38 LEPIDOPTERA. 



guisbed by the stouter antennae (the extreme slenderness of 

 which in Viminetella is one of the peculiarities of that 

 species), and likewise by the more glossy, and rather broader 

 anterior wings. 



This insect is the solution of Enigma No. 4 (Entomolo- 

 gist's Annual, 1855, 1st Edition, p. 62; 2nd Edition, p. 

 85). These larva, which from their ill-made cases received 

 the sobriquet of the " clumsy-tailor," were first noticed feed- 

 ing on hawthorn in 1852. For two years we tried in vain to 

 rear it 5 nothing daunted, the larvae were again diligently 

 collected in 1854, and kept out of doors during the winter 

 and spring, and we have now bred several specimens of this 

 new species. The larvae feed in July and August on haw- 

 thorn and wild apple, causing peculiarly brown blotches; 

 the cases are very singular constructions, they are far larger 

 than is necessary for the habitation of the larvae, and are 

 formed of pieces of mined leaf, the large superfluous piece 

 overlapping, and have quite the appearance of peripatetic 

 dried leaves. Those who conceived that it was necessary to 

 go to India to see " Walking-Leaf Insects" were in error, for 

 this larva and case is a more curious walkin g -leaf insect th&n 

 any we import from abroad, and in many places it abounds. 



The specimens bred made their appearance from the 

 middle to the end of June. 



Asychna profugella, Zeller, n. sp. 



Alis anticis latiusculis, obscure griseo-asneis, parum fusco- 

 tinctis ; posticis saturate griseis. Exp. al. 4 lin. 



Head, face and palpi greyish fuscous; antennae fuscous, 

 towards the tip whitish. Anterior wings dull greyish- 

 bronze, more or less tinged with fuscous, the cilia a little 

 paler. Posterior wings dark grey, with paler cilia. 



All the wings comparatively broad, much more so than in 

 A. fuscociliella, and without the glossy greenish appearance 

 of that species. 



