60 LEPIDOPTERA. 



described by Douglas in the Zoologist for 1846, at page 

 1269, a figure being given on the preceding page. Mr. 

 Douglas says — "This moth I found on the salt marshes 

 near St. Osyth, Essex, on the 8th of July, 1845. It is nearly 

 related to C. griseana, Haworth ; and to C. Vectisana, 

 Westwood, whence the name I have given it." 



Eupcecilia Vectisaxa, Westwood ; first recorded, de- 

 scribed and figured in Humphrey's and Westwood's British 

 Moths, vol. ii. p. 176, pi. c. fig. 15, from specimens " taken 

 in a salt marsh, near Ryde, in the Isle of Wight, flying over 

 the grass, in the evening of the 5th of August, 1843, by S. 

 Stevens, Esq." Doubleday gives this as a doubtful synonym . 

 for the preceding; Stephens gives them as doubtfully dis- 

 tinct. The similarity of locality favours the idea of their 

 being identical; future observation must decide the point. 



Eupcecilia notulana, Zeller ; the first record of its 

 capture in this country is from the pen of Mr. Allen Hill, 

 in the Zoologist for 1850, page 2883 — " Eupcecilia notu- 

 lana ; beginning of July, flying at sunset by the side of 

 ditches, in marshes and old fish ponds, over Carex palu- 

 dosa ; numerously." At page 2956 of the same volume, 

 Mr. Allen Hill gives the further observation — "It flies for 

 a very brief space of time at sunset (say ten minutes), and as 

 it is rather numerous with me in its habitat, I should fancy 

 it must have escaped the notice of collectors so long chiefly 

 from that circumstance." 



Eupcecilia Anthemidana, Curtis; bred by Mr. Curtis 

 from the flower head of Ant hemis Cotula, but I believe not 

 hitherto anywhere recorded. It is readily distinguished by 

 its size, being much less than E. nana. I have a specimen 

 I took at Charlton Sand Pit, August 20th, 1849. 



Eupcecilia flaviciliana, Doubleday ; first enumerated 

 in Doubleday Catalogue, page 27. I believe it is still un- 



