Insects. 2275 



in this country before the appearance of the July number of the ' Zoologist.' 

 The synonymy will therefore stand thus : — 



ulmella (Mann), Zeller, Linn. Ent. iii. 288. 

 ulmella, Bent. Mus. 

 Sircometla, Sta. (Zool. 2162). 

 cuculipennella, var. 8, Haw. 

 ulmifoliella, Sircom in lit. 



This species has been very common with me this year, in May, June and Au- 

 gust, on oaks and hawthorn (not on elm). 

 40. quercetella. This name also must drop, the insect being described by Haworth 

 under the name of substriga, as mentioned by Mr. Stephens (Zool. 2078). The 

 synonymy will then stand thus : 



substriga, Haw., St. 



quercetella, Z. (non Dup.), Sta. (Zool. 2164). 



Curtisella, Dup. 



I beat a single specimen out of a low oak at Lewisham, August 12th. This in- 

 sect certainly belongs to the Gracillaria group, though its possession of an apical 

 hook distinguishes it from all other species of that genus hitherto detected in 

 this country. Three other species with this peculiarity are known on the Con- 

 tinent. 



H. T. Stainton. 

 Mountsfield, Lewisham, 

 September 21, 1848. 



Capture of Lixus bicolor, Hypera fasciculata, fyc. — Extending for six or seven 

 miles on the north of the town of Deal from Sandown Castle, and bordering on the 

 sea, from which it is protected by a high ridge of shingle, is a sandy tract of unculti- 

 vated land, covered with herbage and plants of various kinds, which — as respects the 

 nature of the soil, its ridges and pits of sand, its plants, and the general character of 

 the insects found there — reminds me somewhat of the Chesil Bank in the Isle of 

 Portland. Nor is it inferior (while it is more extensive) in its Coleopterous produc- 

 tions to that famed locality ; for not only several species, which have hitherto been 

 found only near the Chesil Bank, occur here, — as Masoreus luxatus and Limobius 

 mixtus,— but others also, which have been considered of great rarity, may be taken in 

 abundance. During the first few hours I spent in this locality, on the 7th of August, 

 I captured on the Erodium cicutarium, or rather, I should say, half-buried in the 

 sand beneath the plant, numerous specimens of Hypera fasciculata, a species which I 

 understand had not been taken for many years ; and on the same occasion, as well as 

 during subsequent visits, I had the good fortune to discover, under the same plant — 

 reposing on the surface of the sand, in a seemingly inert state — that very rare and 

 highly-prized Curculio, Lixus bicolor, which has hitherto been unique in the cabinet 

 of Mr. Stephens. Here, too, several species, which have heretofore been taken only 

 sparingly at a time, may be met with in considerable numbers, as Gronops lunatus, 

 Sarrotrium muticum, &c. On a dead hedge, which separates this wild sandy district 



