X04 [October, 



Phyllotoma ochropoda, Klug. I have one example of which I ne- 

 glected to note the locality. The insect in Stephens' collection under 

 Seterarthus ochropodus seems to be Poecilostoma ohesa, but I do not 

 know if this be the example referred to in the " Illustrations " (Mand. 

 vol. vii., p. 94) as being then in Mr. Ingpen's collection. The descrip- 

 tion suits the true ochropoda ; hence this may really not be an addition 

 to our list. 



Phyllotoma microcepTiala, Klug. Bred by Mr. Healy from a larva 

 which mines the leaves of Alniis glutinosa, forming large blotches at 

 the tip : it changes to pupa in the mine. 



Phyllotoma melanopyga, Klug. Bred by Mr. Healy from a larva 

 which has similar habits to the last, only that it affects Halix cafrcea. 



Phyllotoma tenella, Zaddach {Beschreilung neuer oder wenig he- 

 kannter Blattwespen, p. 28, fig. 17, 1859). Beaten from birch at Ran- 

 noch in June, 1865. 



Phyllotoma aceris, n. sp. 



Nigra, sparse griseo-pilosa. Antennae suhtus ad apicem suh-testacece ; 11-articulatce. 

 Oculorum margines frontales, palpi, alarum anteriwum humeri, pedesque in parte, 

 albid/i. Alee fumosce ; venis nigris ; pterostigmate saturatiore. Long. corp. If" ; 

 eTp. alar. 3f"' (?). 



Larva suh-cutanea, folia Aceris campestris et A. pseudo-platani incolens. Pupa 

 in them circulare, ex folii parte constructd, occulta. 



Black, shining, with very short and sparse grey pubescence. Antennae 11- 

 jointed, scarcely so long as the abdomen ; the last four or five apical joints somewhat 

 testaceous beneath, and more thickly pubescent than the basal portion. Eyes 

 black. Ocelli conspicuous, bright reddish. Palpi whitish, the two basal joints 

 suffused with blackish. The margins of the eye-sockets on tlic face, the shoulder- 

 scales of the anteinor wings, and two raised scale-like lobes on the metathorax, 

 whitish. Legs whitish ; the coxae and trochanters (except at the apex), a line on 

 the exterior sui-face of the intermediate femora, expanding at the apex, the posterior 

 femora wholly (the extreme apex excepted), and the tarsi (save at the sutures of 

 the joints) more or less black. Abdomen wholly black. Wings smoky ; the veins 

 strong and black ; pterostigma dilated, blackish, becoming paler in the lower 

 portion. 



Bred by Mr. Healy from larvae which make great blotches in the 

 leaves of Jeer campestre, and occasionally in Acer pseudo-platanus. 

 Changes to pupa in circular cases cut from the mine, varying from 

 Q\ to 9'" in diameter. The full history of this interesting species is 

 detailed in the succeeding articfe by Mr. Healy. I find nothing like it 

 previously described. 



Blennocampa nana, Klug. Beaten from birch at Kannoch in J une, 



