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Acidalia mancuniaia and vcterata. Newman regards these supposed spe- 
cies as $ and S of Xiingucdinata (Zell.), which he does not consider distinct 
from suhscriccata (Ilarr.). Entomologist, iii. p. 227. See also Knaggs, Ent. 
Ann. 1868, p. 102. 
Larentia lapidaria. Bellier de la Ohavignerie remarks upon the synonymy 
and geographical distribution of the insects passing under this name. Bull. 
Soc. Ent. Fr. 1867, pp. xxvii-xxviii. 
Speyer (Stett. ent. Zeit. 1867, pp. 126-128) remarks upon the characters 
Qi Larentia jUigrammaria (H.-Sch.) and Eupithecia pulchellata (Steph.). 
Macaria altei'nata (W. V.)=var. notata (Linn.), according to Pfiitzner, 
Berl. ent. Zeitschr. 1867, p. 208. ' 
Packard (Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H. xi.) refers to the variations observed in 
the following species collected in Labrador : — Scotosia duhitata, 1. c. p. 44 ; 
Larentia polota (Boisd.), 1. e. p. 46, of which L. gelata (Guen.) may be a 
variety ; and Melanippe gothica (Guen.), 1. c. p. 46. 
Nyssia hispidaria, A dark variety noticed by H. Vaughan, Ent. M. Mag. 
iv. p. 16. 
2'ephrosia laricaria. The progeny •.of a lead-coloured variety of the $ 
noticed by Llewellyn, Ent. M. Mag. iv. p. 10. 
Oiiophos ophthahnicata (Led.). Speyer (Stett. ent. Zeit. 1867, pp. 349-367) 
gives a very detailed description'of this species, and of its varieties, which he 
has received under different names from various districts. Its geographical 
distribution is very wide, extending from the Altai to Provence. G. ophthal- 
micata may be identical with G. pulhdaria (H.-Sch.), which, however, has 
been referred by its original describer to pxdlata as a var. G. pidlata 
(W. V.), amhiguata (Bup.), and n\eyeraria (Lab.) are noticed by Speyer. 
Sterrha mcraria. M^Lachlan has recorded some interesting observations 
on the variation of this species (Trans. Ent. Soc. 3rd ser. ii. pp. 463-468). 
Six eggs obtained from a typical 2 produced larvae, all the moths proceed- 
ing from which varied considerably from the characters of their parent. 
These specimens and the larva are figured by M^Lachlan, 1. c. pi. 23. 
M‘Lachlan remarks upon the wide distribution of Sterrha sacraria (which 
extends over the whole of the Old World), and indicates the following sup- 
posed nearly allied species are probably only varieties : — S. lahdaria (Cram.), 
Surinam ?; S. (Hiibn.), Russia ; S. rosearia (Tr.), South Russia 
and Ionian Islands; S. plcctraria (Guen.), Abyssinia; S. partieipata and S. 
pecxdiaia (Walk.), South Africa. 
Mabille, in his revision of the Evpithecice of Corsica (Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 
4® s6r. vii. pp. 642-668) enumerates 17 species of that genus, 12 of wliich he 
describes, generally with an account of the larvre, food-plant, &c. E. pumi- 
lata (Hiibn.) is described as the type of a new genus. The other species 
described are: — E.vcxiosata (Yoh.), silenicolata (Mab. vide infra) ^ imigniata 
(\[\\hri) — consignata (Borkh.), ccntaurcata (AV. V.), 7;jeriha<«(Guen.), rectan- 
gulata (Linn.)= ? snherata (Ilamb.), innotata (Iliibn.), coccifcrata (Mill.), 
var. sexnitmctaria, pi. 14. fig. 2, scopariata (Ramb.), oxycedrata (Ramb.), and 
a new species. 
Snellen has published (Tijdschr. v. Enlom. 2'’® ser. Docl i. pp. 97-168) a 
memoir on the species of Eupithecia inhabiting Holland, of which he enume- 
rates 39. He describes the characters of the genus (which are illustrated on 
pi. 8), and gives a tabular synopsis, followed by the descriptions, natural 
