146 OBSERVATIONS ON TINEINA. 



Makes webs amongst the flowers of the Phillip^ea, on 

 which it feedso The larva was very plump and soft-looking, 

 aud I believe many died in consequence of being bitten by 

 their companions ; three days afterwards some of the larvae 

 commenced spinning-up and formed dense white cocoons, 

 similar to those formed by the larvae of the genera Avgyres- 

 thia and Swaynmerdamia. 



The 7th of March I revisited the same spot with my 

 young friend, the late Mr. H. W. Battersby, and though I 

 tried \CYy assiduously for some time I could not succeed in 

 detecting the larvae in situ; they were apparently only 

 obtainable by beating. 



The perfect insects began to appear as early as the 2nd of 

 April, whilst I was at Fontainebleau, and most of the spe- 

 cimens were bred before I reached home, and my readers will 

 readily conceive that 3Jicros bred on a journey stand a very 

 poor chance of making good cabinet specimens. 



However, diiectly I wrote to M. Milliere of this misfor- 

 tune he very liberally sent me some freshly-bred specimens, 

 and I have now, thanks to his kindness, a decent series of 

 the insect. 



Though closely allied to Z. hepariella, the anterior wings 

 are narrower, more shining, of a paler colour, with a faintly 

 indicated whitish basal streak just above the fold ; on the fold 

 beyond the middle is a black spot, and in one of my speci- 

 mens {the only one that emerged after I had reached home) 

 there are several small black spots towards the costa. The 

 posterior wings are also paler than in Z. hepariella, and the 

 tuft of the head is paler, almost whitish. 



That our Hepariella in the perfect state frequents yew 

 trees is an undeniable fact, but we sometimes find that 

 perfect insects do frequent plants on which they have not fed 



