It is due to M. Duponchel to observe, that in his characters 

 of this genus, he says " Proboscis none or only rudimentary" 

 for with this exception the existence of maxillae has been uni- 

 versally denied by authors in the genus Aglossa, a name that 

 unfortunately implies the absence of a proboscis or tongue, for 

 it will be seen by referring to onvjlg. 3. that there are maxillae 

 although very small and imperfect. 



The following species have been found in Britain : 



1. A. dimidiata Haw. Lep. Brit. 372. 19. 



Beginning of August in the warehouses of the East India 

 Company in London, and the larvae are stated to^feed on the 

 tea in the chests ; — of course it is not a native insect. 



2. A. cuprealis Hiib, tab. 23./ 153. ? .~Goda.pl. 213./5. ? . 



— capreolatus Haiv. 

 End of July and August in houses, Wimborne Dorset and 

 Hampton Wick Middlesex, Mr. Dale. Snaresbrook Essex, 

 Mr. Davis. Stables Coombe-wood, J. C. 



2". A. Streatfieldii Curt. Brit. Ent.pl. 455. 



This remarkably distinct species was taken at Compton 

 Bishop at the foot of the Mendip Hills Somerset, by the Rev. 

 John Streatfield of Christ's College Cambridge, who most 

 liberally presented it to me for the illustration of the genus 

 Aglossa. 



3. A. pinguinalis Linn. — Hub. tab. ^.f. 1^.$. — Goda.pl. 213. 



/ 6. ? . — pinguiculatus Havo. var. 



Middle of July, under stones, sides of Cliff Dover, J. C. ; 

 end of July to middle of August, houses, stables and offices. 



The larva of this moth unlike most others feeds upon animal 

 substances, such as butter and bacon, and is stated by Linngeus 

 to inhabit even the human stomach, where it is one of the most 

 dangerous of worms, possibly from its capability of perforating 

 the intestines ; — he adds that it may be expelled by an infusion 

 of the Lic/ien cumatilis. Although it is many years since Lin- 

 naeus made this remark, no one has either confirmed or con- 

 tradicted it ; we go on copying the statement, and know perhaps 

 less on the subject than he did at that time: this surely must 

 arise from the ignorance or negligence of those who have op- 

 portunities of observing the various living animals that inhabit 

 the human body. 



The Plant is Vicia sylvatica (Wood Vetch), from the Isle 

 of Wight, communicated by James Vine, Esq. 



