OBSERVATIONS ON TINEINA. 9 



Cnrtisellus ; 68> 136, 1. brought home from Mentone alive, when 

 offered privet ate it readily, and two i. were reared from the 1. which 

 had fed upon privet. 



EiDOPHASiA Messixgiella, E. M. M. iii. 56, occurrence near 

 Saffron Walden ; 100 specimens caught at Wildbottoms, flying amongst 

 Equisetum 4 — 7 p. m., m.Vl ; 72> 122, 1. b.V feeding on the leaves of 

 Cardamine aviara, near Preston. 



Plutella annulatella, 57> 123, occurrence near Newcastle and 

 near Scarborough ; 58> 105, an open net-work cocoon reputed to belong 

 to this species ; 62> 127, abundant under the cliffs close to the sea near 

 Dublin. [I believe the 1. is most partial to Cochlearia miglica.'] 



P. Dalella, 58> 105, 1. in Iceland on Arahis petrcea, e.Vl; cocoon 

 of open net-work, similar to that of P. porrectella. 



Cekostoma horkidella, 56> 50, 1. on sloe vi; 57, 123,1. on apple 

 trees ; 68; 16 (v. H.), 1. m.Yl on apple trees near Frankfort ; it gnaws 

 under a light web the upper side of the leaf, which hence becomes 

 curved. 



C. scabeella, 70j 5, occurrence of 3 specimens, vii, near Croydon 

 on an old fence. 



C. NEMORELLA, E. M. M. iii. 55, 1. collected pretty freely v at Bide- 

 f ord by beating honeysuckles towards dusk, when they ascend to the top 

 of the plant to feed on the leaves; young 1. very like the young 1. of 

 C. xylostella. 



Theeistis caudella, 65, 132, 1. collected at Saffron Walden, 

 e.Vll, b.Vlil: they feed much more freely at night; by taking a 

 lantern after dark, they may be found resting on the underside of the 

 upper leaves, from which they rapidly descend on the least touch; 

 E. M. ]\1. iii. 56, 1. reared from the Qg^ at Exeter, fed up during V and 



VI. 



Enicostoma lobella, 68j 18 (v. H.), 1. viii on sloe, under a white 

 web on the underside of the leaves, which are hence arched longitudi- 

 nally ; i. V. 



Ex^RETlA Allisella, 56, 50, i. in some plenty near Manchester, 

 but food of 1. not discovered; 61» 108, bred from 1. feeding in the stems 

 of mugwort, v, and causing the young shoots to droop. 



Depressaria costosa, 70? 5, strongly veined specimens, reminding 

 one of D. umhellana, occurred at Forres, in Morayshire, amongst broom. 



D. PALLORELLA, 60j 1^4, k rolls up leaves of Centaurea scahiosa, 



