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Whether the cactuses and aloes are 
tenanted by boring larvae, for we could 
hardly call them miners, is quite unknown 
to us, and as little have we any know- 
ledge on the subject of palm-devouring 
Lepidopterous larv®. 
In the following sketch 1 have en- 
deavoured to indicate some of those 
points of interest to the student of the 
Tineina.to which special attention should 
be paid by those engaged in exploring 
the South American continent. Naturally 
I have here alluded only to our known 
British groups ; but it is very possible — 
nay, it is certain — that there must exist 
in tropical countries whole hosts of spe- 
cies which do not belong to any of our 
genera, and some no doubt will require 
to have new families created for their 
reception. 
Family I. Exapatid^e. 
It is very possible that this family may 
not be represented in the hotter parts of 
the globe, but if, on the contrary, species 
allied to our Chimabacche Fagella occur 
it would be desirable to observe whether 
the females are better provided with 
wings than those of the genera Exapate, 
Dasysloma and Chimabacche are here. 
Family II. Tineid^e. 
Whether the case-bearing genera of 
Talceporia, Solenobia, Diplodoma and 
Xysmatodoma have any representatives 
in tropical countries is a point on which 
at present we know nothing. 
The genus Ochsenheimeria is one of 
the habits of which we understand so 
little that it is hardly possible to indicate 
whether it can be expected to occur in 
South America or not ; if we knew that 
all the species were grass-borers, like 
Birdella, we might anticipate their oc- 
currence in grassy plains. 
If Fungi are numerous in tropical 
forests the genera Euploeamus and Tinea 
should no doubt be largely represented, 
and probably birds’ nests, which, in this 
country, produce Lapella and Semiful- 
vella, have likewise their Tinea inhabit- 
ants abroad. 
Ants’ nests must not be altogether for- 
gotten, as Ochraceella may have friends 
in the Southern Hemisphere. 
The genera Lampronia and Incurvaria 
can scarcely fail to be represented ; at 
least we know that a “ brilliant blue ” 
Incurvaria, with a “ bright orange-yellow 
head” occurs in North America, and it 
is not improbable some equally striking 
species will be met with South of the 
Equator. 
A singular habit of a wild bee, first 
noticed in England last summer, bad 
been observed almost simultaneously in 
South Africa, and, but for tbe observa- 
tions of Mr. Kearley here, we should 
actually have first learned a feature in the 
habits of a British bee, from an observa- 
tion of an allied species by Herr Guein- 
zius, near the Cape of Good Hope. In 
like manner we may first learn the habit 
of the larva of the genus Micropteryx, 
from observations made on exotic species 
of that genus, and what a brilliant gem 
must a tropical Micropteryx be ! Yet no 
doubt the tropical representatives of 
Adela and Nemotois must be far more 
splendid. These genera are far more 
abundantly represented in Southern Eu- 
rope than with us, and I have specimens 
of a species from South Africa, so that 
there is good reason to expect that, when 
the flowers of South America are in 
full bloom, the “long horns” will be 
“ Dancing in swanns, 
Most beautiful to see.” 
H. T. S. 
( To be continued ). 
C ATALOGUE of EUROPEAN 
COLEOPTERA. — I have received 
a few more copies of the Stettin Cata- 
logue, which I shall be glad to forward 
to any applicant on the receipt of seven 
postage stamps. — H. T. Stainton, 
M o un tsfi eld, Lew is ham. 
