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bred by Mr. Wilkinson from larvae feeding in the berries of 

 the hawthorn. This further confirms the notion that the 

 hawthorn and apple feeders are two distinct species. 



Anybia langiella, I. B., p. 245. Mr. Boyd found larva.' 

 mining the leaves of Circcea lutetiana, in July, at Lyn- 

 mouth, North Devon, and from them bred this species. It 

 is not yet quite decided whether this is the solution of 

 Enigma No. 1 (Ent. Annual, 1855, 1st Edit. p. 63; 2nd 

 Edit. p. So). The larva there mentioned I certainly found 

 in September, at West Wickham and at Bideford, and if 

 these come to maturity, the knotty point will be determined. 



Asychna ceratella, I. B., p. 246. Mr. Douglas met with 

 several specimens of this insect at. Darenth Wood, in July. 

 The larva and its mode of life have been beautifully repre- 

 sented by Herr Grabow, of Berlin, and I extract the follow- 

 ing from his notes: — "The 26th September, 1852, Herr 

 Kalisch discovered a pod-like excrescence on Polygonum 

 aviculare. Such a growth not being usual on that plant he 

 cut it open, and found a larva enclosed in a cocoon. On the 

 outside of this excrescence there was not the slightest trace 

 of any injury from the larva, and we must therefore con- 

 clude that when the larva escapes from the egg it bores into 

 a bud, and so causes this growth, which then grows around 

 the larva and encloses it, the larva feeding upon .its fleshy 

 interior. Before the larva changes to pupa (which happens 

 in the month of May) it eats a small opening towards the 

 end of its habitation, and through this some ' frass' makes 

 its appearance — this is a certain sign that the larva is about 

 to change to a pupa." This discovery of Herr Grabow's, of 

 a gall-producing Lepidopterous larva, is of extreme interest ! 



Chrysocorys festaliella, I. B., p. 248. Mr. T. Wilkin- 

 son, of Scarborough, sent me in September some larvas of 

 this species, and subsequently I found them at Bideford 

 rather commonly. They feed either on the upper or under- 



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