252 BRITISH LEPIDOPTERA. 



pears to be in Britain. It rests much like a Funieid when oviposit- 

 ing, the body curved and the abdomen, as far as the yellowish-white 

 anal fringe, inserted in the case. The insect appears to be found on 

 lichen-covered fences, palings, and tree-trunks, whilst, on the other 

 hand, L. lapidella appears to be more particularly attached to rocks, 

 stone walls, and similar situations. Bacot discovered cases in the 

 crannies of the bark of old willow trees at Broxbourne, situated 

 from a few inches to a height of 6ft. up the trunks of the trees, the 

 greater number being obtained from the crevices ; they were particu- 

 larly active one day when a soft south-west wind was blowing (after a 

 hot, dry north-east wind had been prevalent for some days previously) ; 

 Stainton found the cases on a plum-tree at Lewisham, and Harding on 

 the trunks of various trees at Bristol ; Dadd discovered cases on the old 

 fences that cross the Deal sandhills ; Fletcher on old poplars at Horsham, 

 on wooden sheds at Shoreham, on park palings at Arundel, and on a 

 larch paling at Hayling ; whilst "Whittle found them on an old weather- 

 worn, green, railway fence, on which there is much lichen, at Bowers- 

 Gifford. Chapman says that when the larva? fasten themselves up 

 they like to do so with the apex of the case pointing upwards (i.e., the 

 contrary way to L. lapiddla), and Fletcher observes that the colour of 

 the cases does not count for much, since it varies with the lichen, 

 whilst parti-coloured and banded cases are common enough. 



Time of appearance. — The imagines appear in July — July 7th- 

 July 27th, 1899. Actual dates of emergence were — July 7th, 12th, 

 13th, 18th, 20th from Broxbourne, July 14th, 20th, 26th, 27th from 

 Hayling, July 16th (2) from Bowers -Gifford, July 20th from Deal 

 (Bacot) ; July 17th-20th from Bowers- Gifford (Whittle) ; July 20th- 

 23rd from Fusio, near Locarno (Bacot). Bacot notes that it is quite 

 possible that the imagines commence to emerge in June, as he obtained 

 newly-hatched larvae on July 13th, 1899, which he suspected hatched 

 from cases brought from Broxbourne, and which were supposed to 

 contain larvae or pupae. 



Localities. — Essex: Bowers-Gifford (Whittle). Gloucester: Bristol (Hard- 

 ing). Hereford: Tarrington (Wood). Herts : Cheshunt (Boyd). Kent: Deal 

 (Dadd), Lewisham (Stainton). Surrey : ? Claremont Park (teste Cowl), Camber- 

 well (Stephens), Peckham (Coverdale). Sussex: Shoreham, Arundel, Hayling, 

 Horsham (Fletcher). 



Distribution. — Unknown, possibly widely distributed. France : Paris 

 (Foucart), Cannes, empty cases ? lapidella (Chapman). ? Italy: Milan (Turati). 

 Switzerland : Bignasco, Val Maggia, abundant, Locarno, empty cases not infre- 

 quent, Fusio, near Locarno, abundant (Chapman). 



Genus : bacotia, Tutt. 



Synonymy.— Genus : Bacotia, Tutt, " Ent. Record," xi., pp. 207-8 (1899). 

 [? Bomhyx, Bork., " Schmett. Eur.," iii., p. 283 (1790).] Psyche [? Ochs., "Die 

 Schmett.," hi., p. 169 (1810)] ; Speyer, " Isis," 1846, pp. 31-2 ; Brd., "Ann. Soc 

 Ent. France," xiii., 2nd ser. ii., p. 195 (1844) ; "Mon. des Psych.," p. 102 (1853) 

 Psiche, Brd., " Cat. Lep. Doubs," p. 64 (1847). Taloeporia, Gn., " Ann. Soc. Ent 

 Fr.," xv„ 2nd ser. iv., p. 15 (1846). Talaeporia, Heydrch., "Lep. Eur. Cat.," p 

 78(1851); Koch, " Schmett. S.-W. Deutsch.," p. 372 (1856); Fre, "Ann. Soc 

 Ent. Belg.," ii., p. 110 (1858) ; Staud. and Wocke, " Cat.," 1st ed., p. 105 (1861) 

 2nd ed., p. 266 (1871); Hartmn., "Mitt. Munch. Ent. Ver.," iii., p. 195 (1879) 

 Solendbia, Zell., "Linn. Ent.," vii., p. 358 (1852). Epichnopteryx, H.-Sch., " Sys 

 Bearb.," v., p. 62 (1855) ; " Neu. Schmett.," p. 7 (1856) ; Hofmn., " Berl. Ent 

 Zeits.," iv., p. 34 (I860) ; Staud. and Wocke, " Cat.," p. 28, no. 189 (1861) ; 

 Knaggs, "Ent. Ann.," 1870, p. 136, by error (1869) ; Snell., " Tijd, v. Ent.," xiii., 

 p. 226 (1870) ; Hrtmn., " Kleinsch. Munch.," pp. 7, 10 (1870). Epichnophcrix, 



