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Nuuhead. He was now practically certain that they had formed 

 part of the collection of the late H. T. Stainton, but as to how they 

 had reached the hands of a " picker-up of unconsidered trifles " he 

 was unable to say. The whole of the specimens, as well as the 

 glass-topped boxes in which they were contained, were clean and 

 well preserved, and most of them were labelled and dated, often 

 with the name of the correspondent, such as Milliere, Ragonot, 

 Walsh, Elisha, Healy, Buchanan White, Frey, Miihlig, etc. There 

 was little doubt that some of the specimens were those which were 

 referred to in Stainton's " Tineina of Southern Europe," published 

 in 1869. Among the contents of the boxes were — 



Culeophora calycotomella. Larval cases on Calycotouie spinosa 

 from Cannes, March, 1867. These are probably the cases discovered 

 by Stainton when collecting at Cannes with M. Milliere, the famous 

 entomologist of South France. They are referred to by Stainton 

 on page 225 of " Tin. Southern Eur." 



Coleophora chanuBdnjella. On page 213 of the above work this 

 species is referred to as occurring in the larval stage at Mentone, in 

 March 1866. The box exhibited is so labelled, and probably con- 

 tains the cases therein spoken of. The larvae feed upon Teitcrinm 

 chaiiuidrijs. 



Coleophora (jiiandi. The species whose larva makes this curious 

 case is apparently rare. It was described in the French " Annales" 

 by Ragonot, to whom it had been sent by Giraud, its discoverer. 

 M. Milliere, " Cat. Rais.," subsequently gave the food plant of the 

 larva as Dorycnimn. 



These three species are from the South of France. 



Coleophora iinisculella. The larva feeds on Dianthiis superbus. 

 The date on tha label is May, 1861, and the letters *' F and M "'I 

 take to be the initials of Stainton's correspondents Frey and Miihlig. 

 The species was not described until 1864. Stainton refers to these 

 in " Ann," 1862, p. 134, as having been received in May, 1861, 

 from Miihlig. 



Coleophora polonicella. Zeller described this species in 1865, in 

 the " Ent. Zeit. Stett.," and the date of the specimens exhibited is 

 June 10th, 1866, Zeller. The larva feeds on Astragalus arenarius. 

 It is, I believe, a very rare species. 



Coleophora corniita. The larva which makes this beautiful cornu- 

 copia-like case was sent to Stainton by Frey. I have so far been 

 unable to find further information about the species as Stainton 

 only lists it as a new species. 



