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"New Forest, which is practically the same as Lyndhurst. 

 Meyrick says, *' South of England to Hereford and Norfolk, 

 local." Irriguata is one of the rarer British species, and I am 

 not prepared to admit it here without further evidence). 



115. E. Innotata, Hub. 



Eupithecia innotata. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 87. 

 Tephroclystis ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 195. 



Larva. Buck., vol. viii., pi. cxxxvi., fig. 6. 



Considerable confusion arose respecting this and the next 

 species which I will endeavour to clear up. Stainton in his 

 ''Manual" as above, translating Guenee, correctly described 

 Innotata and its larva. When the Rev. H. Harper Crewe was 

 working at the genus, he bred an insect from Ash that appeared 

 to be identical with the British specimens hitjierto called 

 Innotata. As the larva was distinctly different, and fed on a 

 totally different food, this was introduced as a species new to 

 science, and called Fraxinata from the food-plant. So far all 

 was clear, but it was somewhat hastily assumed that all the 

 British specimens previously called Innotata were Fraxinata, 

 and Innotata was struck out of our lists as an insect not occurr- 

 ing in Britain. In July, 1879, Mr. Porritt was collecting on 

 the Lincolnshire coast at Skegness, and took two examples of a 

 pug that he thought were true Innotata, Subsequent investi- 

 gation confirmed this opinion, the larva was found by Mr. 

 "Warren, and later by the Eev. J". Hellins. The former gentle- 

 man bred true Innotata and identified the others, and the 

 species was restored to our lists. The perfect insects are so 

 nearly alike that they may readily be misnamed, though 

 Innotata is distinctly larger than Fraxinata^ and has transverse 

 lines on the wings that are not traceable in the smaller insect. 

 After this explanation it will be seen that all early records of 

 Innotata must be taken with considerable caution. 



Innotata is given in the Twizell list, but the specimens are 

 gone from the Collection, and I think it more likely they were 

 Fraxinata. The late John Sang captured some specimens on 



