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abundant Psychids on the Mediterranean littoral, the larva everywhere 

 in spring, even in the gardens around Cannes, fixed to walls, rocks, 

 and trees, where it undergoes its transformation to pupa. He notes 

 that he has found it in the higher mountains of the Alpes-Maritimes 

 but that it is rare there. He adds that it ' ' always emerges directly 

 after sunset, flies at night and rests during the day, contrary to all 

 its congeners, which are diurnal." Our experience in Britain does 

 not altogether confirm this statement. 



Time of appearance. — The first three weeks in June appear to be 

 the usual time for the emergence of this species, but earlier and very 

 much later specimens are frequently found. To breed the insect, cases 

 should be collected throughout May (in normal seasons) when the 

 larvae are on the point of pupating or have just done so. The first 

 example recorded in this country was taken in West Parley coppice, 

 June, 1824, by Dale. Stevens obtained larvae (fullgrown) at Lynd- 

 hurst, in May, 1848, males were bred and others captured a few days 

 later. Cases containing pupae were found in June, 1898, at Bournemouth, 

 and others in July, 1898, containing eggs. In 1899, several larvae 

 (which at once spun-up) were collected on May 23rd and following 

 days and emerged as follows : June 8th, one $ and one ? , June 9th, 

 one J , June 10th, two $ sand two ? s (all between 5 p.m. -6 p.m.), June 

 11th, one $ (about 8 p.m.), June 13th, one $■ and one ? , June 14th, 

 two $ s, June 15th, one $ (all from 5 p.m. -7 p.m.), June 15th, one ? 

 in the early morning ; the males (and ? females) appear to emerge in 

 the evening between 5 p.m. -8 p.m. (Cowl) ; June 8th, 1899, one $ , June 

 11th, one ? , June 13th, one $ and one ? , on June 9th, one of the 

 cases sent by Mrs. Cowl still contained an apparently full-fed larva 

 (Tutt) ; Bankes notes ? bred June 25th, 1882, cases found May 4th, 

 $ bred May 13th, ? bred May 18th, 1893, case found May 29th, $ 

 bred June 6th, 1896, ? bred June 21st, 1894, all from the Isle of 

 Purbeck ; $ bred June 30th, 1895, from Wareham. Burrows notes 

 the cases in large numbers in the New Forest, August 21st, 1879, 

 the larvaa feeding on Myrica gale and heather. Fowler notes 30 cases 

 from May 28th- June 10th, 1889, at Wimborne, all on furze, four or five 

 $ s bred; cases end of March and throughout April, 1890, at Verwood, 

 bred 4 $ s in May ; cases June 4th-10th, 1893, at St. Leonards, 

 females, but no males, bred ; March 9th, 1894, six cases at Verwood, 

 May 30th, several cases of both sexes spun-up, from June 8th, two 

 males and several females were bred, whilst male imagines were noted 

 flying on the heaths at Verwood, on June 18th; June 5th, 1895, many 

 cases spun-up, one $ and several females were bred from June 7th ; 

 June 2nd, 1896, seven cases, all produced females later; June 4th-10th, 

 1897, many cases, bred males on June 11th and 14th, also several 

 females ; June 3rd-12th, 1898, eight cases, two males bred on June 5th, 

 and on June 16th, obtained four cases, one of which had a<? pupa-skin 

 sticking out ; May 30th, 1899, two cases with crawling larvae, June 

 1st, three cases with larvae and one spun-up, June 5th, five spun-up, 

 June 6th, two males bred, June 8th, two males netted, whilst others 

 were seen flying over the heath. Garbowski notes the capture 

 of an imago, June 24th, 1870, and a $ pupa taken May 28th, 1891, 

 at Bzesna, in Galicia, whilst Czekelius captured imagines on July 5th, 

 at Hermannstadt. Wocke notes it as appearing in the beginning of 

 June in Silesia, and Hofmann spun-up larvae at end of April and 



