104 LEPIDOPTERA. 



from almonds. Zeller, in his Monograph of the Knothorns 

 in the ' Isis' of 1848, has several species of Ephestice, with 

 which I am only acquainted by the descriptions, some of 

 which are made from single specimens. I should not, how- 

 ever, be surprised, if Ficella were eventually to prove iden- 

 tical with Zeller's Ephestia AhsterseUaJ' 



It may also be interesting to notice, that, at the August 

 Meeting of the Entomological Society of London, an albino 

 variety of Eubolia Mpmictaria, a species never previously 

 known to present such an aberration, was exhibited by Mr. 

 J. Jenner Weir. 



On the other hand, a wonderful instance of melanism has 

 been shown to me by my friend Mr. Doubleday ; in this case, 

 the subject was a specimen of Hypercomjia dominula, and 

 the altei'ation in appearance, from the ordinary gaily-coloured 

 form to a handsome rich steel-blue-shot insect, with black 

 spots instead of white spots, was very remarkable, so much so 

 as, for a time, to render recognition of the species extremely 

 difficult ; it was captured last June near Deal by Mr. Harding. 



With the above extraordinary cases of albinism and me- 

 lanism I terminate these few preliminary notes, and at once 

 proceed to the subject of the new species for 1864, merely 

 remarking, that, with respect to the two " pugs," the perfect 

 insects only are referred to by me, Mr. Crewe having kindly 

 forwarded descriptions of the larvae of these and other Eii- 

 'pithecicc, which will be found in a separate form at another 

 part of this volume. 



