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*Ochrojnolopis ictella. " From larvae found at the begin- 

 ning of May in webs, on the tei-minal shoots of a Lithospe?'- 

 num ? we bred at the end of May two beautiful specimens of 

 Ochromolopis irtella" (F. H., 24, 6,61). 



" 1 am not clear respecting the name of the food plant of 

 Ochromolopis ictella" (F. H., 6, 7, 61). 



" The food plant of Ochromolopis ictella has been named 

 for us by a clever botanist Thesium montanum. This is 

 confirmed by a comparison of the living plant with the 

 figure in Sturm's Flora. The species probably feeds also on 

 Thesium pratense. The latter occurs in meadows and shel- 

 tered places here very plentifully, and in both localities where 

 it occurs Dr. Herrich-S chaffer has met with the perfect 

 insect" (F. H., 20, 9, 61). 



* Stagjnatophora albiapicella. " We have bred Stagmato- 

 phora p)omposella from pupee which we found in May in the 

 last year's seed-heads of Globularia vulgaris" (F. H., 24, 6, 

 61). 



*' In the middle of May we found in the dried last year's 

 seed-heads of Globularia vulgaris small pupae, which on the 

 31st May produced Stagmato])hora albiapicella. Dr. Her- 

 rich-Schaff'er at first pronounced them S. pomposellay but we 

 found on more accurate examination and comparison with spe- 

 cimens in Dr. H.-S.'s collection and our own, that the species 

 was undoubtedly S. albiapicella^ of which the imago occurs 

 amongst Globularia (H.-S., Schmett. v. Europa V. p. 217). 



" At the end of August we again searched the locality where 

 we had found these pupae, and we noticed the Globularia, 

 though rather sparingly, but could find no trace of any 

 larvae. Yesterday we repeated our investigations, and were 

 so fortunate as to find in the interior of the dried seed-heads 

 a small yellowish-white larva with dark brown head, and 

 dark and pale brown marbled second segment, and in the 



