Insects. 1989 



is another short streak nearly meeting the second costal one, and between this streak 

 and another very near the hinder margin is an ocellus with three black dots ; cilia 

 silvery. Posterior wings dark fuscous, with paler cilia. This insect appears in June 

 and July, frequenting fir-trees. It appears not very uncommon in the North, and I 

 have one specimen taken at West Wickham wood by Mrs. Stainton. 



Pseudotomia dorsana, Fabricius (not Haworth, Stephens). Size and colour of coni- 

 ferana ; on the costa are four short simple streaks, and near the apex a fifth gemi- 

 nated ; on the inner margin arises a streak at right angles to the margin and meets 

 the first costal streak ; near the anal angle is another streak which meets the second 

 costal one ; ocellus as in coniferana. The streaks on this insect give it the appear- 

 ance of two incurved silvery fasciae, one about the middle, the other a little beyond. 

 Closely allied to the preceding ; I believe it frequents the same localities, but I have 

 never met with it. 



Pseudotomia Jloricolana, Hubner. This is the notata of Westwood ; of course the 

 latter name sinks. 



Steganoptycha immundana, Fischer. A species nearly allied to tetraquetrana, but 

 the termination of the basal fascia is always more abrupt on the inner margin ; the 

 anterior wings are also narrower. The spot is situated as in tetraquetrana and angu- 

 lana (which I believe are only one species) near the anal angle ; in unipunctana the 

 spot is near the apex. 



Anchylopera Lyellana, Curtis, and derasana, Stephens, are one species. The true 

 derasana of Hubner is unculana of Haworth. 



Philalcea incarnana, Hubner. I have never seen a British specimen ; it differs 

 from sociana in the ground colour of the anterior wings being flesh-colour instead of 

 white : perhaps some of your readers will be able to inform me if they have ever met 

 with it. The incarnana of Stephens is a suffused variety of sociana. Westwood 

 gives incarnana, Hubner, as a synonyme for amaenana, Hubner, conceiving the two to 

 be the sexes. 



Philalcea acereana, Guenee. Closely allied to sociana, but differs from that spe- 

 cies in having the outer margin of the basal fascia less irregular ; also in having in 

 the ocellus three or four black dots, which are totally wanting in sociana. It occurs 

 in July and August, and was taken last summer in some plenty, by Mr. Bedell, near 

 some poplar trees in the Albany Road. 



Opadia funebrana, Treitschke. An obscure species, probably existing in many cabi- 

 nets by mistake for Cnephasia nubilana, yet it has a distinct ocellus. Expansion of 

 the wings 6 — 7 lines. Anterior wings dingy gray, with numerous darker markings, 

 and a golden gloss in certain lights ; near the hinder margin is a distinct ocellus, 

 with four black dots, and on the costa, near the apex, is a short golden streak ; cilia 

 glossy golden brown : posterior wings fuscous, with paler cilia ; head and thorax 

 tawny brown. In June, 1845, I beat one specimen out of a small lilac, which I for- 

 tunately observed at the time was distinct, and secured : this specimen has been sub- 

 mitted to Guenee, and pronounced by him to be funebrana. This remained unique till 

 this summer, when I found another in one of my duplicate boxes, which had been 

 looked over by Messrs. Douglas, Bedell and Weir, none of them detecting this placed 

 with two or three nubilana. I mention this circumstance to show how easily the in- 

 sect may be overlooked. 



Carpocapsa stelliferana, Curtis. I obtained a specimen of this insect from Scotland 

 this summer ; it seems more allied to the genus Pseudotomia. 



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