88 LEPIDOPTERA. 



is the same species, though Herrich-SchafFer gives it as dis- 

 tinct. The larva of Arceuthata is bright green; it feeds on 

 the juniper, and the perfect insect appears in March and 

 April ; which is precisely the history of Helveticaria. 



This species is recorded as an addition to our Fauna by 

 Mr. Doubleday in the " Zoologist" for February last, Mr. 

 Logan having bred the insect from larvae found on juniper 

 the previous autumn on the Pentlands. In confinement, 

 this species makes its appearance in the breeding-cage in 

 January or February. , 



SCIAPHILA CINCTANA, W. V. 



(Fig. 4.) 

 Alls anticis albis, basi f fascia obliqua media, maculaque 

 costali ante apicem brunneis. 



Exp. al. 7—8 lin. 



Head and thorax rusty-brown. Palpi and antennae grey. 

 Abdomen grey. Anterior wings white, with the base, an 

 oblique fascia from the middle of the costa to near the anal 

 angle, and a costal spot before the apex, rusty brown ; the 

 ground colour is faintly spotted with leaden-grey, especially 

 towards the hind margin. Posterior wings white, faintly 

 spotted with pale lead colour. 



Those who are appalled at the idea of a new Sciaphila, as 

 involving some species very difficult to determine, will be 

 much relieved to find what a very conspicuous and distinct 

 insect this is. Hiibner figures it, No. 132, under the name 

 of Albidana. Duponchel, vol. ix., pi. 238, fig. 8, figures it 

 as Tortrix cinctana. 



Several specimens of this novelty were taken by the Rev. 

 S. C. Tress Beale, " on the sloping bank of a field at Alk- 

 ham, near Dover, July 9th ; it flits over the tops of grass 

 when disturbed, but soon settles again j whilst flying it ap- 

 pears conspicuously white." 



