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Poterium, Rosa, Potent ilia jjalustris, Alchemilla vulgaris, and 

 Heliantheinum vulgare, folding the leaves together and feeding 

 within. 



Cnephasidae. 

 Sciaphila virgaureana, Tr. (wahlbomiana, L.). 



Abundant throughout British Isles, 0. Europe, Siberia, and 

 Syria. On herbaceous plants, drawing the leaves together. 



Sciaphila subjectana, Gn. (incertana, Tr. ?). 



A very common moth, plentiful throughout British Isles ; also 

 C. Europe and Greece. On Phintago, Rumex, Ranunculus, Lotus 

 and vetches, Chrysanthemum and other composites. 



Sciaphila nubilana, Rub. 



England only, principally southern counties ; al30 C. and 

 S.E. Europe. In the shoots of hawthorn, blackthorn, and apple, 

 drawing the leaves together. 



LOZOPERIDAE. 



Commophila maculosana, Haw. 



Common in Q.C. where the blue bell abounds, and general 

 throughout England ; local in Scotland and Ireland ; also S. 

 France, N. Germany, and Spain. In the seed capsules of Scilla 

 festalis. When full-fed the larva bores into rotten wood, a dead 

 oakgall, or a dry stem, swallowing the gnawings and there 

 pupating. 



Exuanthis hamana, L. " The Hook-mark Straw Tortrix." 



Widely distributed throughout the British Isles, C. and S.-W. 

 Europe, W.-C. Asia, and N. Persia. Larva probably feeds on 

 roots of Cardans. 



Sericoridae. 



Poecilochroma corticana, Schiff. 



Extremely abundant in the Gardens, on a favourable evening 

 there being clouds of the moth in Q.C. General throughout the 

 United Kingdom, local in Ireland ; Europe. On the soft inner 

 substance of the currant-shaped galls of the oak catkin (Neu- 

 roterus baccai^um) ; also fresh soft oak-apple galls (Biorhiza 

 aptera) and in rolled oak-leaves. 



Trypanidae. 



Trypanus cossus, L. (ligniperda, F.). " The Goat Moth." 



This moth has been observed by Mr. Nicholson at various 

 times in the Gardens, and evidence of the larvae is constantly met 

 with when trees are felled. It is common in the British Isles, 

 Europe, Asia, and W. Africa. The larva, which gives out a strong 

 and unpleasant smell (hence its vulgar name), is a wood-feeder in 

 elm, ash. poplar, and other trees, usually living two or three years 

 in that state before it pupates. 



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