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specimen from a larva found on one of the Umbellifera?, at 

 Headley Lane, in June. 



D. nervosa, I. B., p. 99. I found the splendid larva of 

 this feeding on (Enanthe crocata last May, near Dawlish ; 

 Dr. Colquhoun bred it from pupse found in the stems of the 

 same plant, near Ardrossan. 



Gelechia cuneatella, I. B., p. 110. Mr. Boyd bred two 

 specimens of this species from larva? found on willow, June 

 22nd, then nearly full fed. 



G% desertella, I. B., p. 113; and G. mundella, 1. B., p. 

 115. Mr. Gregson has bred both these from moss on the 

 sandhills, but had not observed the larvae. This hint, how- 

 ever, may be of assistance to others. 



G. affinis, I. B., p. 115. The larva feeds on moss on a 

 wall in my neighbourhood, from December to March. 



G. domestica, I. B., p. 117. 1 found the larvae of this 

 feeding on moss, in company with G. affinis, at the end of 

 March; previously the larva had not been distinguished 

 from that of G. affinis, so that I know not how soon it be- 

 gins to feed. 



G. vidgella, I. B., p. 119. The larva feeds between united 

 hawthorn leaves at the end of April, eating them half 

 through, and so discolouring them. 



G. luculella, I. B., p. 119. Mr. Wing found the pale 

 greenish, black-spotted larva of this species on the 12th of 

 February,* feeding in the decayed wood of a prostrate tree 



* [This was a chilly, damp day, and it was whilst seeking for this 

 larva that Mr. Wing contracted a cold, which suddenly brought the 

 disease (diabetes), which must long have been lurking in his system, to 

 a crisis. Fortunately for our science, that crisis did not prove imme- 

 diately fatal, for the plates to the Insecta Britannica — Lepidoptera, 

 Tineina, were not then put on the stone ; it was, however, several weeks 

 before Mr. Wing recovered sufficient strength to resume his occupa- 

 tions, but during the summer lie succeeded in putting "the heads'' on 



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