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feeder and single brooded. It is a much finer and more delicate 

 mine than that of N. aurella. I again found the larvje early 

 this September, the raspberry growing among brambles which 

 were mined by j^lenty of N. aurella. Next to appear were a few 

 N. gratiosella, N. ignobilella, and N.pygmaella ; also oxyacanthella 

 from hawthorn. From birch came N. argentipedella and con- 

 timieUa ,- of the latter I had only a few mines. I bred about 

 thirty specimens of N. headleyclla from larvae kindly sent me by 

 Mr. W. H. B. Fletcher. N. glutinosce were a sad failure ; of 

 about forty larvae which changed to pupae and looked well I 

 did not rear one moth. Nearly the same may be said of 

 N. intimella, for I had more than fifty cocoons, and only bred 

 two specimens from sallow leaves, but I got a dozen N. salicis. 

 Of iV. lateella a very few appeared. 



During the months of June and into July I took a considerable 

 number of Nepticulae ; some I cannot determine. N. luteella and 

 intimella were fairly represented. My best catch of N. intimella 

 got lost ; the canister and a lot of boxes in it slipped out of my 

 pocket. N. glutinosce, N. alnetella, and N. continuella were 

 among the best in July and August ; I went fairly in for larvae 

 of aucuparice, lapponica, and another birch species, probably a 

 new species. The larva feeds differently to any I am acquainted 

 with; it occurs on ground Lhad not trodden since 1863, and 

 then I was not after Micro-Lepidoptera. I also found N. con- 

 tinuella quite common ; I must have taken several scores. From 

 August 18th to 25th I took about two dozen of what I expect 

 will prove N. hodgkinsoni. 



I made two journeys to a district where I had not hunted for 

 Nepticulae, to see if I could find any N. tilicB, — a locality I should 

 think as yet unvisited by entomologists. I saw one tree of Tilia 

 jMrvifolia infested by this little larva, and took over a hundred of 

 the mines containing larvae ; but the majority were empty. 

 The mines of this species are easily seen. Another tree about 

 a mile away produced a lot, some full-fed, others very young. 

 Here I saw a sight unknown to me which I think should be 

 noted, viz., what I suppose to be the larvas of Bucculatrix 

 thoracella {hippocastanella) hanging by threads ; presently I 

 found a little snowy-white circular cocoon on the surface of a 

 lime-tree leaf. I found no more, but on my return a few hours 

 later they were in plenty on the leaves collected, the larvae 



