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tion, and which he had since kept in his cabinet as a doubtful species 

 of the genus Strenia, Dup., or Fidonia, Tr. Mr. J. Jenner Weir 

 informs me that it is very probable that it was taken at Lewes by the 

 late Mr. Hopley, who some forty years ago was a frequent correspon- 

 dent of Mr. Desvignes; it is therefore by no means unlikely that all 

 three specimens were taken on the same or closely approximate 

 ground, but at periods separated by nearly half a century (see also 

 " Entom." xx. 289). 



Ephestia kuhniella, Zell., appears to have been identified by Mr. 

 G. C. Barrett, from specimens received from Mr. W. Thompson, 

 of Stoney Stratford, who had reared them from larvae found feeding 

 in a mixture of ground rice and wheat-meal in a bakehouse in that 

 neighbourhood (" Ent. Mo. Mag."xxiii. 255). Mr. R. South informs 

 me that some two or three years since he reared two moths from 

 larvae received in ground rice from a grocer's in London, which must 

 undoubtedly be referred to this species. During the past summer 

 the larvae have been found in countless numbers in one of the dock 

 warehouses in London feeding in American meal that had been 

 brought to this country from Fiume, on the Adriatic, where it is 

 probable they were introduced. The damage caused by them in 

 this instance is very extensive, and there is the unpleasant prospect 

 that if once fairly established the species may become one of our 

 most serious insect pests. Happily within the last few weeks 

 enormous swarms of Braconidce, which are evidently parasitic on the 

 lepidopterous larvae, have been found in the neighbourhood of the 

 infected meal, and will doubtless do much to mitigate the evil. 

 Some of these larvae were exhibited at the Society's meetings by Mr. 

 T. D. A. Cockerell when first discovered, and imagines bred from 

 them have since been shown by other members. 



Tortrix decretana, Tr., a species closely resembling the common 

 T. podana. Scop., and with which it appears to have been confused 

 by its captor, Mr. E. A. Atmore, of King's Lynn, until extricated 

 from a series of that species by Mr. W. Warren, who gives a descrip- 

 tion of its distinguishing characters ("Ent. Mo. Mag." xxiv. 125). 



Stigmonota pallifrontana, Z. This interesting addition to the 

 British Tortrices is another of Mr. W. Warren's identifications, the 

 specimens having been taken by Mr. W. Thompson some eight years 

 since, probably by sweeping flowers of Heradeum sphondylium. The 

 species somewhat closely resembles S. internana, Gn., in general 

 appearance, and the larva is said to feed in the green pods of the 



