34 LEPIDOPTERA. 



it was discovered to be the true Glcea erythrocephala, Hiib- 

 ner, var. glabra, Duponchel. It was exhibited at the meet- 

 ing of the Entomological Society, in February, 1849; and, 

 being an addition to our Noctuce, of course created interest. 

 I have constantly visited the same locality, in the proper 

 season, but have not succeeded in capturing another. This 

 is, T believe, the only authenticated specimen of the species 

 in Britain, and as such is a prize." This insect is not un- 

 common on the Continent ; indeed, Guenee says of it, 

 " nearly as common in some localities as Vaccinii." ■ It has 

 quite the appearance of a Glcea, but is nearly double the size 

 of Vaceinii, so that it may be immediately recognized by the 

 veriest tyro. 



Aporophyla australis, Boisd. ; mentioned in Curtis's 

 Notice of the Genus Agrotis, British Entomology, folio 165, 

 " Pascuea, Nob. Isle of Wight;" described and figured in 

 Humphrey's and Westwood's British Moths, vol. i. p. 123, 

 pi. xxiv. fig. 2. In the Zoologist for 1848, page 2331, Mr. 

 Stevens records the capture of four specimens near Deal 

 " on blades of grass on the sand hills, in the dusk of even- 

 ing, evidently from their line condition only just emerged 

 from the chrysalis ;" it has subsequently been taken in some 

 plenty in various parts of the southern coast, and is now in 

 most collections. 



Lithomia Solidaginis, Hiibner ; first recorded as Bri- 

 tish by Curtis, in his British Entomology, folio 683, where 

 it is also figured and described. It occurs in great profu- 

 sion in the north of England and has also been met with in 

 Scotland. It is to be found now in the duplicate boxes of 

 every collector. 



Hama Dumerilii, Duponchel; only a single British 

 specimen is known ; it is in the collection of the late Mr. 

 George Robertson, of Limehouse. The species is not un- 

 common in the neighbourhood of Paris, where it occurs on 



