( 19 ) 



NEW BRITISH LEPIDOPTERA SINCE 1853. 

 By H. T. Stainton, F.L.S. 



In the first volume of the " Entomologist's Annual," that 

 for 1855, I gave a list of the new British Lepidoptera since 

 1835, with notices of their first capture and subsequent 

 occurrence, and then gave a more detailed account of the 

 new species detected in this country in the year 1854; each 

 subsequent volume of the "Annual" has contained notices 

 of the new species observed during the previous season, so 

 that the novelties since 1853 are scattered through the pages 

 of eleven volumes, and the labour of referring to individual 

 notices is sometimes considerable. 



Five years ago I gave a tabular index to the new species 

 in the six previous volumes of the '^ Annual ;" but the time 

 seems now come when a more detailed and systematic 

 reference would be desirable, giving concisely not only the 

 original announcement, but also any subsequent notices that 

 liave appeared in our pages, respecting the occurrence, &c., 

 of the new species added to our lists since the year 1853. 



SPHINGINA. 



1. Procris Geryon, JSilbner, E. A. 1864, p. 122, dis- 

 tinguished from P. Statices by the discovery of the larva by 

 the Rev. E. Hoiton — its occurrence in various localities 

 noted; E. A. 1865, pp. 97 and 109, continued progress of 

 the Rev. E. Horton's investigations. 



c2 



