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England, where it is much commoner than revayana. Pent/dna caprmna, 

 which may be taken in Epping Eorest, is the same size as semifasciana, but 

 has the apical third part of the wing white and the basal two-thirds brownish. 

 Grapholita campoliliana is smaller (five or six lines) than either of the others; 

 and is much commoner. The fore-wings are white with grey basal patch 

 and central fascia, and bluish ocellated spot. The extreme tips of the wings 

 are rust colour. Euchroma rufana occurs in the New Eorest and some others 

 but not commonly. It has glossy pale ochreous fore- wings, twice as long as 

 wide, with costal margin abruptly arched at the base and slightly concave in 

 the middle, and with slightly produced apex and somewhat oblique hind 

 margin. The costal margin is broadly whitish as far as the middle, and be- 

 yond it with an obscure grey cloud of a triangular shape in the centre. The 

 inner margin has also a grey blotch beyond the basel patch. This species 

 may be looked for until quite late in the autumn. 



The pale primrose coloured Argyrolepia hadiana is common in July among 

 burdock. It has a conspicuous chocolate-coloured blotch, reaching from the 

 middle of the inner margin as far as the centre of the wing, and there are 

 ,also other markings of an ochreous and chocolate-brown colour. The hind- 

 wings differ in colour from the fore one being greyish brown. These are 

 all the tortricine imagines I have space for now. Many of those mentioned 

 last month are still out. 



The only larvse I have room for are Peroneaferrugana (pale green, with 

 brown head), in puckered birch leaves ; Coccyx vacciniana, on bilberry; and 

 Eudopisa nigricana (yellowish-white, with pale brown head and greenish-grey 

 spots), in pea-pods. 



I last month gave prominence to the tortricina, and described in some 

 detail the characters of this group. It was my intention in the present num- 

 ber to speak principally of the tineina, and say something of the classification 

 of these small moths, but I have taken up so much space with the tortrices, 

 that I have not mucb more room left. However, I will, for the sake of those 

 young naturalists, just commencing the study of the micro-lepidoptera, say 

 something about the characters of these tiny moths, even at the risk of hav- 

 ing to omit a large portion of the list of species occurring in July. 



There is little or no difficulty in distinguishing a tineite from the other 

 small moths ; the narrow wings with their long fringes are quite sufficient to 

 identify it at once. It is no great task either to discover at least the family 

 to which a species belongs. " The development of the palpi," to quote from 

 the Manual, " and their variety in form and structure, offer most tangible 

 grounds for separating the greater number of the genera." "Indeed," Mr. 

 Stainton goes on to say, " if the student will look at the head of a species to 



