238 THE ENTUMOLO(iIST"s KECORD. 



iiitidrlla (i.e., (((sta) casGS sent iiu' by A'oelschoAV this spring; they 

 produced our dark brown-black nihoiicoli'lla so-called. 



(8) Ftdiica sa.n'rnli'lla. — This is an almost Avhitish (greyish-white) 

 species, nearly of the shape of cfassiorclla, but smaller, locally rare in 

 southern and south-eastern France, of which I have specimens (1) from 

 Coverdale's collection, (2) of my own breeding (unfortunately without 

 exact data), (8) from Rainham (Burrows), 



(4) A rather small, pale grey-brown male, bred by Chapman among 

 a lot of r oho ri col ell a (/ caata) obtained at Anerley. This, Griffiths 

 says, has such a different frenulum from the other examples bred from 

 this locality, that he suspects it will prove distinct. Certainly the 

 ^ specimen looks distinct enough. 



It would be interesting if those lepidopterists who have any doubt- 

 ful examples of this family would allow Mr. (iriffiths to examine the 

 frenulum of their specimens with a view to their correct determination. 



The second section of the Fumeids is also little known. The 

 two species referred hereto are — 



(5) Proiitia bctitlina,hved by Mr. Whittle this year from the South- 

 end district. The $ of this species has a snowy-white anal tuft. 



(G) I'nnttia saliadrUa, which appears to be more generally dis- 

 tributed than the former, if one may judge from the cases in the old 

 collections (Stephens, &c.). 



These notes are waitten purely in the hope of drawing attention to 

 a little worked group. It reflects little credit on British lepidopterists 

 that a group of moderately large moths shoiild be so little known. A 

 little systematic work by two or three real observers, in touch with one 

 another, would soon set matters straight. An examination of the 

 material now in collections, might conduce to this desirable result. 



BCIENTIFIC NOTES. 



]'^RKONEOUS APPLICATION OF THE NAMES CoSMODACTYEA AMJ AcANTHO- 



DACTYLA. — Hiibner, in the Kump. Srhiiictt. Aliiritai', ix., names figs. 23- 

 24, acantJio(Iacti/l((. These are undoubtedly the olive-grey or olive- 

 fuscous species we know as ni.vDiKhicti/la. Hiilmer's figs. 35 and 3G, 

 named cfisiiKHJacfi/Ia, are just as clearly the insect we know as arantJin- 

 tlacti/hi. Treitschke {Die SrlnDctt., ix., 2nd part, pp. 234 and 235) 

 transposes Hiibner's species. He describes his acantliiHlacti/la as 

 " obscure-fuscous," his coKiiiodavtjila as "olivaceous-fuscous." To the 

 former he quotes Hb., figs. 23-24, to the latter, Hiibner's figs. 85-36., 

 i.<\, exactly the contrary to what should have been done. It is possibly 

 from this point that our present error in synonymy has originated. The 

 (■(isiiKKlacti/la of Herrich-Schaffer, ,S'//.s-. Hear., v., fig. 4, is simply a form 

 of the same species as his fig. 5, which he calls aeauthodaeti/Ia. Both are 

 Hiil)ner's rasiiiddacti/la, i.e., the species known in this country as aean- 

 tlKxIdciijIii. Tiie synonymy, therefore, should be — 



(1) Acaiithodadijhi, Hb. "Eur. Schinttt. Alucita?," ligs. 23-24 (lliiS) = Cusmo- 

 (laeti/la, Tv., " Die. Schinett.," ix., p. 23o (ISiW). 



'(2) ('()siiio<l<irl!/hi,}lh. " Eur. Schniett. AlueitsB," liRs. S5-() (11^^)=^ Aanithn- 

 r/((c////r(, Tr.. "Die'Schiuett.," ix., p. •2-M {1>^'A'^) Ar(iiitlii<(l(icti/I(i. H.-Sch., " Svs. 

 Bt'iirb.," v., fij,', 5 {\><ry^\) Cosmodddiil'i. 11, -Sell,. " Svs Bcarb.!" v., lip i (IS.jM). 



This is exactly the contrary to the May the names are nowgenerally 

 us«l in Britain.- J. W. Tutt. 



