7800 Insects. 



Sericoris liltorana. I was surprised at the appearance of a second brood of this 

 species in September, all of the true Irish type, light ground-colour, with rich dark 

 markings, and some finer than any of the summer brood. 



Dicroraropha cousorlana. Scarce, in August, on a little spot of limestone soil on 

 the coast, the exact spot where D. acuminatana and D. senectana occur. 



Eupoecilia dubitana. Excessively local on the clififs in June ; generally hiding 

 among furze. 



Eupoecilia atricapitana. Widely distributed along the coast, occurring both on 

 cliffs and sand-hills, and lasting from the middle of June to the middle of August, but 

 rare. I never saw more than one specimen in a day. 



Tinea confusella. Rambling along the cliffs on the coast, in August, I noticed a 

 little Tinea, pretty common, flitting about and running up the grass stems like an 

 Elachista. This has been identified by Mr. Stainton as Tinea confusella of Herrich- 

 Schaeffer, new to Britain and rare ou the Continent, and occurring on rocks near Vienna. 



Plutella annulatella. This species abounds under the cliffs close to the sea, but 

 larger and much more richly marked than English specimens. Singularly enough I 

 took the Euglish form on sand-hills at only a few miles distance. 



Depressaria capreolella. A few specimens have occurred on the coast. In August 

 they come occasionally to ragwort bloom at dusk ; in April, after hybernation, they fly 

 in the afternoon over furze bushes. 



Depressaria nanatella and D. rotundella. These two species occur together not 

 uncommonly along the coast, in August and September. They are fond of the flowers 

 of ragwort, thyme and Galium verum. 



Gelechia vicinella. Scarce among Silene maritima on the coast, at the end of 

 August. 



Gelechia leucomelanella. This species, which has, I believe, hitherto only been 

 taken at the Lizard, in Cornwall, also occurs among Silene maritima. It appears to 

 be not nearly so active as most of the Gelechiae, and generally falls down when 

 beaten from its concealment, and allows itself to be captured. 



Gelechia coronillella. This inhabitant of the "hilly field" at Headley Lane has 

 turned up here on the limestone upon the coast, in August. 



Gelechia Tarquiniella. This little gem, new to Science, and indebted to Mr. Stain- 

 ton for a name, has habits similar to those of G. piclella, which it resembles. It 

 occurs on the sand-hills, in warm hollows among moss, Galium, &c., in June, and 

 cannot well be seen, much less captured, without lying down, when it is only to be 

 secured by sharp practice with a pill-box. 



CEcogenia Kindermanniella. This species is said, in the ' Manual,' to occur in 

 houses : I beat it out of furze-bushes in August, in company with Depressaria costosa 

 and Gelechia instabilella. 



Coleophora olivaceella. I took a few specimens flying on the cliffs in the evening, 

 at the end of July. 



Oinophila V-flava was very common in June, in damp warehouses where the walls 

 were covered with thick mould and fungus. — C. G. Barrett ,• 30, Parkgate Street, 

 Dublin, September 29, 1861. 



Description of a Tortrix new to Science. — 



EUPCECIUA ALBICAPITANA, Coolce. 



Head, face and palpi white. Antennae gray. Anterior wings white, with a dark 

 gray spot near the middle of the costa, a smaller one between that and the base of the 



