142 OBSERVATIONS ON TINEINA. 



similar to tliat in Tischer^m ; the tuft on the crown of the 

 head is not so dense as in Bucculatrix ; it however resembles 

 JBucculatrix in the smooth face, naked tongue and want of 

 palpi, and is not very unlike Bucculatrix crutatella, but 

 considerably larger and the costal portion of the w^ing dis- 

 tinctly paler. 



It was at the end of March that I received from Hei'r 

 Hofmann of Ratisbon some larvffi of this interesting species ; 

 they were mining the small leaves of Dajjltne Cneorum, of 

 which they ate out the entire substance. 



The larvae are barely 2 lines in length : deep amber, with 

 the dorsal vessel greenish ; stout, with the segments deeply 

 incised ; the head pale brown ; the second segment with two 

 black plates behind of irregular form ; the hind lobes of the 

 head show through the anterior part of the second segment. 



There are six antei'ior legs, eight ventral and two anal 

 prolegs. 



I believe that none of ray specimens attained the pupa 

 state, so that my expectations of finding, some fine morning, 

 a perfect Phyllohrostis Daphneella in the cage w^ere doomed 

 to disappointment. 



