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contained sufficient nutriment to enable them to feed up, but I cannot 

 think that one bud would serve a larva for its entire growth. The 

 moths emerged at the end of July ; the pupa, which is of a dark 

 chestnut, being then extruded from the bud. 



The insect is only found (with us) in the south-eastern corner of 

 England, and I have had no opportunity of observing it at large ; but, 

 as far as I can learn, there is only one brood, which is on the wing as 

 nearly as possible between the two broods of straminea. 



Coccyx Ochsenheimeriana, Zeller. — In the latter part of last May, 

 Lord "Walsingham met with several specimens of a very beautiful little 

 Coccyx — allied to strohilella, but smaller — among Finns cephalonica at 

 Merton. The species was then quite unknown to me, but, by the 

 kindness of Professor Zeller, I have since been able to identify it as 

 Ochsenheimeriana, Zeller. A short description may be useful : — 



Al. exp., 4 J lines. Head, palpi, and autennse black, thorax and abdomen smoky- 

 black. Grrouud colour of fore-wings apparently dark olive-grey, but actually black, 

 closely irrorated with minute yellow scales. The greater part of the costal margin 

 occupied by seven black spots, within each intermediate space a short, bright silvery 

 streak. Outer edge of the usual basal blotch indicated by a nearly straight, oblique, 

 faintly blackish fascia. Central fascia deep black, arising at the third costal black 

 spot and bending outwards, and then, while still near the costa, turning across the 

 wing perpendicularly to the dorsal margin. This fascia is edged on both sides with 

 bright silvery. Before the hind margin is a black, perpendicular streak, edged with 

 silvery, and occupying the place of the usual ocellus. Apical spot black. Cilia 

 extremely glossy, silvery-black, but with a deep black line at the base. Hind-wings 

 dark grey, with slightly paler cQia. 



Although resembling strolilella, this species is easily distinguished 

 from it by its much shorter fore-wings, and the absence of most of 

 the silvery transverse lines, but more especially by the strongly 

 marked central iascia, perpendicular to the dorsal margin. In strohilella 

 the central fascia is augulated in the middle. 



Wocke gives as its localities, " Grermany and Livonia," and the 

 type sent me by Prof. Zeller is from the latter country ; but, according 

 to Heinemann, it is found at Vienna, Bohemia, Eatisbon, and Bruns- 

 wick in May and June, among Pinns picea, and also in woods in which 

 there is no fir. But I am not very sure that Heinemann's remarks 

 really refer to this species, for besides other discrepancies, he describes 

 the palpi as whitish, whereas they are black, or nearly so. 



Nothing appears to be known of its larva, and Lord "Walsingham 

 has not as yet found any probable trace of it. No doubt it has been 

 introduced into this country with ornamental trees, and I hope that it 



