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Although it is not intended in the present list to include 

 the Micro-Lepidoptera, it might not be out of place to notice 

 some of the chief novelties and rarities of that section. 



Firstly, we have Nyctegretes achatinella, one of the Phycidm, 

 an old Folkestone specialite which has since, or I am much 

 mistaken, occurred in Norfolk. 



In the next place Crambus rorellus was discovered some ten 

 years since by my friend, Mr. Joseph Sidebotham, of Man- 

 chester, on the Lower Sandgate Road, where he secured eight 

 or ten specimens. Previous to these captures a single speci- 

 men was said to have occurred, but as no locality had been 

 given for it, and the species did not turn up again, the 

 insect hadbeen eliminated from our lists. This striking 

 Crambus has since been met with, by Mr. E. Meek, in the 

 Warren. — The time of appearance is early in June. 



Of Tortrices, the chaste Sciaphila cindana, discovered 

 twelve years ago by the Rev. Tress Beale, near Alkham, is 

 most conspicuous for its beauty. It has not, to my know- 

 ledge, ever occurred in any other British locality. Of late 

 years it has been freely bred by London collectors who have 

 been assiduous in their search for the larva which feeds 

 on Echium vulgare. The perfect insect emerges in June 

 or July and may be met with in a wood, on the left after 

 passing the village of Alkham, amongst the plant named 

 above as its food. It will be well for Tortrix hunters to bear 

 in mind that the favoured time for the flight of their special 

 group is about 6 p.m. 



Catoptria conterminana is another Tortrix which Folkestone 

 bears the credit of being the first to yield. Its discovery fell 

 to the share of my friend, Mr. Bond, who secured it on one 

 of the slopes at the commencement of the Warren. It has 

 since been taken by Mr. Machin, at Stratford-by-Bow. I have 

 met with the insect to the west of the town early in July. 

 Abroad, it is said, to feed on Aster. 



Feeding on that singular plant, the Hippophae rkamnoides, 

 in the Warren, is a Spilonota allied to Sp. ocellana, which I 

 have serious intentions of describing shortly under the name 

 Sp. hippopadna. The species is very abundant. 



Referring to the Tineina, it might be remarked that I was 

 fortunate enough to secure, on the Lower Sandgate Road, a 

 little larva on a leaf of Achillea millifolium, which duly produced 



