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NOTE. 



The insect which is the subject of the preceding 

 observations, is a species of the genus Phalana of 

 Linnaeus. It belongs to the sixth section of this vast 

 family of insects, denominated, by the same natu- 

 ralist, Tinea. I am not certain, whether it has been 

 described by any systematic naturalist : but it is 

 nearly allied (as to its habits) to the Phalaena (Tinea) 

 granella of the Swedish naturalist, of which he speaks 

 as follows : " Habitat in Frumentorum granariis se- 

 mina rodens conglomeransque, hyeme parietes adscen- 

 dens*." 



Of the American wheat- moth it is my intention to 

 give a more circumstantial account, in another place ; 

 probably in connection with an extensive " Memoir 

 on a number of the Pernicious Insects of the United- 

 States," which Avas lately honoured with the Magel- 

 lanic Medal of the American Philosophical 

 Society. In the meanwhile, I have deemed Mr. 

 Walmsley's paper highly worthy of preservation, as 

 an original document. 



I beg leave, in this place, to mention the names of 

 the principal insects of which I have given an account, 

 in the memoir just alluded to. They are, 



* Systcma Naturx. Tom. i. Pars ii. p. 889. 



