84 LEFJDOPTERA. 



Whitsands Bay, Cornwall. It will probably occur from 

 Berry Head to the Land's End." 



Philanthiforme occurs in Hungary and in the north of 

 Germany; it is a variable insect, and the larva is unknown. 

 Staudinger states that it occurs near Berlin " from the middle 

 of June to the beginning of August, principally amongst 

 heather, but also in localities where that plant does not 

 grow." 



NoNAGRiA BoNDii, Knaggs. 



At the October Meetino; of the Entomoloo-ical Societv, 

 Dr. Knaggs exhibited a series of a new species of Nonagna 

 allied to Coyicolor ; for this he proposed the name of Bondil : 

 these were taken at Folkestone in July. 



The diffeiences between this insect and iV^. concolor were 

 well pointed out in the notes which Dr. Knaggs read before 

 the Entomological Society; from these we extract the fol- 

 lowing : — 



'' In addition to the larg-er size of -Z\^. BondiL and the 

 difference in colour, the fore wings being constantly paler, 

 and the hind wings darker in N.Bondii than in N. concolor, 

 there are other distinguishino; charactei's. 



" For instance, the costa of the fore wing in N. concolor 

 presents from the base to the middle a convex curve, and for 

 the rest is straight, or, if anything, even slightly concave, 

 while in N. Bondii there is a gradual convex curve from the 

 base to the apex ; if there is any straightness or approach to 

 concavity, it is on the basal side of the middle of the costa. 



" Again, the hind margin of the fore wings is considerably 

 more angulated in N. concolor than in N. Bondii; in the 

 latter the curve is much less abrupt, gradual, and, in some 

 cases, inappreciable. 



