ERBM0B1A OCHROLEUCA. 3 



that was rather glossy ; the folds of the segmental 

 divisions appeared white ; the spiracles were black, as 

 well as all the tubercular dots, which were plainly 

 visible in their usual situations, those on the back 

 smaller than the others, and every one of them fur- 

 nished with a fine whitish hair ; the anterior legs also 

 spotted with black. (W. B., November 25th, 1870 ; 

 B.M.M., June, 1871, VIII, 21.) 



DlANTH^CIA ALBIMACULA. 



On the 19th July, 1873, I had the pleasure of 

 receiving from Mr. Stainton five larvae in different 

 stages of growth, which had been found feeding on 

 the unripe seeds of Silene nutans by Mr. H. Moncreaif; 

 these I at once saw were a species of Dianthxcia new 

 to me, and, on referring to an extract from the 

 ' Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France ' 

 published in 1830, I found there an account of 

 D. albimacula by M. Guenee, which seemed to suit 

 them well; I would not, however, venture upon 

 publishing the notes I made of them until their 

 identity had been established beyond doubt, and 

 this has now been done most satisfactorily. Mr. 

 MoncreafF has bred a specimen of D. albimacula as 

 early as the 6th of May from the larvse he collected 

 last summer, by placing some of the pupae in a warm 

 room. We are now sure, therefore, that D. albimacula 

 is a species which breeds in England. For some 

 years it had been relegated to the list of reputed 

 British species (though Stainton's ' Manual ' kept it 

 in its place) until the announcement of its re-discovery 

 in 1865, by the capture of a single specimen which 

 was sent to Dr. Knaggs for identification, as recorded 

 in the 1st volume of the ' Entomologists' Monthly 

 Magazine,' p. 237. 



The larvse I had fed well on the Silene nutans that 

 accompanied them, and soon ate out the contents of 



