52 OBSERVATIONS ON BRITISH TINEINA. 



"larvae in May on Thymus Serpyllum between united leaves/ 7 

 — a more likely food-plant than Artemisia. 



Gelechia boreella, I. B., p. 116. Mr. Buxton took three 

 or four specimens of this hitherto-rather-doubted-species in 

 Sutherlandsbire in June. 



Gelechia instabilella, I. B., p. 126. Mr. Shield bred this 

 insect from larvae found early in April, near Dublin, mining 

 the leaves of Plantago maritima. 



Gelechia. leucatella, I. B., p. 128. I found the larva, June 

 17th, feeding between united hawthorn leaves. 



Gelechia tamiolella, I. B., p. 132. Herr Schmid reports 

 that this larva feeds the end of Mav and becnnnino- of June 

 between united leaves of Medicago minima. 



Gelechia Brizella, I. B., p. 137. Herr Schmid informs 

 me that the larva winters in the flower heads of the Statice 

 armeria, changing to pupa in April. 



Gelechia ericinella, I. B., p. 138. Herr Grabow showed 

 me a life-like portrait of this larva, which subsequently 

 enabled me to find it. I collected several of these elegant 

 larvae at West Wickham, July 5th : they make very light 

 gossamer-like webs near the ends of the shoots of the heather, 

 and in these webs frequently change to pupae. 



Chelaria Uilbnerella, I. B., p. 143. There is some 

 mystery about this insect ; from several independent sources 

 I hear the larva feeds on birch; we know the perfect insect 

 frequents poplars. 



Anarsia Spartiella, I. B., p. 144. Mr. Harding has bred 

 this from furze. 



Anarsia Genistce, I. B., p. 144. Mr. Machin has bred 

 this from broom ; see Zoologist, p. 4746. 



Ypsolophus fasciellus, I. B., p. 146. At the end of Sep- 

 tember, Hen* Schmid sent me some larvae of this species; 

 they feed on sloe, doubling up the leaf and leaving an open- 

 ing at each end through which they hurriedly escape on any 



