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(Heinemanii, p. 604). It would thus be advisable to gire another name to the new 

 species. — E. L. Ragonot, Paris : May 30th, 1887. 



[In compliance with Mr. Eagonot's kind suggestion, I would propose the name 

 Mceniacella, derived from Francofurtum Mceniacum, where my friend Herr G-. G. 

 Miihlig lived and died — the insect will thus still be tributary to his memory. — 

 H. T. Stainton.] 



Acroleijia marcidella in Dorsetshire. — On the 23rd of June last year (188b') I 

 captured on the South Dorset coast a specimen of that apparently little known 

 species Acrolepia marcidella, for the identification of which I am indebted to the 

 kindness of Messrs. C. G. Barrett and H. T. Stainton. I beat it out of an old 

 thorn hedge where it had no doubt hibernated. The only plant which is at all 

 unusual that I can recall as growing near is Hyoscyamus niger. If any of your 

 numerous correspondents have met with this insect, perhaps they might recall some 

 conjecture as to its food-plant made at the time of capture, and so assist in dis- 

 covering the larva. — C. R. Digby, Studland Rectory, Wareham : May 28th, 1887. 



Tinea jjicarella. — My friend, the late Mi\ John Sang, succeeded in breeding 

 picarella last year, though I was myself quite unsuccessful. I am pleased, however, 

 to record that I have been successful this season in rearing a few specimens of 

 this pretty little insect from fungus. — J. Gaednee, 8, Friar Terrace, Hai-tlepool : 

 May 2oth, 1887. 



A'ofes oil Se.iia conopiformis and Platyptilus Fischeri. — There are two species 

 of Lepidoptera that it seems probable to me will occur with us if looked for in the 

 right places. The first of these is Sesia conopiformis, Esp. In the Ent. Mo. Mag., 

 January, 1871, there is published a list of insects caught by me at the Drachenfels — 

 amongst these tipuliformis is mentioned ; this occurring in an oak wood without 

 currant bushes was always a mystery, but a better acquaintance with European Sesice 

 enables me to decide that the specimen in question is conopiformis. To separate the 

 two species is very difficult, but conopiformis is decidedly rather larger, and the 

 colouring is brighter, the transparent fenestrum near the apex of the wing is 

 broader, and there is a marked yellow spot at the lower extremity of the thorax 

 between it and the abdomen. It feeds as a larva under the bark of the oak ; any 

 specimen referred to tipuliformis caught in the woods deserves careful examination. 

 The second insect is Platyptilus Fischeri. This little plume, smaller than any of 

 our native Platyptili, and very distinct from them, seems to me to occur wherever 

 its food-plant {Antennaria dioica) is found. It was common as far north as Thrond- 

 jem in Xorway, and is not at all rare in the Alps. Now, as the pretty Grnaphalium 

 referred to is found on our Scottish hills, it is probable that the moth would occur 

 there also; at all events, it is worth a search. — R. C R. Joedan, 105, Harborne 

 Road, Edgbaston : May, 1887. 



Variation in Scoparia ingratella; and remarks on S. ambigualis and S. 

 atomalis. — Varieties of Scoparia (FudoreaJ ingratella, somewhat resembling the 

 varieties of S. pyralella CduhitalisJ, mentioned by your correspondent, Mr. Eustace 



