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OBSERVATIONS ON BRITISH TINEINA. 



(Supplementary to the Insecta Britannica— Lepido- 

 ptera, Tineina ; and to the Entomologist's Com- 

 panion, 2nd Edition.) 



Adela rufimitrella (I. B., p. 49). The larva of this 

 species was collected hy Herr Schmid in October under 

 fallen leaves. Herr Schmid hopes next season to find the 

 young larvae in the capsules of Erysimum alliaria. 



Srvammerdamia apicella (I. B., p. 55). The red-spotted 

 larvae, which were deemed indicative of a new species, S. 

 Pritni, produced the long known S. apicella. 



Depressaria Pallorella (I. B., p. 85). The larva of this 

 species was sent me from Ratisbon by Herr Hofmann ; it is 

 dull greenish, with greenish-black dorsal and subdorsal lines, 

 and with the head reddish-brown ; it rolls up leaves of Cen- 

 taurea scabiosa in a tubular form. 



Gelechia peliella (I. B., p. 111). The larva, of a dark 

 chocolate brown, makes silken galleries amongst the lower 

 leaves of Mumex AcetoseUa. Herr Schmid pointed it out 

 to me on a sandy bank between Soden and Konigstein. 



Gelechia acuminatella (I. B., p. 113). The larvae on 

 Centaurea scabiosa, mining down the midrib (Enigma 

 No. 58), produced a Gelechia, for which Mr. Scott suggested 

 the name of G. Freyii (Int.. vi. p. 77) : it proves, however, 

 to be our old friend the thistle-miner, G. acuminatella. It 



