TINEID^. 
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Swammerdamia cmsiella. Two British species liave hitherto been con- 
founded under this name, viz., oxyacaniJidla^ Dup. & Zell., and spiniella, 
Hubn. & Zell., pp. 207 & 208 ; S. nanivora has been taken in Esthonia, 
p. 208 : H. T. Stainton, Ent. M. M. xv. On larvae feeding on mountain 
ash; Sang & Stainton, op. cit. xvi. pp. 163 & 164. Synonymic notes ; 
E. L. Ragonot, op. cit. xv. pp. 229-231. 
A temelia torquatella (a Scotch species) found at Castle Eden Dene ; J. 
Sang, op. cit. xvi. p. 165. 
Zelleria. T. Moncreiife regards hepariella^ insignipennellay and fusca 
as all distinct ; Scot. Nat. v. p. 72. 
Cerostoma instabilella and trichonella, Mann, redescribed ; Staudinger, 
1. c. pp. 284-287. 
Psecadia chrysopyga, Herr.-Schalf. (nee Zell.), var. andalusica de- 
scribed ; id. 1. c. p. 296. 
Depressaria. The larvae of several species feed on carrot ; E. L. 
Ragonot, 1. c. xvi. p. 116. D. atomella recorded as new to Britain, J. B. 
Hodgkinson, Ent. xii. pp. 55 & 56, and Ent. M. M. xv. pp. 208 & 209 ; 
differentiated from D. scopariella, H. T. Stainton, 1. c. xv. pp. 188 & 189. 
D. rotund ella, Dougl. : larva noticed; id. 1. c. xvi. pp. 112 & 113. D. 
stigmclla, F. Moore, redescribed by him, Second Yark. Miss. Lep. p. 17. 
Gelechia acuminatclla bred from Carduus heteropTiyllus ; F. B. White, 
Scot. Nat. V. p. 118. G. lathyri, a fen insect, recorded from Perthshire ; 
H. T. Stainton, 1. c. xvi. p. 11. G. gerronella., Zell., noticed ; id. 1. c. pp. 
Ill & 112. G. suavella^ Hiibn. : habits ; J. W. Douglas, op. cit. xv. p. 207. 
G. luculella ; larva and habits described ; J. H. Wood, op. cit. xvi. pp. 164 
& 165. G. cerealella feeding on maize in Corsica, M. Girard, Bull. Soc. 
Ent. Fr. (5) ix. p. xeix. ; a Pteromalus is parasitic on it, id. 1. c. p. xxxiv. 
G. diffinis, Haw., var. ? tristis, from Russia, and G. terebinthinella, Herr.- 
Schaff., described ; Staudinger, 1. c. pp. 306 & 307. 
Gelechia. V. T. Chambers publishes the following notes on some of 
his own species : — G. b-notella — G. fasciella^ G. inornatella = worn 
specimens of G. pachardella and superbifrontella ; G. purpurella may = 
the European G. stigniafella. Canad. Ent. xi. pp. 118 & 119. 
Lita solanella, Boisd., an Algerian species, occurs in Australia; E. 
Meyrick, Ent. M. M. xvi. p. 66. 
Pronuba yuccasella. On the fertilization of Yucca ; N. Am. Ent. i. 
pp. 33—36. 
Itliome onomaculella is congeneric with Perimede erransella, and Chry- 
sopelia purpuriella is congeneric with ^cea ostryceella ; V. T. Chambers, 
I. c. pp. 9 & 10. 
Embryonopis halticella, Eaton, figured, and redescribed at length ; Phil. 
Tr. clxviii. pp. 235-237, pi. xiv. fig. 8. 
Ptochenusa inopella and paupella, Zell., are distinct ; Staudinger, 1. c. 
p. 319. 
Nothris limbipunctella^ Staud., noticed ; T. Seebold, An. Soc. Esp. viii. 
p. 128. 
Pleurota. The various species from Asia Minor discussed at great 
length : P. schlcegeriella, var. syriaca from Beyrut described, p. 339 ; 
Staudinger, 1. c. pp. 332-346. 
1879. [voL. XVI.] 
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