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6. Naupactus longimanus, Faby. 
Siderodactylus ornatus, Pascoe. 
A Brazilian species. Mr. Pascoe, misled by the reception 
of this species from Ascension, described it as a new species of 
the old-world genus Stderodactylus (Hint. Mo. Mag. xv. 1879, 
p- 185). This insect formed the subject of a communication 
from the Lords of the Admiralty to the Director of the Royal 
Gardens, Kew. It is stated to have done much damage to 
grape-vines by eating the leaves, and is said also to attack 
the plants of kohlrabi. 
7. Orthoperus punctum, Marsham. 
A European species, described originally from England. 
The late Mr. T. V. Wollaston met with it in Madeira. 
HYMENOPTERA. 
Evania levigata, L. 
In the British Museum, from Mexico, Congo, Rodriguez, 
Ceylon, Sandwich Islands, Port Essington, &c. 
LEPIDOPTERA. 
1. Leucania Loreyt, Dup. 
Occurs in Kurope, and there are in the British Museum 
examples from Brazil and Java. 
2. Prodenia retina, Herrich-Schiffer. 
Has been received from Crete, European Turkey, Asia 
Minor, Madagascar, Mauritius, Madeira, Congo, and Nepal. 
3. Laphygma caradrinoides, Walker. 
Port Natal. 
4. Cosmophila indica, Guenée. 
Received from Mauritius, Sierra Leone, Congo, Ceylon, 
- North India, Moreton Bay, and Tasmania. 
5. Plusia aurifera, Hiibner. 
Has been received also from Teneriffe. 
6. Plusia ni, Hiibner. 
Europe, New York, &e. 
