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1267 ; a figure of it is given on the next page — " I have 

 three specimens of this insect, two taken at Birch Wood, on 

 the 2nd of July, and one at Weybridge in June, all out of 

 fir trees." It has since been repeatedly taken among firs 

 and larches, and is now in most collections. 



Pcecilochroma signatana, Douglas ; first recorded 

 and described by Douglas as Sericoris signatana, in the 

 Zoologist for 1845, page 844—" I beat three or four speci- 

 mens of this species out of a hedge at Sanderstead Downs, 

 July 9th, 1843." It has since been frequently taken at 

 Sanderstead and Mickleham, and has also been bred by 

 Mr. Weir " in a cage containing leaves from several plants.'' 

 Zeller bred it from Prunvs Paclus. 



Pcecilochroma stabilana, Stephens; first enumerated 

 and recorded in Stephens's Museum Catalogue, at pages 45 

 and 100. In the Zoologist for 1852, page 3584, Mr. Double- 

 day remarks, that he " first noticed this insect last autumn, 

 in a box from Yaxley ; it struck me as having a peculiar 

 appearance, and I thought it might prove a distinct species ; 

 it differs considerably in form from Solan driana, the wings 

 being broader, in this respect resembling sordidana, but it is 

 destitute of the peculiar glossiness of that species ; it feeds 

 upon Myrica Gale. 



Halonota Cirsiana, Zeller; first enumerated as British 

 in Doubleday's Catalogue, page 25. The larva feeds in 

 the stems of thistles (Cirsium palustre), and may be found 

 there during the winter. 



Halonota novana, Guenee ; first enumerated as British 

 in Doubleday's Catalogue, at page 25; Mr. Doubledav now 

 writes me, " //. novana is, I believe, merely a variety of the 

 $ Scutulana." 



Halonota turbidana, Treit. ; first recorded as a British 

 species, described and figured, by Logan in the Zoologist for 

 1848, page 2034 ; the larva, no doubt, feeds in the flower 



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