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a. willow-leaf, about the end of June or beginning of July ; 

 he believed it was from this same larva that the moth he 

 showed me had appeared about the 21st July. The moth 

 was Batrachedra prcBangusta. 



* Laverna Laspeyrella, Hb. Of this handsome species, 

 closely allied to, but quite distinct from, L.fpstivella^ I saw 

 thirty specimens at Prague in the collection of Professor 

 Nickerl ; he has not yet detected the larva, but the perfect 

 insect occurs amongst Orohus. 



Asyclma jyrofugella, Stt. In July, 1867, Mr. Hodgkinson 

 met with seven specimens of this insect at Witherslack, and 

 in August last he again met with this species in the same 

 locality on yew. In August last, Mr. Sang met with a 

 specimen near Darlington, which he beat from fir; Mr. Sang 

 repoits that it sat, like GlyphipteryxfuscovirideUa, with its 

 wings over its back, meeting at a very acute angle, and that 

 it was rather lively in the net. 



In Staudinsjer's Catalogue this insect is removed from the 

 genus Asijchna and placed in the genus Tinagma after 

 Dentellum and Perdicellum, which may possibly be a moi-e 

 correct position than where I have placed it. Mr. Sang's 

 observation of its habits certainly favours this view, and 

 possibly the larva should be a seed-feeder. 



Chrysocorys festaliella, Hb. Dr. F. Buchanan White 

 kindly sent me some larvae of this species early in August 

 from Strathglass, Inverness-shire, where he found them 

 feeding on JRubus Chamcemorus, These larvae soon assumed 

 the pupa state, but are now quietly w^aiting till next year to 

 appear in the imago form. 



Elachista ser7'icornis, Stt. Mr. Gregson has recorded 

 (Ent. Mo. Mag. vi. p. 115) the occurrence of this insect 

 on Witherslack moss on the 16th July last, where it was 

 flying over or swept from cotton-grass {Eriophorum). 



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