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litcBa would occur on that plant. At the same time I noticed 

 the leaves of the equally abundant Centaureajacea. The pale 

 blotches on these betrayed to me the work of a Coleophora 

 larva, of which I also collected several cases, and which ap- 

 peared to me to be a species not previously observed in Si- 

 lesia (C. Compwuellaj Mann). I noticed besides several 

 Centaurea leaves, which were inflated, and had lost their 

 parenchyma. On examination I satisfied myself that this 

 appearance was caused by the larva of an Afychia. Of 

 these I obtained four specimens, from which I reared two of 

 the perfect insects, the subject of this notice. * * * * 

 That these w^ere no larvae of Afychia Statices T recognized 

 at the first pjlance ; these I had often found on dock, and for 

 my satisfaction I found one in the same meadow of the same 

 size as the Centaurea larva. Unfortunately, I cannot give 

 a description of these latter, as I neglected to write one. I 

 merely remark, therefore, that though quite of the same 

 form as the larva of Statices, they showed considerable dif- 

 ference in the colouring, being much paler, and instead of 

 red markings, they were of a pale violet grey. Hiibner's 

 figure of the larva of GlohuJarice, Taf., fig. 2, is also quite 

 different. Moreover, Atychia Statices feeds exposed (and 

 according to the figure Gluhularice likewise) on or under 

 the leaves and flowers of the dock ; the Centaurea larvae on 

 the contrary, as I repeatedly observed, eats a hole in the 

 upper surface of a leaf of its food plant, till by degrees it can 

 creep inside, and then it excavates the leaf nearly to the tip. 

 When the supply of food is exhausted, it eats its way out of 

 the leaf and goes in search of another leaf, — hence I found 

 many more leaves empty than were tenanted. I took con- 

 siderable care of these larvae, and did not neglect to keep 

 them moist. In eight days they formed their loose brownish 

 grey cocoons on the earth, deeply concealed amongst roots. 



