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The smaller Tineina are especially diffi- 
cult to manage : one’s fingers and every- 
thing else are sticky with damp and heat, 
and one can hardly live, except under a 
punkah ; you can imagine, therefore, the 
difficulty of pinning creatures of the size 
of Nepticula, and will not be surprised to 
hear that I have failed entirely in pinning 
two small species of Phjllocnistis , which 
I reared, and several other things of the 
like size. The Indian Tineina are cer- 
tainly much smaller on the average than 
those of Europe, especially the miners, 
which is singular, considering the luxu- 
riance of vegetation, and in marked 
contrast with the large size of the pre- 
dominant diurnal Lepidopteba. How- 
ever, I have got together some fifty 
additional species, which you shall have 
some day ; but many of them being single 
specimens, or at most pairs, I think it 
will be better for me to get more examples, 
if possible, before parting with those. A 
good many have been bred, and I have 
described and made pencil drawings of 
the larvm of sixteen of these, which, 
though hurriedly done and rather rough, 
are tolerably exact, and will, I think, be 
of use: I send one as a specimen. Many 
of these Tineina will not be found refer- 
able, I think, to any existing genera, but 
I have several Tinea, including T. Tapet- 
zella , a very pretty Adela near De Geer- 
ella, one or two Depressarice, several 
Gracilarice P or Ornix P, two Elachistce P 
mining in bamboo, three Lithocollelis 
(two bred) and two Cemiostoma P (one 
bred), mining in Ccesalpinia paniculata ; 
I have also several Pterophori. I shall 
be very glad to have the result of your 
investigation of the things already sent 
to you, it will be of great assistance to 
me ; and if you will let me know what 
group you are engaged upon for your 
next volume of the * Tineina,’ I will try 
especially to work out the history of any- 
thing here which appears to belong to it. 
Of my three new Lithocolletes, two are 
like L. Bauhinice of the Trifasciella 
group ; the other belongs, I think, to the 
Faginella group ; it mines the under side 
of the leaves of Gardenia latifolia, and 
quits the mine to assume the pupa state : 
this species seems particularly liable to 
the attacks of parasitical Ichneumons ; 
out of a considerable number of larvae I 
have only reared two moths. The larva; 
of No. 3, in the first box sent to you 
[Coriscium orientale'], have again eluded 
my search, at least so far as ascertaining 
their manner of feeding. I found two 
bushes of Bauhinia alba literally covered 
with their conspicuous while cocoons, 
occupying depressions on the upper sur- 
face of the leaf. Almost every leaf had 
more than three, and some of these still 
contained the larvie, so that I was able to 
describe and draw them, but I could find 
no indications of their manner of feeding ; 
I think I may safely say they do not eat 
the leaves: I have four or five species of 
this genus, some of them apparently 
miners ; they must be Gracilaria, I think, 
or Ornix, from their general appearance 
and posture in repose, or, if not, something 
near those genera. All from very similar 
cocoons in similar positions. — W. S. At- 
kinson ; La Martiniere, Calcutta, July 
11, 1856. 
Suggestions for ‘The Substitute.’ 
Surely there is matter sufficient in En- 
tomology to keep up a little publication 
like this: it ought to be the aim of all 
our advanced Entomologists to endeavour 
to raise the standard of our Science. 
Every week some column might be well 
devoted to insect physiology. Many are 
acquainted with the larvae of certain local 
insects, their time of appearance, their 
food, their form and colour; during the 
collecting season we are all too busy to 
think of writing from our notes, when 
every hour is too precious to be lost sight 
of in penning down fresh matter ; but 
when leisure is afforded us, I am sure all 
who possess information would most 
