NEW BRITISH SPECIES IN 1861. Ill 



in a lane about a mile from a town ; it was captured about 

 the middle of March, when the captor was out one evening 

 sallow hunting : he thought it strange that a Crambus should 

 be about so early in the season. 



' The coincidence of Haworth's specimen and this being 

 both caught " early in the spring season" is rather remark- 

 able, and would certainly imply that the insect hybernates, 

 an idea which is most decidedly corroborated by the appear- 

 ance of the only two known specimens of Crambics ocellea. 



Eup^ECiLiA Albicapitana, Cooke. 



A Tortrix, apparently distinct from any known species, is 

 described by Nicholas Cooke in the *^ Zoologist," p. 7801. 



Mr. Cooke observes : " I captured this insect on the Hill 

 of Howth, about the 20th of June, 1857, and felt convinced 

 at the time that it was undescribed, but did not think it 

 desirable to name it until more specimens had been taken. 

 Since then, I have ascertained that some specimens have 

 been taken on the Cheshire coast, both by Mr. Gregson and 

 Mr. Greening; and this season it has been taken in the 

 same locality, whei"e I found it four years since. It is more 

 hke E. duhitana than any other species, but is sharper- 

 winged, larger and lighter coloured, especially near the apex 

 of the wing." 



Tinea Confusella, Herrich-Schaffer. 

 Of this interesting little novelty, Mr. Barrett met with 

 some specimens near Dublin. He has thus noticed it in the 

 " Zoologist" p. 7800 : — '' Rambling along the cHffs on the 

 coast, in August, I noticed a little Tinea, pretty common, 

 flitting about and running up the grass stems like an Ela- 

 chista. This has been identified by Mr. Stainton as Tinea 



