See enclosure. Hellins had sent with his letter of 20 April 1868 a list of Lepidoptera species specimens of which he had caught or reared.

Dasycampa rubiginea (now Conistra rubiginea, the dotted chestnut).

Hellins refers to Thais polyxena (now Zerynthia polyxena, the southern festoon), Pieris brassicae (the large white), Vanessa urticae (the small tortoiseshell), Chaerocampa elpenor (now Deilephila elpenor, the large elephant hawk-moth), Zygaena nubigena (now a subspecies of Z. purpuralis, the transparent burnet), Calligenia miniata (now Miltochrista miniata, the rosy footman), Lithosia complanula (now Eilema lurideola, the common footman), L. molybdeola (now Eilema complana, the scarce footman), L. griseola (now Eilema griseola, the dingy footman), Arctia fuliginosa (now Phragmatobia fuliginosa, the ruby tiger), Bombyx quercus (now Lasiocampa quercus, the oak eggar), Ourapteryx sambucata (misspelling of O. sambucaria, the swallow-tailed moth), Epione apiciaria (now E. repandaria, the bordered beauty), Selenia illunaria (now S. dentaria, the early thorn), Nyssia hispidaria (now Apocheima hispidaria, the small brindled beauty), Boarmia perfumaria (now Peribatodes rhomboidaria, the willow beauty), Gnophos obscurata (now Charissa obscurata, the annulet), Geometra papilionaria (the large emerald), Acidalia scutulata (an incorrect combination referring to Acidalia dimidiata; now Idaea dimidiata, the single-dotted wave), A. biselata (now Idaea biselata, the small fan-footed wave), A. interjectaria (now Idaea fuscovenosa, the dwarf cream wave), A. holosericata (now Idaea dilutaria, the silky wave), A. immutata (now Scopula immutata, the lesser cream wave), A. imitaria (probably a misspelling of A. emutaria, now Scopula emutaria the rosy wave), Cabera pusaria (the common white wave), Strenia clathrata (now Chiasmia clathrata, the latticed heath), Minoa euphorbiata (now M. murinata, the drab looper), Aspitates citraria (now A. ochrearia, the yellow belle), Fidonia pinetaria (now Macaria brunneata, the rannoch looper), Lomaspilis marginata (the clouded border), Hybernia leucophaearia (now Agriopis leucophaearia, the spring usher), Hybernia progemmaria (now Agriopis marginaria, the dotted border), Hybernia defoliaria (now Erannis defoliaria, the mottled umber), Cheimatobia boreata (now Operophtera fagata, the northern winter moth), Eupithecia venosata (the netted pug), E. succenturiata (the bordered pug), E. castigata (now E. subfuscata, the gray pug), E. trisignata (now E. trisignaria, the triple-spotted pug), E. albipunctata (now E. tripunctaria, the white-spotted pug), E. virgaureata (the golden-rod pug), E. expallidata (the bleached pug), E. absynthiata (a misspelling of E. absinthiata, the wormwood pug), E. abbreviata (the brindled pug), Hypsipetes elutata (now Hydriomena furcata, the July highflyer), Melanthia ocellata (now Cosmorhoe ocellata the purple bar), M. albicillata (now Mesoleuca albicillata, the beautiful carpet), Coremia quadrifasciaria (a synonym of Xanthorhoe quadrifasciata, the large twin-spot carpet), Camptogramma bilineata (the yellow shell), Scotosia undulata (now Rheumaptera undulata, the scallop shell), Cidaria russata (now Dysstroma truncata, the common marbled carpet), C. immanata (now Dysstroma citrata, the dark marbled carpet), Eubolia bipunctaria (now Scotopteryx bipunctaria, the chalk carpet), E. lineolata (now Phibalapteryx virgata the oblique striped), Notodonta ziczac (now Eligmodonta ziczac the pebble prominent), N. chaonia (now Drymonia ruficornis, the lunar mottled brown), Aporophyla australis (the feathered brindle), Charaeas graminis (now Cerapteryx graminis, the antler moth), Cuperina caespitis is an unrecognised combination, probably a reference to Tholera cespitis (the hedge rustic), Mamestra brassicae (the cabbage moth), M. persicariae (now Melanchra persicariae, the dot moth), Agrotis valligera (now A. vestigialis, the archer’s dart), A. ripae (the sand dart), A. tritici (now Euxoa tritici, the white-line dart), A. praecox (now Actebia praecox, the Portland moth), Noctua triangulum (now Chalciope mygdon, the triangular-striped moth), N. xanthographa (now Xestia xanthographa, the square-spot rustic), Taeniocampa miniosa (now Orthosia miniosa, the blossom underwing), Dasycampa rubiginea (now Conistra rubiginea, the dotted chestnut), Hadena chenopodii (now Discestra trifolii, the nutmeg), Calocampa exoleta (now Xylena exsoleta, the sword-grass), Heliothis peltigera (the bordered straw), Ophiusa tirrhaea (now Ophiusa tirhaca the green drab), and Pionea forficalis (now Evergestis forficalis, the garden pebble).

CD added Hellins’s totals to those from another list provided by Albert Hugh Jones (DAR 85: B83). The totals from these and other lists were recorded in Descent 1: 313.

CD added Hellins’s totals to those from another list provided by Albert Hugh Jones (DAR 85: B83). The totals from these and other lists were recorded in Descent 1: 313.