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decidedly puzzling ; their general shape and aspect agreeing pretty well with 

 carnella, but the fore-wings being of a shining metallic silvery-grey tint lono-i- 

 tndinally suffused with fuscous Both specimens are somewhat worn, on old 

 bead-headed pins, and without data. I cannot find any reference to " Eurhodope 

 argyreus " in our older authors, and the insects are certainly not the " Palparia 

 argyrea" (Crambus argyreus, F.) of Haworth, Lep. Brit., p. 486. 



Phycis obductella, F. v. E, — A very fine specimen, labelled only " Gravesend " 

 at side. 



Rhodophsea rubrotibiella, Mann. — Six more or less worn specimens under 

 this name, much more probably Acrobasis verrucella, Hiibn. One is labelled 

 " Wolmer Forest (J. C. D.)," and another " G. W., July, 1901 (C. W. D.)." 



Nephopteryx similella, Zk. — A fine fresh <J example of this very rare and 

 distinct-looking species bears a label " N. Forest, Gulliver 190- " (the last figure 

 is illegible) (C. W. D.) and is undoubtedly the specimen referred to by Mr. 

 C. G. Barrett as taken in the New Forest by Mr. C. Gulliver (Ent. Mo. Mao-., 

 vol. xxxix, p. 1, and Lep. British Islands, ix, p. 424). 



N. hostilis, Steph. — Three specimens, one " Grigg coll." (C.W.D.) " Col- 

 chester" at side. 



Melissoblaptes cephalonica, Sta. — Six fine specimens, " London " at side • 

 two are labelled " Meek " and " Bower " respectively, and a very fine ? " Entom. 

 xxiii, pi. iv, fig. 3." 



Pterophorus rhododactylus, Fab. — Five examples, some very fine ; " Chat- 

 tenden " at side. 



P. brachydactylus, Tr. — A very fine example of this great rarity is labelled 

 " J. Weir's coll. 1894" (C.W.D.) and "Norfolk" at side, and is presumably the 

 specimen taken on June 17th, 1842, at Herringfleet, Norfolk, by Mr. Farr, on 

 which the species was introduced as British (c/. Barrett, Lep. British Islands, 

 ix, p. 396. 



P. pallidum, Zell. — Eight specimens, " Bloxworth " at side. 



Owing to my lack of special knowledge of the Tortricina and 

 Tineina, I do not propose to deal with the very rich and extensive 

 series of these groups in the Dale Collection, which have been recently 

 made much more safe and more available for study, by " staging " the 

 whole of the specimens on cards raised well above the bottom of the 

 cabinet drawers. I may, however, draw attention to the exceedingly 

 fine series of Peronea cristana and hastiana ; the former species being 

 represented by 224 specimens arranged under 39 varietal names, and 

 including nearly all the forms indicated by Haworth, Curtis, Stephens, 

 Desvignes, &c. ; and the latter by 89 specimens and 17 named varieties. 



" Aorangi," Lonsdale Road, 



Summertown, Oxford : 

 July \Qth, 1910. 



