138 LEPIDOPTERA. 



interior of the flower stems a similar larva, ratlier larger. 

 Hence we conclude that the egg is laid in June on the 

 drooping flower of the Glohulariaj that the larva on the 

 setting in of the moist weather in autumn quits the egg, and] 

 feeds on the seeds and pith of the stem, passes the winter in ! 

 the stem, and changes to a pupa in the receptacle" (F. H., 20, i 

 9,61). 



* Elachista nohilella. Professor Frey has bred this 

 species from larvae found in March in a species of Festuca. 

 ** The mine is long and white, and the larva often appears to 

 go from one leaf to another. The larva is slender yellowish, 

 with a brown head, and is nearly full fed before winter. The 

 pupa reminds one of that of JE. Gleichenella'' (Int. x. p. 61). 



Professor Fritzsche also bred this insect from larvse in a 

 species of Festuca. 



* Elachista hifasciella, Treitschke. This insect had 

 always remained a great rarity, though described nearly thirty 

 years ago. This spring Professor Fritzsche met with the 

 larvae in March in a species of Festuca at Freiberg in; 

 Saxony, and reared many of the perfect insect. I 



Elachista Zonariella. " I can assure you that thei 

 larva figured in vol. 3 of the "Natural History of the 

 Tineina," plate 5, as that of E. Zonainella, does not belongj 

 to that species 5 but that the larva figured on plate 2, as thati 

 of 3Iegerlella, is truly that of Zonariella" (F. W. F., 29, 9, 

 61). 



The above is the remark of so conscientious an observer as 

 Professor Fritzsche : we cannot in any way assent to it, but we 

 publish it with the view of inducing a more rigorous com- 

 parison of the larvae of these two species j we fancy we know 

 Megeriella very well. 



Lithocolletis Bremiella. *'This also occm's on Orohus, as| 

 I have bred it from that plant" (H. F., 10, 5, 61). 



