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anyone else. He is unable to identify it with any known species, 

 and considers it new to Science. 



With the consent, therefore, of Mr. Ficklin, to whom the 

 whole merit of the discovery belongs, I propose to name it 

 Eupithecia jasioneata. 



In general appearance the perfect insect closely resembles 

 E. castigata, but the ground colour is a much paler ashj^ gi'ej- 

 The dark central lunule of the front wing is round, not narrowed ; 

 and before the hind margin there is a very conspicuous, almost 

 uniformly broad, acutely angled, pale whitish line, which forms 

 the most distinguishing characteristic of the insect. 



Description of the larva oi Eupithecia jasioneata : — Short and 

 stout ; ground colour pale ochreous-brown ; central dorsal line 

 dull olive-brown, interspersed with lozenge-shaped spots of a 

 similar colour — the latter become merged into the central line on 

 the anal segments ; head blackish ; spiracular lines indistinct, 

 yellowish on each side, slanting brown markings. Whole larva 

 wrinkled, rough, and sparsely studded with yellowish warts 

 and hairs. Feeds in September on seed-heads of Jasione 

 montana. 



Perfect insect appears in May. 

 Drayton-Beauchamp Rectory,- Tring, August 6, 1881. 



A MONTH IN THE NEW FOREST. 

 By Reginald E. Salwey. 



Early in July, the settled fine weather having tempted me 

 down to the New Forest, I installed myself at Brockenhurst on the 

 8th of the month, with the determination of working the locality 

 thoroughly until August. The first thing I noticed was the 

 unusual abundance of the Diurni. As I strolled about the rides 

 Argynnis Paphia rose in great numbers from the brambles, 

 accompanied by almost as many Limenitis Sibylla. Both species 

 were in splendid condition on the 9th, and the variety of the 

 former, Valezina, equally fine, but not so plentiful as report had 

 led me to expect. A good proportion of my specimens of this 

 beautiful variety were taken in copula, of course with males of the 

 ordinary type. It struck me at the time that Valezina differed 



