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attributed the disappearance of the Coccids to these omnivorous birds. 

 A post mortem examination would have settled the matter, but the 

 birds could neither be trapped nor shot in such a public thoroughfare. 



It is of interest also to know that many specimens of Phyllotreta 

 undidata and P. neinorum were found m four stomachs of the tree- 

 creeper. 



Summary of contents of nine stomachs of blue tit and long-tailed 

 tit examined: — Aspidiofus zonatiis, many; Asterodiaspis quercicola 

 numerous ; BIytilnspis pomorum, a few ; larva? of Diptera, many ; 

 small moths and larvfe, many ; Coleoptera, various, chiefly weevils ; 

 Cynips, many ; and bud-scales. These occurred in different propor- 

 tions in the various stomachs. 



Chester: March 9th, 1895. 



ARE THE ANTENNA OF THE PUPA FREE IN THE FAMILY 



TINEIDJE 1 



BY T. A. CHAPMAN, M.D., P.E.S. 



The species of Tineidce of which I have examined the pupa have 

 not been numerous, but are, I think, sufficiently representative ; I 

 much want further species. I Ihink there are some species still placed 

 in Tinea that are not quite with the others. I accept holefi, palles- 

 centella* biselliella, ocliraceeUa, F, as true Tinece {Tineidce). In 

 these, and some others, the antennae appear to be free only in such 

 species, and so far as they extend beyond the wings. The question as to 

 whether they are free otherwise is not either so easy to decide, or in 

 one aspect, so important as at first it may appear. They lie in a 

 definite groove between the wings and the legs, from which, however, 

 the empty antennal case becomes quite free on dehiscence ; befoi'e 

 dehiscence they can also be separated from this groove without very 

 great violence. Still it appears to me that there is some actual ad- 

 hesion between the opposed chitinous surfaces in the groove, and that 

 in lifting the antennae out of the groove, this adhesion is broken down 

 and the antenna is separated and not merely lifted. 



It is to be noted that Tinea is close to Adela, and Adcla to Mi- 

 cropteryx, in which all appendages and segments are free ; indeed, the 

 three groups were all placed in Tineidce by Stainton, and they are 

 still, I dare say, so placed by many. Stainton also placed with them 

 Talaiporia, P., which are not at all nearly related, and which are close, 

 or more truly belong to, the Psychidce. 



Firbank, Hereford : March, 1895. 



In connection with this, see Mr. Bradley's remarks at p. 97 of this No.— Eds. 



