142 LEPIDOPTERA. 



July 9tli, he adds, * The species which has been called 

 auguiitana in this country is the exccecana of Herricli- 

 Schaffer and probably the cruciana of Linnaeus.' The dis- 

 covery of the true U. aufjustana in this countiy, therefore, 

 adds another species to our lists, where the two should now 

 stand as in Dr. Staudinger's Catalogue — 



* No. 1037. Crucianaj Linn. ; Exccecana, H.-S. ; Vimi- 

 nana, Gn. 

 No. 1038. Augustana, Hiibn. 205; H.-S. 362.'" 



Mr. De Grey adds, "I took the insect at High Force, 

 near Middleton, Teesdale, in the county of Durham, in 

 August, 1866. It seems very distinct fi'om the species which 

 has hitlierto been accepted as II. augustana." 



DiCRORAMPHA PLUMBANA, ScopoH. 



Dicrorampha plamhana, Sc. ; Zacchana, Tr. ; Dup. ; 

 ulicana, Gn. ; hlepharana, H.-S. 



To Mr. J. B. Hodgkinson we are indebted for tliis novelty. 

 Mr. II. met with the insect at Witherslack, and on capturing 

 it at once saw that it was a species new to our list. Pro- 

 fessor Zeller has, with his usual courtesy, kindly furnished 

 the name. It is certainly distinct from the ulicana of our 

 cabinets. To my fancy it approaches nearest to what I liave 

 come to the conchision is senectanay Gn.; but there seem to 

 be points of difference which in the present state of my know- 

 ledge of this genus I dare not attempt to expound. It bears 

 some resemblance, too, to D. plumhagaua; but from that 

 there is no great difficulty in separating it, as the wings of the 

 latter are obviously narrower, and a tinge of greenish hue 

 enters into their coloration. This species will, therefore, I 

 presume, have to be placed in our cabinets in the position 



