THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



No. 3.] JUNE, MDCCCLXIV. [Price 6d. 



Analytical Notice of ' The Natural History of the Ti- 

 neina^ Vol. viii. (containing Gracilaria, Part i., and 

 Neplicula, Part ii.) By H. T. Stainton, assisted by 

 Professor Zeller, J. VV. Douglas, and Professor 

 Frey. London : John Van Voorst, 1864. 312 pp. 

 letter-press, 8 coloured Plates. Price 12s. 6d. 



" This is one of the very few works which began well, and 

 which have nevertheless improved as they proceeded." Thus 

 I began my notice of Vol. vii. (Zool. 8225), and thus I begin 

 my notice of Vol. viii : it is equally true of both. We are 

 informed that some of the figures of larvae in this volume are 

 from the pencil of Miss Wing, the sister of that Mr. Wing 

 whose services were so early lost to Science, and whose loss 

 was so universally regretted by those who knew him. There 

 is an entomological truthfulness about Miss Wing's repre- 

 sentations of larvse that I have rarely seen equalled, never 

 surpassed : indeed the whole of the illustrations, whether by 

 Miss Wing, Mr. Thomas Scott, Mr. Buckler, or Mr. Robin- 

 son, are alike creditable to the several artists, and valuable 

 to the entomological student. A good description, it has 

 been said, supersedes the necessity of plates ; but the natu- 

 ralist will most willingly admit how great an assistance are 

 plates like these. 



The species of Gracilaria described are fifteen in number, 

 and of Ornix nine : out of these twenty-four only one is new 

 to Science, and that one not hitherto found in Britain, a cir- 

 cumstance which relieves me of the task of transferring the 

 description to the pages of the 'Entomologist:' the previously 

 described species are Gracilaria stigmatella, G. Swederella, 

 G. seraifascia, G. elongella, G. syringella, G. heniidactylella, 

 G. tringipennella, G. limosella, G. Kollariella, G. aurogut- 

 tella, G. omissella, G. phasianipennella, G. Ononidis, G. pa- 

 voniella, G. Imperialella, Ornix guttea, O. torquillella, O. 



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