176 [August, 



to it, three conspicuous blact dots. On the middle of the dorsal margin appears an 

 oblong blotch, intersected by a fuscous line, and pointing obliquely towards the 

 apical region. This blotch is only conspicuous in fine specimens, and is decidedly 

 paler in colour than the orange marked apical portion of the wing. Hind-wings 

 uniformly dark fuscous. 



A particularly " stumpy," square looking insect, its markings putting one more 

 in mind of Dichrorampha alpinana than any other species of the genus. 



144, Chobham Eoad, 



Stratford New Town, E. : 



June IQth, 1893. 



NOTES CORRECTINa THE SYNONYMY OF "DICHRORAMPHA" 

 SUBSEQUANA, Hw., IN WHICH DICHRORAMPHA ALPESTttANA, 

 H.-S., IS WRONGLY INCLUDED IN STAUDINGER AND WOCKE'S 

 CATALOGUE. 



BT THE RI&HT HON. LORD WALSINGHAM, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S. 



Early last February Mr. Bankes submitted to me some specimens 

 of a Dichroravipha taken by Mr. Thurnall in Epping Forest, which 

 differed from any recognised British species. I found them to agree well 

 with Herrich-Schaffer's figure of montanana (subsequently described 

 and referred to in the text as Grapholitha alpestrana, H.-S.), whicb 

 appears to be a species of DicJirorampha not at present well known on 

 the continent and unrepresented in the Zeller Collection, except by a 

 single female wrongly placed in the series of Lipoptycha plumhana, Sc. 

 The occurrence of this species here, and its addition to the British 

 list, necessitates a careful revision of synonymy which presents ex- 

 ceptional difficulties. 



The name alpestrana has been sunk as a synonym of subsequana, 

 Hw., but the two species are not even congeneric, subsequana being a 

 Steganoptycha, according to the generally accepted use of that genus. 

 The reference to subsequana in Staudinger and Wocke's Catalogue 

 includes in its synonymy no less than four other names, all of which 

 may be rightly applied to good and distinct species. I shall here 

 attempt to clear up the confusion that has arisen therefrom. For this 

 purpose it will be necessary to refer to three numbers in the above- 

 mentioned Catalogue, which are as follows : — 



" 1241— ABIEGANA Dup. IV. 83. 4. p. 409 (1842) ; ahiegnana Z. Stett. E. Z. 1849. 



244 ; HS. 128. IV. p. ?81 ; Hein. 217 ; ? pygmaeana Froel. No. 217." 

 " 1243— MEECUEIANA Hb. 322; Froel. No. 170; HS. 326. IV. p. 272; Hein. 



218 ; monticolana Wlk. 224 ; Stt. Man. 2. 249." 



