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ELACHISTA CERUSSELLA. 

 Plate CXXIY. Figure 9. 



Localities for this widely distributed species are York, 

 Scarborough, Market Harborough, Manchester, Darlington, 

 Cambridge, Birkenhead, 



The situations where it is found are in marshy grounds. 



The perfect insect appears in May and the beginning 

 of August. 



The caterpillar is of a pale primrose yellow colour, the 

 second segment with two pale brown spots; the head 

 brown. 



The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 

 April and July. 



It feeds on the reed, (Arundo phragmites.) 



ELACHISTA RHYNCOSPORELLA. 

 Plate CXXIV. Figure 10. 



Localities for this species are York, Scarborough, 

 Haldon near Dawlish, Market Harborough, the New 

 Forest, Manchester, the Cambridgeshire Fens, Pembury, 

 Cambridge, Bristol, Birkenhead. 



The situations where it is found are moors, fens, boo-s, 

 mosses and waste places. 



The perfect insect appears in May, June, and July. 



The caterpillar is greenish grey, inclining to yellow on 

 the fore part ; the head dark brown. 



