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insect about the end of May. The first of the moths emerged, in confinemrrit, on the 

 20th of May. I am indebted to Mr. Thomas Huckelt for the loan of this larva. — 

 Edward Newman. 



Notes on new or little known British Eitpithecice. By Henry 

 DouBLEDAY, Esq. The Descriptions of the Larva by the Rev. 

 H. Harpur Crewe, M.A. 



A FEW weeks since I forwarded specimens of most of our Eupitheciae 

 to Dr. Herrich-Schaeffer, and he has kindly sent me some observations 

 upon them which will probably be interesting to the readers of the 

 * Zoologist.' 



Eupithecia affinitata. " New species, which has not been found in 

 Germany." 



E. expallidata. "Also new to me, and unknown in Germany." 



E. absynthiata. " Your specimens differ a little from ours. Feeds 

 upon Senecio Jacobeae, Artemisia vulgaris and Solidago virgaureae." 



E. abbreviata. " Rare with us, and sometimes confounded with E. 

 dodoneata. A good species." 



E. subfidvata. "Appears to me different from our varieties of E. 

 succenluriata, of which I will send you specimens." 



E. denotata, Guenee. " This is the true E. pimpinellata of Hiibner 

 without doubt." (I have always thought that this species was the true 

 E. pimpinellata of Hiibner, and my friend M. Guenee is now of the 

 same opinion, but it seems probable that E. denotata is only a variety 

 of the same species, and therefore this name must sink altogether. — 

 H.D.) 



E. pimpinellata, Guen. " Not found in Germany, and new to me. 

 The name must be changed." (I have proposed to call this species 

 E, virgaureata, and M. Guenee considers the name very appropriate, 

 and will adopt it for this species in the appendix to his work. — H. D.) 



E. pimpinellata, var. A., Guen. " This is my E. tripunclata. The 

 name albipunctata has been employed by Hufnagle. (It is impossible 

 to say whether Haworth described this species or E. satyrata under 

 the name of albipunctata, and therefore Dr. Herrich-Schajffer's name 

 must be adopted. The Rev. H. Harpur Crewe, who has done more 

 than any other entomologist to elucidate the history of this inte- 

 resting genus, first clearly proved that the last two species are truly 

 dislinct.— i/. D.) 



