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exhibited seeds of Fesluca loliacea, which, 
he said, the larvae did not appear to 
attack at all. 
Mr. Stainton read a paper ‘ On the re- 
cent Progress of Micro-Lepidopterology 
on the Continent,’ of which the following 
is the concluding passage: — 
“ During the last month an unpretend- 
ing 8vo volume of 430 pages, without 
plates, has appeared, which at once takes 
its stand as the Continental work on 
the Tineina. 
“ It is impossible to over-estimate the 
value, the utility of Professor Frey’s ‘ Die 
Tineen und Pterophoren der Schweiz;’ 
though specially applying only to the 
Tinece of Switzerland, yet, as few of the 
species are peculiarly Swiss, and even 
those may be found elsewhere if well 
sought for, it will, on account of the im- 
mense amount of systematized details it 
gives of the habits of the families, genera 
and species, and of their geographical 
distribution throughout Europe, be read 
with extreme interest in every corner of 
Germany, and indeed wherever the Ger- 
mau language is understood. It is 
hardly possible to conceive a more en- 
joyable book for a student of the 
Tineina. In the genus Lithocollelis 
eight pages are devoted to Pumifoliella, 
Oxyacanlhce, Cydoniella, Sorbi, Tormi- 
nella and Cerasicolella ! In the genus 
Nepticula at least eight new species are 
described ! ! 
“Frey’s work will not in any way in- 
terfere with the usefulness of Herrich- 
Schaffer’s : each renders the other of 
more use than it otherwise would have 
been. It is worked out in a somewhat 
similar style to my volume of the ‘ In- 
secta Britannica,’ but far more com- 
pletely, going far more into detail, and 
discussing, as already noticed, the geo- 
graphical distribution throughout Eu- 
rope of each species, genus and family. 
Besides, it incorporates all the latest and 
most recent discoveries, and rectifies errors 
committed by Herrich -Sch after or my- 
self. In short, this volume clearly esta- 
blishes the reputation of Profesor Frey, 
of Zurich, as the first Micro-Lepi- 
DOPTERIST IN EUROPE.” 
MISCELLANEA. 
Natural History Review. — We are 
requested to state that the paper of the 
Dublin Geological Society’s Journal 
‘On the Lower Carboniferous Beds of 
the Peninsula’ mentioned on the wrap- 
per of the July number, just published, 
as being in that number, has been un- 
avoidably held over till the next number. 
Purchasers must not, therefore, imagine 
that their copies are incomplete. 
Fragment of a Conversation be- 
tween A PAIR OF LAVERNA iDiEI. 
Scene : A Lancashire Moor. 
Male. Well, I’ve been all about, and 
can find no raspberry-bushes but these. 
Female. Then I suppose we must 
stop here, but I would rather have shifted 
quarters. 
M. Oh ! never mind ; no one will 
think of looking for us ; I quite laugh at 
the idea. 
F. You’d better not ; or somebody 
else may have a laugh at the Idaei. 
M. He ! he ! he ! Not bad, Mrs. I. 
Upon my word you’re as witty as you’re 
handsome. 
F. That’s saying a great deal, for I 
believe we’re the handsomest of a hand- 
some genus. 
M. We’re the biggest, at any rate; 
half as big again as Conturbatella, and 
that’s no chicken. 
F. And bigger than Ochraceella. 
Heigho ! we are all the more likely to 
be looked after. You didn’t see any one 
on the moor with a net, did you ? 
