﻿THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Vol. XXIII.] SEPTEMBER, 1890. [No. 328. 



ADDITIONS TO THE BRITISH LIST OF DELTOIDS, 



PYRALIDES, AND CRAMBI, SINCE 1859. 



By Richard South. 



(Plates III. & IV.) 



Since the publication of the second volume of Stainton's 

 ' Manual of British Butterflies and Moths,' in 1859, a large 

 number of additions have been made to the British list ; but in 

 the present paper it is not proposed to do more than bring 

 together the various Deltoids, Pyralides, and Crambi which have 

 been introduced as British species since the year adverted to. 

 Several of the insects brought forward as new to science have 

 been, by a consensus of opinion, reduced to varietal rank ; others 

 have had their right and title to specific rank vigorously assailed ; 

 and it seems probable that their degradation, by common consent, 

 is fast approaching, and that their fate will not be relegated to 

 the dim and distant future to decide. The earliest English 

 descriptions have been reprinted in the majority of cases, and 

 the references to the British literature, though probably not 

 exhaustive, will perhaps be of some service to those who may be 

 interested in the matter. Two of the species had a place in our 

 lists previous to J 859, but were not included in the ' Manual.' 



To those gentlemen who, in the kindest way, have placed 

 their valuable specimens at my disposal for figuring, I tender my 

 most sincere thanks. 



DELTOIDS. 



HERMINIIDyE. 



Zanclognatha emortualis, Schiff. (PI. III. fig. 1.) 



BRITISH REFERENCES \ — 



Polypogon emortualis, Steph. Cat. ii. p. 158 (1829). 



Mthia emortualis, Steph. 111. Brit. Ent. Haust. iv. p. 18 (1834). 



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