12 OBSERVATIONS ON TINEINA. 



Aj^gyresihia conjugella, Z. A most extraordinary variety 

 of this species, or else somethinj^ new to us, has been met 

 with near Scarborough, by Mr. T. Wilkinson, on the flowers 

 of mountain-ash. The anterior wings are entirely without 

 markings, perfectly unicolorous brown, much darker than in 

 Semitestacellay and with no purple tinge as in Semifusca. 

 Mr. Wilkinson first met with it in 1862. 



Zelleria hepai'iella, Sit. The larva of this yew-frequenting 

 insect still remains undiscovered. 



Zelleria fasciapennellay Stt. The South German and 

 Swiss species allied to this, and previously confounded with 

 it, has been bred from larvae feeding under a web in the 

 hearts of Saxifraga Alzoon. The true Fasciapennella has 

 occurred near Munich, as I found three specimens of it in 

 Herr Pfaffenzeller's collection, placed as Swammerdamia 

 ccesiella; they were taken near Munich in September. 



Gracilaria itnperialella, Mann. I called attention in the 

 Ent. Ann. 1868, pp. 147—149, to the existence of two 

 closely allied species, liable to be confounded under the name 

 of hnperialella. 



I then said, "It is now a nice question— have we both 

 species in England ? or, if only one, which? 



" Directly I heard of the appearance of an Imperialella- 

 like species from the Symphytum larvas, it occurred to me 

 that this would be the species taken in the Cambridge 

 Fens, and I perceive that the same idea has occurred to 

 Dr. Schleich." 



This view has been entirely confirmed by the occurrence 

 of the Symphytum-mm'mg larvae in Wicken Fen, where 

 they were detected by the Hon. Thomas De Grey on the 

 22nd of September last. 



* Ornix caudulatella, Z. Of this very pretty and dis- 

 tinct species I have received a very fine specimen from 



