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LEPIDOPTERA. 
under the name of Eupisteria picearia — “This species, 
which is new to Britain, was taken by Mr. Hodgkinson in 
Perthshire.” It has since been several times taken in Scot¬ 
land. At the Meeting of the Entomological Society in June, 
1851—“ Mr. Stevens exhibited fine specimens of Eupisterk 
Carbonoria , recently taken in Perthshire by Mr. Weaver.’ 
Geometra Alniaria, Lin. ; a single specimen, taken at 
the North Foreland lighthouse, is in the collection of Mr. 
Edwin Shepherd; it is first enumerated as British in Dou¬ 
bleday’s Catalogue, at page 15. 
Tephronia corticaria, W. V. ; first enumerated as 
British in Doubleday’s Catalogue, at page 17; a specimen 
is in the collection of the British Museum, ticketed by Dr. 
Leach as having been taken by him at Tenby. 
Electra sagittata, Fab.; first noticed as British by 
Mr. Doubledav in the Zoologist for 1848, page 2236—“A 
single example of this pretty species was obtained last sea¬ 
son near Peterborough, but I believe it was not in very good 
condition. A splendid female was sent to me from the same 
neighbourhood this week (July 15th, 1848).” A specimen 
was exhibited by Mr. Bond at the meeting of the Entomo-I 
logical Society in August, 1849. In the years 1853 and! 
1854, many specimens occurred in the fens of Huntingdon¬ 
shire and Cambridgeshire, and the insect is now in most 
collections. 
Venusia Cambrica, Curtis; first described and figured 
by Curtis in his British Entomology, folio 759, in 1830. 
The insect continued rare for many years, but has now been I 
taken rather freely in several parts of the north of England, 
and is in most collections. It is described and fi<nired » 
Humphrey’s and Westwood’s British Moths, vol.fi. p. 3a, 
pi. Ixiii. fig. 15. In Doubleday’s Catalogue it stands a> 
C oremia erutaria. 
Ypsipetes ruberata, Freyer, long confounded wilt 
