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any of our described species. In 1882 specimens were named for me Q. instahilella, 

 but several to whom I have since shown the insect have considered it to be a good 

 and distinct species. I am told that Mr. W. H. Harwood has also been acquainted 

 with this particular insect for many years. So far as my own observations are con- 

 cerned I may say, that I have found this Gelechia, which is fairly constant in 

 coloration and markings, to be invariably attached to the hardy perennial shrub, 

 Sucedafruticosa, growing upon or near the sea coast. I now leai'n that Mr. W. H. 

 Harwood has actually bred specimens from that plant, and have little doubt that 

 this insect will soon figure in our lists as a distinct species. — Id. 



Gelechia tetragonella in the Isle of Purheck. — On June 26th of last year I 

 heard from the Rev. Charles R. Digby, of Studland, that he had just come across, 

 in a saltmarsh near Poole Harbour, a Gelechia that was unknown to him, and that 

 he was anxious that I should make its acquaintance as soon as possible. Accordingly 

 I went over on tlie 28th to stay with him for a night or two for that purpose, and 

 the moment he showed me his six specimens on the setting boards I recognised them 

 as G. tetragonella, a species tliat I had never, even in my wildest dreams, expected 

 to come across in this part of the country, as it had only been taken in two localities, 

 namely, at Redcar by the late Mr. John Sang (Ent. Mo. Mag., xxii, p. 99), and near 

 King's Lynn by Mr. Edward A. Atmore (Ent. Mo. Mag., xxii, p. 162), both of which 

 are on the east coast. We were extremely lucky in having absolutely perfect weather 

 for both the expeditions made in search of it (and the more so, as I atb sure that 

 the insect would never " show up " unless the weather was exactly to its taste !), and 

 we each got about enough good specimens for a cabinet series. The moths suddenly 

 appear on the wing at about 6.30 p.m., flying over and among the beds of rushes, &c., 

 and may be taken for about the next hour or rather less, but cannot be roused up 

 from their hiding places at any other time. Mr. Sang's remarks about the shape of 

 the moth when at rest, and the v&v^ peculiar _g'rea5_^ appearance of the hind-margin, 

 owing to the dark grey stripe along it contrasting so strongly with the colour of the 

 rest of the wing, are excellent. We could get no clue to the food-plant, but although 

 Mr. Digby has, to xa-^ great regret, left the neighbourhood, and the spot is a most 

 difficult one to reach from anywhere, I still hope to manage a search for the larva 

 next season. As Mr. Atmore truly says, it is cei'tainly not attached to Artemisia 

 maritima, as that plant is altogether absent from this district. — Eustace R. Bankes, 

 The Rectory, Corfe Castle, Dorset : January 10th, 1893. 



Coleophora deauratella and C. Falriciella two years in the pupa state. — It is 

 interesting to be able to add these species to the list of Coleophorce that are known 

 to occasionally remain over as pupse until the second year. On July 15th, 1892, a 

 specimen of the former emerged from among some cases on flower and seed heads of 

 pink clover {Trifolium pratense) that had been received from a friend in August, 

 1890, and then contained nearly full fed larvae ; while two days later an example of 

 C. Falriciella appeared from a batch of cases on heads of white clover {T. repens) 

 received from another friend at about the same time. I only bred a single individual 

 of each on this occasion, as the rest of the moths had come out in 1891 ; but there 

 can be no doubt that they must have remained over as pupa, for no fresh food was 

 added in 1891, and the only attention they received was that the flower pots con- 



