54 LEPIDOPTERA. 



genital organs is, as will be seen presently, somewhat diffe- 

 rent from the typical form, so that here probably we have 

 an indication of a distinct species, which, however, can only 

 be firmly ascertained by further examination, and especially 

 by breeding the insect from the larva. It appears to occur 

 principally in North Germany and on the coast — thus, at 

 Dautzic and Brunswick ; but I also possess one specimen 

 from the Tyrol, and Lederer has (as Heinemann affirms, 

 vol. ii. p. 61) received specimens from Corsica. 



Whether the Sc. cupressivorana, Stdgr., found by Herr 

 Mann at Brussa, the larva of which lives in spun-together 

 cypress twigs, and which, according to the form of the ovi- 

 positor, belongs to the Wahlbomiana-gYou^, is a distinct 

 species or not, I do not venture to decide, but my belief 

 rather inclines to the latter alternative. 



Fragosana, Zell., from Sicily; chrysanthemana, Dup., 

 from Vienna, and pasivana, Hiib., from Spalato, of each of 

 which I have received through the kindness of Herr Mann 

 a pair for examination, all appear to be good species. 



Chrysanthemaiia, as Herr Mann writes to me, is also dis- 

 tinguished in the larva state, and seems with pasivana, the 

 larva of which feeds on everlasting {Xeranthemum an- 

 nuum), and fragosana, to be more attached to southern 

 localities. 



If we now turn to the form of the ovipositor in other 

 species of the genus Sciaphila (as collected by Wocke in 

 Staudinger's Catalogue, p. 240), we find in Sc. osseana, Sc. 

 urgentana, CI., Penziana, Hiib., and nubilana, Hiib., the 

 same form as in Sc. fVahlbomiana ; whereas in Abrasana, 

 Dup., we find the pointed form of ovipositor as in Sc. 

 minusculana^ Zell. Of the remaining species I have for 

 want of materials not been able to examine the form of the 

 genital organs. 



