56 [August, 
(and I can now confirm this from my own observations). Mr. Jeffrey- 
informs me that the young larvae of this species are extremely like the 
young larvae of the common C. xylostella. 
Theristis caudella.— On the 10th of May, 1865, Mr. Dorville wrote 
to me that he had induced a specimen of this insect to lay some eggs, 
and had the young larvae then feeding. 
The female deposited her eggs on the inside of the leaves of the 
expanding bud on the 6th and 7th of April, and the larvae hatched on 
the 18th. 
Mr. Dorville kindly sent me some of the larvae, which fed up with 
great ease before the end of June. It will be remembered, that in the 
Entomologist's Annual for 1865, p. 132, it is noticed that larvae of this 
species occurred near Saffron Walden, at the end of July and beginning 
of August. 
Eldophasia Messingiella.—Oi this pretty species Mr. Jeffrey took 
a single specimen in a lane, near Saffron "Walden, in the summer of 
1864. 
About the third week in June, 1865, Mr. Hodgkinson met with 
this insect at "Wildbottoms flying amongst Equisetum ; he took about 
100 specimens between 4 and 7 p.m., the dry weather having made the 
swamp traversable. 
Mr. Hodgkinson says that they seem to be attached to the 
Equisetim, that they are extremely local, and never leave the spots 
where that plant grows.* 
Depressaria capreolelJa. — I have bred specimens of this species 
from larvae received from Dr. Schlager, of Jena., in the middle of June, 
1865, feeding on Falcaria Bivini. This larva was " Green, with the 
dorsal and sub-dorsal lines slightly darker ; the head black ; the second 
segment black, inclining to brownish-black at the front and sides ; the 
first pair of anterior legs black ; the second and third pair pale green." 
It will be remembered that this insect was bred June 26th, 1855, from 
a larva found by Mr. Douglas near Mickleham on Pimpinella saxifraga 
(Ent. Annual, 1856, p. 50). 
Depressaria carduella. — Through the kindness of Mr. Hodgkinson 
I have received the larva of this species, and have thus been able to 
describe it ; and Miss Wing has made an excellent portrait, both of the 
larva and its mode of feeding. Mr. Gregson, also, very kindly sent me 
a sketch of the larva, and its mode of feeding, lest by any chance I 
should have been away from home whilst the larva was figurable. 
I have found this species in the marshes of the Darenth.— R. McL. 
