NEW BRITISH SPECIES IN 1860. 91 



The insect bred by Herr Hofmann from the Hier^ocldoe 

 AuUralis has the apical streak uninterrupted; it is therefore 

 the Druryella of Zeller, and not identical with Mr. Brown's 

 Orickalcea. 



Neither Sclimidklla nor Druryella have yet been found 

 in this country, though it is very possible they may occur 

 here. 



Nepticula Sorbi, n. sp. 



I propose this name for the blotch-making Nepticula of 

 the mountain ash (Sorbus aucuparia), which has been bred 

 rather freely by Mr. Wilkinson of Scarborough. The larva 

 cannot be at all confounded with the larva of Ne]). Aucu- 

 paricB, since that makes a distinct regular gallery, whilst 

 the mine of N. Sorbi forms a veiy decided blotch of irre- 

 gular form. The perfect insects differ vastly, Aucuparice 

 being a unicolorous, and Sorbi a fasciated species. Sorbi 

 has most resemblance to K. Floslactella, and to JV. Salicis, 

 but the fascia is broader, perfectly straight and not so yel- 

 lowish ; the anterior wings are also rather more elongate, 

 and the basal portion is of a uniform dull grey. 



In the ist volume of the Natural History of the Tineina, 

 in the description of Nejjticula Floslactellay p. 108, the 

 present species is thus alluded to : ''a probable third species 

 in this section differs by the anterior wings being longer, and 

 the pale fascia more nearly perpendicular." It is satisfactory 

 to find that a species thus dimly indicated by the imago 

 obtains such decided corroboration by the discovery of the 

 larva. 



I was about to announce the occurrence of — 

 Nepticula Tormentillella, Herrich-Schaffer ; and 

 Nepticula Ulmivora, Miihlig. 



I bred one specimen of a Nepticula from larvae found in 



