186 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



G. lathyri fell to my net. Lobophora sexalata was frequent. 

 Herminia cribralis and Parapornyx strateolatis were in great 

 abundance. When I had a short interval of rest from using the 

 net I found larvae of Gelechia morosa, from which I have since 

 reared several specimens. Larvae of Peronia hastiana were 

 common, and from amongst them Phoxopteryx suharcuana have 

 appeared. I think, from the very incomplete sketch I have given 

 your readers, they will agree with me " that such an afternoon" 

 rarel}'^ falls to the lot of the entomologist. — E. G. Meek; 56, 

 Brompton Koad, S.W., July 22, 1881. 



Gelechia cerealella. — Two years ago a friend gave me two 

 cobs of a small sort of Indian corn or Maize, telling me that 

 larvse of some kind were in them. Last year some moths came 

 out while I was from home, and were quite spoiled before 

 I returned. About a month ago I saw in my room two or three 

 small moths, and on looking at them I saw they were not, 

 as I first supposed. Tinea hiselliella ; I then recollected my cobs, 

 and on looking at them saw some moths in the box and found 

 they were G. cerealella, a species I had not seen or heard of for 

 more than twenty-five years. I have set a good many specimens. 

 — Frederick Bond ; Staines, July, 1881. 



Gracilia PYGMiEA. — Tliis little longicorn is said to occur 

 *' not unfrequentl}^ in old wood-work, twigs, &c." It has never 

 been my lot to meet with it in any number before this present 

 time. I have only come across single individuals, and those I 

 may say by mere chance. Last year I only met with one, and 

 that in my own house ; and this year it turned up again. While 

 I was sitting talking to a friend who called on Monday afternoon, 

 I saw one running about, but failed to secure it, as it fell from my 

 wetted finger before I could put it into my bottle; and, though we 

 both searched well after it, we could not find it again. The next 

 morning, while reading a newspaper after breakfast, I found 

 another crawling up my sleeve ; this one I lost exactly in the 

 same manner ; it fell apparently to the carpet, but even three 

 pairs of eyes could not detect its whereabouts. Thinking there 

 must be more about, I searched everywhere I could think of, but 

 without success. However, on Wednesday I came upon its 

 habitat; a few days before, I received from Wotton-under-Edge 

 a small hamper of fruit for preserving, and, as the hamper was to 



