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Pyralis secalis, Linn. M. W. Schoyeii reviews the controversy relating 
to this species, and determines it to be Hadena didyma ; the latter name 
therefore falls. S. E. Z. xl. pp. 389-396. 
Luceria loculata^ Mor., = Mamestra pastor^ Gu(^n. ; A. R. Grote, 1. c. 
p. 179. 
Agrotis segetum noticed ; F. Sintenis, SB. Ges. Dorp. v. pp. 98 & 99. 
Graphiphora. A. R. Grote now refers to this genus his Mamestra 
puerilis, Dianthmcia rufiila, Ilimella furfurata and Jidelis^ Acerra normalis 
and muricina^ and Morrison’s Dianthmcia modesta ; 1. c. pp. 26-28. 
Paclmohia hyperhorea. Varieties ; T. G. Smart, Ent. xii. p. 86. 
Anchocelis lunosa hibernates as a larva ; E. A. Fitch, Ent. xii. pp. 19 
& 20 . 
OrrJiodia riihiginea. Larvm in ants’ nests ; Schumann, Ent. Nachr. v. 
p. 80. 
Xanthia gilmigo^ Dup., noticed ; “ N. R.,” Le Nat. i. p. 66. 
Dianthaicki harretti. Natural history ; W. Buckler, 1. c. pp. 52-55, 
Polia nigro-cincta. Variety figured ; Ent. xii. p. 162. 
Miselia oxyacantha;, L., var. capunina, Mill., recorded as new to Ger- 
mJiny ; Von Wacquant & Pfliimer, S. E. Z. xl. p. 160. 
laspidea celsia, Linn. Transformations described; F. Thurau, S. E. Z. 
xl. pp. 511 & 512, and Ent. Nachr. v. pp. 252 & 253. 
Brotolomia meticulosa. Hibernation ; H. Wittenmann, Ent. Nachr. v. 
pp. 190 & 191. 
Hadena funerea^ Hein., noticed as occurring in Italy ; Turati, Bull. 
Ent. Ital. xi. p. 176. 
Erana vigens, Walk., = his E. graminosa ; A. G. Butler, 1. c. p. 492. 
Cloaniha hyperici double-brooded on the Rhine ; A. Fuchs, S. E. Z. xl. 
p. 172. 
Cucullia fraudatrix 4 years in pupa ; Kramer, Ent. Nachr. v. p. 287. 
Rhodophora florida^ Guen. Habits of moth and larva; the larva feeds 
on the buds and seeds of the Evening Primrose {CEnotliera biennis), and 
the moth conceals itself by day among the withering flowers. In both 
cases, the colouring is completely protective. D. S. Kellicott, N. Am. 
Ent. i. pp. 30 & 31. 
Ileliothis sulmala, Streck., = Euleiicyptera comatilis, Grote ; A. R. 
Grote, 1. c. p. 247. 
Acontia. Table of the African species, pp. 66-68 ; A. gutiifera, Feld. 
& Rog., described, p. 64. Aurivillius, Q3fv. Ak. Forh. xxxvi. (7). 
Thalpochares acclivis, Feld. & Rog. Structure noticed ; id. 1. c. p. 68. 
Palindia dominicata, Gu4n., redescribed; A. R. Grote, N. Am. Ent. i. 
p. 13. 
Aletia argillacea (Cotton Worm). Remarks ; C. V. Riley, Rep. Ent., 
Ann. Rep. Dept. Agric. 1878, pp. 5-10. Parasites ; id. Canad. Ent. xi. 
pp. 161 & 162. Hibernation of moth ; id. Am. Nat. xiii. p. 726. 
Plusia gamma. Abundance in 1879, migrations, &c. [c/. also under 
Pyrameis cardui (^Nymphalidce)'] ; Ent. Nachr. v. pp. 256, 257 & 319 ; 
Ent. M. M. xvi. pp. 110 & 111 ; Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. (5) ix. pp. Ixxxvii.- 
Ixxxix. ; OR. Ent. Belg. xxii. pp. cxXxi. & cxxxii. Destructive to flax ; 
Dragendorff & Sintenis, SB. Ges. Dorp. v. pp. 100-105. 
