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in the larva state, and as we have not yet found the larva on 

 yew, perhaps there would he no harm in looking for it 

 elsewhere. 



The plant from which Zelleria PhiUyrella has been bred, 

 Philhjrea anguatifoliaf is one of the Oleacecp. ; its nearest 

 British ally is privet {Ligustrum vulyave) ; ash and lilac are 

 the only other Oleacece we find commonly with us. Now 

 at Mickleham, where I have taken Z. hepariella in some 

 plenty, there is much privet; might it not be advisable to 

 seek on the privet blossom for the larva of Hepariella ? 



Of the genus Zelleria I remarked in the 2nd edition of 

 the Entomologist's Companion, p. 60: ''Larvae entirely un- 

 known—yet I have bred ,a Zelleria ; but then I never saw 

 or never noticed the larva. All I know is, that it came out 

 of a white cocoon on an ash-leaf, which I had in a jam-pot 

 by itself, and that the ash-leaf had evidently been eaten." 

 (Ash being one of the Oleacece ! ) 



This specimen was bred on the 27th July, 1852. My 

 numerous captures in 1862 were made at the end of August, 

 but Mr. VVormald writes me word that last summer he ob- 

 tained this species by beating yew trees at Box Hill on the 

 30th and 31st July. If the duration of the pupa state be 

 short as in Z. JPhilhjrella, we may deduce that the full 

 grown larvae should be found at the end of June and 

 bemnninoj of Julv. 



Gracilaria imperialella, Mann. In the Intelligencer, vol. 

 X. p. 141, August 3rd, 1861, I detailed a chapter of accidents 

 relating to this insect, which I somewhat quaintly termed 

 " Imperial misfortunes." Little did I then foresee that a 

 much greater misfortune than any there chronicled would ere 

 long overtake this species. We had mixed two closely allied 

 species under this name. 



Dr. Schleich in the Stettiner Entom. Zeitung, 1867^ 

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