86 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



the arched prothorax, on the strength of the specimens so 

 labelled, would only be productive of confusion. 



Siniius neglectus, — The Rev. H. S. Gorham sent for ex- 

 hibition British specimens of Sunius neglectus, Maerkel, 

 accompanied by the following note: — "Sunius neglectus is 

 not yet in the British list, and is very closely allied to 

 S. angustatus, Erichson ; probably they are generally mixed 

 in collections. I have had them separated for several years, 

 and when on a visit recently to Mr. Crotch, with his assistance 

 was able to determine the species. From angustatus it differs 

 in having the head, thorax and elytra proportionally shorter 

 and more convex, less closely punctured, and therefore more 

 shining. Angustatus has a more linear aspect, and the whole 

 insect is more opaque. In angustatus, again, the elytra have 

 a tendency to become pale, particularly at the shoulders, and 

 the apex is more broadly testaceous, though this colour does 

 not usually extend so far up the suture as in neglectus. 

 1 send two specimens of angustatus for comparison with 

 what I regard as neglectus; one of then) is a very beautiful 

 bimaculate variety." 



DicmUioecia conspersa or Barreltii. — Mr. H. Vaughan 

 exhibited some specimens of Dianthoecia conspersa, two of 

 which were so coloured as to bear a singular resemblance to 

 D. Barrettii : they were found on the coast of Devonshire in 

 1801. Although the varieties of D. conspersa were mixed 

 with true conspersa and true Barrettii, the Lepidopterists 

 present had no difficulty in distinguishing between the Bar- 

 rettii and their simulators. 



Epiclinopteryx hetulina. — Mr. Bond exhibited Epich- 

 nopteryx betulina, Zell. {■= Psyche anicanella, Bruand), 

 found by Mr. Mitford at Bishop's Wood, Hampstead, in 

 1869: the female was distinguished by a snow-white anal 

 tuft; the larva-cases resembled small cases of Psyche fusca, 

 but the habit of the insect was quite different, E. betulina 

 being always found on the upper branches of the birch. (See 

 * Insect Hunter's Year-Book,' 18()9, p. 10.) 



Cosmopteryx Lienujiella. — Mr. Slainton exhibited Cos- 

 niopteryx Lienigiella, bred from a larva found feeding in the 

 reed [Aruiido phrdfjinitas), in VVicken Fen, Cambridgeshire. 

 The English specimen was both larger and fairer in tint than 

 the Russian specimens shown at the previous Meeting. 



