132 LEPIDOPTERA. 



" I have this morning bred G. Fischeriella from the 

 suspected larva; the larva lives in the seeds of Dactylis 

 glomerata and various other grasses. I first found the larva 

 August 19th, 1860, nearly full fed ; you can see little or no 

 trace of the larva, unless you collect some of the seed heads 

 and put them into a glass and look at them in a day or two ; 

 vou will then soon see where thev are at work" (T. W., 17, 

 5, 61.) 



This larva is whitish, with dark grey dorsal vessel ; head 

 blackish ; plate on the second segment dark grey ; anal 

 segment dark grey. It bores into the grass flowers, making 

 holes in the sides. 



A7'gyresthia liter eUa. I captured a specimen of this 

 insect near the end of July among alders, at Lewisham. It 

 was in company with A. Goedartella, and I am now satis- 

 fied it is not really distinct from that species. I revisited the 

 spot several times, in hopes of obtaining other specimens ; 

 but, though I dislodged Goedartella by thousands, I could 

 not observe any others referable to the Literella type. 



*Gracilaria Simploniella. This has occurred in Belgium. 

 " Flies in August and September in open places along 

 hedges of oaks — among the heaths of the Campine ; it only 

 flies short distances" (Leon Becker to E. F.). 



■ Gracilaria Imperialella. Herr Hofmann has bred this 

 species from larvae mining in the leaves of Orohus nifjer, col- 

 lected near Muggendorf, in July (see Ent. Ann. 1861, p. 117, 

 Enigma, No. 83). " The larva loosens the lower epidermis 

 of the entire leaf, and eats much of the parenchyma ; the 

 leaf is slightly curved and quite bladder-like ; the loosened 

 lower skin is very white. The larva spins a pale ochreous 

 cocoon outside the leaf, but attached to the white loosened 

 skin of the underside, where it is hardly perceptible." 



* Gracilaria Pavoniella. On the 20th of August I 



