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the case is almost broader than long ; the wings of this case 

 are black, the body, or rather the tail portion, is brown, the 

 anterior part of the tube being darker." 



77. " A Coleophora larva, found by Mr. Edleston, early 

 in April, on the seeds of the Luziila campestris. Theo- 

 retically, this ought to have been C. murinrpennella, but the 

 case was different, being cylindrical, greyish-ochreous, with 

 the mouth turned down ; indeed the case was very similar to 

 that of C. argentula.^' 



79. ^* A mining larva, collected by Herr Schmid, at the 

 end of October, 1859, in the leaves o^ Lysimachia vulgaris ; 

 the mine is slightly puckered, but yet reminds one consider- 

 ably of the mine which Stephensia Brunnichella constructs 

 in the leaves of Clinopodimn." 



84. " A Coleophora larva, found at Wavendon by the Rev. 

 Henry Burney, at the end of August. It feeds on the seeds 

 of Stellaria graminea, the cylindrical whitish case being 

 attached to the capsule, and the larva boring into the interior. 

 In captivity they eat readily the Stellaria media. When 

 the case is protruding from the calyx of an unripe capsule, it 

 looks excessively like a dried flower of the plant, and would 

 thus readily escape observation"* (Int. viii. p. 189). 



86. " A Gelechia ? larva, found near Ratisbon by Herr 

 Hofmann, feeding in the seeds of Linosyris vulgaris 

 (Chrysocoma), and devouring the seeds and fructification of 

 that plant, which is nearly allied to Solidago virgaurea.'' 



87. ^' A Gelechia larva (supposed to be that of Ericetella)j 



* I bred a single specimen from these larvae, but have not been able to 

 refer it to any known species. Mr. Burney did not obtain a single imago, 

 but trusts that the pupae are only biding their time and will appear next 

 year. He searched in vain for the larvae this last season, and not a 

 single case was to be found, where the previous year they had been so 

 abundant. 



