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sect was not in good condition, yet the 
microscopic examination of it left no 
room to doubt but that it belonged to the 
Lepidoptera, and not to the Phryganidce. 
Lepidopterous scales, such as hitherto 
have been found in no Phryganidan, dis- 
tinctly clothe the whole creature, and the 
structure of the mouth also clearly shows 
that this Helicopsyche is Lepidopterous. 
I may here remark that up to the present 
day scales, similar to those which occur 
in Lepidoptera, have only been noticed 
among the Lepismidce and in a Psocus. 
Of the latter (forming the genus Amphi- 
entomum, Pictet) there are known A. 
paradoxum, an amber insect, and a 
living one in East Indian Copal. Scales, 
such as occur in many Phryganidce , as 
in the males of Mormonia nigromaculata, 
Steph., differ essentially from Lepidopte- 
rous scales, in not being transparent, 
and being entirely deficient of the longi- 
tudinal stripes. Till we discover ex- 
ceptions to this rule, in all doubtful 
cases the presence of Lepidopterous 
scales will be decisive that an insect is 
Lepidopterous, or, at any rate, that it 
does not belong to the Phryganidce . — 
Doctor Hagen, Mount.field, Lewisham ; 
May 25, 1857. 
Bucculatrix Cristatella. — I made a 
singular observation the other day ; I 
found B. Cristatella, $, in copula with 
B. Gracilella, J . What can this indi- 
cate ? I possess both sexes of both 
species. It may be possible that B. Gra- 
cilella is only an extraordinary variety of 
B. Cristatella, and, if so, should we not 
be disposed also to infer that B. aurima- 
culella is only a variety of B. nigri- 
comella P Both insects fly together here, 
and their larvae are certainly very simi- 
lar —Professor Frey, Zurich; May 
17,1857. [Considering the more slen- 
der form of B. Gracilella we are hardly 
disposed to fancy it can be specifically 
identical with B. Cristatella ; but the 
suggestion respecting the identity of B . 
aurimaculella and B. nigricomella has for 
us considerable force.] 
Bucculatrix Cristatella bred. — A few 
weeks ago Mr. T. Wilkinson, of Scar- 
borough, sent me some Bucculatrix 
larvae feeding on the leaves of the yarrow 
{Achillea millefolium) : from these I 
have now bred B. Cristatella. — H. T. 
Stainton ; May 26, 1857. 
Arge Galathea near Epping. — This in- 
sect occurs at Hog Hill, Hainault 
Forest. Tf your correspondent likes to 
go to the open rushy parts of the forest, 
north-east of the above place, about the 
first or second week in July, he will meet 
with Galathea. I have taken them every 
season up to last July, but they are 
much scarcer now than formerly. — W. 
Gates, 122, Shaftesbury Street, Hoxton. 
Junior Entomological Club. — I should 
be very glad to see an Entomological 
Society formed in the neighbourhood of 
Hoxton or Islington : I would make one 
to join it, if agreeable. — Ibid. 
NATURAL HISTORY OF THE TINEINA. 
Besides looking for those Coleophora 
larvae which are known to occur in this 
country, I trust some of my readers will 
devote a portion of their energies to the 
discovery of those which have not 
hitherto been found. 
One of the most important, because it 
is a pretty insect, makes a pretty case, 
and prettily dapples the leaves of its 
food-plant, is Coleophora serenella, the 
larva of which is now feeding on the 
Astragalus glycyphyllus (wild liquorice or 
sweet milk-vetch), making a large white 
blotch on the green pinnate leaves. I 
can hardly fancy that the season of 1857 
will be allowed to pass away without 
some one falling in with this larva : 
