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posecr this name for a genus of Tineina; and Zeller in the 

 Isis of 1839 had adopted it for the genus which now includes 

 the only species placed by Hiibner in his Sophronia. If we 

 do not consider the name as pre-occupied from 1816, it is at 

 least so since 1839. 



Herrich-Schaffer has inadvertently adopted both these 

 generic names ; and we find he has a genus Sophronia in 

 vol. ii. for Emortualis, and another genus Sophronia in 

 vol. v. for lllustrella and its allies. I leave to the next 

 writer on the Pyralidce the task of proposing a new generic 

 name of Emortualis. 



Margarodes Unionalis, Hiibner. 

 (Fig. 4.) 



The occurrence of a specimen of this insect is noticed in 

 the Intelligencer (vol. vii. p. 19) ; it was taken by Mr. George 

 King within two miles of Torquay. Mr. King has since 

 met with two other specimens, but not in such splendid con- 

 dition as the specimen figured. 



It is widely distributed in the South of Europe, but does 

 not seem to occur in the north of Germany or in the north 

 of France. 



Tinea dubiella, Gregson. 

 Alis anticis ($) griseo-brunneis puncto pone medium obscu- 

 riore, punctis duobus ante medium obsoletis; alis pos- 

 ticis griseis. Alis anticis ( 2 ) ochraceis puncto pone 

 medium sub-obsoleto ; alis posticis albidis. 

 Exp. al. 5—6 lin. 



The occurrence of this novelty is noticed in the Intelli- 

 gencer (vol. vi. p. 183). " The larva sports a case like that 

 of Pellionella y but is carnivorous and prefers dried pupa skins 



