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one of the few introduced species, as well as the wide-spread Bactra 

 lanceolana, Hiib. Our author adopts the generic name Aphelia for this 

 species. Aphelia was first proposed Tdj Hiibner in his " Verzeiehniss," 

 to include vibitrnana, S. Y., and four other species, all belonging to 

 the genus Tortrix, as restricted by modern authors. Stephens had 

 not seen Hiibner's Verzeichniss in 1829, when he published his Cata- 

 logue, and by mere coincidence proposed the name Aphelia with 

 erjenana, Haw., and four others, all synonyms of lanceolana, Hiib. 

 Stephens became acquainted with the Yerzeichniss, of Hiibner, before 

 he published his Illustrations, and finding that Hiibner had previously 

 used the name Aphelia for viburnana, and some allied species, he 

 suppressed the name as he had proposed it, and established the genus 

 Bactra instead, and, because of this, Zeller and some others have used 

 Bactra instead of Ajjhelia. 



The European genus Stigmonota, Guenee {non Haworth), is re- 

 presented by five species, two of which are noteworthy on account of 

 their bright orange hind-wings with a dark border. 



Mr. Meyrick first referred ohliquana, "Walk., to the genus 

 Cacoecia, but subsequently referred it to Pcedisca, because of the pec- 

 tination of the median vein of the hind-wings. The genitalia are 

 totally unlike the species of Pcedisca, but would place the species in 

 the sub-family Tortricince. Against this Mr. Meyrick would urge the 

 pectination mentioned above, but (Enectra Pilleriana has this pecti- 

 nation, yet no one would refer it to the Grapholithin<p. I think Mr. 

 Meyrick will change his opinion when he re-examines this species. 



The omnipresent Carpocapsa pomoneUa, L., has been introduced 

 along with the apple, and that singular South European species, 

 Crocidoscma pleheiana, Zell., occurs there, probably introduced also. 



Of the ConchylincB, Mr. Meyrick finds seven new genera, including 

 Bondia, of Newman, which has been referred to this gi'oup, but, quite 

 singularly, no species which could be referred to the known genera of 

 this division. 



The author promises to monograph all the Micro-Lepidopfe7'a of 

 New Zealand, a work which he seems to be admirably qualified to do. 



These papers have pleased me very much, and while there is much 

 in them to commend, there seems to be little to censure, and any erroi's 

 which exist will become apparent to the author in his further studies, 

 and be at once eliminated. 



In all, Mr. Meyrick has given us 51 genera and 178 species from 

 Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand, but, without doubt, many more 

 will be discovered when the country shall have been more fully 

 explored by collectoi's. 



State College, Orono, Maine, U, S. A. : 

 October, 1883. 



