﻿Natural 
  History 
  of 
  British 
  Microlepidoptera. 
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  fourth, 
  and 
  last 
  segments 
  these 
  dots 
  are 
  placed 
  nearly 
  in 
  a 
  trans- 
  

   verse 
  line. 
  Six 
  pectoral 
  legs 
  black, 
  eight 
  ventral 
  and 
  two 
  anal 
  

   legs 
  the 
  colour 
  of 
  the 
  body. 
  

  

  This 
  larva, 
  the 
  discovery 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  due 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Stainton, 
  is 
  

   found, 
  generally 
  full 
  grown 
  by 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  April, 
  in 
  the 
  young 
  

   terminal 
  shoots 
  of 
  Stellar'ia 
  holostea 
  (fig. 
  1 
  a), 
  the 
  leaves 
  of 
  which 
  

   it 
  agglutinates 
  and 
  twists 
  into 
  a 
  habitation, 
  in 
  and 
  on 
  which 
  it 
  

   feeds, 
  removing 
  therefrom 
  and 
  forming 
  other 
  similar 
  dwellings 
  as 
  

   occasion 
  requires. 
  

  

  Pupa 
  (fig. 
  1 
  h). 
  — 
  Brown, 
  with 
  a 
  short 
  anal 
  spine 
  ; 
  formed 
  on 
  the 
  

   ground 
  within 
  a 
  cocoon 
  spun 
  by 
  the 
  larva, 
  to 
  which 
  small 
  particles 
  

   of 
  earth, 
  &c. 
  adhere. 
  

  

  Imago 
  (fig. 
  1 
  c). 
  — 
  Appears 
  in 
  June 
  and 
  July. 
  

  

  GelecMa 
  hlandella 
  (Fischer 
  v. 
  R.), 
  Zeller, 
  Douglas. 
  (Trans. 
  Ent. 
  

   Soc. 
  Vol. 
  I. 
  (N. 
  S.) 
  p. 
  246.) 
  

  

  Larva 
  (PI. 
  X. 
  fig. 
  2). 
  — 
  Length 
  4 
  lines. 
  — 
  Light 
  greenish-yellow. 
  

   Head 
  black, 
  second 
  segment 
  black 
  above, 
  with 
  a 
  fine 
  white 
  central 
  

   line, 
  and 
  a 
  small 
  black 
  dot 
  on 
  the 
  side. 
  Each 
  of 
  the 
  other 
  segments 
  

   bears 
  six 
  very 
  small 
  black 
  dots, 
  whereof 
  four 
  are 
  on 
  the 
  back, 
  placed 
  

   as 
  in 
  G. 
  contigua, 
  and 
  one 
  on 
  each 
  side, 
  from 
  each 
  of 
  them 
  pro- 
  

   ceeds 
  a 
  short 
  hair 
  : 
  there 
  are 
  also 
  some 
  minor 
  dots, 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  on 
  

   each 
  segment 
  lower 
  down 
  on 
  the 
  side 
  forming 
  a 
  row 
  : 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  

   visible 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  age 
  of 
  the 
  larva. 
  Six 
  pectoral 
  legs 
  

   brownish, 
  the 
  first 
  pair 
  are 
  darker 
  than 
  the 
  other 
  two 
  pairs, 
  the 
  

   eight 
  ventral 
  and 
  two 
  anal 
  legs 
  are 
  of 
  the 
  colour 
  of 
  the 
  body. 
  

  

  Feeds 
  at 
  first 
  on 
  the 
  young 
  shoots 
  of 
  Stellaria 
  holostea, 
  the 
  

   leaves 
  of 
  which 
  it 
  draws 
  together 
  just 
  like 
  G. 
  contigua. 
  It 
  after- 
  

   wards 
  feeds 
  upon 
  the 
  seeds 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  plant 
  (fig. 
  2a) 
  within 
  the 
  

   capsules, 
  and 
  is 
  full 
  grown 
  about 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  June. 
  These 
  par- 
  

   ticulars 
  were 
  discovered 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Stainton. 
  

  

  Pupa. 
  — 
  Like 
  G. 
  co7iligua 
  and 
  fratemella, 
  and 
  formed 
  in 
  a 
  

   cocoon. 
  

  

  Imago 
  (fig. 
  2 
  c). 
  — 
  Appears 
  in 
  July. 
  

  

  Gelechia 
  fratemella, 
  Douglas. 
  (Trans. 
  Ent. 
  Soc. 
  Vol. 
  L 
  (N. 
  S.) 
  

   p. 
  101.) 
  

   Larva 
  (PI, 
  X. 
  fig. 
  3). 
  — 
  Length 
  4 
  lines.— 
  Robust, 
  light 
  dirty 
  

   brown, 
  with 
  many 
  short 
  dark 
  hairs, 
  placed 
  in 
  rows. 
  Head 
  small, 
  

   black 
  ; 
  second 
  segment 
  black 
  above, 
  with 
  a 
  fine 
  central 
  white 
  line 
  ; 
  

   four 
  black 
  dots 
  with 
  a 
  white 
  pupil, 
  on 
  the 
  back 
  of 
  each 
  of 
  the 
  

   other 
  segments, 
  the 
  posterior 
  two 
  being 
  further 
  from 
  the 
  centre 
  

   than 
  the 
  anterior 
  two, 
  especially 
  on 
  the 
  middle 
  segments, 
  being 
  on 
  

  

  