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*' Apatania ve.^fita, Kolen. This would appear to be Jitn- 

 hriata of Pictet. (Vide " Entomol. Zeit. 186]," p. 117.) 

 I know only of Mr. Newman's specimens. 



Sericostoma. I shall be glad to receive living specimens 

 of this from various localities to test a suspicion entertained, 

 that the penis sheaths, which have been considered to furnish 

 specific characters, are liable to variation. 



Leptocerus grossiis, St. Catalogue ; L. cinem/a, Hasr. 

 Ent. Ann. 1860, p. 69 ; L. notatua, Hag. Stett. Entomol. 

 Zeit. 1858, p. 12*2. This species has been misunderstood. 

 Stephens in his Illu=;tration?, p. 199, couples grossus with 

 cinereha, and quotes Curtis's description from the '' Philoso- 

 phical Magazine." In his collection there stands, as cinereii^, 

 a single specimen, \vith his small catalogue ticket ** ^ro.'?.vw.s," 

 which does not at all answer to the description in the Illus- 

 trations, and agrees admirably with two specimens in the 

 general collection from Dr. Hagen, and sent as his notatus. 

 The description in the " Annual," 1860, p. 69, applies to this 

 species, and not to cinereus^ Curtis, which is a smaller insect, 

 with 2:reyish-brown or grey anterior wings, which are orna- 

 mented with two paler fasciae, interrupted and not very distinct, 

 especially in dead specimens : the females are more strongly 

 marked than the males : hifasciatus, of Kolenati, is probably 

 Curtis's species. 



Of gros.<uSy besides Stephens's type, there is a specimen, 

 unnamed, in Curtis's collection. Two specimens were taken 

 this year by Mr. Wormald, at Ruislip, Middlesex, and I also 

 have it from the Fens. L. cinereus is very abundant on the 

 Thames, at Kew, and in many other localities. 



Leptoceruufnlvus, Rambur, Hist. Nat. Nevrop. p. 509—3. 

 A new species to this country. This has a slight general re- 

 semblance to gros.sus, but is smaller in every way, and the 

 veins are not so distinctlv marked. Antennce clav-coloured. 



