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Two specimens (^^andO ) of this species are in my cabinet, cap- 

 tured in London ; they appear to agree with Meigen's Cu.Calopus, 

 but are rather larger ; and the rings on the legs are niveous, 

 instead of being silvery. 



4. Cii. cantans. Hoffmansegg. 



Thorace rufo, dorso fusco-vittato ; abdomine fusco albo 

 annulato ; tarsis nigris, articulls omnibus basi late albo 

 annulatis ; alls subhyalinis. 

 Cu. cantans. (Hoffm.) Meig. Europ. Zweif. 8vo. v. i. p. 6. 

 tab. 1. f. 9.* 

 Common in houses from June to September in this country ; 

 but apparently rare on the Continent, as Meigen never beheld the 

 male. 



5. Cu. fumipennis Mihi. 



Thorace nigro fusco; abdomine fusco luteo annulato; 

 tarsis nigris, articulis omnibus basi tcnuius albo annu- 

 latis; alis obscuris. 

 Greatly allied to the foregoing species, but considerably larger, 

 of a deeper colour, with the thighs nearly black ; and the white 

 rings at the base of each joint of the tarsi nearly obsolete ; the 

 wings obscure. This appears to be common at Uipley in Surry, 

 where I took several specimens in January last, all of which, save 

 one female, were destroyed by the ravages of a new and highly 

 destructive species of Clothes-Moth, or true Tinea^ which I shall 

 characterize below.* 



* Tinea destructor Mihi. 



Ti. luteo-testacea; alisanticis flavo-testaceis immaculatis, posticis cinereo- 

 testaceis, ciliis omnibus flavo-testaceis ; fronte fulvo. 



This mischievous little Moth, which somewhat resembles Tinea Jlavifrontella, 

 Fabr., has recently increased to an alarming extent in some parts of London. 

 I have witnessed several instances of the vexatious havoc that has been caused 

 by the ravages of its larvae, which are infinitely more ruinous to Zoological 

 collections than those of cither of the other species of the genus ; and being, 

 apparently more tenacious of life, they resist the effects of camphor in a most 

 surprizing degree. It is a curious fact, that this insect remained unique in 

 Mr. Haworth's cabinet for upwards of twenty years, although so abundant 

 now : it is there named in manuscript, but I believe, merely from the peculiar 



