20 OBSERVATIONS ON TINEINA. 



feeders, from Mr. Barrett, of Haslemere. The larva of 

 Gibbosella rolls the oak leaves tubularly lengthwise. It is 

 very like the young larva of one of the common oak-feeding 

 Tortricina, but is more active, and with the tremulous mo- 

 tion of the head so common amongst larvae of the genus 

 Gelechia; moreover, the subdorsal lines are darker and 

 more distinct. 



I have described it thus : — 



Length Ql lines. Grey, with darker subdorsal lines and 

 slender, slightly darker dorsal line; head black; the second 

 segment black, with the anterior edge whitish ; anal seg- 

 ment with a small black plate ; ordinary spots small and 

 black. The moths appeared on the 9th and 10th of July. 



Gelechia intaminatella, Stainton (Entomologist's Annual, 

 1861, p. 86). Mr. Sang has kindly sent me bred specimens 

 of this insect, the larva of which feeds on Lotus coritwulatus, 

 between united leaves. The larva is so like that of Gelechia 

 nigricostella, especially when young, that the larvae he sent 

 me in 1865 appeared to me those of that species. 



From larvae of this species sent to me by Mr. Sang last 

 September, I have made the following description : — 



Length 4 lines. Yellowish-green, with a faint reddish 

 tino-e ; head and second segment clearer yellow; ordinary 

 spots small, neat, black. The younger larvae are greener and 

 very like those (^f G. nigricostella. 



Mr. Sang writes : ** They assume the later colour at their 

 last moult, and retain it till they change to the pupa state, 

 between the end of March and the end of April. The moths 

 emerge at the end of May and beginning of June." 



Gelechia vorticella. Through the kindness of Herr Glitz, 

 of Hanover, 1 received some larvae of this species on the 13th 

 of June. They were feeding between united leaves of Lotus 

 corniculatus. 



