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of the stem of these, also between united leaves, we found a 

 greenish Tiyiea larva. They soon changed to pupa, either 

 on the ground, or in the woody stem, and early in July 

 produced the Gelechia Myricariella of Reutti" (H. F., 12, 

 7, 61). 



Gelechia ^thiops. " I am in hopes of getting eggs of 

 G. JEthiops, but the weather keeps so cold that I have yet 

 only obtained one of the perfect insect" (T. W., 5, 5, 61). 



" I took 100 G. uEtldaps last night ; I will see if I can 

 get any eggs from them" (T. W., 16, 5, 61). 



^' Herewith I send you a larva of Gelechia JEtliiofs for 

 figuring ; it seems to me to have done feeding. When young 

 the larva mines the leaves ; afterwards it constructs a gallery 

 of silk and excrement, intermixed with bits of the food plant, 

 and so continues to feed within the gallery" (T. W., 5, 7, 61). 



These larvas I have described as follows : — 



No. 37. Dull reddish, the incisions of the segments green- 

 ish, spots small and black, head brown ; second segment with 

 a black plate divided down the centre ; anal segment with a 

 blackish plate. 



^Gelechia CauUgenellay Schmid, (6^. 7iutantella, Hofmann 

 in litt.) 



The larva of this species makes galls in the stems of Silene 

 7iutans ; the lower pai't of the stem, when inhabited by the 

 larva, swells out very considerably, and the larva finds 

 within a comfortable residence. The larva is dull pale green ; 

 head brown ; second segment with two black-brown marks, 

 divided by a slender central line of the pale ground-colour ; 

 spots imperceptible. 



Gelechia Vicinella. " I expect that G. Vicinella was 

 tolerably common at the spot where I met with it. I saw 

 several specimens in a very short time, but only secured 



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