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LEPIDOPTEEA. 



New British Tineina in 1870. 



By H. T. Stainton, F.R.S. 



The novelties I have to announce ai-e four in number. They 

 are not, as has sometimes been the case, old and well-known 

 continental species, but are all new to science. 



With regard to three out of the four, I must admit, with 

 regret, that I cannot give complete descriptions, but trust 

 that, by thus publicly calling attention to their existence, 

 I may, at no distant date, have longer series of the insects 

 before me, and then be enabled to give the needful descrip- 

 tions. 



The four species in question are — 



Sivammerdamia nanicora. 



Gelechia gracilella. 



Gelechia confinis; and 



Argyresthia cerariella. 



SWAMMERDAMIA NANIVORA, n. Sp. 



From the Swa7nmerdamia larva on Betula nana found 

 by Dr. F. Buchanan White in Strathglass, Inverness-shire, 

 in September, 1869 (see Ent. Ann. 1870, p. 4; E. M. M. 

 vol. vii. p. 51), I bred a specimen, which accords with none 

 of our existing species. Except in its much smaller size 



