4554 Entomological Botany. 



Entomological Society, vol. ii. New Series, plate x. fig. 2). At the 

 end of April and in May the larvae of Coleophora solitariella may be 

 noticed in their pale whitish cases attached to the under side of the 

 leaves, in which they make pearly white blotches, by devouring the 

 parenchyma. (See ' Transactions of the Entomological Society,' 

 vol. ii. New Series, plate xi. fig. 3). The young larvae of this last 

 species may be met with feeding in October and November. 



Stellar ia.uliginosa. Bog Stitchwort. 



A common but rather insignificant plant, frequenting moist places, 

 and growing almost concealed among the ranker herbage ; in the 

 early spring (March and April), when the smooth shining leaves are 

 just making their appearance, the small shoots are noticed to be dis- 

 torted into various uncouth shapes : this apparent malformation is 

 caused by the presence of a brown larva which feeds in the heart 

 of the young shoots ; it is the larva of Gelechia fraternella. (See 

 ' Transactions of the Entomological Society,' vol. ii. New Series, 

 pi. x. f. 3.) 



Cerastium glomeratum (vulgatumj. Broad-leaved Mouse-ear 



Chickweed. 



The larva of Gelechia fraternella, though most partial to the pre- 

 ceding plant, may occasionally be found in the shoots of this, and the 

 larva of Coleophora solitariella has also been observed feeding on 

 this. 



Malva moschata. Musk Mallow. 

 Malva sylvestris. Common Mallow. 

 Malva rotunclifolia. Dwarf Mallow. 



No Tineina larva is known to feed on any of these plants, though 

 the two last are almost universally distributed : when we bear in 

 mind how the larva of Gelechia malvella feeds in the seeds of the 

 allied Althaea rosea, the Hollyhock of our gardens, it is difficult to 

 imagine that the seeds of our wild mallows, or " cheeses," as they are 

 called by children, are not to the taste of any of the numerous larvae 

 of Gelechia3 which are still unknown to us. 



Althaa officinalis. Marsh Mallow. 



Spcyer gives this as a food-plant of Eubolia cervinata ; however, 

 the larva of that species is more accessible on the Hollyhocks, which 



