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thus consisting of seven distinct joints as opposed to eight in the 

 other species. In Ortheziola the number is still further reduced, 

 three only being apparent. Another remarkable character m floccosa 

 is the very long basal joint of the antenna. 



Signoret ("Essai," p. 424) considered floccosa to be a synonym of 

 urticce, L. ; but it seems evident to me that he has confused the two 

 species in his description and figures. Plate xxi, fig. 15, which Sig- 

 noret suggests (with a query) may be the male larva of urticce, really 

 represents the adult of floccosa. His drawing correctly shows the 

 fused tibio-tarsus and long terminal joint to the seven-jointed an- 

 tenna ; it also indicates the unusually large basal joint. 



This is the first record of an Orthezia from the Australasian 

 region. I have compared the Australian specimens with examples 

 from Bohemia and England ; they agree with the typical form in 

 every particular. 



With this connecting link it is a question whether Ortheziola should 

 rank as more than a subgeuus. Another subgenus might be erected 

 for the species having fused tibio-tarsus with seven-jointed antennae. 

 I would suggest the name Newsteadia for the proposed subgenus, in 

 honour of an Entomologist whose valuable papers on Coccidce have 

 been a feature in the " Entomologist's Monthly Magazine " during 

 the past decade. Type : D. floccosa, De Gr. 



Peradeniya, Ceylon : August, 1902. 





Acletuxenus formosus at Cambridge.— -This species lias again occurred here this 

 summer. I was away from home during the whole of July. On August 4th I 

 found one on my dressing room window. August 5th, four specimens ; August 10th, 

 12th, 13th, 14th, 20th, and 21st, one each day; these last ten specimens in the 

 garden.— F. Jknkinson, 10, Brookside, Cambridge : November 16th, 1902. 



Crinopteryx familiella, Feyer., bred in England— In my notes on this species 

 (Ent. Mo. Mag., 1902, p. 93) I mentioned the oviposition. I have been very pleased 

 during this month to rear about a score of specimens from eggs laid in my garden 

 by moths sleeved out on Cistus salvifolius. I devoted most of these to endeavour 

 to continue the experiment, but the weather has been so wet since they were sleeved 

 out, that for this reason alone I fear this is the last of them. It is of interest that 

 even so much can be done with a Micro-Lepidopteron of so definitely Mediterranean 

 a type.— T. A. Chapman, Betula, Eeigate : October, 1902. 



