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three, as I thought it was G. Mai'm^orea; which I had j 

 found in abundance on the sand hills a few miles away. 



Its food is very likely to be Silene Maritimay as that 

 plant is abundant on the rocks where the specimens occurred" j 

 (C. G. B., 1,2, 61). 



" G. Vicinella is now out, but sparingly. I searched 

 repeatedly for the larva but without success" (C. G. B., 9, 

 8, 61). 



Gelechia leucomelanella. Mr. Barrett remarks (Zool. p. 

 7800) that "this species occurs on the Dublin coast amongst 

 Silene viaritima, and that it appears not to be nearly so 

 active as most of the Gelechiaj generally falling down when ' 

 beaten from its concealment, and so allowing itself to be ' 

 captured." 



Gelechia Coronilklla. Mr. Barrett met with a specimen 

 on the coast near Dublin in August last (Zool p. 7800). I 



Gelechia subdecurtella. This was bred last year (1860) i 

 from larvae found by Mr. Brown, of Cambridge, feeding on 

 Lythrum Salicaria. (These larvae were erroneously referred ; 

 in last year's *^ Annual," p. 113, to Laverna decorella.) 1 



A full description of the imago is given in the *' Intelli- ' 

 gencer," vol. x. p. 22). 



*Parasia paucipunctella. " We have bred several speci- 

 mens of this from the larvae which we collected last October, i 

 in the heads of Anthemis tinctoria'^ (F. H., 24, 6, 61). j 



Pleurota Bicostella. " I send you two larvae of P. Bi- j 

 costella, under a web on the mid stem of Erica Cinerea; \ 

 from their present quiescent state, I should think they intend | 

 feeding up in the spring" (T. W., 21, 11, 60). ' 



" The Pleurota Bicostella larvae are all defunct ; the chief 

 cause I fancy was the want of a fresh supply of food during 

 the depth of winter" (T. W., 3, 4, 61 >. 



" I now send you two fine larvce of P. Bicostellttj which 



