72 MAY. 



pericella may be found. Under the leaves of the oak, 

 in a web, the pretty larva of Phibalocera Quercana 

 will be found (in Ireland it feeds commonly on the 

 arbutus); while on the honeysuckle the larvae of Ce- 

 rostoma vittella, nemorella and Xylostella will be 

 found : on sallows the larva of Geleckia sororculella 

 occurs ; and in the terminal shoots of Artemisia cam- 

 pestris{1) we may, perhaps, find the larvae of Gel. 

 Artemisiella. Herr Sclimid says " Larvae in May on 

 thyme {Thymus Serpyllum) between united leaves" — 

 "a more likely food-plant than Artemisia." —(Ento- 

 mologist's Annual, 1856, pp. 51, 52.) 



In the stems of the " rough cock's foot grass'' (Dac- 

 tylis glomerata ), near the root, the white wiry larva 

 of Ochsenheimeria Birdella may be found, while in 

 the rolled-up leaves of this and other grasses the larva 

 of Gelechia rufescens occurs. 



On the underside of the leaves of the wild rose we 

 shall find the larva of Coleophora gryphipennella 

 making white blotches on the leaves, and the larva 

 of Lampronia quadripunctella occurs on the same 

 plant; while in the young shoots of the sweet briar 

 {Rosa spinosissima) the larva of Spilonota roborana 

 may be found, and in the shoots of whitethorn the 

 larva of Spilonota suffusana occurs; on this plant 

 also may be found the larvae of Gelechia vulgella 

 between united leaves. 



In the shoots of sloe (JPrutius spinosa) f feeding upon 

 the young heart leaves, the larvae of Argyresthia albi- 

 stria and mendica occur, while in the shoots of the 

 whitethorn the larvae of Argyresthia nitidella may be 

 found feasting upon a similar dainty pabulum. But 



