1002 LORD WALSINGHAM ON THE [Nov, 26, 



by no possibility haA^e fed upon rushes ; they were taken on 

 an absolutely dry spot, in a barranco near Orotava, where no 

 rushes could be found. I also took three specimens at Guimar. 

 Mr. Eaton notes it as taken amongst Carex, in a wet place, near 

 Machico (Madeira). 



64. (241) RHYACIONIA Hb. 



RHyACiONiA Hb. Verz. Schm. 379 (1826) ; Wlsm. Ann-Mag. NH. 

 (7 s.). YII. 124 (1900) ; —""Evethia (Hb.) Stgr-Rbl. Cat. Lp. Pal. 

 II. 102 no. 241 (1901). 



130. (1845) RhYACIONIA WALSINGHAMT Rbl. 



Retinia walsinghami Rbl. Ann. KK. Hofmus. XI. 119-20, 146 

 no. 167, PI. 3- 6 2 (1896)'. Evetria ioalsinghccmi Stgr-Rbl. Cat. 

 Lp. Pal. 102 no. 1845 (1901)-: Ann. KK. Hofmus. XXI. 43 

 no. 194(1906)1 



Ilab. Tbnerife'"^ : Puerto Orotava, Fimcs canariensis, 18.11, 

 excl. 3. Ill- 10. lY. 1907 (Jl^sm.), 11-14. lY. IQ^^ {Heclemann)\ 

 21-29. lY. 1907 {Wlsm.). 



A rare species, not met with by Mr. Eaton, and represented, so 

 far as I am aware, only by von Hedemann's three original 

 specimens, and one or two in Mr. White's collection. During a 

 lucky half-hour, spent in the garden of the Hotel Humboldt, 

 during a flying visit to Orotava, on the 18th of February, I found 

 three pupae in the shoots of Pinus canariensis, all of which pro- 

 duced the moths in March and April. During a subsequent visit 

 three other specimens were taken on the wing, in the same place, 

 from the 21st to 29th of April. I have observed traces of the 

 larvae in the pine-forests, to the south of Pedro Gil, but it does 

 not appear to occur to the west of Guimar, where I searched the 

 pines unsuccessfully. 



65. (248) CROCIDOSEMA Z. 



131. (1968) Orocidosema plebeiana Z. 



n. sy n. = oSsCTtra E. Wlstn. ; =blackbiornii Btl. " ; =*signatana 

 Wlsm. (nee Dgl.). 



Orocidosema jjlebejana Z. Isis, 1847. 721-2 no. 283 (1847) \ Ste- 

 qanoptycha obscura E. Wlstn. Ann-Mag. NH. (5 s.). III. 341 

 (1879)': Lp. St. Helena 28-8(1879)". Crocidosema plebeiana 

 Meyr. Pr. Lin. Soc. N.S.W. YI. 659-60 (1881) \ Steganoptycha 

 "" signatana Wlnm.Tr. Ent. Soc. Lond.1894. 537,541 no. 14 (1894)^ 

 Crocidosema jjl^beiana Wlsm. Pr. Z. Soc. Lond. 1897. 127 no. 174 

 (1897)' ; Stgr-Rbl. Cat. Lp. Pal. II. 110 no. 1968 (1901)*^ ; Wlsm. 

 Fn. Hawaii. Y. 675-6, 736, 752 no. 366, PI. 10-15 (1907) ^ 



Hab. ASIA'— Ceylon : Pundaloya, 4000 ft., II. 1890 {Green)— 

 Palestine : {Tristram)— ^yvlik ^ S-C. EUROPE '■ ' : © Althea 

 rosea''; Lavatera arborea' — France: Mentone, 13. III. 1893 



