79 A LIST OF MACRO-LEPIDOPTERA. 



Gymnancycla catiella. The only places mentioned for this 

 rarity are Hastings and Folkestone. 



Pempelia ornaiella. This pretty knot-horn is not scarce on 

 the slopes towards Sandgate, in the Warren, and at Alkham. 

 The only other known British locality is Mickleham. 



Sericoris euphorhiana. This species was unique until a few 

 specimens were secured in the Warren : — during the last year 

 or two, in consequence of a deeply interesting and sugges- 

 tive paper in the ** Entomologists' Monthly Magazine," by 

 Professor Zeller, of Stettin ; it has been freely bred from 

 Spurge — and it has also been taken in some numbers flying in 

 the sun in the vicinity of its food. 



Sericoris fuligana fabscissanaj. The localities given in the 

 Manual are " near London, in Norfolk, and Folkestone." It 

 is stated to occur amongst flea-bane (Inula). The species, 

 in the Warren, frequents thistles. 



Stigmonota Leplastriana. Deal, Dover, and Folkestone are 

 apparently the only localities for this local species. It frequents 

 the wild cabbage. 



Dicrorampha flavidorsana. This novelty to which I had 

 recently applied the above name, from an examination of 

 specimens captured at Haslemere and Devonshire, appears to 

 be an inhabitant of Folkestone also, an example or two 

 havir •ifeeen captured by my friend, Mr. Howard Vaughan. 



Catoptria micro grammana is a curiously marked little Tortrix, 

 recorded as having occurred at Deal, and also doubtfully 

 stated to have been taken on one occasion near London ! 

 It is common enough in June at Folkestone, where it fre- 

 quents the Rest-harrow, which freely clothes some of the 

 slopes in the Warren, and upon which it doubtless feeds. 



Cochylis alternana ( gigantana) . A tolerably common spe- 

 cies amongst knapweed {Centaurea), but its distribution is 

 apparently confined to Deal, Dover, and Folkestone. 



So that besides the dozen novelties before-mentioned, we 

 possess a score of rarities and species so excessively local as 

 to have only one or two other recorded localities. 



Two other points, and we will proceed to the list. 



First — it is very singular that several species, whose food 

 plant is absent, or all but absent, should occur in the Warren ; 

 for example Gonepteryx rhamni, without buckthorn (Rhamnus 

 catharticus or frangula) ; Vanessa polychloros can find but little 



