2894 Insects. 



Elachista cinereopunctella. One at Mickleham, at the beginning of July. The 

 first fascia is brighter and broader than in ordinary specimens. 



Elachista trapeziella. The specimen described in my Catalogue, p. 25, is unique 

 in Mr. Bedell's collection : it was taken at Wickham Wood, in June, by Mr. An- 

 drews. 



Elachista nigrella. Either this species is extremely variable, or we have three or 

 four species mixed ; at present I am unable to find any certain distinctive characters. 

 I have taken it in numerous localities, and from May 2 to September 16. 



Elachista pulchella. Very much scarcer than the preceding; I took one at Wan- 

 stead, May 3; one from juniper in my garden, May 29, and one among broom, at 

 Airthrey, N. B., June 3. 



Elachista obscurella. The autumnal specimens are smaller and paler than those 

 which appear in the spring : can they be a distinct species ? 



Elachista Pfeifferella. One at Sanderstead, May 5, from sloe ? one at Lewisham, 

 May 28, from a mixed hedge. 



Elachista Gleichella. Two at Wickham, June 23 ; one on the Dartford Heath 

 fence, June 27 ; not scarce at Mickleham, July 6 to 11, on the downs. 



Elachista regificella, Sircom, (Zool., 1849, App. p. xlii.) Closely allied to magni- 

 ficella, if indeed it be truly distict, which is much doubted by Messrs. Douglas and 

 Weir, who should be best acquainted with that species. 



Elachista apicipunclella. In extreme profusion for about twenty minutes on the 

 evening of June 4, among rushes at Latham Moss, Stirlingshire ; but unfortunately 

 the midges were biting so incessantly, that the happiness of the meeting was not 

 without alloy. 



Elachista Megerlella. Not scarce in hedges, May 23 to June 21, and August 19 

 to 28. 



Elachista cerussella. I took three at Askham Bogs, near York, May 31, in com- 

 pany with Mr. Allis ; also a single (very fine) specimen flying over a brook at Lewis- 

 ham, August 31. It thus appears to be double-brooded. 



Elachista collitella. I found this on the downs at Mickleham, July 6 to 9, but 

 wasted. 



Elachista dispilella. Five on the Dartford Heath fence, June 27 ; thirteen among 

 the junipers at Mickleham, July 6 to 11, and two much wasted there, at the end of 

 the month. 



Lyonetia Clerckella. One at Mickleham, July 7 ; one on palings at Lewisham, 

 August 1. 



Phyllocnistis suffusella. This species occurred in July, at Mickleham, among 

 Lombardy-poplars. On the 11th of that month, after I had myself left that delight- 

 ful spot, Miss Sara R. Dunn turned her steps in a direction different from that we 

 had generally followed, and was rewarded by obtaining a very fair specimen of 

 Sericoris signatana, Dougl., and twelve fine specimens of the elegant little suffusella 

 of which I previously only possessed two ; on our return to Mickleham I visited these 

 poplars pretty frequently, and as Miss Dunn not unfrequently visited them at 8 a.m., 

 and in the middle of the day likewise, the number captured was not far short of 

 thirty : had it not been for the almost incessant rain we had at that time, we should 

 probably have taken many more. 



Cemiostoma Spartifoliella. I bred this species plentifully from little white cocoons 

 found on the stems of the broom at Airthrey, in June. Mr. F. Walker assures me 



