152 y«iy. 



C. PALLiATELLA, Zk. — Both cases and imae;ines were common last year ; I picked 

 35 of the former from oak bushes in an hour and a half one morning while hunting 

 for the cases of the following species ; from these I bred 31 moths and 3 parasites. 

 The species was also common in July in the New Forest. 



C. ARDE^PENELLA, Scott. — I was glad to find this on the oak bushes mentioned 

 above, but they were decidedly scarce, and still on the move on June 14th, when C. 

 2^alliatella had already fixed themselves for pupation. I only got 11 cases after a 

 good search (they are of course much less conspicuous than those of C. palliatella) , 

 and from these I bred 4 imagines and 5 parasites, so they would seem to be more 

 attractive to the latter than the other species is, for the larvae were feeding on the 

 same bushes. 



Lateena Schbankella, Hb. — This was common in the larva state on July 

 22nd in Epilohium palustre not twenty yards from where I had a little earlier 

 found A. epilohiella, but no L. Schranhella had wandered to the plants of E. 

 montanum. 



Antbia epilobiella, Eoem. {Langiella, Hb.). — The larva was fairly plentiful 

 on June 28th in the leaves of Epilohium montanum growing in a deep ditch, but 

 many had already gone down ; most of those I found were quite at the top of the 

 plants, almost among the flowers. 



^CHMiA DENTELLA, Z. — I have found this here, as elsewhere, attached to 

 ChcBrophyllum (Anthrisous) sylvestre. The larvee are full-fed by the middle or end 

 of July, and pupate before winter. 



Heliozela EESPLENDELiA, Stt. — The larvse of this had already fed up and cut 

 out their cases on some alders on June 26th of last year, and from the same bushes 

 I swept the perfect insect in good condition on July 18th, so the period during 

 which they continue to emerge must be a long one. 



Elachista CEEirSEiiliA, Hb. — I find the larva of this most commonly on Pha- 

 laris arundinacca, but a few bred from Poa aquaiica were much more highly marked. 



Cemiostoma sPARTiroLiELLA, Hb. — Last year I came upon a few bushes of 

 broom which, at sunset, were literally covered with this species ; I never saw it in 

 such enormous numbers before. I may mention in passing that I found the larva 

 of L. lotella, Stt., feeding in Lotus major near Eversley, but in Berkshire. 



BOHEMANNIA QTTADEIMACITLELLA, Boh. — I find this interesting species on alder 

 trees and bushes, but sparingly, in several places in this district. It does not seem 

 easy to sweep from the leaves with the net, and searching has been more productive ; 

 they stow themselves away behind a stout rib near the stalk on the under-side of 

 the leaf. 



Sonning, Berks. : May 18th, 1898. 



NOTES ON THE EAELY STAGES OE PRESTWICHIA AQUATIC A, 



Lubbock. 



BT FREDERICK EJSrOCK, F.L.S. 



Noting that P. aqwxtioa had the habit of minutely and methodi- 

 cally examining every millimetre of decayed and decaying vegetable 



