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The essential character, however, lies in the posterior- wings, which are 

 lot only Q-elechif orm, but have that form exaggerated by the indented 

 ingle being prolonged so as to form a slight incision in the wing. 



Grerman Entomologists have made pilgrimages to the sandy shores 

 it the mouth of the Oder, and have collected the larvae in considerable 

 lumbers ; but in Holland, the specimen taken in 1865 was still unique, 

 vhen Heer P. C. T. Snellen wrote the concluding portion of his great 

 vork on the " Ylinders van Nederland " in 1882. I believe, however, 

 ;hat last autumn some of the Dutch Entomologists have succeeded in 

 inding the larvae of Dactylota Kinkerella in considerable numbers ; 

 lence, it becomes of increasing interest to the Entomologists of this 

 lountry. 



I append to this notice extracts from the letters I have received 

 irom time to time from Professor Zeller, showing that September is 

 ihe month for collecting the larva, which unfortunately does not pupate 

 ill the following spring. To these extracts I have added the original 

 lotice of the insect by P. C. T. Snellen, which appeared in 1876 in the 

 .9th volume of the " Tijdschrift voor Entomologie." 



Professor Zeller, writing to me on the 8th September, 1878, said : 

 " Dr. Wocke came to Stettin on the 30th August on his way to 



tjhe watering-place Misdroy. His main object was, probably, the larva 

 f Kinkerella. He had promised to write to me but did not do so till 

 ,Jbe day before yesterday ; his very first day he collected 20 of these 

 lUrvae, the following days he did not find so many, but altogether he 

 [ot about 50, so that he hopes to breed the perfect insects. The larvae 

 re much attacked by parasites. Yesterday I called on Professor 

 lering with this letter, hoping that he might thereby be tempted to 

 lake an excursion to Misdroy, in which case I would have gone thither 

 dth him for a few days ; but I found that the worthy Professor was 

 xpecting two visitors, so that he cannot leave home before the end of 

 he month, which would no doubt be too late. However, Herr Biittner 

 i off to Misdroy to-day, and will collect all the larvae of KmTcerella 

 ,'hich Wocke has left, so that were I to go on Tuesday, which is the 

 arliest day I could get away, I should probably find there were none 



jipft for me. I wrote, therefore, yesterday to Wocke and begged that 



■ e would send a few larvae to Schulz for figuring, and that he would 

 imself write out an accurate description of the larva and its mode 

 !f life." 



Three weeks later, on the 29th September, 1878, Professor Zeller 



' ^rote to me again : 



