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OBSERVATIONS ON TINEINA. 

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



During the past year the preparation of material for the 

 "Natural History of the Tineina" has gone on with increased 

 rapidity. In the month of June last I issued a printed list 

 of those larvae of which at that time I possessed figures or 

 descriptions ; and having sent copies of this list* to every 

 one from whom I anticipated aid in the form of larvae, I 

 immediately felt the benefit of the step I had taken in the 

 increased number of larva which were sent me, more especi- 

 ally by my German correspondents. 



The arrival of tlie larva of Gr^acilaria Tmperialella from 

 Wiesbaden, in July last (kindly forwarded by Dr. Rossler, of 

 that place), enabled me to compleie the last history in Vol. 

 VIII., and I had hoped ere now that volume would have been 

 in the hands of my subscribers. The sole cause of delay has 

 been the slow rate of progress in printing the volume, seven 

 histories still (Dec. llth) having to be set up in type. 



As soon as my mind was set at ease by the completion of 

 the MS. of Vol. VIII. I set energetically to work on Vol. IX., 

 which will contain the histories of 24 species of the genus 

 Gelechia (24 more of tlie same genus following in Vol. X.) ; 

 the English text w^as completed before the end of August, and 

 the translations are now in progress. 



* I shall be happy to forward a copy of this list to any Entomologist, 

 on application. 



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