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of a tread of some wooden steps here. Closer inspection revealed a 

 large number, considerably over a hundred, of Tinea doacella moving 

 about in the greatest excitement around a crippled $ , hanging from 

 a pupa-case from which she had in all probability lately emerged. 

 Most of the (J s were flying around like a swarm of Adela viridella, 

 but the bolder ones were running rapidly over the wood with their 

 wings held over the back like a butterfly. From the position of the 

 $ , or from some other cause, there must have been a difficulty in 

 approaching her, as none of the males made any actual attempt to 

 reach her. I have frequently found several specimens of this beauti- 

 ful species in close proximity, but have never before witnessed such 

 a comparatively vast assemblage. — Alfred Sich, F.E.S., Corney 

 House, Chiswick, W. September SOth, 1903. 



CoLEOPHORiDs OF THE LoNDON DISTRICT. — Fired by Mr. H. J. 

 Turner's excellent paper [Ent. Bee, vol. xv., p. 88), I have made a 

 few notes on the Coleophorids of this part of the London district. 

 On April 2Sth I was delighted to discover several larva of ColeopJwra 

 albitarsfUa here feeding on (ilechoma hederacea, which is, I believe, their 

 favourite foodplant. As is usual with this species, the larvse were 

 hidden away on the lower leaves of the plant, down among the 

 stinging-nettles. On May 2nd I saw one larval case of ('. Itneulea, 

 the only one I have come across this season ; no doubt it has been 

 fairly numerous, but my best locality for it here has been partially 

 destroyed. Four days later I visited a hawthorn famous for ( '. nii/ri- 

 cella. There were several larvae in their just freshly-made spring 

 cases ; the small winter cases were still attached to the leaves, where, 

 by the way, under favourable conditions, they will remain as long as 

 the leaves hang on the tree. On the same day, also on hawthorn, 

 several winter cases of C. heme rob iella were seen, but these were left 

 till May 15th, when they were just forming their spring cases. They 

 are usually a fortnight later than ( '. ninrircUa in carrying out this 

 operation. On May 20th the imagines of ('. viiirini/iennella were 

 softly flying among the herbage in a meadow at dusk. On June 1st, 

 at Wimbledon, Coleophorid life was fairly abundant. The larva^ of ('. 

 fiisceilinella were feeding in plenty on birch, mostly in their fresh 

 cases. On the same tree, those of C. ibt}>ennella (as we call it in 

 England) were less common, and (.'. bicolorvlla rather scarce. On 

 oak, the larvae of ('. liitijioutella could be found feeding in their new 

 cases. On June 7th, at Chiswick, I took larva of C. badiipennella oflf 

 elm in company with ( '. limosipennella. Of this latter species I took 

 a fair number later, but they all subsequently produced chalcids. 

 Early in the year, several larvas of C. (/ri/iihiponwlla were blotching a 

 rose in the garden, but after the great storm of May BOth they 

 disappeared ; however, on August 13th, T found a small case, the first 

 of the new generation. These are the only species of this genus I 

 have met with here this season, but, in 1901, the following additional 

 species were observed : — < '. juncivohlla, at J>arnes and Wimbledon ; ('. 

 laricdla, abundantly at Richmond and Kew ; ( '. solitaricUa, at Ealing 

 and Wimbledon ; ('. viiinnetella, on sallow at Barnes and Wimbledon, 

 and on narrow-leaved willow (Sali.r riviinalin /) at Chiswick ; ( '. pari- 

 pennella, on rose &t Chiswick, and on sloe at Ealing; ('. s/yissicornis 

 (fahriri ell a), one imago, at light, Chiswick; ('. (/eni stae, a,t Barnes; 

 ('. satiiratrlla, a.t Barnes and Kew; ('. albicasta, a few imagines at 



