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Bond sent me some of the larvae, calling my attention to their 

 peculiarities ; and subsequently I found them feeding on birch 

 at Wickham. The larva feeds in May, and the perfect 

 insect appears at the end of June. 



COLEOPHORA APICELLA, n. sp. 



Alis anticis albis, venis costam versus pone medium indis- 

 tinctis saturatioribus, apice acuminato fusco. 



Exp. al. 5J — 6 lin. 



Head grey. Palpi whitish. Antennas white, annulated with 

 dark fuscous. Anterior wings white, with a faint indication 

 of some darker veins, especially towards the costa beyond the 

 middle, a fuscous streak running more distinctly to the 

 extreme apex, which is rather prolonged ; costal cilia whitish ; 

 cilia of the hind margin pale grey. Posterior wings grey, 

 with paler cilia. 



By the peculiarly sharp apex of the anterior wings, and 

 by the pale colour of the wings and dark apex, it may be 

 distinguished from all the other species. I have had for 

 some years a worn specimen taken by Mr. Saunders at 

 Hastings, which I had placed doubtingly amongst Argen- 

 tula ; the sight of several specimens taken by Mr. Bond in 

 the Fens of Cambridgeshire in July has satisfied me that it 

 is really a good species. 



COLEOPHORA CHALCOGRAMMELLA, Zeller. 



(Fig. 3). 

 Alis anticis jlavis, lineis duabus ex basi ad marginem jjos- 

 ticum orichalceis ; antennis nigris, apice albo. 

 Exp. al. 4—5 lin. 



Head and face bronzy. Palpi pale grey, tip of ea^h joint 

 black. Antennae black, the tip white, sometimes with an ad- 

 ditional white ring near the tip. Anterior wings deep yellow, 



