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Comorta albivenella, sp. n. 



^ . Head and thorax pale brown with a shght reddish tinge ; 

 abdomen pale brown. Fore wings pale brown tinged with reddish, 

 costa and nervures whitish ; short blackish streaks between the 

 veins, a series of black dots on termen ; fringes pale brown traversed 

 by a darker line near base. Hind wings whitish, clouded with 

 dusky on terminal area ; fringes whiter, traversed by a dusky line 

 near base. Underside of fore wings brownish and of hind wings 

 whitish. 



Expanse, (^ 22 mm., $ 29 mm. 



Collection number, 403. 



A male from Takow, September 4th, 1904, and a female 

 from Kanshirei, August 3rd, 1908. Another female specimen 

 from Kanshirei, August 29th, 1907, measures 26 mm. in 

 expanse. A specimen from Takow (Wileman) in the British 

 Museum. 



Allied to C. nigricostella, Walk. 



Cryptohlahea formosella, sp. n. 



(^ . Fore wings grey-brown ; antemedial line straight, dark 

 brown inwardly edged with whitish, outer edge diffuse ; postmedial 

 line dark brown, wavy, outwardly edged with whitish ; terminal line 

 whitish, preceded by a series of black specks. Hind wings whitish, 

 some dark scales at apex ; terminal line whitish inwardly edged with 

 dark scales. 



9 . Similar in colour and pattern to the male, but the post- 

 median line is only distinct on dorsum. 



Expanse, 18 mm. 



Collection numbers, 398 (^ , 395 ? . 



Three male specimens and one female from Takow, July and 

 August, 1904. 



Nearest to C. anyustipennella, Rag. 

 (To be continued.) 



GLEANINGS FEOM MY NOTEBOOKS— III. 

 By J. W. Heslop Harrison, D.Sc. 



Dri/as paphia, L. This handsome insect is now quite extinct 

 in Durham and Northumberland, and, arguing from the fact that 

 the climate in Co. Antrim, Ireland, is certainly not more suitable 

 than ours, one would not have anticipated its survival there. 

 However, in spite of this, and of Meyrick's statement that it is 

 absent from the North of Ireland, I can record it as being 

 extremely plentiful in Glenarriff in that county. Furthermore, 

 it appears to be not uncommon near a little church, called Clare 

 Church, three or four miles from Cookstown, Co. Tyrone. 



Argynnis aglaia, L. Still common enough in suitable spots 



