﻿210 
  Mr. 
  G. 
  T. 
  Baker's 
  notes 
  on 
  

  

  slightly 
  pectinate, 
  2 
  pubescent. 
  Thorax 
  and 
  abdomen 
  same 
  as 
  

   primaries. 
  Alar. 
  ex. 
  about 
  37 
  mm. 
  (? 
  , 
  42 
  J 
  . 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  same 
  paper 
  from 
  which 
  this 
  is 
  transcribed, 
  Mr. 
  

   Wollaston 
  writes 
  : 
  — 
  " 
  Inhabits 
  Madeira 
  proper, 
  and 
  has 
  

   probably 
  been 
  imported 
  into 
  the 
  island, 
  being 
  extremely 
  

   destructive 
  to 
  sugar-canes. 
  The 
  caterpillar, 
  which 
  may 
  

   be 
  taken 
  during 
  the 
  summer 
  months, 
  lives 
  in 
  the 
  interior 
  

   of 
  the 
  stem, 
  where 
  it 
  does 
  incalculable 
  damage 
  to 
  the 
  

   cane, 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  spoiling 
  the 
  entire 
  crop. 
  I 
  am 
  

   indebted 
  for 
  an 
  excellent 
  specimen 
  of 
  the 
  imago 
  to 
  

   C. 
  Bewicke, 
  Esq., 
  who 
  reared 
  several 
  of 
  them 
  in 
  

   Funchal 
  during 
  the 
  autumn 
  of 
  1855, 
  and 
  who 
  communi- 
  

   cated 
  to 
  me 
  some 
  interesting 
  observations 
  concerning 
  

   the 
  habits 
  of 
  the 
  insect. 
  It 
  appears 
  totally 
  distinct 
  

   from 
  the 
  Diatrcea 
  saccliari 
  of 
  the 
  Rev. 
  Lansdown 
  Gruilding 
  

   (Trans, 
  of 
  the 
  Soc. 
  of 
  Arts, 
  vol. 
  xlvi., 
  p. 
  148, 
  a.d. 
  1828) 
  ; 
  

   as 
  also 
  from 
  the 
  Procerus 
  saccharijjhagus, 
  Bojer 
  (de- 
  

   scribed 
  in 
  the 
  ' 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  Committee 
  on 
  the 
  Cane- 
  

   borer,' 
  and 
  published 
  at 
  the 
  Mauritius), 
  which 
  belongs 
  

   to 
  an 
  altogether 
  different 
  family, 
  the 
  Pyralidcs 
  ; 
  as 
  well 
  

   as 
  from 
  the 
  Noctua 
  saccliari 
  of 
  the 
  ' 
  Papillons 
  de 
  Suri- 
  

   nam' 
  (pp. 
  135, 
  136, 
  pi. 
  64, 
  A.D. 
  1848)." 
  

  

  Leucania 
  extranea, 
  Gn. 
  

   Abundant 
  ; 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  specimens 
  are 
  labelled 
  San. 
  

   Antonio 
  de 
  Serra, 
  which 
  shows 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  common 
  at 
  an 
  

   elevation 
  of 
  at 
  least 
  2000 
  ft. 
  

  

  Caradrina 
  quaclripiinctata, 
  Fab. 
  (ciibicidaris). 
  

   Two 
  specimens, 
  one 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  labelled 
  Funchal. 
  

  

  Caradrina 
  exigua, 
  Hb. 
  

   One 
  fine 
  specimen 
  in 
  the 
  National 
  Collection, 
  taken 
  by 
  

   Mr. 
  Wollaston. 
  

  

  ? 
  Calymnia 
  ferruginea, 
  Walker. 
  

   This 
  species 
  was 
  described 
  by 
  Walker 
  under 
  the 
  genus 
  

   Hydrelia 
  from 
  a 
  single 
  insect, 
  with 
  the 
  label, 
  " 
  This 
  

   species 
  has 
  been 
  taken 
  by 
  W. 
  D. 
  Crotch, 
  Esq., 
  in 
  

   Teneriffe." 
  I 
  have 
  before 
  me 
  seven 
  specimens 
  from 
  

   Madeira, 
  which 
  show 
  that 
  it 
  cannot 
  belong 
  to 
  that 
  genus. 
  

   It 
  appears 
  to 
  me 
  to 
  be 
  nearer 
  Cosmia, 
  and, 
  after 
  care- 
  

  

  