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in the bright sunshine, and sometimes settling on the flowers of 

 the bramble. Not having any net or boxes with me, I ran home 

 to get tliem, but on m}^ return to the lane, in the course of an 

 hour, the flight of the moth appeared nearly over, and not many 

 more than a dozen specimens were secured. On the following 

 afternoon the locality was again visited by me, with the object of 

 collecting a long series of Triphcena interjecta ; although the 

 sunshine was as brilliant, and the air as calm and warm 

 as on the preceding afternoon, not a single specimen was to be 

 seen, nor have I since met with the species in tlie same locality. — 

 H. Goss ; Berrylands, Surbiton Hill, February, 1887. 



On THE "Lita" Group of the Gelechiid^e. — In the 

 autumn of 1885, whilst inspecting Mr. Stainton's collection of 

 Tineina, I was struck by the difterence between his series of 

 Lita mac'idiferella and my own. On arriving at home I sent my 

 series to him, and lie replied that the two series were 

 unquestionably distinct. I have, therefore, named my species 

 Gelechia semidecandrella, from its food-plant Cerastium semidecan- 

 drum. The larva is yellow, with a black head, and spins up the 

 the shoots, flowers, and seeds of the Cerastium in April and May, 

 emerging into the imago state in June and July. It is with us 

 confined to the coast sand-hills. I should be pleased to hear 

 whether the Lita macidiferella of Mr. Stainton has been actually 

 bred from hawthorn, or only finds shelter in that plant. Now I 

 take, very sparingly, the imago of Lita junctella, not on the sand- 

 hills, but in a very distinct locality, in woods and lanes near the 

 mosses, at Witherslack. The larva of this insect no doubt feeds 

 in summer ; the imago emerges in autumn and hybernates, as I 

 have taken worn specimens in spring. The food-plant is 

 unknown, but I strongly suspect seed-capsules of Stellaria or 

 Cerastium. I will gladly send Mr. Tutt a specimen for inspection. 

 Some seven years ago Mr. Hodgkinson found this species 

 swarming on an old mossy wall at Witherslack in the afternoon 

 sunshine. Is Mr. Tutt sure that tlie No. 4 in his paper (Entom. 28) 

 is not referable to Gelechia marmorea ? which I take in many 

 forms, ranging to dark brown and black in some examples. Lita 

 knaggsiella was taken rather freely by Mr. Barrett on the trunks 

 of oak trees at Haslemere. No doubt that gentleman will give us 

 full particulars, and also say whether he ever bred it from seed- 



ENTOM.— march, 1887. K 



