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first appearance in England, a female specimen taken by Mr. 

 Jones in 1862 having been exhibited by Mr. Fenn at the 

 January meeting of the Entomological Society of London ; 

 but the claims of this insect to be considered as a species 

 distinct from E. Fasciaria are more than doubtful. 



Two TortriceSy one of which may possibly be but a 

 northern form of a recognised species, the other known for 

 some years, though till lately " undetermined,'' are now also 

 recorded as British for the first time. 



Our list for 1863 is then as follows : — 



Pi'ocris Gei'yon, Hb. 

 Leucania Loreyi, Dup. 

 Luper'ina Guenee'i, H. Dbl., n. sp. 

 DianthcEcia Barrettii, H. Dbl., n. sp. 

 Catoptria Conterminanaf H.-S. 

 Euchromia Rufana^ Sep. 



In conclusion, much attention having been of late years be- 

 stowed by Mr. Newman and others upon the rearing and ac- 

 curate description of Lepidopterous larvae, it has been thought 

 advisable that the '^Annual" should notice this movement, and 

 in future volumes give such accounts and descriptions of dis- 

 coveries as are made from time to time. For the present a 

 simple table of the species discovered and described since the 

 publication of The Manual," with notices of those detected 

 in 1863, including full descriptions of three larvaj as yet un- 

 recorded in any English work, has been deemed sufficient. 

 In drawing up the above-mentioned table of larvae, valuable 

 assistance has been received from a friend who has for this 

 purpose ransacked the Entomological periodicals published 

 since 1856, but who from native modesty forbids me to give 

 him the credit of it. 



