LEPIDOPTERA* 
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ToRTRICIDiE. 
Clemens (Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. vol. v.) gives tables of the 
North American species of the following genera : — 
Stigvio7iota (Guen.), p. 133 (2 sp.) ; Sericoris (Treit.), ibid. (12 sp.) ; Zo- 
zot(C7iia (Steph.), p. 136 (G sp.) ; and Stcga 7 ioptyclia (Stepb.), p. 137 (4 sp.). 
Co7ichylis 7)ic7'idia7\a (Stand.) is described and figured by Milliere. Ann. 
Soc. Linn. Lyon, tome x. p. 226, pi. 42. fig. 9. 
Tortrix pronu77\ba7ia (Hiibn.) is described mtli its transformations by 
Milliere. Ic. et Descr. de Chen, et Lepid. i. pp. 382-385, pi. 46. figs. 1-3. 
A list of Torti'icidoi new to the fauna of Holland includes Tort 7 'ix scmial- 
ha7ta and^^^//<?r^V^;^rt, {SciapTiila 7iiihila7ia, Conchylis rvi^icola, VcTfiihma hii7imcta7ia 
and fidigana^ G7'apliolitlia nigrica7\a^ hrunnic'hia77a^ si(cceda 7 ia, usto 77 mcxda 7 iay 
ohtma7ia, e7'iccta7ia,furfura7iay tmeaxiay and hadia7ia, Dichrox'ampha caligmosanay 
PJitho7'ohlastis Jlxnhi'imm. Tijdschr. Toor Entom. 1865, pp. 36-38. 
Eologne records the occurrence of Grapliolitha ccccaxxam Belgium. 
Grapliolifha. Hofmann (Wien. ent. Mon. Bd. viii.) describes the prepara- 
tory states of G. kocliia7ia (Il.-Sch.), I, c. p. 28; G. succcdaxia (Voll.), ibid.; G. 
pallifroxitana (Zell.), ibid. ; and G. vacciniana (Zell.), 1. c. p. 29. 
The transformations of Dich7'07'ampha grxme7'iana (H.-Sch.) are described 
by A. Gartner. Wien. ent. Mon. Bd. viii. pp. 119-120. 
Von Heyden (Stett. ent. Zeit. 1865) describes the larva of Coxichylts 
hdveticaxia (1. c. p. 100), and refers to those of C. saxigxmiaxiayfx-ancillana, and 
dihicidana. Tbe same author describes the transformations of Grapliolitha 
vaccmiaxiay JRlwjwhofa xmvana (p. 101), and Chox-euiis xnxdlex'axm (p. 104). 
Heyden (Stett. ent. Zeit. 1865, p. 378) describes the preparatory states of 
Pentliinapostremana (Zell.) . 
Tox'trix xninisiraxxa. The larva of this species is described by J. Peers, 
Entom. ii. pp. 250-251. 
Farren publishes notes on the habits of Xaxxthosetia z<rga7ia, X. haxxxanay 
and Chrosis tessex'mia, in Ent. M. Mag. i. p. 279. 
Pitfard ascribes at least a portion of the leaf-rolling action of the larvae of 
Tortricidae to the contractility of the fresh silk, and describes an experiment 
by which this contractility may be made manifest. Ent. M. Mag, ii. p. 15. 
The following known species of this family injurious to agriculture are 
described with their habits by Taschenberg (Naturg. wirbell. Thiere) : — 
Coxichylis cpilinanayl. c. pp. 132-134, pi. 6. figs. 18 & 19 ; Grapliolitha nchri~ 
taxia, 1. c. pp. 134-135, pi. 6. figs. 6 Sz G; and G. dox'saxia, 1. c. p. 136. 
Delaharpe discusses the possibility of keeping down the numbers of the 
destructive caterpillars of the vino {Coccyx x-osexaxxa) by the capture of the 
perfect moth with a ring net when on the wing. He says this method may 
be practised with facility and with beneficial effect. Bull. Soc. Vaiidoise des 
Sci. Nat, tome viii. pp. 7-8 and 171. 
Girard publishes a note on the ravages of Tortrix viridaxxa in the oak-woods 
near Paris and the simultaneous absence of the species in other localities. 
Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1865, p. xxxi. 
Pelinia pmicolaxia (Doubl.) is recorded by Erber as destructive to Pmxts 
