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black streaks on the side of the hip), and probably goes into the 

 ground, or perhaps into the stem of the rose-bush. Mr. Douglas had 

 suspected that this larva might belong to Stigmonota Germarana, and 

 M. Bruand observes of that species, " chenille dans les baies de 

 rosier." 



Further, I wish to call the attention of my readers to a larva found 

 by Mr. Scott, in the Bedeguar-gall of the rose, not the proper, apod, 

 inert tenant of the gall, but a lively sixteen-legged brown Lepi- 

 dopterous larva; I suspect referable to some Tortrix, for we know 

 that a very pretty species, gallicolana, has been bred in Germany 

 from oak-apples, and why not another species on the Bedeguar rose- 

 galls ? 



It is not a little singular that, extensive as the genus Gelechia is, 

 we do not know of a single species which feeds upon the rose. 



H. T. Stainton. 



Mountsfield, Lewisham, 

 May 5th, 1856. 



List of the British Eupithecice, with Notes on some of the Species. 

 By Henry Doubleday, Esq. 



My kind friend, M. Guenee, having carefully examined every 

 British species of Eupithecia which I could obtain to send to him I 

 forward a list of them, which will help to clear up the doubts which 

 have existed as to the nomenclature of several species, and will add a 

 few T remarks about some of them. 



List of British Eupithecice. 



1. Togata, Hub. 464, £ . Gn. 6. Debiliata, Hub. 466. Gn. 



2. Pulchellata, Steph. Gn. Nigropuuctata, Chant. 



3. Linariata, W. V. Hub. Gn. 7. Tenuiata, Hub. 394. H.-Schceff. 



4. Eectangulata, Linn. W. V. H.- 168,169. Gn. 



Schceff. 275, 276. Gn. 8. Plumbeolata, Haw. 360. Gn. 



Cydoniata, Boric. Begrandaria, Boisd. H.-Schcejf. 



Var. Subaarata, Hub. 463. Steph. 128, 129. 



Var. nigrosericeata, Haw. 9 ? Haworthiata. 



Var.? Sericeata, Haw. Plumbeolata, var. a? Haw. Gn. . 



5. Coronate, Hub. 372, 373. Gn. 10. Pusillata, Hub. 378. (non Haw.) 

 V-ata, Haw. Gn. 



