8 OBSERVATIONS ON TINEINA. 



V. Heinemann, who, like myself, has not succeeded in dis- 

 tinguishinoj the larva from that o£ Applana. 



Depressaria pulcherrimella, Stt. I have received bred 

 specimens of this insect from Herr v. Heinemann, who met 

 with the larva on Pimpinella saxifraga. 



Depressaria nltimella, Stt. The larva of this species was 

 discovered by Herr P. C. T. Snellen near Rotterdam, and 

 he has given a detailed notice of it in the Tijdschrift voor 

 Entomologie, 2nd Series, vol. ii. part 1, pp. 26 — 30 (a 

 translation of this appeared in the 4th vol. of the Ent. Mo. 

 Mag. pp. 126 — 130). He found these larvse, which are pale 

 green without markings, feeding in the interior of the stems 

 of Phellandrium aquaticum. The gaily-coloured larvse of 

 D. 7iervosa, which had fed in the umbels of these plants, 

 also entered the stems to assume the pupa state, and it was 

 his search for the latter pupae which led to the discovery of 

 the larva of Ultimellaj thereby establishing with greater cer- 

 tainty its specific distinctness from £). nervosa, 



* Gelechia pruinosella, Lienig. This insect in all pro- 

 bability occurs with us on some of our Northern Moors. 

 The larva, according to Madame Lienig, feeds at the end of 

 May on Vaccinium uliginosuniy V. 3Iyrtillus and Andro- 

 meda polifolia. Baron v. Nolcken meets with it near 

 Arensberg, in the Island of Oesel, and has liberally supplied 

 me with specimens. Pastor Standfuss met with it formerly 

 in the Iserwiesen, in the mountainous parts of Silesia, where 

 he likewise found our GlypJiipteryx Haworthana. Ge^ 

 lechia pruinosella vai'ies much in colour, but has a general 

 resemblance to Terrella, often however with a rosy tinge, and 

 is a smaller and neater insect. 



Gelechia horeellaj Dgl. Herr v. Heinemann has sent 

 me a specimen of this insect from the Upper Harz, so that 

 it is no longer an exclusively British species. 



