Insects. 2753 



Ocnerostoma Piniariella. Very plentiful on the Dartford Heath fence, June 27, 

 and taken there by myself, Messrs. S. Stevens and G. S. Heales. 



Coleophora. I do not at present venture to say anything about this genus. 

 Zeller's masterly monograph in the ' Linnaea Entomologica,' vol. iv., is now published, 

 and to the German reader will prove a great treat : as soon as 1 can get it devoured 

 and digested, I will publish a review of it. 



Gracilaria. I am not yet in a condition to furnish the proposed monograph 

 (Zool. App. xxiv). I have sent a number of specimens to Herr Zeller for his opinion, 

 and as soon as I can get his reply I will lose no time in working it up. 



Cosmopteryx praangusta. I observed this sitting in great numbers on the trunk 

 of a willow, July 28. I had previously imagined it was confined to poplars. 



Cosmopteryx pedella, Linn, {angustipennella, Hbn.) One specimen, beaten from 

 an alder, at Brandon, on the 17th of July, by Mr. Dunning: another specimen is in 

 the collection of Mr. Edleston. 



Cosmopteryx Lienigiella, Z. Two specimens in Mr. H. Doubleday's collection, 

 taken at Yaxley, in June. This is a most beautiful new species ; and I should 

 have despaired of describing it so as to be recognized, but as Zeller has done so 

 I cannot do better than translate his description, which is in the Isis, 1846, p. 298. 

 " This very beautiful little insect was only once taken by Mme. Lienig. It is 

 somewhat larger than pedella, and has as slender-pointed anterior wings as Ziegler- 

 ella, with which it is also nearest allied in this genus. Head and thorax loam-yellow, 

 darker than the anterior wings, the former with three fine white long lines, of which 

 the two side ones pass close by the eyes to the antennae ; the medial one passes also along 

 the thorax. Antennae brownish, the basal joint very long, at the end thickened like a 

 club, with a fine white long line on the fore side. Lower part of the face white. 

 Palpi as long as the head and thorax together, thin, curved outwardly, shining 

 whitish, externally yellow-brown; the second joint slightly thickened at the end, 

 somewhat shorter than the terminal joint. Tongue scaled above. Legs silky yellow- 

 ish, the anterior on the light side yellow-brown. Hinder tibiae rather thin, scantily 

 haired, before the apex brownish, at the apex with a tuft of whitish hairs. Abdomen 

 gray, on the sides of the rings with silvery white scales. Anal flap large, rounded, 

 externally clothed with yellowish hair-scales. Belly whitish. Anterior wings loam- 

 yellow, on the inner margin very narrowly white as far as the cilia : on the costa a 

 fine white line arises at the base, which soon turns inwards, and is hardly a fourth of 

 the length of the wing : an equally fine white straight line, arising from the middle 

 of the base, reaches rather further, and beneath its apex is a white longitudinal little 

 streak : beyond the half of the wing the costa is again coloured white narrowly : be- 

 yond the middle of the wing two unequal gold shining lines enclose a pale orange- 

 yellow fascia, rather expanded towards the costa ; the first has on the fascia, above 

 and below, a deep bldck spot : not far beyond this begins a rather thick white long 

 line, which reaches through the apex of the wing to the end of the cilia : the cilia of 

 the costa are white, the remainder yellowish gray. The gray posterior wings arc 

 much thinner than in pedella : the under-side shining gray. The margins of the 

 anterior wings are (the costa first from the middle) narrowly whitish, which gradually 

 expands, so that the apex of the wing is only run through by a long gray streak." 



Cosmopteryx Pinicolella, Z. (Isis, 1839, p. 210). "Anterior wings bone-yellow, 

 with a distinct brown spot at the anal angle, and generally a faint one before the 

 middle." Also new to this country. One specimen taken by Mr. Bedell, on the 



