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it the third time as Albilineella (Stett. e. Z. 1859, p. 223); 

 and Mr. Newman has described it a fourth time as Davisellus. 

 The Enghsh specimens are a little darker than the southern 

 ones. I have also received it from Montpellier. Grapholiia 

 grandavana, Zeller. — Doubtless this species, but not a reared 

 specimen. A friend of mine reared it on the sea-coast, near 

 Stettin, in great numbers. The larva feeds on Tussilago, and 

 makes very long, curious tubes in the sand." — Henri/ 

 Doubled ay ; Epping, January 8, 1875. 



[I confess to a feeling of intense humiliation at receiving 

 this intelligence. Where are our Micro-lepidopterists ? The 

 specimens of this insect were posted from one to another in 

 the hope of proving that it had been previously described, 

 and -thus superseding my name of Davisellus; but, alas, all 

 this energy, all this outlay of postage and packing, culminated 

 in a ludicrous attempt to show that the species was Alba- 

 riellus. My own ignorance was to be expected : I never 

 professed any knowledge of the tribe ; and so sent it on its 

 travels immediately I received it, begging for a name. With 

 how little success the result has shown. — Edward Newman.] 



Heliothis Scutosa. — Having received several lists with 

 Scutosa crossed out, I may as well say, before everyone dies 

 out that can give evidence about the captures of Scutosa, 

 that four or five such persons, one of the captors included, still 

 live; and the gentleman that took three specimens, at least 

 (and it is singular), lives now at Epping. Well, the history 

 of Scutosa I will now narrate, and let sceptics read: — 

 In 1834 or 1835 (not sure) the gentleman that now lives at 

 Epping, Mr. R. R. Rothwell, was at Green Row Academy, on 

 the Sol way (now the port of Silloth). He was fond of 

 collecting; and at the midsummer holidays he brought home 

 his boxes to Carlisle, and in them were three Scutosa 

 (certain) : one my father sent — through Mr. Cooper, now 

 living — to Mr. Heysham to name; he kept it, and thought 

 it was sent to Mr. Curtis. Well, at his death, I got this 

 specimen back; and the Rev. H. Burney has it now. A 

 second specimen my father sent to Mr. Edleston, and it is 

 still in his collection ; now in Mr. Sidebotham's hands. 

 There was a specimen left in Mr. Rothwell's collection, 

 which got destroyed after he left home to go abroad. Another 

 specimen, which Mr. Heysham noted as taken on the banks 



