INSECTS 



and 0. torqulllella are all recorded for Sherwood Forest by Brameld, and the two first-named have 

 been taken commonly elsewhere in the county. 



COLEOPHORIDAE 



The large genus Coleopbora is not very well represented with us, only the following species 

 having been so far identified, but doubtless many other species will ultimately be discovered in the 

 county : C. fabrlciella, C. alcyonipennella, C. albtcosta, C. palliatella, C. dhcorddla, C. saturatella, 

 C. caespititiella, C. virgaureae, C. laricella, C. albitarsella, C. nigricella, C. fuscedinella, C. gryphipen- 

 nella y C. o/ivacee/Ia, C. lutipennella, C. adjunctella, and C. limosipennella. 



ELACHISTIDAE 



Batrachedra pinicolella was taken in the Worksop district on 19 July, 1902, by Miss Alderson, 

 and Chauliodus chaerophyllellus at Fenton, near Sturton, in 1901 by the Rev. A. Thornley. Laverna 

 raschkiella occurs at Osberton, and L. epilobiella is common at Welbeck (Miss Alderson); L. ochraceella 

 has been taken at Chilwell (D. H. Pearson), L. hellerella at Nottingham and near Worksop, and 

 L. atra at Nottingham. Chrysoclysta schrankella is reported from Mansfield (Daws), and C. aurl- 

 frtmtella is sometimes very common about North and South Leverton (Thornley), and also occurs 

 at Worksop. The genus Elachista is represented by E. apidpunctella (Nottingham and Clumber), 

 E. nigrella (S. Leverton, Thornley), E. triatomea (Worksop, Houghton), E. rufocinerea (very common 

 everywhere), E. subalbidella (N. Leverton, Thornley), and E. argentella (common) ; E. albifrontella 

 and E. ceruaella are, in addition, recorded by Brameld for Sherwood Forest, but have not yet 

 been noted by more recent observers. Tischeria complanella has been taken in Clumber Park by 

 Miss Alderson. 



LITHOCOLLETIDAE 



Lithocolletis is another genus rather poorly represented in Nottinghamshire. L. roboris 

 L. cavella, L. ulmifoliella, and L. heegeriella have all been taken recently in Clumber Park by Miss 

 Alderson ; L. pomifoliella occurs in the Nottingham district, and L. salidcolella at Clarborough 

 (Thornley) ; L. quercifoliella and L. cramerella are common, as also is L. messaniella on Quercus ilex at 

 Worksop (Miss Alderson) ; L. tcnella and L. mcellli have been taken in Treswell Wood (Thornley), 

 and Brameld gives L. faginella and L,. alnlfoliella in his Sherwood Forest list. 



LYONETIIDAE 



Lyonetia clerckella, said by Brameld to be rare in Sherwood Forest, is common at Worksop, 

 according to Miss Alderson. Cemiostoma laburnella is abundant on laburnum trees in Nottingham 

 gardens, and also occurs at Mansfield and S. Leverton. Only a single species of Bucculatrix, viz., 

 B. nigricomella, which occurs in the Worksop and Retford districts, has so far been detected in 

 Nottinghamshire. 



NEPTICULIDAE 



The Nepticulidae have been almost entirely neglected : indeed, only four species of Nepticula 

 are on record. N. anomalella and N. mb-blmaculella occur in the vicarage garden at South 

 Leverton, and the latter species occurs also not uncommonly on oak trunks in Treswell Wood 

 (Thornley) and in Clumber Park (Miss Alderson). N. argcntipedella is taken in the Worksop 

 district by Miss Alderson, and N. fragarulla has been captured in the same district by Mr. J. T. 

 Houghton. Trifurcula immundella has recently been taken in Clumber Park by Miss Alderson. 

 But for the difficulty in pinning and setting these minute moths we should doubtless have had many 

 more species to record. 



DIPTERA 



Flies 



The insects belonging to this order are easily known by their possessing only one pair of 

 membranous and nearly transparent wings ; behind these, in the place of the hind wings, are a 

 pair of stalked knobs the halteres or ' balancers.' The fleas and a few parasitic flies are, however, 

 wingless. The head is remarkable for its great mobility, being connected with the thorax by a 

 neck which is so slender and flexible as to permit of nearly complete rotation. The eyes are very 

 large, often occupying the greater part of the visible surface of the head. The mouth is suctorial. 

 The larvae are usually legless grubs or maggots, feeding on all kinds of animal and vegetable refuse, or 

 inside living plant tissues, where they sometimes give rise to galls, or they are predaceous or parasitic ; 



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