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colours are brighter; it is mora thickly clothed, and the 

 fore-wings of the male are spotted, and it has spots towards 

 the base of the wing. These two species appear to have got 

 mixed up in the National collection. 



FuMEA CRASSIORELLA, Bruand. 



At page 113, vol. iv. of the Entomologist's Monthly Ma- 

 gazine, my friend Mr. Bond thus records the discovery of 

 this interesting little novelty: " I have seen several specimens 

 of a Fiimea this year, which proves to be F. crassiorella, 

 Bruand. The $?, are larger than either F. nitidella or 

 rohoricolella, to whi'ch group they belong. The 2 is also 

 larger and more obese. I have had males in my cabinet 

 for some time, but it was only this year, by breeding the 

 females, that I was enabled to make out the species; there 

 are good figures in Bruand's Monograph, fig. 68, a $ yh $ 

 plate 2." 



At page 133 of the same periodical I have recorded the 

 occurrence of this Fumea at Hornsey Wood, where my son 

 and I took a number of cases in a short time, from which, in 

 due course, the perfect insects (^s and $s) emerged. The 

 species has been bred by Mr. Mitford, and also by Mr. 

 Greening, to whom I sent a supply of cases. 



PoLiA NiGROCiNCTA, Treitschke (Fig. 1). 

 For this handsome addition to our Noctuina we are in- 

 debted to Mr. Greening, who thus records its occurrence 

 in the pages of " The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine" 

 (vol. iv. 112): "On Tuesday (Aug. 22), I had the 

 pleasure of breeding a new British Noctua. The larva from 

 which I bred it fed on Silene, and was quite new to me; 

 and when the moth emerged I felt positive that it was a fine 

 addition to our lists. Mr. Doubleday, to whom I have sent 



