72 The Scottish Naturalist, 



that I have never met with any one who could pronounce a de- 

 cided opinion upon them). Juniper, according to Mr Stainton, 

 is the food-plant ; but I have failed to discover this insect where 

 the com.mon juniper grows here. I hunted diligently last year, 

 but could not find the imago or trace the larva. 



A. ciirvella. — Frequents my apple-orchard in June. 



A. so7'biella. — I have disturbed this insect both from mountain- 

 ash and service-tree, and am inclined to think the larva feeds on 

 both these plants. Flies in June. 



A. pygmceella. — Local on sallow — principally on the willows 

 and sallows growing at the higher altitudes — in July. 



A. goedai'tella and 



A. brockeella are common everywhere on birch. The golden 

 variety without white markings occurs of both species. 



Cedes t is fariiiatella and 



C. gysselinella both occur here. They abound on a Piniis aiis- 

 triaca in my shrubbery. The latter is usually the earliest to appear 

 in the end of July or beginning of August. The larva differ very 

 decidedly. The larva of C. farinatella is green, with a yellow 

 head, with a shining and polished appearance ; no spots, and, to 

 ray eye, shorter and stouter than that of C. gysselinella^ which is 

 green, with three spots on each segment (on the first two seg- 

 ments the spots are linear; on the others, triangular). I take 

 these descriptions from a short note I made some years ago, and 

 believe them to be correct. 



Ocnerostoi7ia piniariella. — Common among young Scots firs on 

 the hill-top. I have taken them in cop. in May. 



Zelleria hepariella. — The genus Zelleria is a puzzle which will 

 never be cleared up until they are plentifully bred in confine- 

 ment. The present species is plentiful here among the yew- 

 bushes in my shrubbery. The next species — 



Z. insig/iipenella, I have seldom met with here ; but we have 

 another which Mr Stainton has provisionally named — 



Z. fusca — and which is far from uncommon in my shrubbery, 

 and has been met with elsewhere on the property. I have formed 

 an opinion that the three species are quite distinct, which I know 

 is not at all the universal opinion. My belief is that the males 

 of insignipc?iella are smaller than the females, and at times are 

 somewhat like specimens of hepai-iclla, with which they have 

 been confounded. The wings of males which I have found in 

 comi)any with insignipc/iella, appear to me to be longer and more 

 narrow than those of the true Jiepariclla. 



