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Phibalocera quercana. Southend and Eastwood ; 

 very common. 



Depressaria costosa. Eastwood; bred from 

 broom. D. flavella. Eastwood. D. assimilella, 

 Eastwood and Prittlewell ; larva in axils of drawn- 

 together twigs of broom. D. arenella, by far the 

 commonest of the gemis. D. propinquella, South- 

 end and Benfleet. D. subpropinquella, Southend. 

 D. alstroemeriana, Southend and Pitsea ; not com- 

 mon. D. purpurea, Southend; not common. D. yea- 

 tiana and D. applana, Benfleet. D. badiella, South- 

 end; one only. D. heracleana, Southend, Prittle- 

 well, Eastwood; larvae very common. 



Gelechia mulinella. Eastwood ; larvae com- 

 mon in flowers of broom. G. scalella, East- 

 wood ; rather common on tree trunks. 



Bryotropha terrella. Abundant. 



Lita maculella. Eastwood; not common. L. 

 tricolor -ella, Leigh ; not common. L. ocellatella, 

 Benfleet and Shoeburyness. L. suaedella, Canvey. 

 L. instabilella, Benfleet and Pitsea, common. L. 

 atriplicella, abundant. 



Teleia proximella. Eastwood. T. notatella, 

 Hockley. T. vulgella, Leigh and Benfleet. T. 

 scriptella, Eastwood ; not common. 



Becurvaria nanella. Southend ; not common. 



Poecilianivea. Eastwood. P. albiceps, Southend. 



Argyritis pictella. Leigh ; scarce. Mr. S. 

 Stevens, when at Southend some fifty years ago, 

 added this species to the British list. 



Apodia bifractella. On Inula at Leigh ; common. 



Piocheuusa inopella. Leigh and Southend ; bred 

 from Inula bloom. 



Ergatis brizella. Among thrift, at Shoeburyness 

 and Canvey. 



Ceratophora rufescens. Benfleet and Southend. 

 C. inomatella, among reeds at Benfleet. 



Parasia lappella. Among Centaurea nigra at 

 Benfleet. 



Harpella geoffrella. Southend, Benfleet, East- 

 wood, Hockley ; common. 



Dasycera sulphurella. Fences ; common. D. 

 olivierella, Eastwood ; not common. 



Oecophora panzerella. Eastwood and Hockley ; 

 common. 0. unitella, Prittlewell ; once only. 0. 

 fuscescens, Southend ; once only. 0. pseudospre- 

 tell-a, much too common. 



Oecogeniaquadripunctata. Southend; not common 



Endrosis fenestrella. Much too common. 



Glyphipteryx fuscoviridella. Eastwood and Hock- 

 ley abundant. G. equitella, Leigh and Eastwood. 



Heliozele sericiella. Eastwood. 



Argyresthia nitidella. very common. A. spini- 

 ella, Eastwood and Southend. A. albistria and 

 A. mendica, Southend, Benfleet and Eastwood. A. 

 retinella, Eastwood; uncommon. A. pygmaeella, 

 Eastwood; bred from sallow. A. goedartella, 

 Eastwood. B. brochella, Eastwood. 



Gracilaria alchimiella. Eastwood ; common. 

 G. stigmatella, Benfleet; uncommon. G. tringi- 



pennella, Benfleet ; scarce. G. syringella, South- 

 end ; abundant. 



Ornix angelicella. Abundant. 0. torquilldlo,, 

 Southend and Eastwood. 



Coleophora conspicuella. Among knapweed at 

 Benfleet ; not common. C. albicosta, Southend. 

 0. anatipennella, Benfleet. C. palliaiellu, cases at 

 Eastwood. 0. iripennella, Eastwood. C. mariti- 

 tnella, cases on Artemisia maritima at Vange. C. 

 artemisicolella, cases at Vange, Canvey, and Leigh. 

 C. caespititiella, cases plentiful on rushes. C. lari- 

 pennella and C. salinella, Benfleet and Great 

 Wakering. C. argentula, cases common on 

 yarrow. C. tripoliella, bred from sea-aster. C.albi- 

 tarsella, Southend ; cases common on ground ivy 

 and fences near. C. fuscedinella, very common at 

 Eastwood. C. gryphipennella, Benfleet ; scarce. C. 

 viminetella, cases on osier at Eastwood. C. luti- 

 pennella, Eastwood ; abundant. 



Laverna epilobiella. Southend ; common. L. 

 ochraceella, Eastwood ; scarce. 



Chrysoclysta aurifrontella. Eastwood; scarce. 

 Asychna modestella. Eastwood ; in flowers of 

 Stellaria holostea. 



Elachista obscurella and E.triatomea. Benfleet, 

 scarce. E. rufocinerea and E. argentella, abundant. 

 Pupae of the latter occasionally found among 

 Spartina. 



Tischeria complanella and T. dodonaea. East- 

 wood ; not common. T. marginea, Prittlewell and 

 Southend ; bred from bramble. 



Lithocolletis lantanella. Southend and East- 

 wood. L. coryli, Eastwood. L. faginella, South- 

 end ; bred from beech. L. carpinicolella, East- 

 wood. L. ulmifoliella, Eastwood ; bred from 

 birch. L. quercifoliella, abundant. L. coryli- 

 foliella, Benfleet and Southend. L. cramerella, 

 Eastwood ; abundant. L. tenella, Eastwood ; not 

 common. L. sylvella, Eastwood and Southend ; 

 not common. L. emberiznepennella, Eastwood; 

 scarce. L. schreberella, Eastwood. L. tristrigella, 

 Southend; common. 



Cemiostoma spartifoliella, Eastwood; abundant. 

 C. laburnella, Southend. 



Bucculatrix maritivia. Salt marshes ; abundant. 

 B. cristatella, Benfleet. 



Nepticula subbimoxulella. Eastwood. N. mar- 

 ginicolella, Southend. 



In concluding this list of 663 species, 100 of 

 which, by-the-bye, I took for the first time, in con- 

 sequence of working inland localities, during the 

 season of 1898, I should like to draw attention to 

 the extraordinary addition to the British fauna 

 made at Southend in a single day by Mr. 

 Samuel Stevens. The list is published in the 

 " Entomologists' Monthly Magazine," vol. 8, page 

 138, and comprises the following species, viz.: — 

 Acidalia perochraria, Catoptria citrana, Gelechia, 

 pictella, Butalis cicadella. 



3, Marine Avenue, Southend-on-Sea, 

 25th March, .899. 



