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exactly opposite to it when vertical, never falls equally on a round-set specimen, 

 some part of its surface being always in the shade, — an inconvenience entirely avoided 

 by the flat setting ; besides the great advantages which it affords over the round 

 method in examining minute species with a lens, as noticed by Mr. Douglas. We 

 ought to present all our insects as nearly as possible fresh from the hands of the Cre- 

 ator, unsullied by anything of man's invention ; and I think there can be little doubt 

 that the flat or horizontal mode of setting not only displays all winged insects to the 

 greatest perfection, but is the least artificial which in the circumstances can be 

 adopted, and I hope soon to see it become as general as it is on the Continent. — Id. 



Notes of Captures of Tineidce, with Remarks on the Specific Distinctions of some 

 closely -allied Species, and Descriptions of New British Species. By H. T. 

 Stainton, Esq. 



Where no locality is mentioned, Lewisham is to be understood. 



Chilo forficellus. Two males, at light, June 28 and July 5. 



Chilo mucronellus. Taken at Yaxley, this year, by Mr. Bond. 



Chilo gigantellus, W. V. (punctigerellus, St.) Also taken at Yaxley, in June and 

 July. This species is omitted from my Catalogue. 



Crambus pascuellus. June 23, at Wickham ; July 8, at Mickleham ; July 16, at 

 Richmond Park. I never take this at Lewisham : it appears to prefer sand or chalk 

 to clay. 



Crambus cerussellus. One male, at Mickleham, July 9. The only one I saw. 



Crambus falsellus. Two, at light, July 16 and August 8. This species has again 

 been taken, flying over an old cart-shed, at Stoat's Nest : the thatch of the shed is 

 much covered with moss, in the roots of which the larva probably feeds. 



Crambus perlellus. Among my specimens taken this year are two well marked 

 with brown radiations, but not at all approaching to Warringtonellus, which Mr. 

 Cooke has again taken in plenty, and which there can be no question is a distinct 

 species. 



Eudorea ambigualis. Four: one at Lewisham, among sallows, June 18; two on 

 oaks, at Wickham, June 23 ; and one on the Dartford Heath fence, June 27. The 

 Eudorea taken by Mr. Hodgkinson, among club-moss, on the Scotch mountains, ap- 

 pears to be a pale variety of this species. 



Eudorea pyralella. Four: one at Lewisham, June 19, flying along a hawthorn 

 hedge ; two on the Dartford Heath fence, June 27 ; and one at Mickleham, July 7. 



Eudorea frequentella. This keeps out a long time. I took it from June 27 to 

 August 16, and many of the specimens taken in August were very fine. 



Eudorea cratcegella Two, at Mickleham, July 6, among the junipers at the corner 

 of the downs. These specimens differ slightly from my other specimens, in the an- 

 terior wings having a yellowish tint instead of the ordinary clear grayish white ground 

 colour. Mr. Logan has taken a fine series of this species at Duddingston, and 

 could have taken more but that he thought it was frequentella, of which, however, he 

 had not taken a single specimen : he says crataegella is decidedly the commonest of 

 the genus with him. 



