Description of the Larva. 

 Length 8| lines. Dull whitish- 

 yellow, posteriorly more yellow ; 

 head very pale brown ; 2nd segment 

 with two broad black plates above ; 

 3rd segment with four triangular 

 black spots above ; 4th segment 

 with no spots on the back ; 2nd, 

 3rd and 4th segments each with a 

 black spot on each side ; anal seg- 

 ment with a pale brown plate. 



Geographical Distribution. 

 This species is abundant on com- 

 mons near London. To the south 

 it occurs at Farnham and Guildford, 

 and at Sandown, in the Isle of Wight ; 

 westward it has been noticed near 

 Bristol ; and northward it occurs at 

 New Brighton, Manchester, Scar- 

 borough and Stockton-on-Tees. In 

 Scotland this is abundant at Arthur's 

 Seat, near Edinburgh, and at Tor- 

 wood, Stirlingshire ; and is also com- 

 mon at Renfrew and Fochabers. 



On the Continent this species does 

 not appear to occur. 



Synonymy. 

 This species was first described 

 by Haworth, in his " Lepidoptera 

 Britannica," under the name of Por- 

 rectaria albicosta; under the same 

 name it is described by Stephens in 

 his " Illustrations," and by Curtis, 

 who gives a very good figure of it, 

 in his " British Entomology." Zeller 

 described it, in the fourth volume of 

 the "Linnaea Entomologica," under 

 the name of Coleophora albicosta; and 



COLEOPHORA ALBICOSTA. [PLATE VIII. FlG. 1. 



Description de la Chenille. 



Longueur 3| lignes. D'un jaune- 

 blanchatre obscur, plus jaune poste- 

 rieurement ; la tete est d'un brun 

 tres-pale ; le second segment avec 

 deux larges plaques noires en-dessus ; 

 le troisieme segment porte en-dessus 

 quatre taches noires triangulares; le 

 quatrieme segment ne porte aucune 

 tache en-dessus ; les deuxieme, 

 troisieme et quatrieme segmens ont 

 chacun un point noir de chaque cote ; 

 le dernier segment a une plaque d'un 

 brun pale. 



La Distribution Geographique. 



Cette espece abonde sur les 

 bruyeres autour de Londres ; vers 

 le sud elle se trouve a Farnham et a 

 Guildford, et a Sandown dans file de 

 Wight; vers l'ouest on l'a remarqnee 

 pres de Bristol, et vers le nord elle se 

 trouve a New Brighton, a Manchester, 

 a Scarborough, et a Stockton-on-Tees. 

 En Ecosse elle abonde a Arthur's 

 Seat, pres d'Edimbourg, et a Tor- 

 wood, Stirlingshire, et elle est assez 

 commune a Renfrew, et a Fochabers. 



Cette espece ne parait pas se 

 trouver sur le Continent. 



Synonymie. 

 Cette espece fut decrite d'abord 

 par Haworth dans ses " Lepidoptera 

 Britannica," sous le nom de Por- 

 rectaria albicosta ; c'estsous le me me 

 nom qu'elle est decrite par Stephens 

 dans ses " Illustrations," et parCurtis, 

 qui l'a riguree a merveille, dans son 

 11 British Entomology." Zeller la 

 decrivit dans le quatrieme volume 

 de la " Linnaea Entomologica," sous 

 le nom de Coleophora albicosta, et 



