THE BROWN DOLLY. 52'6 



character of its -svings, the upper pair being warm orange witli 

 a longitudinal black bar, as seen in the illustration. This is 

 another of the oak-feeders, and the perfect insect is common 

 everywhere during the earlier part of the summer. The 

 name Ked Feather is almost a literal translation of Stephen's 

 name of rv^fipennella, which he gave to it, but which could 

 not be retained because the name complanella was of earlier 

 date. The larva of this insect is shown at Fio-. d. 



The next group of Tinese are all leaf-miners in the larval 

 state. The name of this group is the Lithocolletidge. The 

 object of this name I really cannot determine. It is derived 

 from two Grreek words, the former signifying a stone, and the 

 latter to glue or cement. Taken collecti\^ely, the words may 

 either sig-nify a stone-cementer, or something that is inlaid or 

 cemented with stone. Perhaps the colouring of the wings 

 may have given some notion of a mosaic wall, which is made of 

 small cubes of stone cemented together. 



A FIGURE of one of the prettiest of these very pretty insects 

 is given on Woodcut LXI. Fig. 1, very much magnitied. The 

 scientific name of this insect is Lithocolletes coi-^lella. No 

 popular name has been given to it, so I shall call it the 

 Brown Dolly, because the brown markings on the white wings 

 bear, when viewed from base to tip, a certain resemblance to a 

 rude wooden doll. It is really a very pretty insect. Viewed 

 with the naked eye, it is so small that the shape of the 

 markings is wholly invisible, and all that can be seen is a 

 white surface profusely sprinkled with brown, or a brown 

 surface spotted with white. But, when the magnifying glass 

 is brought to bear upon it, the markings are seen to be very 

 clearly defined. I have examined a considerable number of 

 these beautiful little Moths, and in none of them was there 

 any noticeable variation. 



Although but few colom-s are employed in the decoration of 

 the little Moth's plumage, it is a most beautiful insect, the 

 rich brown and pure creamy white being contrasted in a 

 wonderfully bold manner. There is a slight difference in the 

 colour of the sexes, the upper wings of the male being soft 

 creamy- white, while those of the female are cold grey- white. 



