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(Ecophora Unctella— Common in an orchard, among the old apple treca, at the 
end of May. 
Fancalia Latreillella — One specimen flying along a wood path on June 7th. 
Roslerstaynmia Erxlehella — Beaten from birch in the day-timo, and also when 
beating for larvas at night. 
Tinagma resplendella — Flying among alder on Woolmer Forest. 
Qracila/ria phasianipennella — Beaten out of hedges in October. 
Coleophora Fabriciella — Swept ofi" the grass, or other plants, in a rank pasture. 
ChauUodas Illigerella — Commoner than usual, in damp places in the woods. 
It flits gently about a Httle before dusk, settling on the dead stems of Centav/rea 
and other plants. 
Lithocolletis rohoris — Swept off Vaccinium at night ; and bred, after repeated 
failures, from oak. — Id. 
Acidalia interjectaria and A. osseata. — Acidalia osseata is rare here, and I only 
know of one spot where it occurs. Specimens taken a few years since, which wero 
evidently veiy fresh, had the costa decidedly ferruginous ; but this colour faded 
soon after they were dead, as it does in some Eupithecice, &c. The ground colour 
of the wings was also yellower than in any specimens of interjectaria that I 
have seen. 
The late J. F. Stephens mentions the red costa of osseata in his "Illustrations," 
but, as is well known, many of his descriptions were copied, without acknowledg- 
ment, from the works of continental authors. 
Dr. Knaggs appears to have misunderstood M. Guenee's remarks upon these 
two species. In a note appended to the description of interjectaria he says — 
" Herrich-Schiiffer has neither figured nor described this species in a recognisable 
manner. Delaharpe's description is much better, and leaves no room for doubt ; 
ho also correctly says that osseata begins to appear when interjectaria is disappea/ring." 
M. MilHere, who has reared both species from the eggs, says that interjectaria 
appears three weeks or a month before osseata. — Henry Doubleday, Epping, 
Octoier 12th, 1867. 
Description of the manner of pupation of Cemiostoma scitella. — The full-fed larva 
emerges from the interior of the leaf, and crawls away and spins up, either to its 
food-plant or to any of the surrounding objects, just as its instinct or fancy dictates. 
It then commences the fabrication of the outer covering of its cocoon. Tliis is 
accomplished by spinning a number of white silken threads, each thread being 
about the quarter of an inch in length ; these threads are spun close together, and 
form, when complete, a thickish silken cable ; the larva then spins another cable 
parallel with the first, but at the same time, however, having a slight space between 
the two ; it then climbs up one or other of the cables and connects them together 
in the middle by fastening them with a number of silken threads, thus giving them 
the appearance of a rudely formed capital H ; they, however, do not long retain 
this form, as the larva clambers on to the centre or connecting cords, and busies 
itself spinning other and additional threads, until it has imparted a somewhat arched 
