﻿Natural 
  History 
  of 
  British 
  Microlepldoptera. 
  121 
  

  

  pareiichytna. 
  Soon 
  the 
  leaf 
  begins 
  to 
  curve, 
  and 
  eventually 
  it 
  

   becomes 
  so 
  much 
  twisted, 
  that 
  the 
  apex 
  approaches 
  the 
  base, 
  and 
  

   again 
  turns 
  upwards. 
  (PI. 
  XIII. 
  fig. 
  1 
  b.) 
  

  

  Pupa 
  brown, 
  with 
  several 
  curved 
  light 
  brown 
  hairs, 
  and 
  a 
  short 
  

   anal 
  spine. 
  Formed 
  loose 
  in 
  the 
  mined 
  place. 
  

  

  Imago 
  (PI. 
  XIII. 
  fig. 
  1).— 
  The 
  first 
  brood 
  of 
  caterpillars 
  

   occurs 
  in 
  March 
  and 
  April, 
  producing 
  moths 
  in 
  May 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  

   appears 
  in 
  June, 
  perfecting 
  themselves 
  in 
  July 
  ; 
  and 
  a 
  third 
  is 
  

   found 
  in 
  September 
  and 
  October, 
  transforming 
  to 
  the 
  perfect 
  

   state 
  in 
  October 
  and 
  November. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  not 
  rare 
  in 
  woods 
  and 
  hedges 
  near 
  London 
  ; 
  but 
  

   Mr. 
  Stainton 
  tolls 
  me, 
  that 
  in 
  the 
  hedges 
  of 
  Devonshire 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  

   uncommon 
  to 
  find 
  every 
  leaf 
  on 
  a 
  young 
  shoot 
  of 
  honeysuckle, 
  

   four 
  or 
  five 
  feet 
  in 
  length, 
  tenanted 
  by 
  a 
  larva. 
  

  

  L'llhocolletis 
  Scahiosella. 
  Douglas, 
  n. 
  sp. 
  (PI. 
  XIII. 
  fig. 
  2.) 
  

  

  Alis 
  anticis 
  saturate 
  croceis, 
  nitidis, 
  lineola 
  basali 
  alba, 
  strigis 
  

   tribus 
  introrsus 
  nigro-marginatis, 
  strigulaque 
  apicali 
  argen- 
  

   teis, 
  macula 
  obliqua 
  pone 
  strigam 
  tertiam, 
  apiceque 
  nigris. 
  

   Exp. 
  alar. 
  3| 
  — 
  4 
  lin. 
  

  

  Head 
  and 
  thorax 
  concolorous 
  with 
  the 
  anterior 
  wings, 
  face 
  

   whitish, 
  antennae 
  black, 
  narrowly 
  annulated 
  with 
  whitish. 
  Ante- 
  

   rior 
  wings 
  rich 
  deep 
  saffron, 
  very 
  glossy, 
  with 
  a 
  fine, 
  very 
  short 
  

   white 
  basal 
  streak 
  : 
  three 
  equidistant 
  bright 
  silvery 
  strigse, 
  mar- 
  

   gined 
  interiorly 
  with 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  first 
  nearly 
  straight; 
  the 
  second 
  

   angulated 
  in 
  the 
  upper 
  half; 
  the 
  third 
  composed 
  of 
  two 
  long 
  

   opposite 
  spots, 
  broad 
  on 
  the 
  margins 
  of 
  the 
  wing, 
  and 
  meeting 
  

   with 
  pointed 
  apices 
  on 
  the 
  disk, 
  but 
  curving 
  outwards, 
  and 
  forming 
  

   an 
  angle 
  ; 
  two 
  other 
  white 
  spots 
  form 
  a 
  short 
  apical 
  striga, 
  the 
  

   apex 
  itself 
  and 
  a 
  long 
  oblique 
  spot, 
  stretching 
  from 
  the 
  third 
  

   striga 
  to 
  the 
  anal 
  angle, 
  being 
  black. 
  Cilia 
  concolorous 
  with 
  the 
  

   wings. 
  All 
  the 
  tarsi 
  broadly 
  annulated 
  black 
  and 
  white. 
  

  

  Most 
  nearly 
  allied 
  to 
  L.trifasciella, 
  the 
  white 
  markings 
  of 
  the 
  

   anterior 
  wings 
  being 
  almost 
  identical 
  in 
  form; 
  but 
  the 
  dark 
  

   margins 
  of 
  the 
  three 
  strigae 
  are 
  much 
  narrower, 
  and 
  of 
  a 
  more 
  

   uniform 
  width 
  ; 
  the 
  ground 
  colour 
  of 
  the 
  wings 
  is 
  much 
  darker, 
  

   the 
  whole 
  surface 
  is 
  more 
  glossy 
  ; 
  the 
  strigae 
  especially 
  being 
  

   conspicuous 
  by 
  their 
  bright 
  silvery 
  hue, 
  and 
  the 
  average 
  size 
  is 
  a 
  

   trifle 
  less 
  than 
  in 
  that 
  species. 
  

  

  Larva 
  (PI. 
  XIII. 
  fig. 
  2 
  «). 
  -Length 
  2| 
  lines. 
  — 
  Light 
  yellow, 
  

   with 
  short 
  liairs 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  colour, 
  and 
  a 
  dark 
  dorsal 
  line. 
  

   Head 
  small, 
  of 
  a 
  light 
  testaceous 
  colour 
  ; 
  thoracic 
  segments 
  

  

  