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may frequently be observed sitting on the trunks of tliosc trees 

 with the anterior feet ])ut back, like Bcdcllla, not forwards like 

 GracUaria, and the head a little raised ; the larva has been ob- 

 served by Lieniii", who records it as feeding between united aspen- 

 leaves. Of the larva of phdcnlella we have no record, in si)ite 

 of Duponchers amusing remarks (Cat. ^71), "that Fischer do 

 Roslerstamm had written him word that the larva of y.//rticolella 

 lived in the catkins of the poplar, but that it appeared, from a 

 case placed in his collection, beside that oi piuicolcUa, these larvae 

 lived in moveable cases like those of the genus Culeopjkora." 



1. prseangusta, Haw. L. B. 530 (1829); Step. — turdlpennella, 



Treit. ; Dup. L. F. xi. pi. 310. f. 7 ; Zcll. ; Lienig. Alls anticis exal- (Qp^WV 

 bidis, fusco-variegatis, basi juxta costam paUida, liueolis duabus uigris 

 osseo-ciuctis, priore plicfe ante medium, altera disci pone medium. ^ 

 Exp. al. 7 lin. 



Head and face dirty-whitish. Palpi dirty-whitish, tlie last joint 

 with two dark fuscous rings. Antennae fuscous annulated with whitish. 

 Anterior wings dirty-whitish, varied with fusoons, only the basal por- 

 tion of the wing towards the costa remaining of the pale ground- 

 colour ; on the fold before tlie middle is a short black line surrounded 

 by the pale ground-colour, and a similar ocellated mark lies midway 

 between this and the apex of the wing ; cilia grey. I'ostcrior wings 

 grey, witli paler cilia. 



Common in July on the stems of willows and poplars; the 

 larva (according to Lienig) in May between united poplar leaves. 



2, pinicolella (ZelL), Dup. L. F. xi. 579. pi. 310. f. 13 (1S38); 

 Zell. ; Sta. Alis anticis ochrcis, squamis sparsis fuscis, costa fusea 

 pra^cipue apicem versus, puncto prope angulum analem fusco. Exp. 

 al. 5-6 lin. 



Head pale oeiireous, tinged with bronze. Face whitisli. l^dpi 

 whitish, terminal joint fuscous. Antennae pale fuscous, with darker 

 anuulations. Anterior wings ochrcous, with scattered fuscous scales ; 

 the costa dark fuscous, esj)ecially towards tlic a])ex ; near the anal 

 angle is a small fuscous spot ; cilia dark fuscous. Posterior wings pale 

 grey, with paler cilia. 



Among lir-trces in June and July ; has occurred at West Wick- 

 ham, at Dartford Heath, aiul at Wevbridge. 



Genus V. OINOPHILA. ^. VT\ - (o' 



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OiNorniLA, Step. Ent. Trans. V. proc. xli. (IS-IS). Gracillaria p., 

 Haw. ; Step. 



Capilli in fronie hirsuti, supcrne loivigati, epistomio kcvigato. Ocelli 



