THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



No. 161.] NOVEMBER, MDCCCLXXVI. [Pbice 6c1. 



Pachnohia hypohorea. By John T, Carrington. 



Pachnobia hypoboeea (male and female). 



As the year 1876 will hereafter be known amongst Lepi- 

 dojiterists as the " Alpina year," — on account of the large 

 nun)ber of specimens captured during the past season in the 

 Highlands of Scotland, — some account of this species may 

 be of interest. Before entering upon the history of its occur- 

 rence in Britain, 1 will explain its nomenclature. 



Dahnan was the first known entomologist who noticed this 



moth. He gave it the name of Hypoborea in MS. 

 Zettersdedt, in 1840, published his 'Insecta Lapponica,' in 

 which this moth was fust described. He adopted 

 Dalman's MS. specific name, and placed it in the genus 

 Hadena. 

 Huniphrey and Westwood, in 1843, in their 'British 

 Moths,' figure this species under the name of Agroiis 

 alpina. The specimen from which this figure was made 

 was that taken by Mr. Douglas on Cairn Gower, Perth- 

 shire, in 1839. 



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