NEW BRITISH SPECIES IN 1861. 109 



p. 7449, it appears that "two specimens, males, of this 

 conspicuous insect were beaten out of broom, on the 18th of 

 June, not far from the city of Perth, by Mr. D. P. Mor- 

 rison, of Pehon, near Newcastle-on-Tyne." 



Guenee says the insect is common on hot and dry hills, 

 and in chalky fields and rocky woods throughout Europe in 

 May, and again in July and August. According to Mus- 

 sehl, the favourite food of the larva is the sheep's-sorrel 

 (Riimex Acetosella). 



EupiTHECiA Tripunctaria, HerHch-SchaiFer. 



This insect has been bred by the Rev. H. Harpur Crewe 

 (see Zoologist, p. 7568) from larvae found in September, in 

 damp woods, on the flowers and seeds of Angelica sylvestris. 



Mr. Doubleday forwarded specimens to Dr. Herrich- 

 Schaffer as Pimpinellata, var., and received for reply that 

 the insect w^as the Tj'ijmnctaria of Herrich-Schaffer. The 

 description by this author will be found at p. 77 of the 

 Appendix, not at the reference w^hicli he gives in the index 

 of p. 121 of the text of the third volume. 



Mr. Harpur Crewe's description of the larva (which also 

 first appeared in the " Zoologist") will be found in another 

 page of the present volume. 



EuPiTHECiA Trisigxaria, Herrich-Schaffcr. 



Mr. Doubleday writes in the " Zoologist," p. 7567 : " The 

 Rev. Joseph Greene discovered the larva of this species on 

 Angelica si/lvestris, in a damp wood. The perfect insect is 

 very dull coloured, but quite distinct from any other species. 

 It is new^ to this country." 



A specimen sent to Dr. Herrich-Schaffer was pronounced 

 to be his Trisignaria ; the diagnosis of which will be found 

 at p. 120 of vol. iii. of his " Schmetterlinge von Europa." 



