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on the flowers of Conium maculaUtm, near Freshwater, Isle 

 of Wight, last May ; the larvae were gaily coloured, and, 

 judging from descriptions, must resemble those of Depres- 

 saria nervosa. 



Gelechla fainatella (I. B., p. 108). On the 1st of June 

 Mr. Gregson took six specimens of this insect whilst searching 

 on the sand-hills for the larvae of Lasiocampa Trifolii. 



Mr. Gregson asks, " is it double-bi-ooded, as these were 

 worn, and it is a July insect with us?" (Int. viii. p. 75). 



Gelechia instabilella (I. B., p. 126). At the September 

 Meeting of the Entomological Society of London, Mr. 

 M'Lachlan exhibited '' a long series of a Gelechia allied to 

 G. instabilella and G. oceltatella, but which he considered 

 distinct from either" (Zoologist, 7222). 



These insects seem almost intermediate between G. insta- 

 bilella and G. obsuletella, but want the pale blotch at the 

 base of the abdomen in the latter species ; unfortunately the 

 limits of variation of G, instabilella are not yet well defined. 



Gelechia Sirromella (I. B., p. 132). A specimen which 

 appears referable to this species was bred by Mr. C. S. 

 Gregson from the shoots of Cerastium vulgatum (Int. viii. 

 p. 166). 



Harpella Bracteella (Ent. Ann. 1859, p. 152). Mr. 

 Scott took a specimen of this in Monmouthshire in July. 

 The locality for it is Crumlyn, in the little lane across the 

 bridge, and opposite the station (Int. viii. p. 131). 



Q^cophora Jlavijrontella (I. B., p. 161). In the 4th 

 volume of the " Annalesde la Societe Entomologique Beige," 

 Monsieur Fologne has given a notice of the larva of this 

 species (p. 102), which is still little known, though the perfect 

 insect is pretty generally distributed, and far from uncommon. 

 "The larva of Flavifrontella lives in a case formed of an 

 elliptical piece of dead beech leaf, folded lengthways and 



