25H THE kntomologist's record. 



in the early morning at a considerable elevation, near Vizzavona, on 

 the slopes of Monte d'Oro. 



Bankesia staintoni, sp. n. ( = "conspurcatella, Stn., nee. Z.). 



We have now to deal with the British species hitherto confused 

 with rompinratella, Z. A careful description by Btainton will be found, 

 ]^]nt. Ann., 18G8, 128-9, (PI.) fig. 3, of which I have the original MS., 

 but as this was evidently taken from Belgian specimens sent by M. 

 Fologne, before Mr. Swinton's English specimens were received, it 

 cannot at present be safely applied to an P^nglish type, although it 

 would fit it extremely well. As compared with the true consptircatrUa, 

 Z., it may be observed that the English species is distinctly darker, 

 the ground-colour having a more yellowish tint, the darker markings 

 being more distinctly hrmrnish (not " gelbbraunen," as described by 

 Zeller) ; the hindwings are much darker than in any other species of 

 the cunspitrcatiila group, and have a purplish tinge. The forewings 

 are also slightly less elongate, and with a more rounded apex, having 

 a generally more abrupt appearance. The legs and abdomen are also 

 of a much darker shade, to which the terms of Zeller's description of 

 r(>ns]iKrcatiila [" Korper gelbbriiunlich mit bleich-ocherbraunlicher 

 Behaarung und solchen Fiihlernund Beinen " (Linu. Eni., VII., 356)] 

 could not apply. Another very noticeable point is that in the true 

 (KDispiircatiila the outer half of the cilia of the forewings is pale 

 yellowish, as described by Zeller [{loc. cit. 857) " Franzen an der Wurzel- 

 halfte braungrau, aussen bleich-gelblich "] , whereas in the British 

 species they are noticeably shaded by a series of strong brownish- 

 fuscous streaks running through them from the dark basal portion, which, 

 however, in both species, occupies somewhat less than one-half of their 

 total length. Herrich-Schafi'er's fig. 865 greatly exaggerates the 

 tessellation of the outer half of the cilia, of which there is but the 

 faintest possible indication in Zeller's type. 



Mr. Tutt now informs me that the Brussels specimens are most 

 certainly the same species as our British conspurcatdla. It would be 

 appropriate to apply to this the name t^taintuni, founded upon an 

 English type. 



We are thus able to recognise at least four distinct species belong- 

 ing to this group, but I will not anticipate anything that may be 

 written by M. Constant or others in regard to the form prevalent near 

 Cannes (vernclla, Cnst. MS.), especially as I am by no means certain 

 that one Kpecicx only occurs there. 



Postscript. — The following remarks occur to me after reading the 

 proof of M. Constant's descriptions. Constant [Ihdl. Soc. Ent. Et\, 

 1895, pp. li-lii] originally described Talacj/oria dcfoUcUa, from the 

 Esterel, beginning of November ; he now, in different terms, rcdcseyihi's 

 it from Alpes-Maritimes, November, in pine woods. Six specimens, 

 I'.ip. al. 8mm. -9mm., whereas the original measurement was 8mm.- 

 10mm. 



He describes rcrndla from Alpes-Maritimes in ]\rarch ( J unknown). 

 It thus appears that he has not succeeded in breeding either of the two 

 or more species of which the cases are very abundant in the foot-hills 

 of the Esterels, from Agay to Napoule. I have met Avith no better 

 success myself — my cases were collected in May. 



Ragonot made a IMS. note in his copy of Staudinger's L'atalutj, 



