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I think the deduction to be made from these two extracts is 

 that — 



(1). Curtis bred a species of Concliylis from the flower-heads of 

 Anihemia cofidn, which at the time he recorded as Gochylis suhroseana, 

 Haw. 



(2). That afterwards he regarded it as distinct from that species, 

 and apph'ed to it the MS. name of anthemidana. 



(3). That Wilkinson described, under the name of anthemidana, 

 Curtis, the species which Curtis, in the first instance, called SM5roseaw«, 

 Hw., for he distinctly states that it was first noticed by Curtis, who 

 bred it from the flower-heads of Anthemis cotula, and that in colour 

 and markings it resembles Ewp. suhroseana. 



I have been unable to find a reference by Curtis to any species 

 under the name anthemidana, nor is this name to be found in his 

 cabinet, which is at Melbourne. 



Merton Hall: August, 1893. 



ON A NEW GENUS ALLIED TO HERCYNA. 

 BT G. T. BETHUNE-BAKER, F.L.S. 



A few years ago, when going through the genus Hercyna, my 

 friend Dr. Staudinger sent me a couple of species of a new genus 

 allied thereto, taken at about 8,000 to 10,000 ft. altitude in the 

 mountains of Shah Kuh, N. Persia ; want of leisure and other causes 

 have delayed my describing these before. The species are closely 

 allied to Hercyna, but are scarcely more than half their size, and lack 

 the shiny appearance so conspicuous in the former. 



HEECYNELLA, nov. gen. 

 Head rough, face rounded, ocelli distinct, tongue developed. Labial palpi 

 moderately long, carried obliquely, end joint almost horizontal, thickly clothed with 

 hairs. Maxillary palpi very small indeed, ending in a very fine brush of hairs from 

 end of apex. Antennae, two-thirds, simple in both sexes. Abdomen moderately 

 stout. Fore-wings widening but little towards the posterior margin. Hind-wings 

 small. Fringes long. 



Hekctnella Staudingeri, n. sp. 

 Fore-wings pale brownish-ochreous, with two dark, umber-brown, oblique, 

 interrupted stripes, the first line from near the base on the costa extends to a point 

 about one-third along the inner margin, the posterior stripe, mucli interrupted, makes 

 a small angle from the costa towards the posterior margin, and then recedes some- 

 what towards the base. The discoidal cell terminates in a dark umber long spot ; a 



