279 



On Galluna in A* This beautiful species must not be con- 

 founded with Gelechia ericetella, Hub., previously recorded. It 



common 



Oecophoridae. 



Depressaria costosa, Haw. 



On Ulex in A. Common in most places where its food-plants 

 grow {Ulex, Cytisus). 



Borkhausenia augustella, Hub. 



Two specimens taken in Q. It is somewhat local, but quite a 

 Londoner, as it has been taken in Hyde Park. 



B. lunaris, Haw. 



handsome little insect. Taken in P. The larva lives probably 



in decaying wood. 



ELA.CHISTIDAE. 



Batrachedra praeangusta, Haw. 



In A. This is a singular insect, the fore wings being very elon- 

 gate. It sits on the bark of poplar trees with its head raised, thus 

 bearing a somewhat fanciful resemblance to a frog. 



. Blastodacna hellerella, Dup. , 



A typical specimen was taken by Mr. Nicholson near hawthorn, 

 in Q., in July, where it probably is not rare. Another very dark 

 specimen was captured on an apple trunk, near a hawthorn hedge 

 in P., in August. This dark specimen certainly approaches 

 B. vinolentella, H.-S., but does not quite agree with the descrip- 

 tion of that species, and may therefore rather be considered as 

 another of those dark forms of Lepidoptera which occur in the 

 London District. 



Mompha stephensi, Sin. 



This is usually considered a local species, and is mostly taken 

 on the trunks of trees. Three specimens, one on an alder near the 

 lake. 



Heliozela stanneella, F. E. 



This minute species sometimes flies in little swarms in the sun- 

 shine. Mr. Nicholson discovered a swarm hovering over the 

 twigs of a yew in the Gardens last May. There was an oak close 

 by which had doubtless served the larvae as food. 



Coleophora juncicolella, Sin. 



This is probably quite common on the ling in the Gardens, as it 

 was readily obtained each time it was sought. The larval case is 

 minute, and so exactly like a terminal bud of the ling that it can 

 scarcely be detected unless the larva be in motion. It may be 

 obtained by shaking the ling over an inverted umbrella and 

 patiently watching till the larvae crawl out of the debris. On one 

 occasion while thus employed Mr. Nicholson detected a scale, new 

 to the Gardens. 



