426 Mr. T. H. Briggs on 
country, at the end of May and beginning of June. It has 
generally been considered the Loti of Fabr., but that in- 
sect is considerably larger and is subsequently noticed. 
Caterpillar dusky yellow, with four rows of black spots, 
two on the back, and two on each side; feeds on trefoil.” 
I have examined these specimens in the British Museum, 
and they are the small early T'rifolii of the present paper, 
Of Loti, Mr. Stephens says, ‘‘ Considerably larger than 
the foregoing, which it greatly resembles. Caterpillar 
pale green, with a row of black spots on the back, and 
one on each side; the latter in the females with a bright 
yellow streak beneath.” These specimens in the British 
Museum are small specimens of the Lonicerce of the pre- 
sent day. 
Mr. Stephens’ three species will therefore be as follows— 
Meliloti, Ste. = Small specimens of the late T'rifolit. 
Trifolu, Ste. = Harly Trifolit. 
Loti, Ste. = Lonicere. 
Stephens’ opinion is followed by Prof. Westwood in 
his “ Brit. Moths, and their transformations,” where the 
three species are thus set out :— 
A. Lott. 
Loti, Fab., Don., Steph., Wood, Duncan, not Sphinx 
Loti of Hiibner and Esper. 
Lonicere, Hsper. 
A. TRIFOLII. 
Trifolii, Esper, Stephens, Wood. 
Z. Loti, Haw. 
S. Loniceree, (?) Esper. 
A. Mettizort. 
Meliloti, Esper, Och., Steph., Wood. 
Sphine Loti, Hiibner. 
The observations attached to ‘ Loti, or Lonicere: as it 
is now Called, “‘ here again varieties occur, in which the 
spots are more or less confluent;” and “ Mr. Curtis 
states, that it is common in marshy places, at the beginning 
of May, and the beginning and end of June,’ must be 
attributed to some other species. 
