﻿119 



TWO SPECIES OF MICRO-LEPTDOPTERA NEW TO THE 



BRITISH LIST. 



By J. B. Hodgktnson. 



Eetinia margarotana, H.-S. 

 When looking over my collection Messrs. Barrett and Webb 

 detected the above handsome species among Retinia pinivorana. 

 A few days afterwards I found a second example among my 

 duplicate R. pinivorana. This specimen I took off Scotch fir on 

 the moors above Stoneyhurst, in June, 1879; it is in fine con- 

 dition, as also is the other, which I have no doubt was sent to 

 me with R. pinivorana from the west of Scotland. 1879 pro- 

 duced several other novelties, such as Coccyx scopariana, Penthina 

 postremana, Nemophora pilella, and Trifurcula pallidella. 



Bryotropha (Gelechia) obscurella, Hein. 



On July 5th, 1887, I took two fine specimens of this species 

 in the vicinity of Windermere College. Mr. Stainton, to whom 

 the specimens were submitted on two occasions, was unable to 

 identify them. When Messrs. Barrett and Webb were here I 

 showed them the species, but neither of these gentlemen could 

 name it then. Subsequently I forwarded the specimens to Mr. 

 Barrett, and suggested that, if they were not referable to any 

 known species, he or I had better describe and name them : this 

 latter course, however, was found to be unnecessary, as Mr. 

 Barrett has determined them to be Bryotropha obscurella of 

 Heinemann. 



Ashton-on-Bibble, Feb. 16, 1890. 



NOTES ON SILK-PRODUCING AND OTHER BOMBYCES. 



By Alfked Waiixy. 



During the last few years, having been absent from home 

 from the beginning of August till the middle of September, my 

 rearings of Silk-producing Bombyces and other Lepidoptera had 

 to be discontinued at the end of July. But notes were taken, as 

 usual every season, up to that time. Of Asiatic and North 

 American species reared and mentioned in previous reports, 

 nothing of importance can be stated. But after many years' 

 experience I can now state that the following species, if protected 

 from their enemies, can be reared in the open air even in 

 England i—Anthenea pernyi (the North-China oak silkworm), 

 A. yama-ma'i (the Japanese oak silkworm), A. roylei (the Hima- 

 layan oak silkworm), Telea polyphemus (polyphagous North 



