NEW BRITISH SPECIES IN 1860. 83 



The following is our meagre list of novelties : — 



Sphingina. Tineina. 



Trochilium Philanthiforme. Gelechia intaminatella. 



,, ? osseella. 

 NocTUiNA. Acrolepia Marcidella. 



Nonao:ria Bondii. Coleophora Melilotella. 



Dianthoecia Capsophila. » ArdeaBpennella. 



„ Artemisiella. 



Pyralidina. „ bicolorella. 



Nola Albiilalis. Cosmopteryx orichalcea. 



Nepticula Sorbi. 



Trochilium Philanthiforme, Laspeyres. 



At the Meeting of the Entomological Society of London 

 on Monday, Auo^ust 6th, Mr. Georo^e Kinor exhibited a series 

 of specimens of a new Trochilium which he had met with 

 near Torquay ; with them were also two specimens w^hich he 

 had taken in Cornwall. These specimens have been reputed 

 to belong to T. Philanthiforme, but whether this be truly 

 the correct name of the insect has not yet been satisfactorily 

 ascertained. 



Dr. Battersby wrote to the Intelligencer (vol. viii. p. 139), 

 to say that his *' son was w^ith Mr. Kin^ when the insect was 

 taken, and that he had repeated opportunities of seeing it, 

 both on the wing and alive, in Mr. King's net." 



Mr. Reading also met with the insect (see Int. vol. viii. 

 p. 192). " I captured a female specimen at the beginning 

 of June this year, and the cause of delay in making my 

 capture known was owing to illness and a wish to identify 

 the species, if European ; this last idea has not yet been 

 clearly carried out. I took my specimen on the cliffs at 



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