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the bark of sallows, there certainly are many sallow bushes in the hedge in question, 

 though it has been suggested by one of the greatest authorities on the Tineina, that 

 it may be similar in its habits to SchrancJcella (i. e., a leaf miner), and also as thei*e 

 are such great difference between British and Continental himaculella, they may 

 prove distinct species. 



Elachista cingillella. — One by beating August 5th, Lee, My thanks are due to 

 Mr. C. Gr. Barrett for determining this rather obscure insect. 



The localities for the first two species are known to my personal friends, but are 

 not made public, as in the one I am only able to collect by the courtesy of the owner, 

 and in the other at the risk of being ordered off for trespassing. — B. A. Bo WEN, 

 Lee, Kent : January 15th, 1892. 



Gelechia {Anacampsis) sparsiciliella, Barrett, not a distinct species. — I have 

 been favoured by Mr. Eustace Bankes with an opportunity of carefully examining 

 a long series of perfect, and beautifully set, specimens of Anacampsis anthyllidella, 

 reared by him at Corfe Castle, Dorset. These were sent with the object of proving 

 to me that the characters upon which I relied for separating A. sparsiciliella as a 

 distinct species are really not reliable, and in this my friend is quite successful. 

 The specimens differ among themselves in the breadth of the fore-wings, and the 

 consequent acuteness of their apices, and also in the presence or absence of pale 

 patches at the base of the costal and dorsal cilia, which give that portion of the 

 margin of the fore-wing an indented appearance ; and although these pale spots are 

 usually grey in the Dorset specimens (when present), they, in some instances, vary 

 to ochreous, and, in fact, include the characters of the Pembrokeshire specimens. 

 The name o^ sparsiciliella {ante vol. xxvii, 7) must, therefore, be allowed to drop. — 

 Chas. G. Baerett, 39, Linden Grove, Nunhead, S.E. : February Ibth, 1892. 



Monia Orion : delay in emergence of.— In 1889 I received seven pupee of this 

 insect. Five emerged in the spring of 1890, and two in the spring of last year. I 

 have not noticed any previous record of the holding over of this insect. — Aethub 

 J. Chitty, 33, Queen's Gate Gardens, S.W. : January 8th, 1892. 



Late appearance of Odonestis potatoria in 1891. — I was much surprised to take 

 a full grown larva of Odonestis potatoria on the Sandhills at Deal on August 13th 

 last year. The larva spun up shortly after its capture, and the perfect insect (a $ ) 

 emerged during the second week of September. — Id. 



Nacerdes melanura in London. — This insect, which Mr. Champion records from 

 King's Cross Railway Station, appears to be not uncommon in London. I have five 

 specimens taken at various times ; three in July, 1887, and one in August, 1890, 

 from the Embankment, and the other last July from St. Katharine's Docks. There 

 is a slip or misprint in my note inserted in the January number — "had recently 

 blown down," should be " has recently been blown down." The tree alluded to 

 was standing in October, 1889 and 1890, when I took Tetratomafungorum from the 

 boleti growing on it. Last October the tree was lying on the ground, and the boleti 

 were apparently untenanted, though I had left a large number of insects in October, 

 1890.— Id. : February 8th, 1892. 



