THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



No. 79.] JULY, MDCCCLXX. [Price 6d. 



" Jlte Cabinet List of the Lepidoptera of Great Britain and 

 Ireland, by Dr. Knaggs^ By Henry Doubleday, Esq. 



I HAVE looked over this Catalogue, and wish to correct a 

 few errors into which Dr. Knaggs has fallen. 



I may first remark that the proof-sheets do not appear to 

 have been very carefully revised, as several errors in spelling 

 have been overlooked ; for example : — 

 Zenzera for Zeuzera. 

 Asterocopus for Aster oscopus. 

 Prothesia for Porthesia. 

 Menthrastri for Menihastri. 

 Lubj'icepeda for Lubricipeda. 

 Sopelosoma for Scopelosoma. 

 Bandiana for Badiana, &c., &c. 

 Coenonympha Davus, Fab. — Dr. Knaggs has copied Dr. 

 Staudinger's error in giving this as a Linnean species. The 

 Typhon of Haviorth was first described by Fabricius, in 

 1776, under the name of Davus. Haworth's Davus is the 

 Rothliebi of German authors. 



Macroglossa fuciformis and Bomhyliformis. — As no syno- 

 nyms are given, it is impossible to say how Dr. Knaggs 

 applies these names, but the Fuciformis of English authors 

 is certainly the Fuciformis of Linneus : he says it feeds upon 

 the honeysuckle, and a specimen exists in his cabinet with 

 his label on the pin. Fuciformis, Linn., and Bomhyliformis, 

 Och., are the same species ; and unless Dr. Knaggs follows 

 the German authors in reversing the names, he should have 

 written Bomhyliformis, Esper. 



Drymonia, Hlib. — No authority is given for this name. 

 Diloba, Boisd. — This genus is incorrectly given as one of 

 Stephens'. 



Xanthia cerago, S. V. — I do not think this is the Fulvago 

 of Linneus : it does not agree with his description ; he says 



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