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run along a vein of the leaf than that of A T . gei. The larva feeds in dew- 

 berry and Rubas corylif alius, is local, and is fond of leaves in cover of 

 woods, etc., in Sussex and Lincolnshire, also among rough grass on 

 sandhills at Mablethorpe. I have bred it freely from Fatbits 

 ekamaenwrus, from Scotland, but from no other plants. The moth is 

 much smaller than either N. axtrella or N. gei (the comparison is made 

 on 60 specimens, picked from a very much larger number of all three 

 species). N. splendidissimella has conspicuously black head, contrast- 

 ing sharply with the colour of the eyecaps, and always suggests 

 strongly to me that it wears ' gig-lamps ' " (in litt., May 18th, 1898). 



The* following list of the British species of the genus Nepticula, 

 arranged according to the natural orders on which the larvae feed, 

 will help to illustrate the large number of species that feed on plants 

 of the natural orders, Rasaceae, Cupuliferae and Salicineae. The species 

 (which are not arranged with any view to relationship, and often have 

 other food-plants besides those mentioned) are as follows : — 



1. Feeding on Rosacea 

 N. anomalella, Goze 

 N. fietcheri, n. sp. 

 N. angulifasciella, Sta. 

 ? N. hodgkinsoni, Sta. 

 N. centifoliella, Zell. 



N. pygmaeella, Haw. 



N. ignobilella, Sta. 

 N. atricollis, Sta. 



N. gratiosella, Sta. 

 N. regiella, H.-Sch. 

 N. oxyacanthella, Sta. 



N. pomella, Vaugh. 



N. desperatella, Frey 



N. malella, Sta. 



N. pulverosella, Sta. 



N. pyri, Glitz 



N. minusculella,H.-Sch, 



N. aucupariae, Frey 



N. nylandriella, Teng. 



N. sorbi, Sta. 



N. torminalis, Wood 



N. prunetorum, Sta. 



N. plagicolella, Sta. 



N. filipendulre, Woeke 



N. poterii, Sta. 



N. rubivora, Wocke 

 N. aurella, Fab. 

 N. auromarginella, 

 Rich. 



: FOODPLANT. 



R. canina, etc. 

 Rosa arvensis 

 R. canina 

 Rosa ? sp. 

 R. rubiginosa, 

 ? subsp. mi- 



crantha 

 Crataegus oxya- 

 cantha 

 C. oxyacantha 

 C. oxyacantha, 



Pyrus malus, 



P. communis 

 C. oxyacantha 

 C. oxyacantha 

 C. oxyacantha, 



P. malus, P. 



communis, P. 



aucuparia and 



Cotoneaster 



affinis 

 Pyrus malus 

 P. malus 

 P. malus 

 P. malus 

 P. communis 

 P. communis 

 P. aucuparia 

 P. aucuparia 

 P. aucuparia 

 P. torminalis 

 Prunus spinosa 

 P. communis, 



myrobalana, 



sinensis 

 Spiraea filipen- 



dula 

 Poterium san- 



guisorba 

 Rubus caesius 

 R. fruticosus 

 R. fruticosus 



FOODPLANT. 



N. splendidissimella, R. caesius. R. 



H.-Sch. corylifolius, etc. 



? N. tengstromi, Nolck. Rubus chamoe- 



morus 

 N. arcuatella, H.-Sch. Fragaria vesca 

 and ? Poten- 

 tilla fragarias- 

 trum 

 F. vesca 

 Potentilla tor- 



mentilla 

 Agrimonia eu- 



patoria 

 A. eupatoria 

 and Potentilla 

 tormentilla 

 Fragaria vesca, 

 Agrimonia eu- 

 patoria 

 Geum urbanum, 

 Rubus coryli- 

 folius 



2. Feeding on Cupuliferae : 

 N. atricapitella, Haw. Quercus robur 

 N. ruficapitella, Haw. Q. robur 

 N. basiguttella, Hein. Q. robur 

 N. subbimaculella.Haw. Q. robur 

 N. quinquella, Beddell Q. robur 

 N. castanella, Edles. Castanea sativa 

 N. turicella, H.-Sch. Fagus sylvatica 



(=tityrella,coll.Ang.) 

 N. basalella, H.-Sch. F. sylvatica 

 (= fulgens,coll.Ang.) 



? N. dulcella, Hein. 

 N. serella, Sta. 



N. agrimoniae, Frey 



N. aeneofasciella, H.- 

 Sch. 



N. fragariella, Heyd. 



? N. gei, Wocke 



N. floslactella, Haw. 



N. microtheriella, Sta. 



N. alnetella, Sta. 

 N. glutinosae, Sta. 

 N. betulicola, Sta. 



Carpinus betu- 

 lus and Cory- 

 lus avellana 



C. betulus and 

 C. avellana 



Alnus glutinosa 



A. glutinosa 



Betulaalba,?R. 



N. woolhopiella, Wood B. alba 



