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FORMULA, G. & À. 
Phalaena amasia, Smith. (Lower figure). 
CONNUBIALIS, Guence.— 
GRYNEA, Walker. 
Catocala nuptula, Walker. 
*PRAECLARA, G. & FR. 
FRATERCULA, G. & 2. 
*MINUTA, Ldwards. 
var. Catocala parvula, Edwards. 
GRACILIS, Ldwards. 
Catocala similis, Edwards. 
8. Hind wings yellow above without a median band. 
“ANDROPHILA, Guenee. 
Corisce amica, Hubner. 
LINEELLA, Grote. | 
MESSALINA, Guwenee. 
PHYLLOXERA VASTATRIX IN PORTUGAL. 
The Gardeners Chronicle of the 2oth inst. records a meeting of the 
Scientific Committee of the Royal Horticultural Society on the 17th inst. 
The following communication formed part of its proceedings :——“ From 
the Foreign Office came a copy of a communication from Her Britannic 
Majesty’s Consul at Cintra, alluding to the appearance of the new Vine 
disease in Portugal; one vineyard, producing an average quantity of 70 
pipes, last year only produced one pipe, the total loss in the Douro 
district being estimated at 500 pipes.” In connection with this com- 
munication, it appears desirable to mention that a trade circular of the 
r2th inst. directs attention to a pamphlet from Oporto, published in June 
last (by Ernesto Chardron, Rua dos Clerigos), which treats at length of 
the same insect pest. This pamphlet, although it adds no new facts to 
the natural history of PhylMoxera vastatrix, as ascertained by Westwood, 
Planchon, Lichtenstein, and Riley, has the merit of giving the locality 
where the insect first appeared in Portugal. It appeared first in the 
parish of Gouvinhas, where its ravages have been so great that one 
quinta, planted in 1842, producing in ordinary years 50 pipes of wine, 
was reduced in 1870 (otherwise a good year) to two pipes only. 
