NEW BRITISH SPECIES. 41 



a yellow spot, with a black one above it, marking each 

 segmental division. Head and legs brownish-black. Food 

 trefoil and other Leguminosce. 



The ordinal position of meliloti will be between exulans 

 and trifolii. 



Hiibner's meliloti appears to be an aberrant form of 

 Caimiolica of Scopoli, and distinct from the species in ques- 

 tion. 



Syntomis phegea, Lin. (N. E. Brown, Ent. Mo. Mag., 

 vol. ix., p. 160). 



For this south European addition to our fauna we are 

 indebted to Mr. J. G. Batchelor, who captured an example 

 while it was flying leisurely in the sunshine near Dover, last 

 June. 



The specimen in question, from its perfect condition, ap- 

 peared to have very recently emerged from the pupa. 



Mr. Brown thus describes the specimen (of which he also 

 sent a very accurate drawing) : " Expanse of fore-wings 

 IJ in., deep glossy blue-black, tips of antenna? white, abdo- 

 men with a crescent-shaped spot at base, and baud on fifth 

 segment golden yellow. Fore-wings with six white semi- 

 hyaline spots, one basal, two (larger) sub-median and three 

 (smaller) sub-apical. Hind-wing with two similar spots, 

 one basal, the other central." 



It is difficult to account for the appearance here of single 

 examples of such species as S. phegea and Naclia ancilla, 

 another of the family Syntomidce, which a few years ago 

 made its appearance on the south coast. And it is very 

 much to be desired that further captures of these interesting 

 species should be made. 



At Louvain, in Belgium (says our Editorial note), j)hegea 

 frequents old ramparts, flying over them in the hottest sun- 



