LEPIDOPTERA. 
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ra'ponyx — an unintelligible note as it stands, but meaning that the name should 
be spelled Parapoyx ; Acentropm is correctly placed ; Thinasotia stands as 
Thisanotia in Hiibner, and should be Thysanotia) the two species (alpinellm 
and cerussellns) referred to this genus differ in the venation and some other 
characters of the wings, and Zeller remarks on the number of genera that may 
be established at the expense of Cramhus if these characters are to be accepted ; 
Agriphila deliellus, the generic distinctness is doubtful ] Pempelia, Etiella, and 
Salcbria, characters remarked on ; the sinking of Acrobasis in Myelois seems 
unnecessary; Stenoptycha is already employed (Zell.) ; the larva 
of Stcn. cincrosella lives on Absinthium ; Homccosoma nimbella probably in- 
cludes several species, or else II. nimbella and nebulella form one species ; 
Semnia is the generic name of a Brazilian form — the European genus = 
Ematheudes (Zell.). 
A. Gautner ( Verh. naturf. Ver. in Briinn, iv. pp. 94-122) publishes a list 
of the species of this group found in the environs of Briinn, amounting in 
all to 122, namely Crambina 116 and Pyralidina 7. The former when com- 
pared with the European and German species are as 1 : 4 and nearly as 1 : 2, 
whilst of the latter nearly all (7 : 9) of the German and Swiss species occur 
in the district of Briinn, but these form only a small proportion of tho Euro- 
pean species (33). Notes on the habits of most of tho species are given, and 
the larvoe of tho following species are more particularly characterized : — 
Potys cespitalis (W. V.), B. palealis (W. V.), Cryptoblabes rutileUa (Il.-Sch.), 
Alispa angustella (Hiibn.), Homceosoma liornigii (Led.), Ephestia elutella 
(Hiibn.), and E. interpuncteUa (Hiibn.). 
SxAiNTON (Brit. Butt. & Moths) figures the following species of this 
group: — Pyralis costalis (pi. 12. fig. 1), Pyrausta jntrpuralis (fig. 2), Eiasemia 
literalis (fig. 3), Cataclysta Icmnata (figs. 4 & 6), Botys urticata (fig. 6), Spi- 
lodes cinctalis (fig. 7), Acrobasis consociella (pi. 13. fig. 1), Cryptoblabes bi- 
striga (fig. 2), Pempelia carnella (fig. 3), Pempelia formosa (fig. 4), Crambus 
cerussellus (fig. 6), C. hamellus (fig. 6), and C. pinetellus (fig. 7). 
Moore (Proc. Zool. Soc. 1867, pp. 81-98) gives the following indications 
of the synonymy of species and genera belonging to this group : — Neviasca and 
Pradiota (y^olk.)=Episparis (Walk.); Episparis signata (Walk.)=?;anaZe5 
(^^alk.) ; Pradiota en7iomocoides (y^?i\k.)=sejunctaria (Walk.); Oligostigma 
ti'ipunctalis sXk.^^crassicornalis (Led.); Botijs jlexissimalis (Walk.) = 
Zebronia perspicualis (Wallc.), referred to Lepyrodeg[\ Z. inscriptalis (Walk.) 
— bistrigalis (Walk.), referred to Pycnai'7non\ Synclera retinalis (Led.) and 
Glyphodcs tmivocalis (Wsilk.) — traducnlis (Zell.) ; Phdkellura gazorialis (Guen.) 
—indica (Saund.)=P/mA;. indicalis (Moore) ; Botys evaxalis (Walk.)=.r4s^wr« 
pimdiferalis (Guen.); B. megapteralis (Walk.) (Guen.) ; Zebronia 
salomealis (Walk.)=P. multilinealis (Guen.) ; Botys monesusalis and pha- 
nasalis (W(\lk.)=:Eysallacta negafalis (Walk., Led.). 
Zeller notices (Stett. ent. Zeit. 1807, pp. 366-386, also Trans. Ent. Soc. 
8rd ser. v. pp. 463-466) the species of this family collected by Pickard Cam- 
bridge during his travels in the east. Zeller remarks upon the early period 
of the year at which many of the Imown species were taken. The number of 
oriental species noticed is 24, of which 14 are described as new. Four species 
taken in Oorfit are also noticed. Zeller describes (1. c. p. 370) a variety of 
Crambus cassentiniellus (Mann) from the Lebanon, and remarks on the pecu- 
liarities of the specimens of other species. He proposes to substitute the 
