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they might be found drying their wings on the grass (almost the only 

 plant that grew on the steep banks of the gully). They were in such 

 abundance that, although I took and set about 150 specimens from the 

 trunks of only three trees, hundreds of specimens were then left on 

 the others. The conspicuous white colour, with its longitudinal 

 median black band, suggests that the insect would be very easily 

 seen when at rest, but, in reality, the contrary is the case, and it was 

 only that I was really out moth-catching in the wet that led me to 

 discover it. Had I passed the trees with the cursory glance trees 

 usually get when one is in the Alps, I should have missed it. The 

 insect was less abundant on tree-trunks between the village and the 

 Combe. Ihjponomeuta coi/natcUus and JJ . cnnnjiiuiliis. — These species 

 were disturbed from the trees on which P. jnisidla was resting. They 

 also occurred high up the mountains within the tree limit. Depressaria 

 absintJnivra, Frey. — Taken among the Abai/nthluni by the roadside. 

 Geledda rwnicirunila, G. spundla, Acoiiipsia tripiuutella [N.B. — 

 Acoinpsia, Hb. {ncc Meyr.) = Brachi/crossata, Hein,] . Anacaiiipfiis^-' 

 anthi/llideUa, Mtyactaspedus tutti, n. sp., were all brought home in 

 order to make quite sure of identification. Had we known there was 

 a new species, we should have been more keen on the Gelechiads. 

 An/i/resthia sorbiella. — -One or two specimens only. 



Pterophorides. — O.ri/jitilus piloscUac. — One very bright specimen 

 only. The fore-wings are much brighter, and the hind-wings darker, 

 than our Dover specimens. (K lantoscanm, Mill, — A single specimen 

 of this large <h-i/ptilus only was captured. < >. 'uoacii. — This species 

 was not uncommon, and was disturbed from the rough herbage 

 growing on the shady banks just below the village towards the Combe. 

 I doubt having ever seen a British specimen of this insect. The one 

 referred to in the Mono/jraph of BritUli Pteivphorina, as captured by 

 Coverdale, does not appear to agree with these, 0. maniinellm. — A 

 few of this somewhat delicate species were disturbed from the Abaijn- 

 t/iiiun when I was working for Leioptiliis scarudactijlus. O. tri.stis. 

 — A single individual of this interesting species only was captured. 

 StcHdjitilia coprodacti/la. — A rather large form of this species was pretty 

 abundant along the roadside just below the town, and could be taken 

 rather freely in the afternoon, .S, pla<iiodactijla. — Some very variable 

 specimens were captured. One form has a very dark costa, another is 

 not unlike ours, but a third form, of a delicate pale dove-grey, is a very 

 different looking insect. Ptcruphunis wonudactijla. — Common by the 

 roadsides, Aciptilia^ tctradactyla. — Fairly abundant on the pastures 

 leading up to the Meije. A.-\ xantliodactijla. — One specimen only 

 obtained, this occurred in the Combe de Malaval, Leiuptilus-\ ■]• 

 scarodactijlus. — This little species, very like L. iiticrodactijlm, was very 

 abundant among the Absijnthiiun. Its habits, too, were much like 

 those of the latter species, and by working for them as we used to 

 work for L. laicrudacti/lus at Deal, a very fine series resulted. 

 Oedematophorus rhododactylus. — We were much astonished to disturb 



* Anacampsu is wrongly used in Staudinger and Wocke's Catalof), by Meyrick, 

 H.B. , andhy Auct. Curtis' genus = 7'(((7///^)^tZ(«, Hein., vide, WIsm., E.2I.M., 

 xxxi., 43 (1895). The proper generic title of (iiitltijllidella has not yet been 

 determined. — H. J. D. 



+ This genus is properly Alucita, L.— J.H.D. 

 tl This genus is properly Ftcruphoraa, Geoff.— J.H.D. 



