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at Folkestone; so it would appear that its food-plants are 

 various. — F. O. Standish ; Cheltenham, February, 1877. 



Gelechid.e reared in 1876. — Gelechia nccviferella. — I 

 reared a large series from larva) found in August, making 

 conspicuous white blotches in leaves of Chenopodium : when 

 full grown they descend into the earth to form their cocoons, 

 the imagos appearing the follovi'ing May. G. Hermaniiella. 

 — The larvae of this pretty species I found in profusion in the 

 middle of July, mining the leaves of Chenopodium, and 

 reared the perfect insects freely in August; the larvae were 

 again equally plentiful at the end of that month and the 

 early part of September, thus proving it to be double- 

 brooded; the mine of this larva is very different from that of 

 the preceding species, being hardly perceptible, unless the 

 leaf is held against the light. G. iriparella. — I reared about 

 forty specimens in May, from larvae found feeding between 

 united oak leaves, at the end of August; they are not 

 uncommon on stunted scrubby oak bushes in lanes, near 

 Wanstead. — W. Machin ; 22, Argyle Road, Carlton Square, 

 E., January, 1877. 



Tineina bred during 1876. — Lampronia Luzella ap- 

 peared in one of my large boxes of dead leaves and rubbish, 

 collected during the winter. Its history is still as little 

 known as ever. 



L. pr<Blalella was bred from larvae collected April 8th, 

 amongst wild strawberry. They are easily reared in a 

 flower-pot; nearly all were bred that were collected. 



Micropteryx calthella, like L. Luzella, crept up in the 

 same box, and afforded no more information. 



Eidopltasia AJessingielln is difficult to find, but easy to 

 rear; some scores of the larvae were collected, May 13th, at 

 Brockholes Wood, near Preston, on Cardamine amara ; 

 they spin a ievf strands of silk across the young shoots, and 

 draw them together, leaving no other indication of their 

 presence. 



Depressaria nanatella occurs in profusion amongst carline 

 thistles, at Lylham, and is very easily detected, as when the 

 larva attacks a leaf it draws the two edges together, thus 

 exposing the white, shiny under surface, and feeds in the roll 

 thus made. They are full fed about May 21st. 



D. alomella were not plentiful this year. They inhabit the 



