THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER, 
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home in the early part of May, and after 
spending a few days at Probus, a village 
near Truro, went on the 18th to the 
Lizard, where I stayed till the 10th of 
June, spending the next three weeks at 
Probus, and returning home on the 2ud 
of July. 
Whether I was unusually idle, or had 
gone so “ far west ” as to be exposed to 
the inconveniences complained of by 
collectors in foreign countries, I do not 
know ; but certainly though the number 
of species was fully as large as usual, the 
number of single specimens brought 
home far exceeds that of any former ex- 
cursion: there are not more than four or 
five moths of which I took more than a 
dozen specimens. 
The only important discovery which 
rewarded my exertions before going to 
the Lizard, was a green Depressaria 
larva feeding on CEnanlhe crocata, which 
I reared with great care during the 
whole of my visit, and just before my 
return was rewarded by the appearance 
of D. Applana. This seems a sort of dis- 
appointment to which all are liable, but 
the course of reasoning by which it is 
rendered unpleasant and annoying, is 
somewhat peculiar, e.g., “ Here is a larva 
which I never saw before, perhaps no 
one ever saw it, therefore it may be 
new — therefore it is new; if the plant is 
local or rare, of course the moth must 
be so also, and I am a very fortunate 
individual and extremely happy — for a 
week.’’ 
My fi rst impressions of the Lizard 
were far from agreeable, the journey 
being performed in a soaking rain, and 
the Goonhilly Downs looking desolate 
in the extreme; but it cleared up in the 
evening, aud my first stroll over the 
rocks was signalised by the discovery of 
a larva mining the shoots of Silene Mari- 
tima, which lias since produced Gelechia 
Leucomelanella, a continental species 
allied to Tricolorella, but marked with 
clear black and white, and the spots 
towards the hind margin are very distinct 
and exactly opposite. The larvse seem 
to prefer exposed places, and are very 
tedious to collect. 
A few days afterwards I took the first 
specimen of a Gelechia , which Mr. 
Wollaston had met with in Madeira, 
aud for which the name of Ocellatella 
has been proposed : the colour is reddish 
brown, with a broad yellowish brown 
streak along the inner edge, ending in 
an ill-defined fascia at the anal angle : 
there are several black dots, but they do 
not seem very constant except one in the 
fold about one-third of the wing distant 
from the body, and another a little above 
and beyond this; these are generally sur- 
rounded by pale rings and have an ocel- 
lated appearance : beyond the middle, on 
the disk, are tw r o other black spots which 
frequently unite and form a V. I did 
not meet with it again till the 29th, 
when I found it flying rather freely about 
some wild beet, on the top of one of the 
large rocks near Kynance, but it is dif- 
ficult to take in good condition, as it 
flies a very short distance, and darts 
among the roots and dead leaves the 
moment it is disturbed. 
May 21st. — Troglodytella, larvae freely 
on Inula and Eupatoria Cannabinum ; 
moth, July 12. 
May 27th. — Instab ilel.la, larva in shoot 
of Plantago maritima ; moth, July 3. 
Aspersana aud Viburnana on Sanguisorba 
officinalis. 
May 28. — This day I took a very 
variable Gelechia on the Downs : it is 
larger than Longicornis, closely allied 
to Solutella, and seems to vary from a 
dark purplish grey clouded with white, to 
a dull greyish brown ; one specimen has 
a reddish tinge over it: there are four 
black spots on the wing, one near the 
shoulder, another rather beyond the 
middle and a pair between them: in 
habit it much resembles Ericetella. If 
hitherto undescribed, and not a local 
variety of Solutella, I propose the name 
Cornubiee. 
May 29. — Stellatarum , Rubi, Margi- 
