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with that which causes so much damage on the continent by feeding 

 on the flower buds of the vine, but Prof. Zeller assures me that they 

 are identical, and that it occurs also in woods in Germany, where 

 there is no vino. 



I much regret that I have had no opportunity of trying again to 

 rear what I believe to be the larva of this species in berries of 

 Mhnmnus fmngiila (E. M. M., vol. vi, p. 113), among which plant the 

 insect always occurred in the Haslemere district. 



Eiqjcecilia curvistrigana, Wilk. — Undoubtedly distinct from an- 

 gustana, having broader fore- wings. Prof. Zeller tells me that he sees 

 no character to distinguish it from hin gilvicomana, with vi^hkhjlavis- 

 capulana, H.-S., appeai-s to be identical. But as I have been unable 

 to send him more than one or two specimens, from which he could 

 not give a decided opinion, and he has not been able to send me 

 gilvicommia, and as, moreover, I do not recognize our insect in 

 Herrich-Schaffer's figure oijiaviscapulana, it will not be advisable to 

 alter the name without further information. 



Eupcecilia angustana, Iliibn. — Dr. Wocke substitutes cruentana, 

 Frol., doubting whether Hiibner's fig. 74 refers to this species. I think, 

 however, that there is little doubt about this, and see no reason for 

 making the alteration. 



Eossler's observation respecting one of the food-plants of this 

 species is confirmed by the Rev. Henry Buimey, who writes : " I bred 

 " several specimens last July from larvre found here on common 

 "yarrow (^Achillea millefoJiuni) growing by the side of a corn-field, and 

 " a long way from any heath. The larvaa feed on the seeds of the 

 "yarrow, fastening the dead flowers together in little bunches or 

 " knots. They are thick, short, and stumpy little things, of a flesh or 

 " reddish- white colour, and are very active and apt to wriggle out and 

 " drop on the ground when one attempts to cut off the flower-head." 



There is something unsatisfactory about this species in the fact 

 that the June bi'ood occurs in woods, fields, and marshes, as well as 

 heaths, and is richly coloured and large, but not very abundant, while 

 the August brood, which is smaller and paler, occurs in swarms, but 

 almost exclusively on heaths. 



Eupeecilia notulana, Zell. — I think it most likely that this species, 

 like so many of its congeners, feeds on t\ie Jloioers or seeds of Mentha, 

 and only enters the stems to spin up. It also feeds on Inula dijs- 

 ent erica. 



