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an inch in the expanse of the fore wings, which, as well as the hind 

 wings and body, are entirely of a pale whitish straw-colour ; the costa 

 of the fore wings slightly brownish.' Named by Mr. Dale after the 

 Kev. F. T. Morris, who discovered it. It has been taken several 

 times on the East Sea Cliff, Charmouth, Dorset, at the beginning of 

 July. We are indebted to Beverley R. Morris, Esq., for the loan of 

 two specimens, differing somewhat in size " (< British Moths,' p. 243 ; 

 PI. liv., fig. 12). There is no doubt whatever, that the figure in Humphrey 

 and Westwood just quoted, is that of Chortodes bondii, and that morrisii is 

 not a variety of C. arcuosa as suggested to me by Mr. Dale, and so 

 stated in vol. i., p. 47. The probability of this being identical with 

 bondii, on an examination of Humphrey and Westwood's figure, the 

 hind wings of which are strikingly those of bondii, was immediately 

 strengthened by the knowledge that Mr. Tugwell had previously re- 

 corded bondii from Lyme Eegis, a few miles from Charmouth, where 

 the typical specimens of morrisii were captured by Mr. Morris. I wrote 

 to Mr. Tugwell, asking him about the probability of bondii occurring at 

 Charmouth, and he wrote : " The locality for bondii at Lyme Regis 

 is, I believe, about 10 miles as the crow flies from Charmouth, but from 

 what I saw of the coast line, I should judge that bondii might occur in 

 many places between the two towns. I only worked the Devonshire 

 side of Lyme Regis, but found it in plenty there " (in. litt., 18-7-92). 

 This, therefore, helps to support my determination of Humphrey and 

 Westwood's figure, and morrisii will have to be struck out as a variety 

 of arcuosa and added as a synonym of bondii, which name it will re- 

 place * if extrema be not generally accepted for this species, as morrisii 

 is much anterior to bondii. There can be no doubt that Humphrey and 

 Westwood's figure is mude from indubitable morrisii, for the specimens 

 figured were sent by Mr. Beverley Morris from the collection of the 

 Rev. F. T. Morris, the original captor. It has always appeared strange 

 to me, that so common a species as bondii has since proved itself to be 

 in its favoured localities, should have been quite unknown to our older 

 collectors who met with many of our much rarer species. 



With regard to the occurrence of bondii in the neighbourhood 

 from whence the original morrisii came, Mr. Gross writes : " Although 

 probably most lepidopterists are aware that T. bondii is to be found in 

 the neighbourhood of Lyme Regis, I do not think the occurrence of 

 this species in Devonshire has been noticed in this magazine. As the 

 species is so extremely local, not only in this country but on the Con- 

 tinent of Europe, it may be as well to record the fact of my finding it in 

 abundance, in the beginning of July last, on the rough broken ground 

 forming the slopes of the cliffs immediately to the west of the cement 

 works at Lyme Regis, well into Devonshire. It may be worth noting, 

 that of the only two localities in this country from which this species 

 has yet been obtained, one is in the South-east of Devon, and the other 

 in the South-east of Kent " (< Entomologist's Monthly Magazine,' vol. 

 xvii., p. 134) ; whilst the Editors of the ' Ent. Mo. Mag.' note at the 

 same time that the species was first discovered at Lyme Regis by Mr. 

 Wormald, and noticed in the ' Zoologist,' vol. xxi., p. 8861. 



Ccenobia, Stphs., rufa, Haw. 

 Vol. i., p. 48. Of the nomenclature of this species I wrote some 



* Independently of Mr. Dale's description, the figure and description in 

 Humphrey and Westwood is much anterior to Knaggs' name. 



