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Han 



Common to British Isles (except N. Scotland). In the leaves of 



P<>a trivially P. annua, &c. 



Chrysoclista linneella, CI. 



A rare insect hitherto found only in Kent, Middlesex, Gloucester, 

 f N ; ]S, e }? ml ? also C. Europe and Asia Minor. Larvae feed in 

 oarjc ot J ilia. Occasionally the moths swarm on Limes around 



Hub 



a Jl en u fn ! t ^ r ^ U ^ h ^ t En ^ laQ d, E. Ireland, and C. Europe. On 

 spun shoots of Epdobium hirsutum. 



Hub 



A local insect found hitherto only in Middlesex, Essex, Gloucester, 



Europe, W 

 Chcnopodiur 



Among flowers 



iff- (Jen est 



*wS° f the *°; Cii \ l ? d "clothes" moths. At times very destructive. 



taSlisssi*" - m honses ' ***** ° n seeds ' dr * ref « se ' &c » 



is cosmopolitan. 



PLUTELLIDAE. 



This family is not largely represented in Britain, and appears to 

 be more at home m Australasia. The larvae feed generally in a 

 slight web on leaves and seeds. 



Tponomeuta vigintipunctatus, Bets. 



i on?" ?' *f. ichol80n took a small colony of caterpillars in September, 



i i ?m Dg TJ he heads of Sedum Telephium, its usual food 

 plant. When full fed they spun up in a thick web and emerged 



n the first week of April, 1907. It is a rather scarce insect, being 

 local m Kent to Dorset and Norfolk ; also C. Europe. 



Tponomeuta padellus, L. 



One of the commonest of the genus. Plentiful in Q. Found 

 throughout England and Ireland ; also Europe and W.C. Asia to 

 1 urkestan. On blackthorn, hawthorn and apple. 



Glyphipteryx fuscoviridella, Haw. 



A common moth in England and 8. Europe. The larva was 

 discovered by Mr. Sich feeding in stems of Luzula camjmtris. 



Cerostoma radiatella, Don. 



Extremely abundant throughout the British Isles. On oak. 



Plutella maculipennis, L. " The Diamond-back Moth." 



This insect is in some years very plentiful and a great nuisance 

 to the farmer. Last year, 1906, in most southern English counties 

 especially Essex, the larva became a pest, attacking the root 

 crops. It was also recorded as being abundant in the neighbour- 

 hood of Aberdeen. 



TlNEIDAE. 



A very large family of small moths, some species being almost 

 microscopical. Although the genera are closely allied the forms 

 at times are greatly at variance. Outside Europe the study of this 



