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there, leaving its case attached to the exterior of the 

 stem ; it remains unchanged in this cocoon during the 

 winter, but in spring it assumes the pupa state, and the 

 perfect insect appears in July (and August). Accord- 

 ing to the observations of Fischer and Mann, it fre- 

 quents only those plants which grow in very sheltered 

 situations." (Entomologist's Annual, 1855, p. 68.) 



In the leaves of Poa aquatica, growing in the 

 Greenwich marshes, also at Southend, Hackney, &c., 

 we shall find the larva of Elachista Poce ; while on 

 the seeds of Angelica sylvestris the larva of (Ecophora 

 flavimaculella occurs; while mining in the leaves of 

 oaks the larva of Coriscium Brongniardellum may 

 be found, and Coriscium cuculipennellum in rolled-up 

 leaves of privet. " Mr. Sang bred this, this summer, 

 from a pupa, enclosed in a long white cocoon, in a 

 rolled-up ash leaf." (Entomologist's Annual, 1856, 

 p. 55.) 



Among clover, at Ripley and Hainault Forest, we 

 may perhaps obtain the rare Aplota palpella ; this 

 species is bred on the continent from rotten wood, and 

 is thus mentioned by Mr. Stainton (Entomologist's 

 Annual, 1856, p. 53) : " When at Hanover Herr 

 Krossman gave me a specimen of the continental 

 Balucella (which we hold synonymous with Haworth's 

 palpella) ; it was twice the size of our specimens, but 

 he assured me it varied in size from quite small to those 

 unusual dimensions. This specimen he had bred from 

 rotten wood! /" 



Among alders the rare Gracilaria falconipennella 

 occurs ; G. tringipennella among the ribbed plantain 



