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resume the name of Seppella, Fab. The females of both species, being destitute of 

 markings, would probably be very difficult to distinguish from each other. 



Mr. S. Stevens exhibited some beautiful new species of butterflies he had recently 

 received from Mr. Wallace, by whom they were captured, at Santarem, on the Ama- 

 zon river : among them he had been able to identify Callithea Godartii, Feisthwmel 

 (male and female), and C. Lepreurii, Feisth. He also read an extract of a letter 

 from Mr. Wallace, stating that the males of C. Godartii frequent the higher parts of 

 trees, and are very difficult to capture. 



Mr. Douglas exhibited an empty pupa, apparently of some Noctua, in a thistle- 

 stem of last year, and some living larvae, found the preceding week, at Darenth 

 Wood, on broom. These larvae, which did not seem to be scarce, drew together se- 

 veral of the smaller twigs of the broom, forming a covering, in which they appeared 

 to have hybemated, and in which they fed on the bark : they resembled in appearance 

 and habit the larvae of Depressaria assimilella, as described by Fischer-von-R6sler- 

 stamm. 



Mr. Douglas exhibited a new species of Elachista, which he proposed to name 

 occultella, and of which he read the following description: — 



Family Tineio^. 

 Elachista occultella. 

 Caput fuscum ; antennae nigra ; thorax niger ; alae anticae nigra griseo irroratae, 

 medio fascia laevi obscura, maculis duabus oppositis griseis, apicibus ratione 

 ciliorum rotundatis. Alae postics nigra, ciliis fuscis. 

 Expansio alarum 3J lin. 



Head fuscous ; antennae and thorax black ; anterior wings black, dusted through- 

 out with minute griseous atoms, in the centre a slight obscure fascia, towards the 

 apex on either margin a small obscure griseous spot, and the cilia long. Posterior 

 wings black, with fuscous cilia. 



Very like E. obscurella, St., but smaller and darker, the anterior wings more 

 rounded on the costa, drawn more suddenly to a point, and by reason of the long cilia 

 the ends appear rounder. 



He found this species May 25th, 1848, flying above long grass under trees, in a 

 damp part of West Wickham Wood. 



He also read the following description of a moth he had exhibited at the meeting 

 in February: — 



Family Tortricid^;. 

 Grapholitha (Stigmonota, Guen.) Weirana. 



Caput fusco-nigrum, fronte palpisque albidis. Alae anticae obtusae, fusco-nigra, 

 fascia media curvata obscura subplumbea, punctis sex costalibus albidis, ciliis 

 subplumbeis, micantibus. Als posticae cinereo-fuscae, ciliis concoloribus. 

 Subtus omnino cinereo-fusca. 

 Exp. alar. 5\ lin. 



Head fuscous black ; face and palpi whitish. Anterior wings obtuse, rounded, 

 soot-black, with an obscure curved medial fascia, and six whitish costal spots, in 

 pairs, of which the first is at the middle and the other two towards the apex ; cilia 

 lead-coloured, shining. Posterior wings cinereous-fuscous, with concolorous cilia. 

 Underneath, the wings, body and legs are all of an uniform cinereous fuscous hue. 



