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Head fuscous ; antennae and thorax black ; anterior wings black, dusted through- 

 out with minute griseous atoms, in the centre a slight obscure fascia, towards the 

 apex on either margin a small obscure griseous spot, and the cilia long. Posterior 

 wings black, with fuscous cilia. 



Very like E. obscurella, St., but smaller and darker, the anterior wings more 

 rounded on the costa, drawn more suddenly to a point, and by reason of the long cilia 

 the ends appear rounder. 



He found this species May 25th, 1848, flying above long grass under trees, in a 

 damp part of West Wickham Wood. 



He also read the following description of a moth he had exhibited at the meeting 

 in February : — 



Family Tortricid^e. 

 Grapholitha (Stigmonota, Guen.) Weirana. 



Caput fusco-nigrum, fronte palpisque albidis. Alee anticae obtusae, fusco-nigrae, 

 fascia media curvata obscura subplumbea, punctis sex costalibus albidis, ciliis 

 subplumbeis, micantibus. Alse posticae cinereo-fuscae, ciliis concoloribus. 

 Subtus omnino cinereo-fusca. 



Exp. alar. b% lin. 



Head fuscous black ; face and palpi whitish. Anterior wings obtuse, rounded, 

 soot-black, with an obscure curved medial fascia, and six whitish costal spots, in 

 pairs, of which the first is at the middle and the other two towards the apex ; cilia 

 lead-coloured, shining. Posterior wings cinereous-fuscous, with concolorous cilia. 

 Underneath, the wings, body and legs are all of an uniform cinereous fuscous hue. 



This species is most closely allied to Stigmonota redimitana, Guen., from which it 

 differs chiefly in being larger, of a lighter colour and less glossy, and the fascia less 

 distinct: underneath, also, the fore legs and breast are not white. 



Taken at the end of May, flying in sunshine round beech-trees, at Mickleham. 

 He had great pleasure in dedicating this species to him in whose company he captured 

 it, Mr. Weir, who is well known as one of our most acute and industrious entomolo- 

 gists. 



Mr. Stainton exhibited some small Lepidopterous larvae mining in leaves of 

 Helianthemum vulgare, which plant was not hitherto known to afford nourishment to 

 any species of Tinea?. 



A paper by Mr. S. S. Saunders was read, entitled " Descriptions of two New 

 Strepsipterous Insects from Albania, parasitical on the Genus Hylaeus, with some ac- 

 count of their Habits and Metamorphoses," of which the following is an epitome : — 



Order Streps iptera, Kirby. 

 Genus Hylecthrds.* 



Caput magnum, transversum. Oculi ingentes. Antennae 5-articulatae ; articulo 

 basali brevi ; secundo parvo, truncato ; tertio longissimo, spatulato, tota fere 



Hylaeus, ex,§f>o$, hostis. 



