OBSERVATIONS ON TINEINA. 11 



" thorax either nnicolorous with the ant. w., or bluish-black," having 

 bred such specimens from precisely similar thistle-feeding larvre.] 



D. PURPUREA, 57j 12i, 1. on TorU'is anthriscvs; 62j 127, 1. plentiful 

 in kitchen gardens at Breslau on carrots, feeding on the leaves quite in 

 the style of Ai) plana ^ preferring shady places; 1. b.Ylii; i. e.Vill, 

 b.ix. " 



D. capReolella, 56, 50, bred vii from a 1. found feeding on the 

 pinnate radical leaves of Pimpinella saxifraga, vi; 62, 127, near 

 Dublin at ragwort bloom at dusk, Vlil, and flying over furze bushes in 

 the afternoon, IV; once seen flying freely in the afternoon at Sander- 

 stead Downs, III; E. M. M. iii. 56, bred from 1. feeding m.vi on 

 Falcaria Rivini at Jena. 



D. Angelicella, 58, 106, 1. very common on Angelica sylvestris 

 at Dunoon and Ardi'ossan ; twice reared from 1. on Heracleum Sjjhon- 

 dylium. 



D. AsTRANTLE, 62, 127, 1. VI on Astrantla major at Katisbon; 

 i. nearly allied to Angelicella, but larger. 



D. Cnicella, 70, 156, occurrence in England ; bred from 1. found 

 on Eryng'iuni niaritimnni at Southsea. 



D. PARILELLA, 68, 18 (v. H.), 1. c.v singly on Pencedamnn oreO' 

 selimim at Mombach ; spinning the leaves together to a rather large 

 diffuse, ball-like web ; i. e.vii. 



D. CARDUELLA, 56, 50, bred from a 1. feeding on the underside of 

 the leaves of a species of thistle near Lynmouth, vii ; E. M. M. iii. 56, 

 1. not scarce b.Vl at Witherslack, on a high rocky situation amongst 

 stunted thistles not above eight or nine inches high ; i. b.Vli. 



D. OCELLAXA, 62, 127, bred from 1. collected on Salix I'iminaliSy 

 b.vii. 



D. GRAXULOSELLA, 61, 108, bred from 1. collected vii at Deal from 

 a dwarf umbelliferous flower. [I have since bred this from 1. collected 

 b.vi on Anthriscus vulgaris, near Norwich.] 



D. ROTUNDELLA, 62, 128, this and D. nanatella not uncommon on 

 the coast, near Dublin, Viil, ix ; fond of flowers of ragwort, thyme and 

 Galium, veruni. 



D, PiiiPiNELL^, 56, 51, occurrence of the 1. near Kemsing in Kent; 

 57, 12i, occurrence in Dorsetshire and near Plymouth, beaten from 

 thatch. 



D. OLERELLA, Zeller, 65, 128, described ; occurrence of 6 specimens 

 at Woolmer Forest, near Haslemere. 



