86 THE entomologist's recokd. 



describes the egg as pale green, soon changing to dark green. Larva 

 slender, the same form as in the related species, but smaller, green, 

 more or less "scherbenfarbig" tinged, or violet-green, or even inclining 

 to brown-red. Dorsal line fine, blackish, swells in first quarter and 

 last third of the middle segments so as to form spots. Subdorsal 

 scarcely visible; in it, on each segment, two black tubercles with hairs'. 

 On the flesh-coloured sides runs an irregular dark longitudinal stripe, 

 with a finer one above it. Spiracles appear as dark rings. On each 

 side of them stand two equal-sized tubercles with hairs, the tubercle 

 towards the head is higher, stands nearer to the dorsal line, and is 

 darker. Belly reddish, in its centre a well- developed blackish stripe, 

 swelling in the middle of each segment, and with two paler, irregular 

 ones on either side thereof. Head dark speckled. 



The specimens of P. aquata in my collection (six only) are all from 

 north Germany, five being labelled Pomerania. In our National col- 

 lection, there are representatives from southern France, Burgundy, 

 Pomerania, Garz-on-the-Oder, Frankfort (? which), Wiesbaden, &c. 

 To judge from Staudinger's trade-lists, it must be almost as common 

 a species on the continent as ritalbata, but Aurivillius only gives one 

 record for Scandinavia, namely Scania, on the authority of Wallengren. 

 It will be interesting to learn whether, as our Editor suggests, other 

 specimens are lying undetected in our British collections. 



Note on Psychidea graecella, Milliere. 



By J. W. TUTT, F.E.S. 



Milliere in his Iconoyraphie, ii., p. 252, pi. 77, figs. 9-10, described 

 and figured a Psychid species as <jraecella in the following terms : 



Fiunea graecella, sp. nov. Envergure : 0.014m.-0'015m. Of the size of the 

 smallest examples of E. fulla which this species would resemble if the superior 

 wings were rounded at the apex and on the outer margin. This character alone, 

 without the less important ones, will always prevent this insect being confounded 

 with E. pulla. F. (jraecella is of a sooty black, dull and hairy ; the upper 

 wings are somewhat elongated, wide at the outer border, the apex pronounced, with 

 the external edge cut obliquely. The lower wings are well developed, wide, and 

 rounded. The fringes of all the wings are very long and of a still more pronounced 

 black than the tint of the wings. The antennae are of normal length with numerous 

 fine pectinations ; they are, as also the head and thorax, of a deep black. The abdo 

 men is slender and covered with black silky hairs of no great length ; it is very 

 faintly tinted with yellowish at the tip ; this is more marked beneath. The case is 

 covered with small cylindrical and agglomerated straws. The case, somewhat 

 bulging centrally, is similar to that of comitella, Brd., or of crassiorella, Gn. I have 

 under examination many specimens, identical with each other, of this new Fiiniea, 

 which have been sent to me by Staudinger with the simple annotation : " Species 

 nova, de la Grece " (Milliere). 



Milliere also notes that at the end of April, 1866, he found on the 

 east slopes of the Esterel many cases fixed to the rocks, and that less 

 than three weeks afterwards many males of F. intermecUella emerged, 

 and amongst them two specimens which were referable to F. graecella. 



Whether Milliere was right or wrong in referring the south France 

 species to graecella, we are scarcely in a position to judge, as we have 

 seen none of Milliere's specimens, but it would appear that, although 

 he originally described the imago from specimens from Greece, he 

 described the case from his own south France material that he referred 

 to this species, for Staudinger writes {Hor. Soc. Ent. Fioss., vii., p. 

 116) : " Fumea graecella, pulla var. — My friend Milliere is the author 



