222 SPECIES OBSERVED BY THE AUTHOR 



March ; but they were then very small, and I did not rear any to the 

 perfect state. 



GelecUa Uguttella, Herrich-Schaffer. Of this I bred five speci- 

 mens, March 15th to May 1st, from larva? or pupre collected on 

 Dorycnium hirtum at Cannes March 9th, and Mentone March 20th. 



GelecMa antliyllidella, Hiibner. I collected several of these larva? 

 on a small Lotus at Cannes March 9th; Monsieur Milliere recognized 

 them as the larva? of his psoralella, though they were not on the 

 Psoralea bituminosa. 



Here I should perhaps mention a larva, probably a Gelechia 9 which 

 I met with at Mentone on the 20th and 25th of March on Teu- 

 crium polium, and to which my attention was called by Mr. J. T. Mog- 

 gridge who first directed my attention to the plant, and then to 

 specimens of it which had the leaves drawn together. I collected 

 many of these larva?, and kept them well supplied with food for 

 some time, but failed in rearing any, nor do I believe that any 

 attained the pupa-state. 



This larva I have thus described : 



Length 3 lines ; dull grey-green ; spots indistinctly glassy ; head 

 and second segment black ; anal .segment with a dark grey plate ; 

 anterior legs black (legs 16). 



It draws the leaves of the Teucrium polium together, and bleaches 

 them by mining them ; it lives between the leaves, in a brownish 

 case -like dwelling, formed of excrement. 



TpsolopJius trinotellus, H.-S. Of this species I had the good 

 fortune to rear five specimens from larvae handed to me at Mentone 

 on the 18th of March by Mr. J. T. Moggridge, which, to his great 

 disgust, were devouring the seeds of wild wallflower (Cheiranthus 

 cheiri} at Dolce Acqua. 



The larva I have thus described : 



Length 3 lines ; dull red ; head black ; second segment rather 

 darker red, and with a subcutaneous grey mark of irregular form. 



These larva? did not change to the pupa-state for some time ; and the 

 moths made their appearance June 30th, July 2nd, and July 15th. 



As I have elsewhere mentioned (Ent. Annual, 1868, p. 143), the 

 perfect insect when sitting had a peculiar posture, the anterior por- 

 tion of the body being slightly raised, something like the position of 

 Gelechia Mouffetella when at rest. 



Ypsolophus verbascellus, S. V. The larva? of this species were 

 very common at Cannes and Mentone in March, on Verbascum. Not 

 caring about the species, I only collected a few, and bred one moth 

 April 26th. 



Dasycera sulphur eUa, Fabricius. I observed a specimen of this 

 insect on the wing at Mentone, towards Cape Martin, on the 23rd 

 of March. 



Butalis senescens, Stainton. On the 26th of March, a bright sunny 



