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flies, the Acreince, belong the curious long narrow-winged 

 species with reddish bands or markings, Acrcea pseudegina, A . 

 euryta, A. egina and Planema gea. These are said to be of 

 gregarious habit, of generally weak flight, and often very 

 abundant." 



Mr. Alfred Sich exhibited the following eleven species of 

 the genus Tinea : 



T. fulvimitrella, Sodof. ; T. arcella, Fb. ; T. corticella, Curt.; 

 T. parasitella, Hb. ; T. picarella, Clerk; T. granella, L. ; T. 

 cloacclla, Haw. ; T. albipunctella, Haw. ; T. caprimulgella, 

 H.-S. ; T. nigripunctella, Haw., and T. confusella, H.-S. ; 

 and contributed the following note : 



" T. fulvimitrella occurs locally on the trunks of trees, 

 apparently preferring oak and beech, and the larva probably 

 feeds on fungoid growths. T. arcella, a fairly common species, 

 is also probably a fungus feeder. T. corticella occurs occa- 

 sionally on bark of oaks and hornbeams, and probably other 

 trees ; one of its strongholds used to be in Epping Forest. 

 It still occurs in Richmond Park. T. parasitella is a less 

 beautiful insect than the last, but similar in habits. Last 

 year I took three specimens on the trunk of an old birch 

 tree at Netley Heath, in company with T. cloacclla. T. 

 picarclla is a conspicuous black and white species ; but little 

 is known of its habits. T. granella is said to feed on grains 

 in warehouses. T. cloacclla is very common on trunks of 

 trees, and it is, undoubtedly, a fungus feeder. These last 

 two species are, I believe, quite separate, but one usually 

 finds them mixed up in collections ; and as they both appear 

 to vary along the same lines, it is exceedingly difficult to 

 determine certain specimens. That most careful observer, 

 Zeller, states that the hind-wing in T. granella is narrower 

 than in T. cloacclla. The colour of the head, on which some 

 seem to rely, shows too much variation in tint to be an 

 absolute criterion. I have never been lucky enough to come 

 across T. granella in a warehouse, or to get larvae of it. I 

 should be exceedingly obliged to anyone who could obtain 

 larvae of this species feeding on grain forme. T. albipunctella 

 is a small species, not common, but perhaps overlooked. T. 

 caprimulgella is also a rather inconspicuous insect. It seems 

 mostly addicted to Middlesex, having occurred in Hyde 

 Park, Hackney, and Chiswick, at which last place I took one 

 last summer on a decaying tree. T. nigripunctella would 

 appear to belong to a different genus, as the appearance 

 of the living moth is so different from most of the others. 

 It sits up like an Ornix, and waves round its long antennae 



