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(Ecophora tinctella — Common in an orchard, among the old apple trees, at the 

 end of May. 



Pancalia Latreillella— One Bpecimen flying along a wood path on June 7th. 



Roslerstammia Erxlehella — Beaten from birch in the day-time, and also when 

 beating for larvae at night. 



Tinagma resplendella — Flying among alder on Woolmer Forest. 



Qradlaria phasia/nipennella — Beaten out of hedges in October. 



Coleophora Fahriciella — Swept off the grass, or other plants, in a rank pasture. 



Chauliodus IlUgerella — Commoner than usual, in damp places in the woods. 

 It flits gently about a little before dusk, settling on the dead stems of Centawea 

 and other plants. 



Lithocolletis rohoris — Swept off Vaecirwwm at night ; and bred, after repeated 

 failures, from oak. — Id. 



Acidalia interjeeiaria and A. osseata. — Acidalia osseata is rare here, and I only 

 know of one spot where it occurs. Specimens taken a few years since, which were 

 evidently very fresh, had the costa decidedly ferruginous ; but this colour faded 

 soon after they were dead, as it does in some Eupithecice, &o. The ground colour 

 of the wings was also yellower than in any specimens of interjeeiaria that I 

 have seen. 



The late J. F. Stephens mentions the red costa of osseaia in his "Illustrations," 

 but, as is well known, many of his descriptions were copied, without acknowledg- 

 ment, from the works of continental authors. 



Dr. Knaggs appears to have misunderstood M. Guenee's remarks upon these 

 two species. In a note appended to the description of interjeeiaria he says — 

 " Herrich-Schaffer has neither figured nor described this species in a recognisable 

 manner. Delaharpe's description is much better, and leaves no room for doubt ; 

 he also correctly says that osseata begins to a/ppea/r when interjeeiaria is dAsa/ppeajri/ng" 



M. Milliere, who has reared both species from the eggs, says that vnterjectaria 

 appears three weeks or a month before osseata. — Henry Doubleday, Bpping, 

 October 12th, 1867. 



Description of the manner of pupation of Cemiostoma sciiella. — The full-fed larva 

 emerges from the interior of the leaf, and crawls away and spins up, either to its 

 food-plant or to any of the surrounding objects, just aa its instinct or fancy dictates. 

 It then commences the fabrication of the outer covering of its cocoon. This is 

 accomplished by spinning a number of white silken threads, each thread being 

 about the quarter of an inch in length ; these threads are spun close together, and 

 form, when complete, a thickish silken cable ; the larva then spins another cable 

 parallel with the first, but at the same time, however, having a alight space between 

 the two ; it then climbs up one or other of the cables and connects them together 

 in the middle by fastening them with a number of silken threads, thus giving them 

 the appearance of a rudely formed capital H ; they, however, do not long retain 

 this form, as the larva clambers on to the centre or connecting cords, and busies 

 itself spinning other and additional threads, until it has imparted a somewhat arched 



