Tnsects. 7009 



Depressaria bipunctosa. 



D. cinifloiiella. Can this feed in the shoots of fir trees ? 



D. Yeatiana. 



D. graniilosella. I once bred a specimen of this from larvae col- 

 lected in July, at Deal, from a dwarf umbelliferous flower. 



D. Douglasella. Has been bred from one of the Umbelliferse, but 

 wants further investigation. 



D. badiella. 



D. pastinacella. Whence the name of this species ? One would 

 suppose it to feed on the Pastinaca sativa. 



Gelechia cinerella, G. inornatella. 



G. gerronella. This has a singular partiality for the common fern. 

 The larvae should be looked for in May and June. 



G. vilella. 



G. nigra. This should feed on the white poplar in May. 



G. fumatella. 



G. ericetella. A common species amongst heather. 



G. divisella, G. palustrella. 



G. peliella. Feeds on the Continent on Rumex acetosella. 



G. longicornis. 



G. terrella. Another of our difficulties. The insect swarms on 

 every common and in every piece of waste ground, and yet the larva 

 remains unknown. Mr. Douglas found several Gelechia-like larvae in 

 March, amongst moss, whilst searching for beetles ; these were sup- 

 posed to be the long sought for G. terrella, but none were reared, and 

 Mr. Scott found it in a breeding-cage which contained a bunch of 

 rushes. 



G. desertella, G. politella. 



G. senectella. This is another common species amongst fern. 

 The larva should feed in May and June. 



G. mundella. Has been bred from moss, but the larva not proved 

 to have fed thereon. 



G. boreella, G. galbanella, G. basaltinella, G. huraeralis, G. ^thiops, 

 G. distinctella, G. solutella, G. celerella, G. maculiferella, G. junc- 

 tella, G. vicinella, G. Hiibneri, G. littorella, G. aleella, G. albiceps. 



G. tenebrella. Bred from moss, but the larva not observed. 



G. tenebrosella, G. Sircomella, G. immaculatella, G. nigritella, 

 G. atrella, G. suffusella, G. lucidella, G. lutulentella, G. gemmella, 

 G. subdecurtella. 



Parasia neuropterella. Most likely feeds in the seeds of one of 

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