Insects. 



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ACIDALIA ACIDALIA AciDALIA 



Reversata ^D.Ij. Obsoletaria? Coramutata 



Reversata Ornata Nitidaria, D. L. 



Bisetata, D. L. Piumutata Strigilata 



Conliguaria Immutata^ D. L. Prataria, D. L. 



JEburnata, Stainton Straminata Imitaria 



Rusticata Marginepunctata, D. L. Emutaria 



Osseata ^ Subsericeata Aversata 



Holosericeata Immutata Inornata 



Incanaria Ccespiiaria^ D. L. Degeneraria 



Virgularia, D. L. Remutata Emarginata 



— Communicated hy Henry Doubleday, Esq. [The names added in Italics are those 

 used in Mr. Doubleday's ' List.'] 



Occurrence of Eupithecia pernotaia in England. — Last summer I bred a specimen 

 of an Eupithecia which I thought must be new to this country : I sent it to my friend 

 M. Guenee, and he informs me that it is his Eupithecia pernotata, only known as a 

 native of Piedmont till last year, when he received a single male captured in France. 

 I believe mine was reared from larvae kindly sent to me by Mr. Machin, who found 

 them upon the golden rod {Solidago Virgaurea) ; the others produced castigata. — 

 Henry Doubleday Epping, February 3, 1858. 



[This is quite a large species, pale-coloured with a broad reddish border round 

 the wings. — Ed."] 



Tivo British Geomeirce included under the name Phibalapteryx gemmaria : Chilo 

 obtusellus of Stainton — Tinea paludella of Hiibner. — I have for some time suspected 

 that two distinct species of Geometrae were confounded together in this country under 

 the name of gemmata. Through the kindness of Mr. Benjamin Standish and of 

 Mr. Harding, of Stapleton, I am now able to state that my opinion was correct. In 

 ' Lepidoptera Britannica,' p. 340, Mr. Haworth describes a Geometra, then in the 

 collection of Mr. Francillon, under the name of angustata: this is the true gemmata 

 of Hiibner (Geo. fig. 283, Catalogue No. 3219). Haworth's words, " Alae — puncto 

 medio ordinario ocellari, iride albida, pupilla atra," leave no doubt upon the subject. 

 Mr. B. Standish possesses a beautiful female, taken by himself in his garden at Cam- 

 berwell, and last autumn another specimen, also a female, was taken near Liverpool, 

 and sent to me for examination. Another species very closely allied has occurred 

 more frequently: Mr. Harding kindly lent me a male, which he took near Bristol, to 

 send to M. Guenee, and a short time afterwards Mr. Norcombe kindly presented me 

 with a specimen, also a male. My friend M. Guenee has examined these two indi- 

 viduals, and informs me that this Geometra is the fluviata of Hiibner (Geo. fig. 280 — 

 281 and Catalogue No. 3220), this and gemmata being the only two species of 

 Hiibner's Coitus or genus Plemyria. Although closely allied they are readily dis- 

 tinguished ; the central black spot in the superior wing of fluviata is destitute of the 

 white iris, and there is a short oblique line at the apex of the wing, which is wanting 

 in gemmata. Mr. Greening has taken this species in the North of England, and 

 several specimens have occurred in the South. On the Continent it is a Southern 

 species, Boisduval only giving Sicily as a habitat; both species are more frequently 

 found near the coast than inland. M. Guenee also informs me that the Chilo 

 obtusellus of Mr. Stainton is the Tinea paludella of Hiibner, Chilo paludellus of 

 Dupouchel and Crambus paludellus of Guenee's Index. I received two specimens 



