202 | “THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S: RECORD. 
Thus the general appearance of the msect may tend to be male, with 
the whole “(or part) of the antenne, wing-markings, colour, legs, &c., 
showing characters normally associated with the female sex. In such 
a case as this, how can the food-bond act ? It is difficult for me to 
see how it is possible for a portion, say of an antenna or wing to 
absorb certain food-elements in the blood, even in the direction 
indicated by Dr. Wood, to the exclusion of the other parts of the same 
structure, nor must it be overlooked that whereas the genital organs 
undergo no histolysis, the fat- body from which the nutriment for the 
puilding up of these structures is largely obtained, does undergo this 
process “before the histogenesis of many of the imaginal tissues at least 
ean take place. 
Perhaps Dr. Wood or some other biologist can help me, but at 
present Iam groping in the dark. I no more like the nerve-bond 
than does Dr. Wood, as an explanation of the phenomena, yet it 
seems to me that at present it is safer than the ‘‘food-bond,” so far 
as I understand it. I cannot conclude this short note without thank- 
ing Dr. Wood for his very clever and interesting biological survey of 
the subject, and I suspect that it is 1 who am at fault and that Dr. 
Wood’s theory is more sound than it appears to me to be. 
ronteen notes on arte Fumeas. 
By T. A. CHAPMAN, M.D., F.Z.S., F.E.S. 
Since writing my previous note on the Fumeas (antea, pp. 59-62, 
89-93, 121-125) 1 have had an opportunity of critically examining 
the specimens of this group in the rich collection of M. Constant. It 
contains seyeral interesting forms, which illustrate very well the 
great necessity there is for greater attention to these rather neglected 
httle moths. 
The series of six specimens representing Masonia subflavella is 
calculated to throw grave doubt on the real distinctness of that species. 
It consists of one specimen that may be M. subflavella (or M. erassio- 
rella), one that is certainly a form of MM. crassiorella with 22 antennal 
joints, whilst the four remaining specimens are the form I haye 
called Bruandia reticulatella var. obscurclla, and which may be the 
French form to which Heylaerts has given the name norvegica. These 
specimens of M. Constant’s have 22 antennal joimts and a spur length 
of *58. 
In the series of M. crasstorellais a remarkable specimen marked “ D”’ 
that did not strike me as being B. reticulatella var. obscurella, yet had 
some features of that form. I am not prepared to name it as a distinct 
species till further specimens are forthcoming, but I think it is a new 
species. Its expanse is 15mm., it is more definitely reticulated than 
B. var. obscurella is, it appeared to have a simple median vein, but this 
is not perhaps certain, as I may have made my note to that effect 
without making quite sure, fearing to damage the specimen. It has 
22 antennal joints and a very short tibial spine of length +58. This is 
short for B. reticulatella, but is probably within the extreme variation 
possible for that species. 
Amongst the Fumea casta (intermediclla) ave two specimens taken 
at Cannes, which may be a variety of M. subfiavella, but are more 
probably a distinct species. They expand 13mm., have 21 jomts to 
