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The imago appears in May and June among Scotch firs. The 
larve feed in the shoots, but seem to prefer the side shoots rather 
than the central one, and should be collected about the end of 
April. Besides the localities named for the preceding species it 
has occurred at Lewisham, and near Dover. 
R. sylvestrana, Curt.—Rather local. The larva feeds in the 
shoots of the stone pine (Pinus pinea) and other pines in March 
and April, and its presence can be detected by the pellet of frass 
ejected by the larva from its tunnel, and which remains affixed to 
the infected shoot. The imago appears in June and July, and 
has occurred at Croydon and West Wickham, and I have met 
with a single specimen in this neighbourhood. 
Carpocapsa splendana, Hub.—Not uncommon in oak woods 
in July and August, when the imago flies freely at dusk; and is 
also to be obtained by beating. The specimens vary considerably 
in size. The larva feeds in acorns in the autumn, but I have 
never succeeded in rearing the insect. It occurs generally 
throughout these counties. 
C. grossana, Haw.—The imago should be looked for among 
beeches in June and July, flying round the trees at dusk; but it 
is not common. The larva feeds in the beech mast on the seeds, 
and is not easy to rear. 
C. pomonella, Linn.—Common in all apple orchards. The 
life-history is as follows:—The egg is laid in the calyx of the 
apple, and hatches shortly after the young apple is found; the 
larva eating its way to the core, devours the pips, and makes its 
egress on the opposite side to which it entered. If two apples are 
on a bunch the larva passes from one to the other. It occasionally 
attacks nuts in a similar way. The imago is to be met with freely 
at dusk in June and July, flying round the trees. 
Opadia Funebrana, Treit.— The imago of this insect is very 
rare, while the larva is not at all uncommon in some seasons in 
gardens and orchards, feeding inside plums and damsons. The 
imago appears inJune. The larva is full fed in the autumn, when 
it retires to pupate, but does not accomplish the change until 
the following spring. In confinement they should be supplied 
with bits of cork, chips of bark, &c., of which they will eagerly 
avail themselves. 
Putney, June, 1880. 
(To be continued.) 
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