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LEPIDOPTEEA. 



New British Tineina. 



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



The only novelties I have to chronicle on the present occa- 

 sion are a new Ornix and a new Coleophora, both bred 

 from the larva, and the latter in considerable plenty — 



1. Ornix frag arice, Sang in litt. 



2. Coleophora obtusella, Moncreaff in litt. 



Ornix fragari^, Sang. 



Bred by Mr. Sang, of Darlington, from larva3 found on 

 wild strawberry. Mr. Sang writes : — " When gathering 

 larvae of Nepticula arcuosella amongst wild strawberry, I 

 had often found a small larva feeding between leaves shghtly 

 spun together, or under a very small fold, but took them for 

 hybernating Tor^rza^-larvse of some kind. Last year, how- 

 ever, I determined to try them, and to my astonishment 

 they spun up and changed to pupee no larger than a Litlio- 

 colletis pupa, and very like one." 



From the pupge thus obtained Mr. Sang bred, at the 

 beginning of June, two specimens of the perfect insect, 

 which, as might be assumed from the food of the larva, 

 appears to be quite distinct from every other known Ornix, 

 It is further interesting as the first of the genus bred from 

 a low plant, all the others being on trees or shrubs ; at the 

 same time the food belongs to one of the two Natural Orders, 

 to which the larvae of this genus seem exclusively attached. 



1874. M 



