1002 LORD WALSINGHAM OX THE [Nov. 26, 



by no possibility have fed upon rushes ; they were taken on 

 an absolutely dry spot, in a barranco near Orotava, where no 

 rushes could be found. I also took three specimens at Guimar. 

 Mr. Eaton notes it as taken amongst Carex, in a wet place, near 

 Machico (Madeira). 



64. (241) RHYACIONIA Hb. 



RHYACIOXIA Hb. Verz. Schm. 379 (1826) ; Wlsm. Ann-Mag. NH. 

 (7 s.). VII. 124 (1900) ; =*EVETRIA (Hb.) Stgr-Rbl. Cat. Lp. Pal. 

 II. 102 no. 241 (1901). 



130. (1845) RHYACIOXIA WALSIXGHAMT Rbl. 



Retinia walsinyhaini Rbl. Ann. KK. Hofmus. XI. 119-20, 146 

 no. 167, PL 3' 6 $ (1896) \ Evetria ivalsinghami Stgr-Rbl. Cat. 

 Lp. Pal. 102 no. 1845 (1901) 2 : Ann. KK. Hofmus. XXI. 43 

 110. 194 (1906) 3 . 



Hah. TENERIFE 1 " 3 : Puerto Orotava, Pinus canariensis, 18. II, 

 excl. 3. Ill - 10. IV. 1907 (Wlsm.), 11-14. IV. 1895 (Hedemann)\ 

 21-29. IV. 1907 (Wlsm.). 



A rare species, not met with by Mr. Eaton, and represented, so 

 far as I am aware, only by von Hedemann's three original 

 specimens, and one or two in Mr. White's collection. During a 

 lucky half-hour, spent in the garden of the Hotel Humboldt, 

 during a flying visit to Orotava, on the 18th of February, I found 

 three pupae in the shoots of Pinus canariensis, all of which pro- 

 duced the moths in March and April. During a subsequent visit 

 three other specimens were taken on the wing, in the same place, 

 from the 21st to 29th of April. I have observed traces of the 

 larvae in the pine-forests, to the south of Pedro Gil, but it does 

 not appear to occur to the west of Guimar, where I searched the 

 pines unsuccessfully. 



65. (248) CROCIDOSEMA Z. 

 131. (1968) CROCIDOSEMA PLEBEIAXA Z. 



n. syn. = obscura E. Wlstn. ; = blackburnii Btl. 7 ; =*signatana 

 Wlsm. (nee Dgl.). 



Crocidosema plebejana Z. Isis, 1847. 721-2 no. 283 (1847) \ Ste- 

 yanoptycha obscura E. Wlstn. Ann-Mag. NH. (5 s.). III. 341 

 (1879) 2 : Lp. St. Helena 28-8 (1879) 2 . Crocidosema plebeiana 

 Meyr. Pr. Lin. Soc. N.S.W. VI. 659-60 (1881) 3 . Steyanoptycha 

 *signatana Wlsm.Tr. Ent. Soc, Lond.1894. 537,541 no. 14 (1894) 4 . 

 Crocidosema plebeiana Wlsm. Pr. Z. Soc. Lond. 1897. 127 110. 174 

 (1897) 5 ; Stgr-Rbl. Cat. Lp. Pal. II. 110 no. 1968(1901); Wlsm. 

 Fn. Hawaii. V. 675-6, 736, 752 no. 366, PI. 10 15 (1907) 7 . 



Hah. ASIA 6 CEYLOX : Pundaloya, 4000 ft., II. 1890 (Green) 

 PALESTINE: (Tristram) SYRIA 6 . S-C. EUROPE 1 ' 6 : Alt/tea 

 rosea"; Lavatera arborea 5 FRAXCE : Mentone, 13. III. 1893 

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