128 LEP1D0PTERA. 



is impossible to foresee how insiduously the presence or 

 absence of an insect in a collection may operate on the in- 

 tellect of an Entomologist. 



The following is the list of New British Species in 1859 : — 



BoMBYCINA. PYRALIDINA. 



Clostera anachoreta. Sophronia Emortualis. 



Margarodes Unionalis. 



NOCTUINA. TlNEINA, 



Bryophila Algae. Tinea dubiella. 



Leucania extranea. ,, fuscescentella. 



„ putrescens. Depressaria Rhodochrella. 



JSToctua flammatra. Opostega Spatulella. 



Acontia Solaris. Nepticula Castanella. 



„ Tiliee. 



Our list, it will be seen, though rich in Noctuina, is 

 comparatively poor in the other groups ; and even in the 

 Tineixa, the falling off is great compared with previous 

 years. Amongst the Geometrina we may mention that 

 we believe the Rev. H. Harpur Crewe has a new species in 

 the genus Eupithecia, but we do not feel competent at 

 present to announce the fact more in detail. 



Clostera Anachoreta, Fabricius. 



(Kg- !•) 



At the September Meeting of the Entomological Society 

 of London, Dr. Knaggs exhibited some specimens of this 

 insect, bred from larvae which he had found in the neigh- 

 bourhood of London. 



This insect occupies a position intermediate between our 

 other two chocolate-tips, C. curtula and reclusa; the most 

 distinctive character is the dark dash which runs into the 



