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Hyponomeuta padella : common on hawthorn edges. 



Plutella cruciferarum. 



Cerostoma radiatella, xylostella. 



Depressaria costosa, atomella, arenella, Alstrcemeriana, Yeatiana, applana, 

 nervosa, heracliana. 



Qelechia mulinella : the commonest Mioro-Lepidopteron on the island. 



(Ecophorafuscescens, pseudo-spretella. 



Argyresthia ephippella, nitidella, albistria. 



Ornix finitimella or anglicella : common on hawthorn edges. Ortiix : larva 

 on sloe. 



Coleophora argentula : larvee and cases ; abundant on Achillea millefolium 

 heads, close by the station at Corbieres. 



Lithocolletis faginella, larva, beech ; messaniella, larva, on Quercus Ilex ; pomi- 

 foliella, larva, hawthorn ; trifasciella, honeysuckle ; (sp. incerta) larva, elm. 



Nepticula aurella, larva, bramble ; ? hawthorn. 



It will be seen that the list contains some species which need a 

 few words of comment ; these islands seem to be warm enough for 

 Buch insects as Pieris Daplidice, Argynnis Lathonia, and Deilephila 

 euphorbice to thrive and prosper on them, that is, if warmth be the 

 element needed. Lithosia caniola is mentioned as a native of Jersey 

 for the first time, it is an interesting link in the chain of maritime 

 localities, connecting the Irish locality with the continent, e. g., Pem- 

 broke, Dartmouth, Jersey. Dr. Staudinger tells me it occurs in 

 Normandy. Ortholitha peribolata, a handsome Geometron, reminding 

 the captor at first sight of a large Celma imbutata, is also recorded as 

 a native of Jersey here for the first time : though in one list Ortho- 

 litha vicinaria was said to occur, a very improbable insect, and peri- 

 holata was in all likelihood mistaken for it. Dr. Staudinger says that 

 it is also met with in Normandy. 



Botys f nivalis is one of those insects recorded as British by 

 Stephens, and it is figured in Wood, though the figure is not 

 recognisable ; three specimens were captured, and a fourth seen, in 

 totally different parts of the island, so that it had a wide distribution. 

 Its occurrence in Jersey was not before known. 



Although fully admitting that the Zoological relationship of these 

 islands belongs to Normandy rather than to England, yefc considering 

 how thoroughly their Botany has been worked out by Prof . Babington, 

 it is not too much to hope that British Entomologists may at some 

 future time give us as good a Manual of their insect inhabitants ; 

 enough has here been said to prove that the mine is not yet exhausted. 



The scheme that I would propose is this : that a committee of our 



working entomologists be formed for the thorough investigation of all 



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