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Lepidoptera " (Stett. Ent. Zeifc., 1880, p. 461) is Festuca arundinacea ; for this I 

 suppose we must now read Hierochlo'e odorata. Mistakes will sometimes occur in 

 the names given for grasses by Entomologists, who are apt to make their acquaintance 

 when not in blossom. I speak on this point from experience. — H. T. Stainton.] 



Note on Acidalia immorata. — This insect seems to have established itself in the 

 usual south-east corner of our island : I hope permanently. It is a lively, pretty insect, 

 with much the habit of Strenia clathrata, and is very common in Switzerland ; one 

 afternoon, in the beginning of July, I saw dozens of them flitting about over a large 

 patch of lucerne, between St. Nicholas and Zerniatt. Has Aplasia onomaria died 

 out ? or is it only that the captures of it are not now recorded ? A. immorata 

 cannot be very particular about its food-plant when in the larva state, for Erey gives 

 it as feeding on Erica, adding, and other low plants ; now I have frequently taken 

 it where no Erica (this genus is rare in the Alps) was likely to be found for many 

 miles. — E. C. R. Joedaist, 105, Harborne Road, Edgbaston : December 30th, 1888. 



Tinea pallescentella in Birmingham. — Every year, in some manufactory here, or 

 large warm building, I take two or three specimens of this insect ; the last taken by 

 me was on the 30th November, 1888. It appears in October and November, and 

 this induces me to think that it is not indigenous, but an imported insect. The only 

 time that I ever saw it plentiful was in a hair dresser's room, and perhaps this may 

 give a clue to its food. — Id. 



Phibalapteryx lapidata and Oporabia jiligrammaria in Ireland. — When in the 

 "West of Ireland, in September, I took a specimen of P. lapidata on the hillside 

 above Leenane. In the same district, and also in Achill, 0. jiligrammaria appeared 

 to be common at elevations of over 1000 feet, at least, many specimens, many in good 

 condition were found drowned in the small bog pools on the higher hill slopes. 

 Either I was too late for them, or they sat very close during the day, for I only saw 

 one very worn specimen alive. Hydrcecia nictiians, the bright red form with white 

 stigma, was not uncommon in the same district. — T. A. Chapman, Firbank, Hereford : 

 January, 1889. 



Alucita hexadactyla, L., in Colorado. — Here is a tale which points a moral. 

 When I came out to Colorado in 1887, I found very commonly about houses in 

 Custer County an Alucita evidently allied to hexadactyla. Now I had frequently 

 taken the genuine hexadactyla in Sussex, but was not so familiar with its characters 

 to be sure whether my Colorado species was that or something allied. So during 

 the past year I have been sending examples to various eminent authorities, and have 

 received such reports as " apparently new," " near to hexadactyla," and so on. On 

 the strength of these I gave it a MS. name, A. montana, and sent it out as such to 

 a few correspondents, but refrained from publishing the name pending further in- 

 vestigations. At length, I sent one to Lord Walsingham (who should know, if any- 

 body does), and now I hear from him that it is our old friend hexadactyla after all ! 

 Hexadactyla is already known from California and Oregon, but appears to be new 

 for Colorado and the Atlantic slope. Lord Walsingham also identifies Psecadia 



