22 OBSERVATIONS ON TINEINA. 



with a slif^lit yellowish-brown tinge on the fifth and ninth 

 segments; head very pale brown; second segment with a 

 transverse grey plate posteriorly, and with a small blackish 

 spot anteriorly on each side. 



On the 18th of June Mi". Jeffrey wrote : '* I much wonder 

 that you have not found the larva) in the Hypericum stems 

 in your neighbourhood, as not only have I found it in seve- 

 ral different places round here, but I also met with it near 

 Tunbridge Wells, in the direction of Pembury." 



On the 12th of August I received from Mr. Jeffrey a 

 pair of bred specimens of Gelechia atrellay accompanied by 

 the following remarks: — '* I send two examples of the 

 Gelechia produced from the Hypericum stems. The first 

 two emerged on the 7th of July. All I have bred (from 12 

 to 14) came from the dried stems. As I was unable to 

 detect any pupa), I presume they underwent their change in 

 the stems. Two small specimens came out as late as the 

 second week in August." 



Not having at all expected that the larva of Gelechia 

 atrella would have had so peculiar a habit, I wrote at once 

 to Mr. Jeffrey to inquire if it was not just possible some error 

 of observation had occurred, and that some larvaB feeding on 

 one of the Leguminoscc had been accidentally introduced 

 into the breeding-cage, as plants of that order seemed a so 

 much more natural food than the stems of Hypericum. 

 I suggested further that it would be desirable to examine the 

 dead stems to see if the empty pupa skins were really there. 



Mr. Jeffrey took my objections in very good part, and 

 most kindly wrote a detailed statement in reply: — "I now 

 write to assure you that the bred specimens of Gelechia 

 atrella must have come from the larvae in the Hypericum 

 stems. I am not surprised at your being somewhat scepti- 

 cal about it, and I should exceedingly regret having errors 



