2630 Insects. 



Acrobasis consociella. Six: one bred, July 1 ; one bred, July 5 ; one at light, 

 July 21 ; one on palings at Lewisham, July 28 ; one on palings, August 1 ; and one 

 at light, August 1. The larva feeds between united oak-leaves, one side of which 

 only it eats, thus discolouring them and revealing its place of concealment. 



Myelois recurvella. Five : two at light, July 27 ; one beat out of a mixed thicket 

 (with much hawthorn), near Stoat's Nest, August 2 ; two at Lewisham, on palings, 

 August 23 and 25 (these were much wasted). This is unquestionably advenella, Zck., 

 TV., Z., which name being the older is to be retained. Guenee must have had some- 

 thing very erroneous as advenella, as he does not once compare his recurvella with 

 advenella. 



Semioscopis SteinJcellneriana. Much scarcer with me this spring than last: I 

 found only four wasted specimens, April 26 and May 4. 



Tinea bislrigella. Three among oaks, at Torwood, June 5 ; one at Wickham, 

 June 23. 



Tinea CEhlmanniella. Three among oaks, at Torwood, June 5, thus much later 

 than masculella. 



Tinea masculella. April 29 to May 19, common in hedges. Mr. Allis has ob- 

 tained a new species closely allied to this, near Halifax : it is the Tinea Zinckenii of 

 Zeller : it is readily distinguished from masculella by the paler, more bronzy anterior 

 wings, and by the darker head of the male, which resembles masculella in having 

 pectinated antennae. 



Tinea ferruginella. One, beat out of hedges at Lewisham, July 1. 



Tinea monachella, Hbn. 143, Tr., Z. This very distinct species of Tinea was 

 taken at Yaxley last May, and is in the collections of Mr. H. Doubleday and Mr. 

 Shepherd. It may be at once recognized by its black anterior wings having a large 

 snow-white patch on the costa beyond the middle : the side of this white patch, which 

 is towards the inner margin, is deeply indented with the ground colour. 



Tinea tapetzella. Three, June 21 to July 12, from the lining of a carriage. 



Tinea arcella. Two, from hedges at Lewisham, June 25 and August 1. 



Tinea cloacella and ruricolella. Plentiful in hedges, especially near the pollard 

 oaks, of which so many hedges here are principally composed, from June 15 to July 1, 

 and again in August. I begin to be very sceptical of the distinctness of these two 

 species, as I find I have this year invariably taken them together. Herr Zeller writes 

 me word that these and granella are only varieties of one species, the larva of which 

 feeds on grain, Fungi, rotten wood, &c, and that the perfect insect varies according 

 to the food of the larva ; but I do not feel at all satisfied on this point : to prove it, it 

 would be necessary to breed all the varieties from one batch of eggs. 



Tinea carpinetella. One, June 25, beat from hedges. 



Tinea KnocMella. One, in the house, August 8. 



Tinea spretella. With me a rare species. I took one in the house, October 7. 



Tinea pellionella. At light, June 23, 28, July 16 and August 29. 



Tinea biselliella. Very plentiful, in the house, May 28 to July 29: they attacked 

 the feather part of a bundle of quills, which they nearly stripped : another family 

 made themselves at home in the horse-hair lining of a sofa. 



Tinea ganomella. Three, beat from hedges, May 15 to May 27, at Lewisham ; 

 one at Sheffield, June 9. This was much scarcer than usual. 



Tinea comptella. Fifteen, from hedges, principally sloe, April 29 to May 28. 

 This flies about dusk, and has a very peculiar irregular flight: it is not a good species 



