ENIGMAS STILL UNANSWERED. 85 



The following Enigmas in the Entomologist's Com- 

 panion still remain unanswered, though it is hoped the solu- 

 tion of them will not be long delayed. 



1. E. C, p. 63. "A larva mining, in September and 

 October, the leaves of the Clrccea lutetiana." 



2. E. C, p. 63. " A small mining larva, making dark 

 brown blotches in the leaves of Origanum vulgare" 



3. E. C, p. 117. "A Coleophora larva, feeding on a 

 smooth grass." I found many of this larva on Box Hill last 

 April ; they make very conspicuous white mines in the grass. 

 I did not succeed in rearing any, so am not yet certain 

 whether it be C. Lixella as suspected. 



4. E. C, p. 129. "The clumsy-tailor larva (which takes 

 for its case an entire leaf of hawthorn) ;" none have yet been 

 reared; the larva was very common on hawthorn last 

 July. 



5. E. C, p. 135. " Nepticula larvas, in leaves of Poten- 

 tilla fragariastrum" has again been found, but none have 

 even gone into cocoon. 



6. E. C, p. 135. " Gelechia ? larva?, folding up the 

 leaves of Lathyrus pratensis, and (p. 138) Vicia Sepium." 

 None of these were reared. 



7. E. C, p. 136. "A Gelechia? larva on oak, forming 

 an entire leaf into a vaulted chamber" None were reared; 

 one larva lived through the winter. 



8. E. C, p. 138. " On apple, a new Nep. larva, greenish, 

 with dark-green dorsal line, mining a gallery.'' None 

 reared, and the larva has again been found rather common 

 in hawthorn leaves; it may belong to N. gratiosella. 



9. E. C, p. 139. " A Nep. larva, near the midrib of 

 beech leaves ; basicolella ;" none of these went into pupa; 

 the larva has again been found this autumn. 



10. E. C, p. 140. " Scitelliform mines on the birch ;" a 



