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rocks scattered over the mountain side, where it is, however, somewhat 

 local. The Talceporia, which I have not succeeded in breeding, also 

 flies freely only at sunrise ; as soon as the rays of the sun become too 

 powerful they drop and disappear among the dwarf juniper {Juniperus 

 pJicenicea?) which clothes the higher slopes facing the south. A small 

 Coleophora taken under the same conditions may probably prove to be 

 new. The small thistle-heads were found infested with larvae of 

 Parasia carlinella, Stn., and among thyme larvae of Geleclda {Lita) 

 artemisiella, Tr., were abundant. Here I found also at the roots of 

 Rumex the brown larva of Gelechia peliella, of which a nice series 

 was bred, confirming the observations of Anton Schmid and Stainton, 

 that this larva is brown not green, although it is certain that a green 

 larva produces what appears to be the same species in this country. 

 Here likewise the larvae of Butalis focella, Cst., were very abundant 

 on the curious woody stunted clumps of Anthyllis Sermannii. 



Being especially anxious to study the species attached to Santolina 

 chamcecyparissus, I next headed for the valley of the Tavignano, which 

 running parallel with that of Kestonica (where it does not occur), 

 provides some of the grand mountain scenery above and behind the 

 town of Corte. The first species noticed on this plant, both here and 

 at Ponte alia Leccia lower down the valley, were the large green larvae 

 of Tortrix Mahilliana, Rag., which 1 also bred from llicromeria grceca, 

 a plant of which the crushed fresh leaves have the same effect on the 

 olfactory nerves as the strongest smelling salts ; this plant also pro- 

 duced the variety known as pistaciana, Eag., which, together with the 

 ordinary form, has been recorded as feeding on Pistacia lentiscus. 

 The cases of Coleophora santolinella, Cst., were not uncommon in the 

 Tavignano valley, and a small Coleophora case was also beaten from 

 their food-plant, for which I am unable to find a name. The larvae in 

 these were still feeding at the end of August, and two specimens of the 

 perfect insect appeared on September 20th. A Bucculatrix, also bred 

 from Santolina, is nearly allied to but distinct from helichry sella, Cst. 

 A species of Conchylis forms long swellings in the shoots after the man- 

 ner of pontana, Stgr. {= oedemana, Cst.), which is attached to Artemisia. 

 My attention was first attracted to these swellings in old dry shoots, 

 but all the larvae found in fresh shoots were very young, and as they 

 do not leave the galls it has been impossible to nourish them. Several 

 good species of Pterophoridm were abundant here : Oypsochares bapto- 

 dactyla, 7i., with Pterophorus semiodactylus, Mn., and icterodactylus, 

 Mn., being especially so, while P. malacodactylus, Z., with a new 

 species bred from larvae on Picnomon acarna also occurred. I was also 



