NEW BRITISH SPECIES SINCE 1835. 
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Clepsis rusticana, Treit.; first enumerated as British 
in Doubleday’s Catalogue, at page 24 ; the species has oc¬ 
curred on boggy moors in Scotland, and in plenty in the 
fens of Cambridgeshire. It is now in most collections. 
Euchromia Arbutella, Linn.; first enumerated as Bri¬ 
tish in Doubleday's Catalogue, at page 23; the insect has 
been taken rather freely by the collectors who have visited 
Scotland, and is now in most collections. 
Orthota2Nia Ericetana, Bentley; ( trifoliana , Zeller, 
in Doubleday’s Catalogue). First recorded, described and 
figured in Humphrey’s and Westwood’s British Moths, 
vol. ii. p. 150, pi. xci. figs. 3, 4. A subsequent capture in 
the Isle of Wight by Mr. Bentley is recorded in the Zoolo¬ 
gist for 1847, page 1803. The insect has also occurred in 
Scotland, and has been taken near Bristol, by Mr. Allen 
Hill. 
Sericoris Herbana, Guenee; enumerated as British in 
Doubleday’s Catalogue, at page 23. I have never seen any 
specimens that appeared distinct from the common lacunana. 
Sericoris Euphorbiana, Dup.; enumerated as British 
ln Stephens’s Museum Catalogue, at page 74; an old speci¬ 
men is in the collection of Mr. Shepherd. It is a common 
continental species; the larva feeding on Euphorbia aquatica. 
Sericoris littoralis, Curt.; first recorded, described 
and figured in Humphrey’s and Westwood’s British Moths, 
▼°1. ii- p. 143, pi. Ixxxviii. fig. 13, having been “ taken on 
the southern coast of England, by Messrs. Dale and Curtis.” 
ft was described by Douglas, in the Zoologist for 1846, at 
page 1269, under the name of Orthotcenia venustana . I 
have received the species from Belfast, and Mr. Stevens has 
fii’ed it from larvae feeding on Statice armeria ,below Graves¬ 
end. 
Mixodia palustrana, Lienig ; first recorded as British 
V Mr. Curtis, in his British Entomology, fol. 364, as Or - 
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