52 LEPIDOPTERA. 



tufts of bristle-like hairs, and if these be removed with a 

 camel's-hair pencil, one sees the rounded, free margin of the 

 last abdominal segment. 



The hairs of the tuft above the ovipositor, when examined 

 with a microscope which magnifies 60 times, are seen to be 

 scale-shaped, thicker towards the end, and terminating in 

 two sharp points. The terminal joint of the ovipositor is 

 clothed with fine, erect hairs. 



Now the females with the form of ovipositor last described 

 belong to Sciaphila minusculana, Zell. Ent. Ztg. 1849, 

 p. 247 {Minorana, H.-S. iv. p. 201, figs. 104—106, Mann, 

 in lit.), as I have been able to satisfy myself by a careful 

 comparison of the original specimens from. Professor Zeller 

 and Herr Mann (for whose kindness in sending them I beg 

 here to ofier my best thanks). Sc. incertana, Tr. (H.-8. 

 iv. p. 199), also possesses this form of ovipositor, whence I 

 consider it to be a variety of 8c. minusculana. It appears 

 to represent the southern form of the latter, and to be rather 

 scarce. The two specimens which Herr Mann sent me for 

 examination ( $ and ? ) came from Fiume and Spalato. 

 The only certain specimen of Incertana in my collection 

 had also been j^revionsly received from Herr Maun, with 

 the label, "from Turkey." Incertana also occurs in Hungary 

 and near Vienna, according to Herrich-Schiiffer (iv. p. 200); 

 of course also at Glogau, which announcement may easily 

 arise from a confusion with an allied form. 



Minusculana appears to be a widely-spread and abundant 

 form, since I possess specimens from the most diverse locali- 

 ties in Germany, even from the Island of Riigen, and pro- 

 bably also the small Sciaphila, which Professor Zeller met 

 with at Bergiin (Stett. Ent. Ztg. 1872, p. 102), should be 

 referred here. The three original specimens sent me by 

 Professor Zeller are from Tuscany. As the larva also of 



