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  Mr. 
  J. 
  W. 
  Douglas's 
  Contributions 
  towards 
  the 
  

  

  ments, 
  and 
  a 
  quadrate 
  black 
  patch 
  on 
  the 
  anal 
  segment. 
  Six 
  

   pectoral 
  legs 
  slightly 
  brownish, 
  eight 
  ventral 
  and 
  two 
  anal 
  legs 
  

   concolorous 
  with 
  the 
  body. 
  

  

  The 
  larvffi 
  feed 
  on 
  Glcchoma 
  hederacea 
  growing 
  in 
  hedges 
  and 
  

   shady 
  places, 
  adhering 
  to 
  the 
  underside 
  of 
  the 
  leaves, 
  and 
  betray- 
  

   ing 
  their 
  presence 
  by 
  the 
  white 
  spots 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  extraction 
  of 
  

   the 
  parenchyma 
  (fig. 
  1 
  h). 
  They 
  are 
  hatched 
  in 
  summer, 
  and 
  feed 
  

   till 
  quite 
  late 
  in 
  the 
  autumn, 
  and 
  are 
  again 
  found 
  active 
  in 
  March, 
  

   which 
  is 
  the 
  best 
  time 
  to 
  take 
  them, 
  for 
  although 
  they 
  feed 
  till 
  

   May, 
  they 
  are 
  not 
  easily 
  seen 
  when 
  the 
  plant 
  has 
  grown 
  up. 
  

  

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

  

  This 
  species 
  was 
  exceedingly 
  rare 
  in 
  England 
  until 
  Mr. 
  Stain- 
  

   ton 
  found 
  the 
  larvae. 
  

  

  Coleophora 
  Alcyonipennella, 
  Kollar, 
  Zeller. 
  (Lin. 
  Ent. 
  IV. 
  

   p. 
  208.) 
  

  

  Larva 
  case 
  (PI. 
  XI. 
  fig. 
  2). 
  — 
  Length 
  4 
  lines. 
  — 
  Black, 
  with 
  a 
  

   whitish 
  line 
  along 
  the 
  side, 
  cylindrical, 
  straight, 
  behind 
  the 
  mouth 
  

   abruptly 
  and 
  shortly 
  curved, 
  the 
  apex 
  triangular. 
  

  

  Larva 
  (fig. 
  2 
  a). 
  — 
  Length 
  3 
  lines. 
  — 
  Dull 
  whitish-yellow, 
  a 
  

   few 
  fine 
  hairs 
  at 
  each 
  extremity. 
  Head 
  black 
  or 
  black- 
  brown 
  ; 
  

   second 
  segment 
  black 
  above, 
  with 
  a 
  fine 
  white 
  line 
  in 
  the 
  centre, 
  

   and 
  a 
  black 
  spot 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  ; 
  third 
  segment 
  with 
  a 
  long, 
  black, 
  

   transverse, 
  posterior 
  spot, 
  at 
  each 
  end 
  of 
  which, 
  but 
  anterior, 
  is 
  a 
  

   somewhat 
  oval 
  black 
  spot, 
  and 
  a 
  small 
  dot 
  below 
  ; 
  fourth 
  seg- 
  

   ment 
  with 
  two 
  black 
  spots 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  ; 
  anal 
  segment 
  with 
  a 
  

   black 
  patch. 
  Six 
  pectoral 
  legs 
  whitish, 
  annulated 
  with 
  brown 
  ; 
  

   eight 
  ventral 
  and 
  two 
  anal 
  legs 
  the 
  colour 
  of 
  the 
  body, 
  the 
  latter 
  

   pair 
  with 
  a 
  slight 
  sj)Ot 
  of 
  black. 
  

  

  This 
  larva 
  feeds 
  on 
  the 
  leaves 
  of 
  Centaurea 
  nigra 
  in 
  April 
  and 
  

   the 
  beginning 
  of 
  May, 
  causing 
  the 
  appearance 
  of 
  white 
  spots 
  (fig. 
  

   2 
  6). 
  It 
  was 
  discovered 
  last 
  year 
  at 
  Birkenhead 
  by 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  S. 
  

   Gregson, 
  and 
  this 
  year 
  I 
  took 
  it 
  at 
  Sanderstead 
  and 
  Lee. 
  

  

  Imago 
  (fig. 
  2 
  c) 
  appears 
  in 
  June. 
  

  

  Coleopliora 
  solttariella, 
  Zeller. 
  (Lin. 
  Ent. 
  IV. 
  p. 
  397.) 
  

   Larva 
  case 
  (PI. 
  XI. 
  fig. 
  3). 
  — 
  Length 
  4 
  lines. 
  — 
  Straight, 
  slender, 
  

  

  three-fourths 
  of 
  the 
  circumference 
  dull 
  brownish-grey 
  ; 
  the 
  other 
  

  

  fourth 
  whitish, 
  with 
  a 
  very 
  fine 
  raised 
  suture 
  on 
  each 
  portion 
  ; 
  

  

  apex 
  whitish, 
  triangular; 
  mouth 
  widened, 
  and 
  just 
  behind 
  it 
  the 
  

  

  case 
  is 
  curved 
  obliquely. 
  

  

  Larva 
  (fig. 
  3 
  a). 
  — 
  Length 
  3\ 
  lines. 
  — 
  Pale 
  dull 
  ochreous. 
  

  

  Head 
  light 
  brown; 
  second 
  segment 
  dark 
  brown 
  above, 
  with 
  a 
  fine 
  

  

  