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among other things, he reared Prodromana. It cannot feed on 

 sallow on Hartlepool sand-hills, for there is none. Mr. Gardner 

 has reared it fi'oni flower heads of valerian, and believes it will 

 eat any flowers. It seems strange, if this be so, that it is so 

 very local, though its early appearance may cause it to be 

 overlooked. 



Curtis, believing the insect to be new to science, called it 

 Walherana, after the gentleman who took it in New Lanark in 

 1827. Hubner had previously called it Prodromana. 



Stainton says it "has occurred near Manchester and near 

 Lanark." Meyrick says " Cheshire to the Clyde." It would 

 therefore seem that its occurrence on the east coast is not 

 generally known. I think it will be found more freely dis- 

 tributed in our counties than appears at present. 



HYPERMEGIA, Gner. 



4. Hypermecla augustana, Hub. 



Hypermecia augustana. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 191. 



,, ,, Wilk. Brit, Tort,, p. 16. 



Enarmonia cruciana. Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 473. 



5. Hypermecla cruciana, Linn. See below. 



There has been considerable confusion between these two 

 species, making it rather difficult to give intelligible references 

 to each. Meyrick increases the difficulty by giving Augustana 

 as a mere synonym. The facts appear to be as follows. 



Cruciana is a common insect in Britain, and was well known 

 to collectors under the name Augustana. The error was not 

 detected until 1866, when Lord Walsingham (then the Hon. 

 Thomas de Grey), took a single specimen of the true Augustana 

 at High Force, Durham. This he sent to Mr. Doubleday, who 

 pronounced it to be the Augustana of Hubner, new to Britain, 

 and that the insect hitherto known as Augustana was the 

 Cruciana of Linn sens. Cruciana had already been appended 

 to that of Augustana with a ? as a doubtful synonym. The 

 species was introduced to the British list in the Ent. Mo. Mag. 



