214 SPECIES OBSERVED BY THE AUTHOR 



Pont St. Louis on the 17th of March. I bred the perfect insects 

 April 7th to 9th. 



StagmatopJiora Grabowietta, Staudinger (see ante, pp. 137, 142 & 

 157). I collected larvae of this species at Cannes March llth, and 

 at Mentone March 15th, but on this occasion did not succeed in 

 rearing any. 



The larva feeds on the shoots of Lavandula stoechas, making holes 

 in the leaves and mining them, bleaching the tips like a Coleopliora- 

 larva ; frequently it draws them together and amongst them it forms 

 a black case-like habitation of its own excrement. This case seems 

 gradually enlarged and is open at the upper end. The larva I have 

 thus described : 



Length 3 lines ; pale green or, rather, pale yellowish, with dull 

 green dorsal vessel; head pale brown; second segment pale yel- 

 lowish, with a pale brown plate divided down the centre. 



Elachista gleichenella, Fabricius. I found several larvae of an 

 Elachista in the leaves of Carex basilaris at Mentone March 22nd, 

 in the " Primrose Valley." I did not happen to rear any of these ; 

 but the following season, from larvae collected in the same locality 

 and on the same plant, I bred a specimen of E. gleicJienella. 



Tisclieria angusticollella, Zeller. I found the mines of this species 

 in the leaves of Rosa sempervirens at Mentone, but did not rear the 

 imago. I also noticed mines of T. margined, Haw., in bramble- 

 leaves, and T. complanella, Hb., in oak -leaves. 



Lithocolletis Messaniella, Zeller. I collected many mined leaves of 

 Quercus ilex at Cannes on the 10th of March, and bred L. Messaniella 

 on the 21st. I had hoped to have bred some more interesting 

 species. 



Phyllobrostis daplineella, Staudinger (see ante, p. 163). The larva 

 of this little species was not uncommon, mining the leaves of Daphne 

 gnidium. I first met with it at Cannes March 10th and llth, and 

 at Mentone March 23rd and 25th. Thinking at the time that it 

 was the P. subdaphneella, of which I had already received Iarva3 

 from Munich, I neglected to describe it. The perfect insects made 

 their appearance April 27th to 29th. 



Bucculatrix lavateretta, Milliere (see ante, p. 193). I captured a 

 single specimen of this species at Mentone on the 23rd March, flying 

 amongst the herbage in the afternoon, but did not recognize it at 

 the time. On the 27th March I spent some time hunting amongst 

 Lavatera maritima at Pont St. Louis, and observed indications of 

 some gnawing on the leaves, but it appeared more like the work of 

 a Haltica than of a Bucculatrix-l&Tva. 



Nepticula aurella, Fabricius. I observed at Mentone mines in the 

 bramble-leaves, which I presume were referable to this species. 



I must further mention two larvae which I met with, but which I 

 have not been able to determine. 



