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  Abebaea 
  lucella, 
  Fab. 
  " 
  Sys. 
  Ent." 
  667. 
  antennella 
  Schiff., 
  Steph. 
  

   Wood, 
  fig. 
  1535. 
  

  

  This 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  tha 
  most 
  constant 
  of 
  the 
  group 
  and 
  is 
  also 
  one 
  

   of 
  the 
  less 
  common 
  members. 
  Perhaps 
  m 
  a 
  very 
  long 
  series 
  some 
  

   appreciable 
  variation 
  might 
  be 
  shown, 
  but 
  all 
  the 
  specimens 
  I 
  have 
  

   seen 
  appear 
  extremely 
  alike. 
  

  

  The 
  larva 
  of 
  H. 
  vittella 
  feeds 
  on 
  elm 
  and 
  is 
  also 
  stated 
  to 
  feed 
  on 
  

   beech. 
  It 
  is 
  well 
  known. 
  Lime, 
  sallow 
  and 
  maple 
  are 
  given 
  as 
  the 
  

   foodplants 
  of 
  H. 
  sequella, 
  the 
  first 
  two 
  I 
  believe 
  erroneously. 
  All 
  

   the 
  other 
  species 
  I 
  have 
  treated 
  of 
  are 
  attached 
  to 
  oak, 
  but 
  their 
  

   larvaB 
  have 
  not 
  been 
  adequately 
  described. 
  They 
  are 
  superficially 
  

   much 
  alike. 
  I 
  once 
  gathered 
  half 
  a 
  dozen 
  from 
  young 
  leaves 
  of 
  the 
  

   same 
  oak 
  in 
  Richmond 
  Park. 
  One 
  of 
  these 
  larvae 
  appeared 
  different 
  

   from 
  the 
  rest, 
  but 
  I 
  was 
  surprised 
  to 
  breed 
  from 
  these 
  H. 
  radiatella, 
  

   A. 
  sylvella, 
  and 
  A. 
  alpella. 
  The 
  imagines 
  of 
  these 
  three 
  together 
  

   with 
  H. 
  parenthesella, 
  may 
  be 
  beaten 
  from 
  oak 
  in 
  late 
  summer. 
  

   They 
  are 
  also 
  fond 
  of 
  hiding 
  in 
  fir 
  trees 
  when 
  these 
  grow 
  near 
  oaks. 
  

   H. 
  radiatella 
  has 
  been 
  found 
  under 
  loose 
  bark 
  in 
  winter 
  and 
  I 
  have 
  

   seen 
  it 
  on 
  the 
  wing 
  in 
  late 
  spring. 
  

  

  With 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  T. 
  mucronella, 
  the 
  remaining 
  members 
  of 
  

   this 
  group 
  do 
  not 
  vary 
  to 
  a 
  great 
  extent, 
  but 
  I 
  hope 
  on 
  a 
  future 
  

   occasion 
  to 
  call 
  attention 
  to 
  some 
  points 
  of 
  interest 
  with 
  which 
  they 
  

   are 
  concerned. 
  

  

  