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is quite certain this was not so. Unless my memory misleads 

 me, Sang never had but one specimen of Ilicifolia, which was 

 purchased by the late Mr. Tugwell when the collection was 

 sold. I am inclined to think therefore that Dr. Wheeler is 

 mistaken in supposing the insect came from Sang, and would 

 suggest either that when labelling insects he had accidentally 

 placed on this pin a label prepared for some other insect sent 

 him by Sang, or that, if any considerable interval elapsed 

 between the receipt of the moth and the writing the label, 

 Dr. Wheeler's memory may liave failed him as to where it 

 came from. Mr. Bankes finds that the pin, the setting, and the 

 insect itself are identical with others known to have been taken 

 or bred by the Cannock Chase collectors. Taking all these 

 points into consideratiou, I am afraid I must consider my 

 original doubt confirmed, and that we must wait longer before 

 we can include Ilicifolia among our Durham insects. 



