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Gltpta eubicunba, n. sp. 

 Niger, abdominis medio plus minusve rvfo,pedibiis rufis basi niffris, aculeo 

 abdominis lonyitiidine, clypeo tomentoso. 



Bather shining ; head transverse, somewliat oblique behind the eyes, antennae 

 about two-thirds the length of the body, clypeus with long dense pubescence. 



Thorax finely punctate, arese of metathorax very indistinct or absent. Abdomen 

 long and slender, as wide as the thorax, subopaque, very finely punctate ; first seg- 

 ment nearly twice as long as wide, second and third about one-fourth longer than 

 wide, the diagonal lines are shallow, extending only about two-thirds the length of 

 the segment, very faintly impressed in the fourth segment, the aculeus very little 

 longer than the abdomen. Wings without an areolet, transverse anal nervure almost 

 straight, interrupted below the middle. 



Black ; the female has the first three segments of the abdomen dull red, the 

 second segment only of the male is sometimes more or less obscurely dull red, some- 

 times entirely black. Legs red, coxae and trochanters black, apex of hind tibiae and 

 hind tarsi blackish, base of latter reddish. Tegulae and tubercles yellow, stigma 

 reddish, with a thin fuscous border. Male and female. Length, 12 — 13 mm. 



Both sexes were kindly given to me by Mr. Gr. Elisha, who bred 

 them from Argyrolepia maritimana. 



The species is very distinct, and easily recognised by the pubescent 

 clypeus, length of abdominal segments, and colour of legs and 

 abdomen. 



St. Giles Street, Norwich : 

 June, 1890. 



NEPTICULA TORMINALIS, A SPECIES NEW TO SCIENCE. 

 BY JOHN H. WOOD, M.B. 



Al. exp., 2\ lin. Inner half of fore-wing pale golden-brown, followed by a 

 broad, straight, brassy fascia, ill defined on its inner edge ; apex of wing purple. 

 Head black, with white eye-caps. Antennae half as long as fore-wings, just reaching, 

 when the insect is at rest, to the commencement of the fasciae. 



Larva pale yellowish. Head blackish, sockets in which the posterior lobes work 

 black, appearing as a pair of black spots behind the head ; a row of linear brown 

 marks down the middle of the ventral surface, not noticeable when in the mine. 

 Egg on the under-side of the leaf of Pyrus torminalis, in an interspace between the 

 ribs. Mine beginning as a fine straight gallery, then becoming wide and twisting, 

 almost widening into a blotch before its termination. Frass collected into a narrow 

 central line. Cocoon dark brown. 



This insect is very like regieUa, so much so indeed that it has 



been necessary to use almost the very terms in which the latter has 



been described in the " Manual." It is, however, a trifle larger, and 



the tone of the colouring not quite so deep ; but the character that 



serves at once to distinguish it is the black head, that of regieUa being 



red. The larva, mine and food-plant are also quite different, and it is 



besides a single brooded species, the mines occurring in July. Al- 



