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CHAPTEE XIII. 



BOTANICAL SUMMARY. 



OUK friends the Tineina being dependent on the vegetable kingdom 

 for their subsistence (excepting a few of our household pests, which 

 eat so readily fur, wool, and hair), it stands to reason that to become 

 acquainted with them in their larval stages we must pay a very close 

 attention to the flora of the country we are visiting. 



The entomologist who visits a strange country, if not himself a 

 first-rate botanist (and in these days one can hardly expect such a 

 combination of talent), ought to be accompanied by a botanist pur 

 et simple to name for him the plants on which he finds his larvae. 



The following plants are mentioned in this volume either as being 

 the food of the larvae of certain species or as being frequented by the 

 perfect insects. 



RANUNCULACEJE. 



Ranunculus (acm?), pp. 3, 127 : flowers frequented by the imago of 

 Micropteryx caltliella. 



Actcea spicata, p. 305 : flowers frequented by the imago of Micro- 

 pteryx aruncella. 



Moricandia arvensis, p. 233 ; j see ds eaten by the larva of Ypsolo- 

 Cheiranthus cheiri, p. 222 : J phus trinotellus. 



Clypeola maritima, p. 4 : Plutella cruciferarum flying amongst this 

 plant: the larva is well known to feed indifferently on most 

 CrucifercB. 



CISTACE^. 



Halimium lepidotum (Heliantliemum hatimifoUum), pp. 141, 148: 

 food of larva of Gelechia contuberniella. 



Cistus, sp. ?, p. 140 : seeds eaten by the larva of Ypsolophus corsi- 

 cellus. 



Cistus albidus, pp. 141, 152 : food of larva of Hypsolophus cisti. 



Cistus scdvifolius, p. 120 : frequented by the imago of StagmatopJiora 

 Dohrnii. 



-- , pp. 211, 221 : in March the larva of Gelechia, cisti feeds 



between united leaves. 



ticula -larva. 



, p. 230 : early in March the leaves are mined by a Nep- 



