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season. I would be happy to pay any 
expenses of postage, &c., and would 
make any return in my power. 
To any one who may feel inclined to 
assist me I would offer the following 
hints in describing: — 
1. Whether impregnated or not. 
2. Whether attached or loose. If 
attached, whether in large or small 
groups. 
3. Shape, whether spherical, oblong or 
otherwise. 
4. Markings. 
5. Colour. 
6. What changes take place. 
7. Any other observations. 
I hope the trout will bite, 
I am, sir. 
Yours obediently, 
F. B. W. White. 
2, A thole Place, Perth; 
April 20, 1861. 
NATURAL HISTORY OF THE 
TINEINA. 
The Genus Geacilaeia. 
(Continued from p, 24.) 
4. Onustella. This appears a doubtful 
species; it is figured by Hiibner, 314. 
Mann took a specimen near Vienna in 
September, which is figured by Herrich- 
Schaffer, 729. 
5. Oneratella, Zeller. Also an un- 
settled species. Zeller took three speci- 
mens in the neighbourhood ofGlogau; 
according to Herrich-Schaffer it also 
occurs in Bohemia, 
6. Straminella. This occurs in Scot- 
land and in the North of England in 
woods of mixed growth in September. 
No clue has yet been obtained to the 
plant which it frequents. 
7. Falconipennella. A widely dis- 
tributed species, but nowhere abundant. 
The perfect insect appears in August and 
September ; hybernated specimens occur 
in spring. It is reputed to frequent 
alders, but hitherto the larva has escaped 
detection. 
8. Sealariella. A South-European 
species, first noticed in Italy and subse- 
quently in Spain. Near Chiclana Dr. 
Staudinger bred this species. The larva 
feeds on Echium and Anchusa. 
9. Simploniella. First detected by 
Anderegg iu Switzerland at the foot of 
the Simplon, where it was not scarce at 
the end of J une, flying round whitethorn , 
willow and birch bushes. Subsequently 
it has occurred at Frankfort-on-the- 
Maine, and, if I remember rightly, a 
single specimen was taken near Glogau, 
so that it is not an exclusively Alpine 
insect. 
10. Quadrisignella. Zeller met with 
this species at Glogau ; once he took 
three specimens flying along a hedge of 
Rhamnus frangula on the 8th of May. 
According to Herrich-Schaffer it occurs 
also at Vienna in May. In all probability 
this is double-brooded, and the larvae 
should be sought in June and Sep-, 
tember. 
11. Imperialella. This first occurred 
at Vienna ; subsequently it was noticed 
at Glanville’s Wootton, in Dorsetshire, 
by Mr. Dale. According to Herrich- 
Schaffer it has occurred likewise in 
Saxony and at Bonn. Two specimens 
were taken by Mr. Brown in the fens 
near Cambridge ; and last summer one 
specimen was taken on the 30th of May 
near Worcester, by the side of a path in 
a wood, in rather a damp place. Two 
days afterwards, viz., on the 1st of June, 
