Insects. 7007 



Tinea imella. 



T. ferruginella. I have beaten the perfect insect out of hedges, and 

 Mr. Scott found it plentifully in a coal mine: the larvae probably feed 

 both in rotten wood aud Fungi. 



T. Monachella, T. picarella, T. ruricolella, T. cochylidella, T. 

 albipunctella, T. merdella, T. flavescentella, T. siraplicella, T. sub- 

 ammanella. 



Lampronia Luzella. Can this feed in the shoots of bramble ? 



Incurvaria tenuicornis. 



Nemophora Schwarziella. Now that we know the habits of one of 

 the species (Swammerdamella) we should not have much difficulty in 

 working out the history of the remainder. No doubt they feed in 

 cases on low-growing plants, and should be searched for in open 

 places in woods where the imago occurs, I once found N. Metaxella 

 plentiful in a clearing, flying at dusk a short distance from the ground ; 

 the prevailing herbage was primroses and wild strawberries. They 

 should be feeding at the present time. 



Adela rufimitrella. It is evidently the habit of the larva of this 

 and the preceding genus to winter in the larva state in cases, and 

 complete their feeding in the early spring. Both in this and the 

 following genus the female has a very elongated abdomen, well suited 

 for penetrating the corolla of a flower, and it will no doubt be found 

 that they lay their eggs at the bottom, that the young larva when 

 hatched makes its way into the seeds, and feeding there until it has 

 attained a certain growth quits its temporary abode, and constructing 

 a case feeds upon low growing plants through the summer and autumn, 

 winters and completes its feeding in the spring. On the Continent 

 the larva of this species has been found in cases under fallen leaves. 

 I have taken all my specimens in the perfect state on the flowers of 

 the Erysimum alliaria. It is generally supposed to be attached to the 

 Cardamine pratensis. 



A. Sulzella. This I have also taken from the blossoms of the Ery- 

 simum. Can it have a similar habit to the preceding species ? 



A. viridella. This is one of our " difficulties." The insect is gene- 

 rally common, but yet eludes all our endeavours to discover its 

 economy ; its habit of flying round the branches of oaks may possibly 

 have nothing to do with its mode of feeding, yet Mr. Stainton has 

 observed the females apparently in the act of laying their eggs on the 

 midribs of oak leaves. 



A. cuprella. Our knowledge of the habits of this species is very 

 scanty : we know that it frequents the catkins of blooming sallows, 



