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 INSECTS resinea has been taken near Saltash, at Millook and at Padstow, but is evidently very local. S. lineola has been obtained at Looe, Bodmin, Penzance, and was found by Dale to be rather common at the Land's End. S. angustea is described by Dale as abundant at Scilly in October, 1870, but has not been recorded there subsequently. It has been taken lately at Looe and Gerrans. 5. murana was found on Kilmaur above Xrebartha in July, 1902, but does not appear to have been noted anywhere else in the county. 5. frequentella has been obtained in the east of the county, and is occasionally seen about Falmouth, Penzance and Land's End. 5. crataegella is recorded by Marshall from Saltash, and by Marquand from Penzance. In 1901 it was common at Newquay. 5. pallida occurs near Calstock, and was found by Dale at the Land's End. In some years it is common at Falmouth, and has been reported from Looe, but is irregular in its appearance. 5. cembrae was recorded by Jenner Fust, and has been captured near Poundstock. 5. dubitalis is fairly common throughout the county. S. ambigualh is abundant near Penzance, and frequently seen about Falmouth, Truro, Bodmin and Liskeard. M esographe forficalh is abundant throughout the county, especially in gardens. PYRALIDIDAE Endotricha JJammealis is widely distributed, but everywhere scarce except at Scilly. Pyra/is farina/is is widespread and locally abundant. Aglossa pingulnalis is plentiful in outhouses and stables. Synaphe angustalis has been taken near Looe, at Mevagissey, and on the Isles of Scilly. PTEROPHORIDAE Oxfptihll parvidactylus was obtained by Baily near Godolphin, and appears to have been bred by him from larvae on mouse-ear hawkweed. The very scarce and local O. bitracii was taken by Marshall at Botus Fleming. Platyptilia acanthodactyla was common about Newquay, especially in the valley of the Gannel, in 1903, and has been taken once at Padstow. P. gonodactyla was taken sparingly by Baily about Paul, Penzance, and P. zetterstedii is represented by two specimens from the same locality in the same collection. P. isodactyla is also very rare, being recorded only from Heligan near Mevagissey by C. Perkins. P. bertrami has a wide distribution, but appears to be scarce everywhere. P. ochrodactyla is local and nowhere common. It was taken at Trebartha by J. D. Enys in July, 1902, and has been recorded from Botus Fleming and from Penzance Pterophorus tetradactylus is common locally on the north coast and has been taken near Penryn. P. baliodactylus appears to have been taken by Cocks at Falmouth. P. pentadactylus is abundant throughout the county and at Scilly, especially in gardens. P. galactodactylus is occasionally found in the north-east on burdock, but does not seem to have been taken since 1902. Afarasmarcha phaeodactyla has been taken by several collectors near Perranporth on restharrow, and was found in 1902 at Whitsand Bay east. M. microdactyla has so far only been found in the east of the county, and appears to have its headquarters near Launceston. Alucita tephradactyla occurs close to Liskeard, and has been taken at Mawgan-in-Pyder. A. monodactyla is generally distributed from the Tamar to Bodmin, is rare about Truro, but common at Paul and in one or two other localities in the Penzance district. A. llthodactyla was taken by Atmore among Inula dysenterica in the same neighbourhood and by Norgate at Tresco, Scilly. Stenoptilia pterodactyls was recorded by Marshall for East Cornwall and has also been obtained by Norgate among the ' Western Isles.' The local 5. zophodactyla is described by Baily as frequent in the Land's End district, and its variety plagiodactylus has been found by the same entomologist at St. Levan. ORNEODIDAE Orneodes hexadactyla in favourable seasons may be abundant all over the county as in 1902, In other years, as in 1904, it is, locally at least, very scarce. PS YC H IN A ZEUZERIDAE Zeuzera pyrina is very scarce and is probably only a casual. The only county records are one in a list sent by A. Rashleigh to Baily when the latter was preparing his article on Cornish Lepidoptera, and one taken on the Lynher in 1900. ZYGAENIDAE Zygaena fillpendulae is commonly met with on low-lying marsh-land throughout the county. Z. lonicerae is only occasionally found in the east, but is fairly common from Bodmin westwards. 219