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clustered about a tuft of Aira Ccespitosa till every blade of 

 grass was alive with them (Int. viii. p. 188). 



Coleophora ConsficueUa (I. B., p. 213). Many larvae of 

 this species were found in Headley Lane at the end of May 

 (Int. viii. p. 67), but ievf of the perfect insects appeared till 

 August was well advanced. 



Coleophora hmotapennella (I. B., p. 212). Mr. Scott bred 

 specimens of this insect in July from larvag found two years 

 ago at Brighton. 



Coleophora Saturatella (I. B., 216). This insect has 

 su.ldenly become one of the commonest of the genus. In 

 various localities the larvse have been collected in great 

 plentg; they feed on the leaves of broom in the month of 

 May, causing brownish blotches in the leaves. The larvae 

 appear to attach to their cases the skins of all the broom 

 leaves they have ever eaten (Int. viii. pp. 60 and 6S). 



Stathmopoda Pedella (I. B., p. 228). At the August 

 Meeting of the Entomological Society of London the Presi- 

 dent exhibited specimens of this insect, which had hitherto 

 been so rare in this country that only two or three examples 

 were known. He had found it in some plenty in July, on 

 the foliage of alder trees along the banks of the Ravens- 

 bourne at Lewisham ; otlier persons had also taken it there, 

 so that upwards of 200 specimens had been captured. The 

 occurrence of this insect in numbers so near London and in 

 our own parish is certainly startling. This insect was named 

 Pedella by Linnaeus, from its peculiar posture in repose : 

 " Pedes postici horizontaliter extensi, spinosi," and " Pedibus 

 posticis transverse extensis." The hind legs of Stathmopoda 

 pedella, instead of being allowed to remain in what we 

 should call their natural position, are doubled under and 

 stuck out sideways, projecting nearly at right angles on each 

 side between the anterior and middle legs. The moth then 

 walks on all fours, with its gaily-coloured hind legs stuck 



