NEW BRITISH SPECIES SINCE 1835 . 
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1267; a figure of it is given on the next page—“I have 
three specimens of this insect, two taken at Birch Wood, on 
the 2nd of July, and one at Weybridge in June, all out of 
fir trees.” It has since been repeatedly taken among firs 
and larches, and is now in most collections. 
P (ecilochroma signatana, Douglas ; first recorded, 
and described by Douglas as Sericoris signatana, in the 
Zoologist for 1845, page 844--“ I beat three or four speci¬ 
mens of this species out of a hedge at Sanderstead Downs, 
July 9th, 1843.” It has since been frequently taken at 
Sanderstead and Mickleham, and has also been bred by 
Mr. Weir “ in a cage containing leaves from several plants/’ 
Zeller bred it from Prunus Padus . 
Pcecilochroma stabilana, Stephens; first enumerated 
and recorded in Stephens’s Museum Catalogue, at pages 45 
and 100. In the Zoologist for 1852, page 3584, Mr. Double¬ 
day remarks, that he u first noticed this insect last autumn, 
in a box from Yaxley; it struck me as having a peculiar 
appearance, and I thought it might prove a distinct species j 
it differs considerably in form from Solandriana , the wings 
being broader, in this respect resembling sordidana, but it is 
destitute of the peculiar glossiness of that species; it feeds 
upon Myrica Gale. 
Halonota Cirsiana, Zeller; first enumerated as British 
m Doubleday’s Catalogue, page 25. The larva feeds in 
the stems of thistles (Cirsium palustre'), and may be found 
there during the winter. 
Halonota novana, Guenee; first enumerated as British 
m Doubleday’s Catalogue, at page 25; Mr. Doubleday now 
Writes me, u H. novana is, I believe, merely a variety of the 
Scutulana .” 
Halonota turbidana, Treit.; first recorded as a British 
pecies, described and figured, by Logan in the Zoologist for 
^48, page 2034; the larva, no doubt, feeds in the flower 
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