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insects as Dasystoma salicella, Micropteryx purpurella and 
M. unimaculella, Depressaria pallorella and D. capreolella, 
Butalis incongruella, Gracillaria phasianipennella and G. 
elongella, with others of less note. 
My own attention was to a great extent confined to larva, 
and the following fell to our united efforts :—Coccyx hyrci- 
niana was very plentiful in spruce-firs, in the same plantations 
as Coleophora Jaricella in the larches; the latter so abundant 
that almost every bursting shoot was whitened by its occu- 
pants. The oxeyes along every road were twisted by Dicro- 
rampha acuminatana and D. consortana; but they are yet too 
young to take, except for special observation. Lampronia 
prelatella was in some quantity under wild strawberry-leaves 
near the plantation; it appears very local, as, although its 
food-plant occurs plentifully all over the district, we only 
found it in a space of perhaps one hundred yards. Laverna 
miscella, mining the Helianthemum, was too young; but 
Depressaria assimilella, in united broom-twigs, was full 
grown, and no doubt would have left in a few days. Rumex 
acetosella yielded its usual variety of Gelechiz ; the larva of 
G. tenebrella is certainly a most curious one, in no respect 
like any other of its family that I have seen, perhaps on 
account of its habit of feeding internally in the stems (the 
larva is stout, rosy red, and inactive; perhaps it may turn 
out something else). On the bank Anthyllis shoots betrayed 
the presence of Gelechia anthyllidella by their bleached 
appearance, although the surrounding vegetation still retained 
its wintry appearance. Whilst collecting Ocnerostoma pinia- 
riella in the leaves of Scotch fir, we were surprised by finding 
a larva drawing the same together in a web, which is 
supposed to be Cedestis farinatella or C. gysselinella. Can 
anyone oblige by describing the difference between the 
habits of these larve? Selecting the warmest night, we 
obtained—by beating heather, Myrica gale, and cranberry, 
into an umbrella—various larve of Noctuze, Geometridae, and 
Coleophore, including C. pyrrbulipennella and C. juncico- 
lella, the latter in abundance. Instead of wasting time by 
endeavouring to select these on the spot, we tumbled the 
beatings into a sack, and carefully sified them at home, by 
which means most extraordinary spiders, bugs, &c., were 
exposed. Elachista gleichenella was abundant on a stiff, 
