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grow nearer home than " marshes, particularly near the sea," which 

 Babington gives as the habitat of this plant. I am not aware that 

 the Althaea officinalis has ever been examined by any Micro-Lepi- 

 dopterist. 



Tilia europcea. Lime Tree. 



The list of Micro-Lepidoptera feeding on this tree or its congeners 

 {parvifolia and grandifolia which, for entomological purposes, do not 

 claim a distinct notice) is rather formidable. Speyer gives the fol- 

 lowing: — Smerinthus Tiliae, Aglia Tau, Endromis versicolora, Stauro- 

 pus Fagi, Petasia cassinea, Notodonta camelina, Platypteryx sicula, 

 Cossus ligniperda, Zeuzera ^Esculi (the two last feeding in the wood), 

 Hypogymna dispar, Leucoma Vau-nigrum, Dasychira pudibunda, Py- 

 gaera bucephala (which sometimes actually defoliates the trees pre- 

 maturely), Gastropacha Pruni, Paecilocampa Populi, Eriogaster la- 

 nestris, Acronycta Psi, Amphipyra pyramidea, Miselia Aprilina, 

 Orthosia instabilis, O.stabilis, Xanthia Citrago, Cosmia trapezina, Hi- 

 bernia defoliaria, Nyssia hispidaria, Biston hirtarius, Odoptera Alniaria, 

 O. erosaria, O. angularia, Ourapteryx Sambucaria, Eurymene dola- 

 braria, Harpalyce Corylata, Euthalia psittacata, and two of the Micro- 

 Lepidoptera, Tortrix Ribeana and Rosana. 



The Tineina larvae feeding on the lime are few in number ; Mme. 

 Lienig found on it the larva of Cerostoma sequella in May ; she also 

 states that the larva of Roslerstammia Erxlebella feeds on the lime in 

 May and September, on the under side of the leaves, in which it 

 makes large round holes ; but, as I have elsewhere stated, I suspect 

 there must be some mistake here ; the larva of Coleophora anatipen- 

 nella (the Tiliella of Schrank) sometimes feeds on this tree in May ; 

 and in winter and spring the larva of Chrysoclista Linneella feeds on 

 the inner bark : this species, which is so excessively abundant around 

 London, is a rarity in many localities, and is nowhere common on 

 the Continent. The larva of Bucculatrix Hippocastanella feeds on 

 the leaves of the lime in June and August ; probably when young it 

 mines the leaves, but on this point we are yet uninformed. It is sin- 

 gular that no larva of Lithocolletis or Nepticula has hitherto been 

 observed on this tree. 



Hypericum perforatum. Common Perforated St. John's Wort 



The larva of Cloantha perspicillaris (of which only one British 

 specimen is known) feeds in July and August on this plant ; the larvae 

 of the allied species C. radiosa and Hyperici (which have never been 



