32 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



p. 257. (Alluded to also by Henicli-ScbaflTer under 

 Drill yella). 



"5. Orichalcea. Stainlon/Eiit. Annual, 1861, p. 90. 



"6. Driu-yella. Zeller, Ent. Zeit. 1858, p. 190; Frey, 

 Tineen u. Pteroph. der Scliweiz, p. 258, Anin. (Al- 

 luded to also by IJerrioh-Scliaffer under Scribaiella)." 



Mr. M'Lachlan's pa])er on the Fabrician types of Pliryga- 

 nidaj is, as usual with tliat accomplished Entomologist, clear 

 and satisfactory. 



Phryganea irrovata of Fabricius, Hp. Ins. i. p. 389, 9 = 

 Limnephilus intercisus of Walker, Brit. Mus. Cat. Neurop. 

 Pi. 1. p. 30, 41. 



Phryganea signata of Fabricius, Sp. Ins. i. p. 389, 7 = 

 Brachycentrus luliginosus of Walker, Brit. Mus. Cat. Pt. I. 

 p. 88, 7 ; or B. incanus of Hagen, Neuropt. North Amer. p. 

 272, 2 ; but as Dr. Ilagen has since expressed an opinion 

 that these two supposed species are identical, it follows that 

 both names must fall, and that of B. signatus be substituted. 



Phryganea notata of Fabricius, Sp. Ins. i. p. 390, 12, ap- 

 parently = Dipseudopsis capensis of Walker ; but as the 

 Fabrician example is from North America, and as Mr. 

 Walker's is supposed to be from the Cape of Good Hojie, 

 some doubt must continue to hang over the inquiiy. 



There is really a great deal of interest attaching to this 

 most neglected of all families of insects, and I should rejoice 

 to find that Mr. M'Lachlan's labours produced some better 

 fruit than the bare inference that they entitle him to credit, 

 which every one will admit: I could wish to see others em- 

 barking in the study ; but alas ! since my collecting powers 

 have ceased, Mr, M'Lachlan and his colleagues, Mr. Wor- 

 mald and Mr. Parfitt, seem to be the only students of these 

 aquatic moths. 



Edward Newman. 



Description of the Larva of Larentia ccesiata. — The egg 

 is laid on the slender stalks of Vaccinium Vitis-Idaea (the 

 wort, whortleberry or bilberry), in July and August, and the 

 young larva hybernates on the surface of the earth, at the 

 roots of the food-plant : it begins to feed again in April of 

 the ensuing year, and is full-fed by the second week in May : 



