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think it would be best to correct this error at once, to prevent any mistake arising 

 hereafter.— PAi/ip H. Vanghan ; Redland, October Wth, 1847. 



Propagation of Case-bearers. — In March, 1846, Dr. A. Speyer received a number of 

 the cases of Talaeporia lichenella, {Linn.)* containing partly pupae, partly larva?. 

 The moths came out in the latter half of April, and proved all females, as had been ob- 

 served also on a former instance. Four individuals, whose development and oviposi- 

 tion had been particularly observed, were put in a box by themselves. The young ca- 

 terpillars came out of the eggs in vast numbers early in June. They were fed at first 

 with some bits of old wood and bark overgrown with lichens, which were moistened 

 once a day ; afterwards with dead Lepidoptera, which they devoured eagerly. In Oc- 

 tober, having arrived at their full growth, they ceased to feed, and remained quiet all 

 the winter. About the beginning of March they began to move about again, and a 

 few weeks after spun the web for their change. At the usual period, the end of April, 

 the moths came out, and as before not a single male among them. Their eggs were 

 laid as usual in the empty cases, and a month after the box was swanning with young 

 caterpillars. Every precaution was taken throughout to ensure their total separation 

 from any possible access of the other sex. It appears, therefore, that in this species at 

 least there may be two successive generations of females independently. — Journal of 

 the Stettin Entomological Society for 1847, p. 18 — 21. 



Descriptions of several species of British Tortricida. By H. T. Stainton, Esq. 



Tortrix pillerana, Hu. Without going into the much disputed point of the identity 

 of viburnana and galiana (I think them distinct), there can be no dispute that under this 

 name in Mr. Bentley's cabinet (now in the possession of Mr. Shepherd) there exists a 

 very distinct species from either. The palpi being about twice the length they are in 

 viburnana or galiana ; these specimens are all like sorbiana in colour and markings, 

 but smaller in size. This insect was figured in Wood asluteolana, fig. 1677, but the 

 palpi are not shown. Humphrey's figure, Nos. 13 and 14, Plate 79, shows neither palpi 

 nor markings. 



Ditula Hartmanniana, Linneus. This is the scriptana of Hubner ; it occurs on the 

 trunks of willow-trees at the beginning of August, and does not seem to be an uncom- 

 mon insect, though generally considered so. D. semifasciana, Haworth, in like 

 manner, I believe, frequents sallows. 



Antithesia ochroleucana, Hubner. This species very much resembles Betuletana, but 

 feeds on the rose, and is by no means an uncommon species. Why it should so long 

 have been passed over in this country I am at a loss to discover, as it does not at all 

 resemble any other rose-feeder. As this species has not before been described in this 

 country, I add a short description of it. Expansion of the wings eight lines ; anterior 

 wings deep-brown black (some specimens with a bluish shade), varied more or less 

 with ochre, which assumes in some specimens the appearance of an indistinct fascia, 

 a little before the middle. The apex of the wing, from the middle of the costa to the 

 anal angle, is ochre-coloured, with a row of black dots on the costa and a few clouds on 



Psyche triquetrella, Treitschke. 



