OBSERVATIONS OS BRITISH TINEINA. Ill 



of a path ill a wood in rather a damp place. A single spe- 

 cimen has also occurred in Belgium ; it was taken near 

 Namur, June 1st. 



CoJeophora hadiipenneUa (I. B., p. 224). In the begin- 

 ning of June last I received several larvse of this species 

 from Mr. Sayer ; they were found on elm ; the cases were 

 all similar, very short and with the mouth turned abruptly 

 downwards, so that it would not be easy to confound them 

 either w^ith the cases of Fmcedinella or of Limosipennella 

 (Int. viii. p. 76). 



Coleophora Olivaceella (T. B., p. 223). In February 

 last T received a number of larvae of this insect from M. 

 Foloa:ne of Brussels, and at once reco2:nised them as a larva 

 I had found plentiful in the autumn of 1857 between Becken- 

 ham and West Wickham, and wdiich I had then mistaken 

 for a variety of the case of Coleophora solitariella. The dis- 

 tinctions are now so great that one is lost in amazement at 

 one's former blindness and stupidity. The case of Oliva- 

 ceella is cylindrical, ochreous brown, with the mouth turned 

 slightly downwards and with a distinct ventral keel ; the 

 larva feeds on Stellaria Holoi^tea, and it is consequently 

 often found in company with the whitish keelless case of 

 C. Solitariella. Mr. M'Lachlan called my attention to the 

 fact that, owino; the curve of the mouth of the case of Oliva- 

 ceella, the feeding larva reposes nearly prostrate on the surface 

 of the leaf, whereas a feeding larva of Solitariella is almost 

 erect, making at least an angle of 60° with the leaf (Int. vii. 

 pp. 180 and 198 ; Int. viii. p. 60). A long and interesting 

 notice of this species will be found in the 4th volume of the 

 " Annales de la Societe Entomologique Beige," by MM. 

 Fologne and J. D'Udekem (pp. 76 — 84). 



Coleophora jialliatella (I. B., p. 215). Mr. M'Lachlan 

 has recorded a remarkable instance of this insect "as- 

 sembling." They came in numbers from all quarters and 



