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OBSERVATIONS ON BRITISH TINEINA. 



(Supplementary to the InsectaBritannica — Lepidop- 

 tera, Tineina ) and the Entomologist's Companion, 

 2nd Edition.) 



Adela Fibulella, I. B., p. 49. The larva has been found 

 by Herr O. Hofmann feeding on the seeds and leaves of 

 Veronica Chamcedrys (Int. vol. iv. p. 185). 



Laverna propinquella, I. B., p. 236. I have bred this 

 from larvae sent me in February by Mr. Wilkinson; the 

 larvae were mining the young leaves of Epilobium hirsutum. 



Laverna phragmitella, I. B., p. 238 (E. A. 1858, p. 110). 

 The larva feeds in the heads of the Typha, secreting itself in 

 the woolly down, where it is about as easy to find " as a 

 needle in a bottle of hay." 



Elachista magnificella, I. B., p. 251. The larva mines 

 the leaves of Luzula pilosa, in April and May. The habit 

 was discovered in three different localities by three Entomo- 

 logists, each unaware of the researches of the others. 



Elachista trapeziella, I. B., p. 254. This larva was dis- 

 covered by Mr. Scott in the leaves of the Luzula pilosa, and 

 subsequently collected freely by Mr. T. Wilkinson (see 

 Zoologist, 1858, p. 6146). 



Elachista Wiyiichosporella and Eleochariella, I. B., p. 

 259 and 260. Both these species? have been bred from 

 larvae in Eriophorum an gust i folium (Cotton-grass), and both 

 from larvae in a Car ex. Yet I am still unwilling to view 

 them as identical. 



Trifurcula pidverosella, I. B., p. 307. This species has 

 been bred from the " Nep. larva making blotches in the 

 apple leaves" (see Ent. Comp. p. 127, and Int. iv. p. 14). 



