decayed oak wood. 

 A specimen was reared some years ago by my friend, Mr. H. Waring 

 Kidd, from among a lot of galls of Cynips lignicola, probably from an 

 old gall. It seems to be very rare on the continent. 



The six species placed by Wilkinson in the next genus — Endopisa, 

 have already been noticed (Ent. Mo. Mag., ix, pp. 28 — 31). 



{To he continued). 



DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OP CHARAXES FROM TUE WEST 

 COAST OP AFRICA. 



BY W. C. IIEWITSON, F.L.S. 

 ChAEAXES CeDBEATIS, Sp. 11. 



Upper-side : (^ ochreous-brown. Anterior wing with the apical 

 half black, crossed at the middle by a curved quinquefid band of white, 

 followed near the costal margin by two spots of pale blue, and nearer 



