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OBSERVATIONS ON BRITISH TINEINA. 



(Supplementary to the Insecta Britaxxica — Lepidop- 

 tera, Tineina; and the Entomologist's Companion ; 



2nd Edition.) 



Ocksenheimeria Birdella, I. B., p. 22. A description 

 of the larva, and its mode of feeding, is given by Scott in 

 last June's Zoologist, at page 4336; at the end of April 

 I again observed the larva crawling on the tops of grass, 

 probably when in the act of moving from a plant it had 

 eaten to a fresh one. 



Tinea arcuatella, I. B., p. 29. Mr. Cooper found the 

 larvae in fun^i on birch trees, near Rannoch, in Julv; hence 

 the species is double-brooded. 



Tinea ochrareella, I. B., p. 37. Mr. Wailes visited 

 Rannoch. and obtained some eggs of this species, which he 

 left in Mr. Logan's care to rear in an ant's nest at Dudding- 

 stone. "Mr. Logan has reared the eggs, and finds the 

 larvae feed on the straws, leaves of pine, kc, of which the 

 ants make their nests, so that they are true Tinece in their 

 habits." 



Lampronia quadripunctella, I. B., p. 38. In May last, 

 Mr. Logan wrote me — " I have to-day reared L. quadri- 

 punctella from wild rose ; its larva is very similar to that of 

 L. Rubiella, but not quite so red, being rather paler and 

 browner." 



Lamprosetia Verhuellella, I. B., p. 39. The larva feeds 



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