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and, when looking over Mr. Boucri^ collectiou a few months ago, 

 found that he also had separated them. He writes : — " I have always 

 " thought the large insect to be. different from the smaller one, the 

 " fore-W'ings appear to me to be much broader and the markings very 

 " different. I have two specimens taken by Weaver a long time ago 

 "in Scotland, and a pair taken in Morayshire by Bouchard." 



Among a lot of interesting Tortrices taken at Braemar by Dr. 

 White, is also a specimen of this species. It seems, therefore, to be 

 widely distributed in Scotland, where also the true coniferana is not 

 scarce. 



E-atzeburg's figure of coniferana refers clearly to the smaller 

 insect. 



Asthenia cosmophorana, Tr. — M. Jourdheuille says — " Larva under 

 " bark of spruce fir, in the places ichere that of Retinia resinella 

 " has fed.'" 



Asthenia sirohilella, Linn. — A new species from Breda has just 

 been described in the ' Petites Nouvelles Entom.' under the name of 

 conicolana, Heylaerts. It is described as nearly allied to cosmophorana, 

 but distinct ; and I am informed that it is also distinct from strohilella 

 (to which the description seems rather to point), and that its larva 

 feeds in cones of Finns syluestris on the higher branches of the trees, 

 in consequence of which it has hitherto escaped observation. 



This species ought also to occur in this country. 



Asthenia splendidulana, Gn. — This species is inserted twice over 

 in Dr. Wocke's list : first in the genus Semasia, with strohilana, Haw., 

 and fraternana, Steph. and Wood, quoted as synonyms ; and again in 

 the genus Phthorohlastis, where Wilkinson's description is given as a 

 synonym of pJumhatana, Zeller. 



Prof. Zeller pronounces our species to be identical with his plum- 

 hataiia ; and, as it is impossible to speak with certainty of Stephens' 

 fraternana, Guenee's name, having the priority, must be retained. 



Asthenia pygmcBana, Hiibn. — I am indebted to Prof. Zeller for a 

 German specimen of this, which agrees excellently with Wilkinson's 

 description. It is also Haworth's suhsequana, the extraordinary con- 

 founding of which with monticolana, Dup., plumhagana, Wilk., &c., by 

 Dr. AVocke, has already been noticed under the head of Dicrorampha 

 plnnibaqana. 



Retinia Buoliana, Schiff . 



Betinia pinicolaua, Dbld. — German entomologists consider this 



