THE BROWN DOLLY. 523 



cLaructer of its wings, the upper pair being warm orange with 

 a longitudinal black bar, as seen in the illustration. This is 

 another of the oak-feeders, and the perfect insect is common 

 everywhere during the earlier part of the summer. The 

 name Red Feather is almost a literal translation of Stephen's 

 name of rufipennella, which he gave to it, but which could 

 not be retained because the name complanella was of earlier 

 date. The larva of this insect is shown at Fig. d. 



The next group of Tinege are all leaf-miners in the larval 

 state. The name of this group is the Lithocolletid^. The 

 object of this name I really cannot determine. It is derived 

 from two Greek words, the former signifying a stone, and the 

 latter to glue or cement. Taken collectively, the w^ords may 

 either signify a stone-cementer, or something that is inlaid or 

 cemented with stone. Perhaps the colouring of the wings 

 may have given some notion of a mosaic wall, which is made of 

 small cubes of stone cemented together. 



A FIGURE of one of the prettiest of these very pretty insects 

 is given on Woodcut LXI. Fig. 1, very much magnified. The 

 scientific name of this insect is Lithocolletes corylella. No 

 popular name has been given to it, so I shall call it the 

 Brown Dolly, because the brown markings on the white wings 

 bear, when viewed from base to tip, a certain resemblance to a 

 rude wooden doll. It is really a very pretty insect.' Viewed 

 with the naked eye, it is so small that the shape of the 

 markings is wholly invisible, and all thUt can be seen is a 

 white surface profusely sprinkled with brown, or a brown 

 surface spotted with white. But, when the magnifying glass 

 is brought to bear upon it, the markings are seen to be very 

 clearly defined. I have examined a considerable number of 

 these beautiful little Moths, and in none of them was there 

 any noticeable variation. 



Although but few colours are employed in the decoration of 

 the little Moth's plumage, it is a most beautiful insect, the 

 rich brown and pure creamy white being contrasted in a 

 wonderfully bold manner. There is a slight difference in the 

 colour of the sexes, the upper wings of the male being soft 

 creamy-white, while those of the female are cold grey-white. 



