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Aleucis pictaria. — Loughton. Macaria notata. — Wickham Wood and 

 Darenth. M. litumta. — Wickham Wood ; on pines. Ralia u-avaria. 

 —Bred from larvs found on currant and gooseberry, at Greenwich, 

 Lee, and many other places. Strenia dathrata. — Brockley railway 

 bank to Forest Hill, Box Hill, and Shooter's Hill. Panagra petraria. 

 — Darenth, Wickham, and Shooter's Hill. Niuneria pulveraria. — Bred 

 from $ taken at Darenth. Scodiona helgiaria. — Bred from larvae taken 

 at Shirley. Fidonia atoniaHa. — Shirley, Dartford, and Brockley. F. 

 piniaria. — Wickham and Dartford. Minoa enphorbiata. — Wickham and 

 Dartford. Aspilates strigillaria. — Larvae taken at Shirley. A. citraria. 

 — In clover fields at Dartford. A. gilvaria. — Box Hill and Caterham. 



{To be continued.) 



Notes on Coleophora discordella, C. olivaceella and C. lineolea. 



By HENEY J. TURNEE, F.E.S. 



Coleophora discordella. — At the same time that Mr. Bankes sent 

 me larvfe of C. albitar sella, he also forwarded two cases of the present 

 species. These he had found on May 3rd, 1904, in the Isle of Purbeck, 

 feeding on Lotus corniculatus. The cases of this species are cornucopia- 

 shaped, with a number of encircling flounces of a much lighter-brown 

 than the ground colour of the case, which is of a blackish-broM'n. These 

 flounces are irregular in shape, the newest flounce being the addition 

 placed inside the previous one, which is the lighter mouth margin 

 puckered out when the case is enlarged, the new piece being fastened 

 on, a little way inside the rim of the old mouth opening. On May 14th, 

 I had the pleasure of seeing one of the larvae enlarging its case in this 

 way. The edges of the pieces of leaf used are not stained the deep 

 rich brown of the rest of the case by the larval secretion. On May 

 15th, the enlargement was completed, the larva cut its case free, and 

 shaped it properly. It then fastened itself on to a stem, but, on the 

 afternoon of May 16th, it moved to a juicy leaf and began to feed. 

 Presumably, a change of skin took place during this 24 hours, which 

 was, however, an extremely short period for a Coleophorid to take 

 for the process. On the lower keel the margins of the added pieces 

 rarely touch, but are adjoined a little way within, compelling the actual 

 edges of the piece to turn out, forming, as it were, a double-bladed keel. 

 This keel is irregular, the two edges being frilled, they are green at 

 first, and soon assume the light brown of dead cuticle, but never take 

 on the black-brown of the ground colour. The small winter-case 

 persists as the anal part of the enlarged case. On May 20th, one of 

 the cases was apparently permanently affixed to a leaf by a quantity of 

 pure white, loose, thread-like substance, the "stopper" probably before 

 pupation. No perfect insect emerged from this one, and the other 

 died before reaching its full development. Further cases were sent 

 me by Mr. C. J. Watkins, of Painswick, Gloucestershire, who took 

 them at the Mumbles, near Swansea ; I have also heard of a case 

 being found at Worksop, by Miss Maude Alderson. 



Coleophora olivaceella. — When obtaining the larv* of C. 

 solitariella on Stellaria Iwlostea, at Lewisham. I met with one case of 

 this species. It is readily distinguished, being of a bright brown 

 ochreous colour, larger than the case of C solitariella, bulkier, more 

 bulged at the middle, and has a better developed lower keel. This 



