4776 Entomological Botany. 



Melilotus. Melilot. 



Speyer mentions the following as feeding on this genns of plants : 

 Polyommatns Alexis and P. Argus, Agrotis rectangula (a scarce 

 South European species), Euplexia lucipara (the larva of which is 

 pretty nearly polyphagous), Mamestra suasa, Strenia clathrala, 

 and the Anthrocera Meliloti (which obtains its name from these 

 plants). 



Tri folium. Trefoil. 



As the Papilionaceous plants are the favourite food of most of the 

 "little blues," as well as of the Anthrocerae, and several feed with 

 avidity on more than one of this tribe of plants, a good deal of repeti- 

 tion must necessarily ensue, and yet we may be far from mentioning 

 all the larvae which feed on any individual plant. 



Speyer gives as feeding on this genus, Polyommatus Adonis, An- 

 throcera Minos, Lonicerae, Filipendulae (and the non-British Sca- 

 biosae, Meliloti and Peucedani), Dasychira fascelina, Lasiocampa 

 Trifolii, Triphaena orbona, Mamestra Pisi, Acontia Solaris (which 

 latter, however, Guenee gives as feeding only on Convolvulus), and 

 Euclidia Mi. 



Trifolium pratense. Purple Clover. 



Speyer enumerates as feeding on this species, Orthosia litura, 

 Euclidia glyphica, Aspilates palumbaria and Larentia bipunctaria. 

 It is on this plant that I am inclined to suspect the larva of Coleo- 

 phora Fabriciella feeds, but up till now, neither in spring nor in au- 

 tumn, neither on the leaves nor on the seeds, have we been able to 

 find any Coleophora larvae. Gelechia anthyllidella is not uncommon 

 on this plant. 



Trifolium medium. Zigzag Clover. 



This is one of the plants on which the larva of Lithocolletis Bre- 

 miella has been met with in July and September : this brilliant 

 species, almost surpassing in beauty L. lautella, is not yet numbered 

 amongst our British species ; the larva mines the under side of the 

 leal of T. medium, but is more partial to Vicia sepium and V. 

 angustifolia. 



Trifolium arvense. Hare's-foot Trefoil. 

 Cited by Speyer as a food-plant of Leucophasia Sinapis. 



