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On the power of resisting infense cold possessed hy Cheiinatohia hrumaia. — As 

 regards the power of Cheiinatohia hrumata to resist intense cold, it may be interesting 

 to record what came under my observation on the 21st December last, during a frost 

 of no common severity, and with the earth, on this high land, covered with snow. 



Wliile searching for ivy for Christmas decorations, a C. hrumata was found at 

 rest up an oak tree, from which some ivy had been drawn. The moth was touched 

 with a stick and flew on the snow ; far from being in a "frozen" state, it clung, when 

 picked up, to my daughter's hand, with its wings closed, and, while we were remarking 

 upon its condition in such severe weather, it crawled to the side of the hand and 

 again flew off about a yard, settling on the snow, upon which it walked. The insect 

 was by no means a fresh one, but had doubtless emerged, before the frost began, early 

 in December. — E. S. Hutchinson, G-rantsfield, Leominster : February Srd, 1879. 



Tineina talcen and bred in 1878. — April 20th — one Gelechia junctella, beaten 

 from willow, at "Witherslack. April 24th — larvfe of a Gelechia, found at Lytham, 

 roughly described as follows : " dark grey, red spots, feeding in sand-cocoons at roots 

 of Cerastium and Stellaria, produced (July 6th) a little Oelechia-vihich. Mr. Stainton 

 pronounces to be new, and allied to Knaggsiella, unless it be a very unusual 

 specimen of maculiferella." More must be bred before naming. April 29th — 

 3Iicropteryx Sparmannella and salopiella at Witherslack, flying in the afternoon 

 sun. April 30th — a larva of Diplodonia marginepiinctella at Witherslack, fed 

 on larvse of Solenobia triquetrella, and emerged June 20th ; the triqiietrella 

 all emerge females, and are very plentiful. July 6th — larvse of Dep. capre- 

 olella in Pimpinella saxifraga, not in radical leaves, but high up the stem, 

 green, black head, all sent to Mr. Sang. July 6th — larvae of JVepticula hetiilicola 

 in small contorted galleries in birch, filled with brown excrement, larvse bright 

 yellow, produced August 15th. July 24th — larvse in cones on birch, green and horny 

 looking, produced five imagos of Gracilaria populetonim from July 28th to August 

 1st. August 19th — cones on Polygomim hydropiper found on this date produced 

 Gracilaria phasianipennella from September 1st to 10th; this and G. populetonim 

 are very much infested with ichneumons. August 19th- - a pupa spun up in the 

 hollow of a blade of Carex, and covered all over with a thick white web, is expected 

 to produce the long hoped for Elachista serricornis. August 19th- — I think that this 

 will be the date when I saw plenty of imagos of Glyphipteryx schcenicolella flying 

 over cotton grass on the wet moss at Witherslack, but being mistaken for Fischeriella, 

 not many were taken, and no date was recorded. August to October — many larvse 

 of an JElachista, supposed to be ochreella, were found in a long stiff grass, plentiful at 

 Witherslack on the wet mosses, described as blackish, reddish-brown head, and 

 generally mining up and across. September 7th to October — larvae of Elachista 

 tcBniatella found in plenty iii Brachypodium sylvaticnm at Grange. October 5th — 

 plenty of larvse of Nepticida ceneofasciella in blotches in leaves of agrimony at 

 Grange, lai'va yellow : can no one send me larvse of agrimonice in exchange for 

 these ? October 5th — after great difficulty, I found on this day a few larvae mining 

 in Festuca ovina, described as slaty-brown, which are no doubt those of Flachista 

 dispunetella. This confirms what I formerly said about the insect, that it would be 

 an autumnal feeder, would hibernate in old grass stems, and change late in spring. 

 In June, 1876, a larva was found and described as greyish-yellow, which produced 

 imago July 8th, 1876. — J. H. Threlfall, Preston : February 3rd, 1879. 



